Jun 25 George Orwell born, 1903
Mar 24 Jules Gabriel Verne died, 1905
May 25 Robert Ludlum born, 1927
-Oct 16 Günter Grass born, 1927
+Oct 16 Günter Grass born, 1927
Sep 21 Stephen Edwin King born in Maine, 1947
-Jul 29 Emil Erich Kästner, died, 1964
+Jul 29 Emil Erich Kästner, died, 1964
Jan 12 Agatha Christie died, 1976
Mar 12 Robert Ludlum died, 2001
Jan 28 Astrid Lindgren died, 2002
Dec 29 Pablo Casals born, 1876
Sep 23 Ray Charles born, 1930
Jan 24 Neil Diamond born, 1931
-Sep 30 Udo Jürgens born, 1934
+Sep 30 Udo Jürgens born, 1934
Dec 21 Reinhard Mey born, 1942
Aug 16 Madonna born, 1958
Aug 29 Michael Jackson born, 1958
Dec 24 The first public radio show, 1906
Jul 18 Oskar Sala (Trautonium player) born, 1910
Jul 3 John Logie Baird demonstrates color TV transmission, 1928
-Oct 18 Gründung des Studios für Elektronische Musik des NWDR in Köln, 1951
+Oct 18 Gründung des Studios für Elektronische Musik des NWDR in Köln, 1951
Dec 21 Start des ersten offiziellen Fernseh-Versuchsprogramms in der DDR, 1952
Dec 25 Start of the regular German TV program, 1952
May 3 Deutsche Welle starts its public radio program, 1953
/* German Actors and Actresses */
Dec 27 Marlene Dietrich born, 1901
-Mar 7 Heinz Rühmann born, 1902
+Mar 7 Heinz Rühmann born, 1902
Dec 5 Johannes Heesters born, 1903
Jan 20 Heinz Erhard born, 1909
May 30 Inge Meysel born, 1910
Mar 29 Brigitte Horney born, 1911
Feb 14 Georg Thomalla born, 1915
-Dec 13 Curd Jürgens born, 1915
+Dec 13 Curd Jürgens born, 1915
May 26 Horst 'Derrik' Tappert born, 1923
-Nov 12 Bernhard Victor 'Vicco' Christoph Carl 'Loriot' von Bülow born, 1923
+Nov 12 Bernhard Victor 'Vicco' Christoph Carl 'Loriot' von Bülow born, 1923
Apr 2 Hans Rosenthal born, 1925
-Apr 12 Hardy Krüger born, 1928
+Apr 12 Hardy Krüger born, 1928
Sep 14 Hans Clarin born in Wilhelmshaven, 1928
Jun 29 Harald 'Harry Heinz Herbert' Juhnke born, 1929
Sep 8 Mario Adorf born, 1930
Feb 8 Manfred Krug born, 1937
Aug 12 Iris Berben born, 1950
-Jun 18 Curd Jürgens died after heart attack, 1982
+Jun 18 Curd Jürgens died after heart attack, 1982
Feb 10 Hans Rosenthal died, 1987
Jul 27 Brigitte Horney died, 1988
-Oct 3 Heinz Rühmann died, 1994
+Oct 3 Heinz Rühmann died, 1994
Aug 25 Georg Thomalla died, 1999
Feb 1 Hildegard Knef died at the age of 76, 2002
Apr 4 Heinz Drache died, 2002
-Dec 2 Klaus Löwitsch died, 2002
-May 30 Günter Pfitzmann died, 2003
+Dec 2 Klaus Löwitsch died, 2002
+May 30 Günter Pfitzmann died, 2003
Jul 10 Inge Meysel died, 2004
Mar 8 Brigitte Mira died, 2005
Apr 1 Harald 'Harry Heinz Herbert' Juhnke died, 2005