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politics

1. January: Giuseppe Motta becomes Federal President of Switzerland
1. January: In Iceland the law over the sales ban of alcoholic beverages comes into force
1. January: Moritz baron von Bissing, Generalgouverneur in Belgium (1914-1917), forbids the reading of the Hirtenbriefs of the archbishop
1. January: In occupied Belgium the Eisenbahnbetrieb is again taken up
1. January: Pope Benedikt XV. strikes all war-taken part the exchange of the war-unable prisoners before
2. January: Missed military revolt in Paraguay
28. January: Education of the United States Coast Guard, the coast guard of the USA
24. April: The Turkish Genozid at the Armenians. The first genocide 20. Century, with that more than 1.5 million Armenian die
3. May: Italy joins the Entente and leaves thereby the three-federation with Germany and Austria Hungary
5. June: The Danish women receive the right to vote
9. June: With a German Pogrom in Moscow numerous business of German buyers is destroyed and at least three Germans are killed. One accuses to them, with their compatriots to kollaborieren and the war happening to have affected (defeat of the Russians in the battle with fir mountain)
13. June: „Bathing forbidden “is called it from today on on all German North Sea islands and the North Sea Coast. At the Baltic Sea in contrast to this the Prussian war Ministry , apart from few closed areas, permits the bath enterprise
6. September - the Central Powers Germany, Austria Hungary and Bulgaria groups itself.
14. September - the Osmani realm joins the pact of the Central Powers.

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military

1. January: The German submarine „U-24 “sinks the British liner HMS Formidable before Plymouth
24. January: In combat on the Doggerbank suffers the German imperial navy a defeat against the British Royal Navy
18. March: 1. World war: The British attack on the Dardanellen fails
to 22. April: First poisonous gas employment: Germany sets in the 1. World war with Ypern in Belgium as the first country poisonous gas
23. June: Italy opens the first Isonzoschlacht against Austria
9. July: Surrender of the colony German southwest Africa before the South Africans
14. August: German submarine sinks Royal Edward with 1.700 into the Ägäis the British troop transport ship men at the board
8. October - the Serbian capital Belgrade is taken by Germans and Austrians.

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disasters

13. January: Earthquake in the Abruzzen with Avezzano, Italy nearly 30,000 dead ones
27. May: Explosion of the naval mines on that minecasually „Princess Irene “(Great Britain) in the port of Sheerness. 400 dead ones and total loss of the ship
23. June: Earthquake of unknown quantity strength in imperially Valley, California, the USA, 6 dead ones
24. July: The Passagierdampfer Eastland kentert in Chicago (the USA). 1810 humans die

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science and technology

15. January: The first edition of the Proceedings OF the national Academy OF Sciences appears
4. December: With the Schlusssteinweihe the main station is taken in Leipzig completely in enterprise.
German Afghanistan expedition under line of the Legationsrats Werner Otto von Hentig
November/December: Albert Einstein publishes its general relativity theory
- 11. November: To general relativity theory. (In: Minutes of the meeting of the Prussian academy of the sciences Berlin (1915), 778-786)
- 18. November: To general relativity theory (supplement). (In: Minutes of the meeting of the Prussian academy of the sciences Berlin (1915), 799-801)
- 25. November: Explanation of the Perihelbewegung Merkur from general relativity theory. (In: Minutes of the meeting of the Prussian academy of the sciences Berlin (1915), 831-839)
- 2. December: The Feldgleichungen of the gravitation. (In: Minutes of the meeting of the Prussian academy of the sciences Berlin (1915), 844-847)

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culture

8. February: The silent movie birth of a nation of David Griffith is uraufgeführt in Los Angeles.
26. September: Premiere of the opera Mona Lisa of max of Schilling at the yard opera in Stuttgart
2. October: Premiere of the Operette artificial humans of Leo case in Berlin
8. October: Premiere of the opera Isabella of Ludolf Nielsen at the royal opera in Copenhagen

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sport

of entries of athlete IC world records see under the respective discipline under Leichtathletik.

10. April: Because of the war the international olympic committee from Paris pulls to 5 to Lausanne into neutral Switzerland

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born. January: Fritz get-hope, German politician, Secretary of cultural affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia
5. January: Humberto Teixeira, musician and composer († 1979)
6. January: Alan of Watt, Anglikani priest, professor and Dekan († 1973)
6. January: John Cunningham Lilly, US-American neuro physiologist († 2001)
6. January: Peter Ahrweiler, German actor and theatre manager († 2004)
7. January: Erwin Wickert, German diplomat and writer
10. January: Hans Heinrich Jescheck, German right scientist
11. January: Luise Krüger, German light athlete
14. January: Felix Kaspar, Austrian ice art runner († 2003)
18. January: Boris Wiktorowitsch Rauschenbach, Soviet physicist († 2001)
18. January: Santiago Carrillo solar, Spanish politician, Secretary-General of the kp Spain
18. January: Syl Apps, Canadian ice hockey player and - coaches († 1998)
20. January: C. W. Ceram, German journalist and science author († 1972)
21. January: Josef of upper houses, member of the SS-Totenkopfverbände († 1979)
22. January: Heinrich Albertz, German politician († 1993)
23. January: Herma Bauma, Austrian light athlete and Handballerin († 2003)
23. January: Potter Stewart, assigned to judge of the highest Court of Justice of the USA († 1985)
23. January: William Arthur Lewis, British Nobelpreisträger and economist († 1991)
24. January: Robert MON-ago-wave, US-American painter († 1991)
27. January: Ernst Schröder (actor), German actor († 1994)
28. January: Elizabeth Frenzel, German Literaturwissenschaftlerin
29. January: Bill Peet, draughtsman and stories writer († 2002)
29. January: Victor Mature, US-American film actor († 1999)
30. January: Refuge Feistel, German Kryptologe († 1990)
30. January: Joachim Peiper, upper tower spell leader of the weapon SS († 1976)
30. January: John Profumo, British politician
31. January: Alan Lomax, US-American folklore and music researcher († 2002)
31. January: Thomas Merton, Mystiker († 1968)
1. February: Artur London, Czech communist and diplomat († 1986)
1. February: Stanley Matthews, English football player († 2002)
2. February: Abba Eban, Israeli diplomat, Minister and delegate († 2002)
3. February: Inge-borrow Hunzinger, German sculptress
5. February: Robert Hofstadter, US-American physicist, Nobelpreisträger († 1990)
7. February: Georges André Chevallaz, Swiss politician († 2002)
11. February: Smelling pool of broadcasting corporations Hamming, US-American mathematician († 1998)
12. February: Lorne Greene, Canadian actor († 1987)
13. February: Aung San, Burmese national hero († 1947)
13. February: Harriet Bland, US-American light athlete and Olympiateilnehmerin
13. February: Ludwig Ratzel, politician († 1996)
14. February: George Thomalla, German actor († 1999)
14. February: Johannes smell, pin librarian in the pin library pc. Gallen († 2003)
15. February: Abel Ferreira, Brazilian composer, Klarinettist and saxophonist († 1980)
15. February: Roland of Hösslin, resistance fighter against Adolf Hitler († 1944)
20. February: Hans's Christian sheet metal, German actor († 1993)
21. February: Ann Sheridan, US-American actress († 1967)
21. February: Godfrey Brown, British athlete and olympia winner († 1995)
21. February: Jewgeni Michailowitsch Lifschitz, Soviet physicist († 1985)
23. February: Heinrich Schirmbeck, German writer († 2005)
23. February: Paul Tibbets, US-amerikanischer pilot and soldier
25. February: Zero Mostel, US-American actor († 1977)
27. February: Erich Schellow, German actor († 1995)
28. February: Peter Brian Medawar, English Anatom († 1987)
28. February: Karl Leisner, martyr of the catholic church († 1945)
3. March: Harsh ore Tiede, German actor († 1987)
5. March: Friedrich Meyer, composer, Arrangeur and picking up vein († 1993)
5. March: Laurent Schwartz, mathematician, falling DS medal carrier († 2002)
7. March: Jacques Chaban Delmas, French politician († 2000)
7. March: Rudolf Thaut, president of the European and vice-president of the Baptisti world league († 1982)
8. March: Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete, musician and actor († 1979)
11. March: Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider, US-American computer scientist († 1990)
11. March: Karl Krolow, German writer († 1999)
11. March: Vijay Samuel Hazare, Indian Cricket player († 2004)
11. March: Werner Böhmer, judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
12. March: Arthur Henkel, German Germanist and literature historian († 2005)
13. March: Melih Cevdet, Turkish writer († 2002)
15. March: Hans Leo Kausemann, German politician
15. March: Heinrich cunning, judge of the Federal Finance Court
15. March: Walter Peitgen, regional politician († 1990)
16. March: Haldun Taner, Turkish writer († 1986)
16. March: Kunihiko Kodaira, Japanese professor of mathematics († 1997)
17. March: Wolfgang Döblin, French-German mathematician († 1940)
18. March: Lorenz Giovanelli, Swiss people musician and composer († 1976)
20. March: Rudolf Kirchschläger, diplomat, politician, Austrian Federal President († 2000)
20. March: Swjatoslaw Teofilowitsch judge, Soviet pianist. († 1997)
21. March: Willi Schwabe, German actor, singer and moderator († 1991)
23. March: Wassili Grigorjewitsch Saizew, Soviet sniper in the Second World War († 1991)
27. March: Eric field of flowers, German buyer and politician of the CDU († 1997)
27. March: Junior Lockwood, US-American Blues guitarist
28. March: Briefly Aland, German theologian and professor († 1994)
29. March: Denton what, English painter and writer († 1948)
30. March: Pietro Ingrao, Italian journalist and politician
1. April: Dear gentleman, German entrepreneur († 1993)
1. April: O. W. Fischer, Austrian actor
4. April: January Drda, Czech Prosaist and dramatist
4. April: Lars Ahlin, Swedish writer († 1997)
4. April: Muddy Waters, Bluesmusiker, Blues musician († 1983)
7. April: Billie Holiday, US-American jazz singer († 1959)
7. April: Henry Kuttner, US-American writer († 1958)
8. April: Karl William Berkhan, German politician († 1994)
9. April: Leonard Wibberley, Irish writer († 1983)
12. April: Ernst Wilhelm Julius fount man, German film producer († 1995)
12. April: Hound Dog Taylor, US-American Blues musician († 1975)
12. April: Briefly early, Swiss film director († 1979)
12. April: Lujo Tončić Sorinj, politician, Austrian minister of foreign affairs, diplomat († 2005)
12. April: Wolf-hard burden ski, judge at the German Federal Social Court
13. April: Stephan Hermlin, German writer († 1997)
16. April: Alfred Otto Swede, German writer
16. April: Johannes Leppich, German priest, Jesuit and Wanderprediger († 1992)
18. April: Cläre Schmitt, Member of the Bundestag
20. April: Alvin M. Vineyard, US-American physicist and science supervisor
21. April: Anthony Quinn, US-American Filmschauspieler († 2001)
23. April: Christine Busta, a Austrian Lyrikerin († 1987)
23. April: Fritz Pröll, member of the red assistance, KZ-prisoner in Dora central tract († 1944)
24. April: Paul Rinkowski, Liegerad-Pionier from Leipzig († 1986)
26. April: Johnny Shines, US-American Blues guitarist († 1992)
28. April: Paul Blau (journalist), Austrian journalist († 2005)
30. April: Hermann Aumer, German politician († 1955)
1. May: Archie soon Williams, US-American athlete and olympia winner († 1993)
1. May: Hanns Martin Schleyer, German manager († 1977)
6. May: Orson Welles, US-American director, actor and author († 1985)
10. May: Denis Thatcher, businessman, married man of Margaret Thatcher († 2003)
11. May: Franz Berding, German politician
12. May: Frère Roger, founder of the ökumenischen man medal of Taizé († 2005)
15. May: Mario Monicelli, Italian director
15. May: Paul A. Samuelson, US-American economist, Nobelpreisträger
15. May: Rotraut judge, German actress († 1947)
16. May: Erwin Iserloh, catholic church historian († 1996)
16. May: Ezra Stoller, US-American architecture photographer († 2004)
17. May: Hans Joachim Faller, judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
18. May: Heinz radio, German film composer
20. May: Mo Dajan, Israeli general and politician († 1981)
23. May: Clyde E. Weighing and, US-American physicist, Mitentdecker of the antiproton († 1996)
27. May: Herman Wouk, US-American author
28. May: Wolfgang Schneiderhan (musician), Austrian Violinist and concert master († 2002)
29. May: Karl Münchinger, German conductor († 1990)
31. May: Berne pool of broadcasting corporations school TZE, German painter of the art trend Informel († 2005)
31. May: Heinz Zahrnt, German Evangelist theologian, writer and journalist († 2003)
1. June: Johnny bond, US-American Country singer and Songwriter († 1978)
2. June: Josef Metternich (singer), German opera singer († 2005)
2. June: Ross Macdonald, US-American crime film writer († 1983)
4. June: Günther Sabetzki, president of the German ice hockey federation († 2000)
4. June: Heinrich Tenhumberg, bishop von Münster. († 1979)
4. June: Modibo Keïta, president of Mali († 1977)
6. June: Vincent Persichetti, US-American composer and professor († 1987)
10. June: Josef farmer, German politician and MdB († 1989)
10. June: Saul Bellow, US-American writer († 2005)
13. June: Donald Budge, US-American tennis player († 2000)
14. June: Nicolaas Cortlever, Netherlands chess player († 1995)
15. June: Thomas Huckle Weller, US-American bacteriologist
16. June: Marga putrid pass, German Glaschemikerin († 1998)
16. June: Mariano Rumor, Italian politician († 1990)
17. June: Geno hard leaves, German authoress
18. June: Joan Trimble, Irish Komponistin († 2000)
18. June: Briefly young Alsen, DEFA director († 1976)
18. June: Paul Neal Adair, US-American Feuerwehrmann († 2004)
20. June: Terence Young, director († 1994)
22. June: Walter Masing, German physicist († 2004)
24. June: Fred Hoyle, British astronomer, mathematician and author († 2001)
24. June: Wastl Fanderl, Bavarian musician and people song collecting tank and - mediators († 1991)
28. June: David Honeyboy Edward, US-amerikanischer delta Blues musician
28. June: Garoto, musician, composer († 1955)
29. June: Ruth Warrick, US-American actress († 2005)
30. June: Briefly fear man, German politician († 1978)
30. June: Oskar Hubert Dennhardt, German politician
1. July: Hermann of cousin, Austrian archaeologist († 1993)
1. July: Willie Dixon, US-American Bluesmusiker († 1992)
2. July: Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8. Duke of Wellington, general and entrepreneur
4. July: Christine Lavant, Austrian artist and authoress († 1973)
5. July: John Woodruff, US-American athlete and olympia winner
6. July: Willy Guhl, Swiss furniture designer († 2004)
7. July: Erich Deisler, German table tennis player († 1999)
9. July: David dia. moon, US-American composer († 2005)
9. July: Joe Liggins, US-American jazz and Blues pianist († 1987)
10. July: Rudolf Singer, German functionary and chairman national committee for broadcast († 1980)
12. July: Otto stone ore, German photographer († 1978)
15. July: Klaus Miedel, actor and synchronous speaker († 2000)
15. July: William O. Baker, US-American scientist († 2005)
16. July: Ludwig Kroll, German politician and MdB († 1989)
18. July: Karl Bednarik, Austrian painter and writer
18. July: Philip Graham, US-American publisher († 1963)
25. July: Joseph Patrick Kennedy jr., oldest son of Joseph and rose Kennedy († 1944)
27. July: Hilde Sessak, German actress († 2003)
27. July: Josef Priller, German flighter pilot in the Second World War († 1961)
27. July: Mario del Monaco, Italian opera singer (tenor) († 1982)
27. July: Rolf Moebius, German actor († 2004)
28. July: Smelling pool of broadcasting corporations Kerry, father US president shank candidate John Kerry († 2000)
28. July: Charles H. Townes, US-American physicist and Nobelpreisträger
30. July: Harsh ore Jobst, German writer († 1990)
1. August: Hann Trier, German painter, among other things the Informel, and commercial artist († 1999)
3. August: Peter Newell, Canadian basketball coach
6. August: Geraldine Apponyi, queen of Albania († 2002)
9. August: Michael Young, influential British sociologist († 2002)
10. August: Carlo Menditéguy, Formel-1-Rennfahrer, Polo player († 1973)
13. August: Harry Angelman, British child physician with the field of activity neurology († 1996)
15. August: Harsh ore Hupka, German journalist and politician
18. August: Joseph Arthur Ankrah, head of state of Ghana († 1992)
19. August: Jay M. Gould, US-American economist, statistician and epidemiologist and author († 2005)
23. August: Antonio Innocenti, cardinal
23. August: Paul cutter Esleben, Architekt († 2005)
24. August: James Tiptree, Jr (Alice Sheldon), US-American Science Fiction authoress († 1987)
24. August: Wynonie Harris, US-American Blues singer († 1969)
25. August: George baron von Boeselager, German Kavallerieoffizier († 1944)
26. August: Boris Feoktistowitsch Safonow, Soviet pilot († 1942)
26. August: Humphrey Searle, English composer and pupil of Anton of webers († 1982)
27. August: Holger Hagen, German actor († 1996)
27. August: Norman Foster Ramsey, US-American physicist and Nobelpreisträger
28. August: Gerda Johanna Werner, German painter, model for the 50-Pfennig-Stück († 2004)
28. August: Hans's Jakob Schudel, Swiss chess functionary and chess player († 2004)
29. August: Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress († 1982)
31. August: Alice black DOS, Israeli lady journalist
1. September: Ken Aston, football arbitrator († 2001)
2. September: Hans Joachim Koellreutter, German-Brazilian composer, seamist, conductor and music professor
2. September: Martin Rickelt, German actor († 2004)
3. September: Memphis Slim, US-American Bluessänger and - pianist († 1988)
4. September: Rudolf shock, German lyric tenor, opera, song and Operettensänger († 1986)
5. September: Refuge Sindermann, German politician and president of the people chamber of the GDR († 1990)
6. September: Franz Josef bunch, German politician († 1988)
7. September: Itō Kiyoshi, Japanese mathematician
10. September: Robert Sparr, US-American film director, Cutter and film script author († 1969)
14. September: John Dobson, US-American astronomer
15. September: Albert Aloysius Casey, US-American jazz guitarist († 2005)
15. September: Helmut Schön, German football coach and - players († 1996)
15. September: Meindert Boekel, Netherlands composer and conductor († 1989)
20. September: Briefly Graunke, German orchestra founder, conductor and composer († 2005)
23. September: Clifford Shull, physicist († 2001)
30. September: Ernst Müller-Hermann, German politician († 1994)
1. October: Jerome Bruner, development psychologist
1. October: Skeets McDonald, US-American Country musician († 1968)
6. October: Edgardo Martín, Cuban composer († 2004)
9. October: Henner handle, German tennis player
11. October: Gustav Zumsteg, Swiss art collecting tank († 2005)
13. October: Terry frost, British artist († 2003)
14. October: Loris Francesco Capovilla, archbishop and secretary Johannes XXIII.
15. October: Carl Szokoll, resistance fighter, author († 2004)
15. October: Jitzchak Schamir, Israeli politician
17. October: Arthur Miller, US-amerikanischer writer († 2005)
18. October: Victor Sen Yung, US-American actor († 1980)
22. October: Heinrich nice home, German Ringer († 2005)
26. October: Max Wegner, German writer († 1944)
27. October: Harry Saltzman, film producer (among other things James bond) († 1994)
28. October: Jürgen Thorwald, German writer
30. October: Ben Carnevale, US-American basketball coach
2. November: Douglas Lilburn, composer of New Zealand († 2001)
2. November: Emmerich Schrenk, Austrian actor († 1987)
2. November: Karl Unverzagt, German painter and sculptor
2. November: Sidney air, US-American film producer († 2005)
4. November: Wee Kim Wee, president Singapore († 2005)
7. November: Philip Morrison, US-American nuclear weapon researcher († 2005)
11. November: Bernhard Heiliger, German sculptor († 1995)
12. November: Roland Barthes, French literary critic, writer, philosopher and Semiotiker († 1980)
20. November: Hu Yaobang, Chinese politicians († 1989)
23. November: Hartmut pea, German Altphilologe († 2004)
23. November: Harsh ore cutter, German politician († 1995)
25. November: Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and politician
26. November: Earl Wild, US-amerikanischer pianist and composer
29. November: Billy Strayhorn, US-American jazz musician († 1967)
29. November: Earl Wilbur Suez ago country, US-American physiologist († 1974)
30. November: Henry pigeon, US-American chemist and Nobelpreisträger († 2005)
30. November: Robert Lax, US-American author, poet and journalist († 2000)
2. December: Marais Viljoen, South African politician and president
2. December: Nico judge, composer († 1945)
3. December: Andrew J. Goodpaster, US general and former ally Commander-in-Chief for Europe
7. December: Eli barrier oh, US-American actor
8. December: Ernest Lehman, US-American actress († 2005)
9. December: Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, German opera and song singer
9. December: Willy Reichstein, German politician († 1978)
10. December: Karl fruit man, German director and film producer († 2003)
12. December: Frank Sinatra, US-amerikanischer actors, singer and entertainer († 1998)
13. December: Balthazar Johannes Vorster, politician, South African president († 1983)
13. December: Curd Jürgens, German stage and Filmschauspieler († 1982)
14. December: Åke Senning, heart surgeon († 2000)
16. December: Georgi Wassiljewitsch Swiridow, Russian composer († 1998)
17. December: André Claveau, French Chansonnier († 2003)
19. December: Edith Piaf, French Chansonsängerin († 1963)
20. December: Aziz Nesin, paedagogue and writer († 1995)
20. December: Fritz Pliska, diploma haven teacher and football coach († 1995)
20. December: Ilija Dzuvalekovski, Macedonian film and television actor († 2004)
25. December: By Hækkerup, Danish social-democratic politician († 1979)
29. December: Hans's Karl Adam, German television cook († 2002)

Ahmad Kuftaru, Syrian Grossmufti and highest-ranking religion representative of his country († 2004)
Akram aluminium-Haurani, Syrian politician († 1996)
David Alexander, US-American film director and film producer († 1983)
Ernst rough, free-church theology lecturer († 2005)
Ewan MacColl, Scottish author, poet, actor, Folksänger and record producer († 1989)
Fred Vatter, German entrepreneur († 2004)
Gottfried Hoby, Swiss politician († 2005)
Hans Joachim Haase, Uhrmacher Augenoptiker and inventor († 2001)
Ishikawa Kaoru, Japanese chemist, developed “Ishikawa diagram” († 1989)
Jack material, US-American flight pioneer and manager († 2005)
Margaret Millar, Canadian crime film authoress († 1994)
Peter Chang bay Ren, Roman-catholic bishop von Hubei († 2005)
Rupprecht Bernbeck, German physician and philosopher († 2003)