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Cologne, Germany
LOCATION
Official Website:
http://www.koeln.de/ Population:
969,709 (2004) SCHOOLS
COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Konrad Adenauer |
Politician |
5-Jan-1876 |
19-Apr-1967 |
Chancellor of West Germany, 1949-61 |
| Cornelius Agrippa |
Scientist |
14-Sep-1486 |
18-Feb-1535 |
Three Books of Occult Philosophy |
| Heinrich Böll |
Novelist |
21-Dec-1917 |
16-Jul-1985 |
The Train Was On Time |
| Carl Bosch |
Chemist |
27-Aug-1874 |
26-Apr-1940 |
Chairman of I. G. Farben |
| Max Bruch |
Composer |
6-Jan-1838 |
2-Oct-1920 |
Kol Nidrei |
| Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck |
Film Director |
2-May-1973 |
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The Lives of Others |
| Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
Novelist |
7-May-1927 |
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Heat and Dust |
| Udo Kier |
Actor |
14-Oct-1944 |
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Hans in My Own Private Idaho |
| Werner Klemperer |
Actor |
22-Mar-1920 |
6-Dec-2000 |
Col. Klink on Hogan's Heroes |
| Wilhelm Marx |
Head of State |
15-Jan-1863 |
5-Aug-1946 |
German Chancellor 1923-25, 1926-28 |
| Nico |
Musician |
16-Oct-1938 |
18-Jul-1988 |
The Velvet Underground and Nico |
| Jacques Offenbach |
Composer |
20-Jun-1819 |
5-Oct-1880 |
Inventor of the the opérette |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Kurt Alder |
Chemist |
10-Jul-1902 |
20-Jun-1958 |
Diels-Alder Reaction |
| George Cassander |
Religion |
1513 |
3-Feb-1566 |
Worked towards Christian unity |
| John Duns Scotus |
Religion |
c. 1265 |
8-Nov-1308 |
14th century Scottish scholar |
| Pope Gregory VI |
Religion |
? |
1048 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1045-46 |
| Mauricio Kagel |
Composer |
24-Dec-1931 |
18-Sep-2008 |
Absurdist composer |
| Marie de Medici |
Royalty |
26-Apr-1573 |
3-Jul-1642 |
Regent of France 1610-17 |
| Nikolaus Otto |
Engineer |
14-Jun-1832 |
26-Jan-1891 |
Four-stroke internal-combustion engine |
| Theodor Schwann |
Scientist |
7-Dec-1810 |
11-Jan-1882 |
Cell Theorist |
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