1984 in Germany
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Events in the year 1984 in Germany.
Incumbents
[edit]- President - Karl Carstens (until 30 June), Richard von Weizsäcker (starting 1 July)
- Chancellor – Helmut Kohl
Events
[edit]- 17–28 February - 34th Berlin International Film Festival
- 29 March – Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984
- 17 June - 1984 European Parliament election in West Germany
- 24 August - Launch of the all-new Opel Kadett, which will be built in West Germany as well as other countries including Belgium and the United Kingdom.
- 7 October - East German Republic Day Parade of 1984
- December - The Opel Kadett is voted European Car of the Year, the first Opel car to win the award.
- Date unknown: German company Grundig is taken over by Netherlands company Philips.
Births
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- 1 January – Christian Eigler, German footballer
- 9 January – Benjamin Danso, German rugby player
- 11 January – Mark Forster, German singer-songwriter
- 19 January – Aljona Savchenko, pair skater
- 25 January – Stefan Kießling, German football player
- 24 March – Philipp Petzschner, tennis player
- 26 March – Jürgen Spieß, weightlifter
- 31 May – Daniela Samulski, German swimmer (died 2018)
- 13 June – Antje Möldner-Schmidt, German athlete
- 20 June – Dennis Malura, footballer
- 7 July – Stephanie Stumph, German actress
- 1 August – Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer.[1]
- 5 August – Helene Fischer, German singer
- 29 August
- Christian Lell, German footballer
- Alexander Hug, rugby player
- Helge Meeuw, German swimmer
- 29 September – Per Mertesacker, German footballer.[2]
- 11 October – Sebastian Ernst, German athlete
- 18 October
- Robert Harting, German discus thrower
- Annekatrin Thiele, German rower
- 13 October – Stefan Gruhner, German politician
- 24 October – Christian Reif, German athlete
- 24 November – Maria Höfl-Riesch, German ski racer
- 28 December – Martin Kaymer, German golfer[3]
- 31 December – David Maaß, German politician
Deaths
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- 26 January – Leny Marenbach, German actress (born 1907)
- 22 February – Uwe Johnson, German writer (born 1932)
- 6 March – Martin Niemöller, German theologian and Lutheran pastor (born 1892)[4]
- 21 March – August Frank, Nazi German official, SS leader and convict at the Nuremberg trials (born 1898)
- 30 March – Karl Rahner, German Jesuit priest and theologian (b. 1904)[5]
- 10 April – Willy Semmelrogge, German actor (born 1923)
- 15 April – Grete Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher (born 1901)[6]
- 17 July – Karl Wolff, German Nazi SS Officer (born 1900)
- 9 October – Heinz von Cleve, German stage and film actor (born 1897)
- 21 October – Adolf Fischer, German actor (born 1900)
- 23 November – Paul Dahlke, German actor (born 1904)
- 28 November – Hans Speidel, German general (born 1897)
- 28 November – Hubertus, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, German politician (born 1906)
- 11 December – Krafft Arnold Ehricke, German rocket-propulsion engineer and advocate for space colonization (born 1917)
- 16 December – Karl Deichgräber, German classical philologist (born 1903)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Bastian Schweinsteiger". Kicker (in German). Olympia Verlag. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "Per Mertesacker". Kicker (in German). Olympia Verlag. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "Kaymer 'glad' he blew 10-shot lead". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Pace, Eric (8 March 1984). "Martin Niemoller, Resolute Foe Of Hitler". New York Times.
- ^ Byers, Paula K.; Bourgoin, Suzanne M., eds. (2004). "Karl Rahner". Encyclopedia of World Biography. Vol. 13 (2nd ed.). Detroit, Michigan: Gale. pp. 4–5. ISBN 978-0-7876-2553-5.
- ^ C. Herzenberg: Grete Hermann: Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2008 APS April Meeting and HEDP/HEDLA Meeting, Volume 53, Number 5, 11–15 April 2008 in St. Louis, Missouri (abstract)
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