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1966 In Germany
Events in the year 1966 in Germany. Incumbents *President – Heinrich Lübke * Chancellor ** Ludwig Erhard (until 30 November 1966) ** Kurt Georg Kiesinger (from 30 November 1966) Events * Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 * 24 June– 5 July – 16th Berlin International Film Festival * 1 December – The Kiesinger cabinet, led by Kurt Georg Kiesinger, is sworn in. * Date unknown: German company Hannover Re was founded. Births * 30 January – Hans Tutschku, German composer * 7 February – Claudia Nolte, German politician *7 February – Kristin Otto, German swimmer * 8 February – Bruno Labbadia, German footballer and manager *9 February – Christoph Maria Herbst, German actor and comedian *16 February – Martin Perscheid, German cartoonist (d. 2021) * 22 February – Thorsten Kaye, German-English actor * 18 March – Anne Will, German journalist *3 April – Michael Mittermeier, German comedian *4 April – Stefan Mappus, German politician * 19 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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This is a list of years in Germany. See also the timeline of German history. For only articles about years in Germany that have been written, see :Years in Germany. 21st century 20th century 19th century 18th century 17th century See also * Timeline of German history * List of years by country {{DEFAULTSORT:Years in Germany, List of Germany history-related lists Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristin Otto
Kristin Otto (; born 7 February 1966) is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals at a single Olympic Games, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games.Otto, Kristin. Chambers Biographical Dictionary. London: Chambers Harrap, 2007. ''Credo Reference''. Web. 2 July 2011. In , she held the world records in the 100 meter and 200 meter< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Mittermeier
Michael Fritz Mittermeier (born 3 April 1966) is a German comedian. Early life Mittermeier was born in Dorfen, Upper Bavaria. During his childhood he lived in Bavaria. After school he studied theatre. Career In 1996, Mittermeier started the comedy program ''Zapped''. ''Zapped'' was shown on his tours in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He participated in comedy television shows as well as the German TV show '' Wetten, dass..?''. The most well-known parts of ''Zapped'' are parodies of German advertisements as well as the US television series ''MacGyver'', which later became a running gag. Mittermeier popularized the term "Arschgeweih" (" tramp stamp"; literally "ass antler"). His next comedy programs were ''Wahnsinnlich'' (1990), ''Zapped!'' (1999), ''Back to Life'' (2002), ''Paranoid'' (2004), ''Safari'' (2007) and ''Achtung, Baby!'' (2010). In 2001, he was featured in the music video for the Guano Apes (credited here as the Guano Babes) song, "Kumba Yo". Mittermeier was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3 April
Events Pre-1600 * 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul. * 1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. * 1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created. * 1559 – The second of two the treaties making up the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis is signed, ending the Italian Wars. 1601–1900 *1721 – Robert Walpole becomes, in effect, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, though he himself denied that title. * 1851 – Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand after the death of his half-brother, Rama III. * 1860 – The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins. * 1865 – American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America. *1882 – American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James. * 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Will
Anne Will (born 18 March 1966) is a German television journalist and host of the eponymous political talk show. She was anchorwoman of the daily ''Tagesthemen'' news broadcast on ARD from 14 April 2001 until 24 June 2007. Early life and career Will was born on 18 March 1966 in Cologne, West Germany, the daughter of an architect. She grew up in Hürth and attended the Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium high school. From 1985 she studied history, politics, and English in Cologne and Berlin, with a scholarship of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES). Whilst a student she had articles published in the ''Kölnische Rundschau'' and ''Berliner Volksblatt'' newspapers. In 1990 she graduated with a Magister's degree from the University of Cologne. Career in television Will began her career in radio and television at Sender Freies Berlin (now part of Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg). At the end of 1992 she started presenting the talk show ''Mal ehrlich'' and the sports magazine ''Sportpalast''. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18 March
Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. *1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula leaves up to 20,000 dead. * 1229 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares himself King of Jerusalem in the Sixth Crusade. *1241 – First Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongols overwhelm Polish armies in Kraków in the Battle of Chmielnik and plunder the city. *1314 – Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and final Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake. *1438 – Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of the Romans. *1571 – Valletta is made the capital city of Malta. 1601–1900 *1608 – Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia. *1644 – The Third Anglo-Powhatan War begins in the Colony of Virginia. *1673 – English lord John Berkeley sold his half of New Jers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorsten Kaye
Thorsten Kaye (born Thorsten Ernst Kieselbach, 22 February 1966) is a German-British actor. His best known roles include Patrick Thornhart on ''One Life to Live'', Dr. Ian Thornhart on ''Port Charles'', Zach Slater on ''All My Children'' and Ridge Forrester on ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. Acting career Kaye was born in Frankfurt, Federal Republic of Germany. He appeared in many classical theater roles, including ''The Winter's Tale'', ''Tartuffe'', ''Macbeth'', ''Much Ado About Nothing'', ''Hamlet'', ''Love's Labour's Lost'', ''Twelfth Night'', and ''The Taming of the Shrew'', both in London and with the Hilberry Repertory Company in Detroit. Kaye then moved to Los Angeles, where he acted in many television shows, including the miniseries, Sidney Sheldon's ''Nothing Lasts Forever,'' before moving to New York to play Patrick Thornhart on ABC's ''One Life to Live'' (1995–1997). The character gained quite a bit of popularity, and it is where he would meet his real life part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22 February
Events Pre-1600 *1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. *1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdinand of Majorca and the forces of Matilda of Hainaut, ends in victory for Ferdinand. *1371 – Robert II of Scotland, Robert II becomes King of Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland, beginning the House of Stuart, Stuart dynasty. *1495 – King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne. 1601–1900 *1632 – Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of Galileo Galilei, Galileo's ''Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems'' . *1651 – St. Peter's Flood: A storm surge floods the German Bight, Frisian coast, drowning 15,000 people. *1744 – War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon (1744), Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 In Germany
Events in the year 2021 in Germany. Incumbents * President of Germany, President: Frank-Walter Steinmeier * Chancellor of Germany, Chancellor: ** Angela Merkel (until 8 December 2021) ** Olaf Scholz (from 8 December 2021) Ongoing * COVID-19 pandemic in Germany Events * 4 January – The COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, COVID-19 COVID-19 lockdowns, lockdown is extended until 31 January. * 15/16 January January 2021 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election * 4 March – most of Germany's major media outlets reports that the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) had placed Alternative for Germany AfD under surveillance as a suspected extremist group. * 14 March 2021 Baden-Württemberg state election * 14 March 2021 Rhineland-Palatinate state election * 14 March 2021 Hessian local elections * 6 June 2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election * 25 June 2021 Würzburg stabbing * 12 July the 2021 European floods began * 27 July 2021 Leverkusen explo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Perscheid
Martin Perscheid (16 February 1966 – 31 July 2021) was a German cartoonist. He created a main character in 1994, who appeared from 1998 under the title ''Perscheids Abgründe'' (Perscheid's abysses). More than 4,300 strips appeared in several German newspapers and magazines. He is known for his "fearless glimpses into human abysses of sexism, racism, ignorance, corruption and stupidity, captured with black humour." Life Perscheid was born in Wesseling on 16 February 1966, where he lived and worked until his death. He was trained as a lithograph designer. Perscheid was married and had two children but at the time of his death he was in a relationship with fellow cartoonist Nadia Menze. Perscheid died on 31 July 2021 after a long battle with cancer. Born to a Catholic family, Perscheid soon became an atheist and humanist which influenced his work significantly. From 2020 to his death, he was a member of the board of advisers of the Giordano Bruno Foundation, a German non-profit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16 February
Events Pre-1600 *1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire. *1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Karuse. 1601–1900 *1630 – Dutch forces led by Hendrick Lonck capture Olinda in what was to become part of Dutch Brazil. *1646 – Battle of Torrington, Devon: The last major battle of the first English Civil War. *1699 – First Leopoldine Diploma is issued by the Holy Roman Emperor, recognizing the Greek Catholic clergy enjoyed the same privileges as Roman Catholic priests in the Principality of Transylvania. *1742 – Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister. *1796 – Colombo in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) falls to the British, completing their invasion of Ceylon. *1804 – First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate . * 1862 – American Civil Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christoph Maria Herbst
Christoph Maria Herbst (born 9 February 1966) is a German actor and comedian. Early life Herbst was born in Wuppertal. After passing the Abitur, he became a trainee banker and was active at the free theatre scene in Wuppertal at the same time. Career Theatre In 1986, Herbst was a founding member of the private ''Theater in Cronenberg'' and its acting school. He's still performing in German theatres. Most recently, he performed "Männerhort" (''Men nursery'') at the ''Theater am Kurfürstendamm'' in Berlin together with Bastian Pastewka, Michael Kessler and Jürgen Tonkel. He is married to Gisi Herbst. Television Herbst made his first appearance in German television in the show '' Sketchup – The Next Generation'' in 1997. From 2002 to 2004, he performed as a supporting actor in ''Ladykracher''. In 2004, he had his first leading role in the ProSieben series '' Stromberg''. In October 2006, the work on the third season of ''Stromberg'' began, airing in early 2007. Herbs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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