- 1488 - Birth of Imperial Knight and humanist Ulrich von Hutten
- 1864 - Birth of sociologist Max Weber
- 1900 - Birth of Nazi journalist Hans Fritzsche
- 1918 - The Red Baron Manfred von Richthofen is shot down
- 1946 - In the Soviet occupation zone, KPD and SPD are united to form the SED
- 1488 - Birth of Imperial Knight and humanist Ulrich von Hutten
- 1864 - Birth of sociologist Max Weber
- 1900 - Birth of Nazi journalist Hans Fritzsche
- 1918 - The Red Baron Manfred von Richthofen is shot down
- 1946 - In the Soviet occupation zone, KPD and SPD are united to form the SED