Historical Events
Hitler's Treaty Claim
1939 Adolf Hitler claims German-Polish non-attack treaty still in effect
- 1942 German Luftwaffe estimated to have flown over 11 thousand sorties against Malta since 20th March
- 1943 German-Italian counter offensive in North Africa
- 1944 Exercise "Tiger" ends with 750 US soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal after their convoy ships were attacked by German torpedo boats off Slapton Sands, Devon.
Red Army Faction Trial
1977 Andreas Baader and members of terrorist group the Red Army Faction (Baader-Meinhof Gang) are jailed for life after a trial lasting nearly two years in Stuttgart, Germany
Famous Birthdays
- 1748 Lorenz Justinian Ott, German composer, born in Dietfurt, Duchy of Bavaria (d. 1805)
- 1750 Paul Ignaz Kürzinger, German composer and pedagogue, born in Mergentheim, Duchy of Württemberg (d. 1837)
- 1753 Franz K. Achard, German physicist and chemist, born in Berlin (d. 1821)
- 1826 Alexander Stadtfeld, German composer, born in Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau, German Confederation (d. 1853)
- 1879 Franz Arnold, German writer, born in Znin, Prussia (d. 1960)
- 1886 Erich Salomon, German photographer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1944)
- 1900 Bruno Apitz, German writer (Nackt unter Wölfen, born in Leipzig (d. 1979)
- 1900 Heinrich Müller, German Nazi, Director of the Gestapo (1939-45) and most senior Nazi official never captured or confirmed to have died, born in Munich, German Empire (d. ?)
- 1933 Karl Heinz Wahren, German pianist and composer (Nocturnal Dances of the Tuscan Virgins in the Florentine Gardens at the Height of the Inquisition), born in Bonn, Germany (d. 2021)
- 1962 Susanne Klatten, Germany's richest woman (BMW, Altana), born in Bad Homburg, West Germany
- 1973 Elisabeth Röhm, American actress, born in Düsseldorf, Germany
- 1973 Ian Murdock, German-born American computer programmer (Debian project, Progeny Linux Systems), born in Konstanz, West Germany (d. 2015)
Famous Deaths
- 1772 Johann Friedrich Struensee, German physician of Christian VII of Denmark, dies at 34
- 1816 Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher, dies at 53
- 1853 Ludwig Tieck, German writer, dies at 79
- 1858 Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist, dies at 56
- 1887 Carl Ferdinand Pohl, German-Austrian music historian, organist, and composer, dies at 67
- 1896 Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian and political writer, dies at 61
- 1957 Heinz Bär, German fighter pilot, dies at 43
- 1976 Eugen Roth, German poet, dies at 81
- 1977 Sepp Herberger, German soccer manager (Germany 1936–42; West Germany 1950-64) and striker (3 caps; SV Waldhof Mannheim 127 games), dies at 80
- 1999 Walter Gieseler, German composer, dies at 79
- 2007 Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher, dies at 94