![Ferdinand Freiligrath](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Freiligrath-1900.jpg/100px-Freiligrath-1900.jpg)
- 1810 – Birth of writer Ferdinand Freiligrath
- 1898 – Birth of crystallographer Carl Hermann
- 1953 – The Uprising in East Germany is crushed by Soviet military
- 2002 – Death of football player Fritz Walter, captain of the German team in the 1954 FIFA World Cup