LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.potsdam.de/

Population:
145,002 (2004)

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frederick William III	Royalty	3-Aug-1770	7-Jun-1840	King of Prussia, 1797-1840
Ernst Haeckel	Zoologist	16-Feb-1834	9-Aug-1919	Proponent of evolution
Martin Schwarzschild	Astronomer	31-May-1912	10-Apr-1997	Structure and Evolution of the Stars
Conrad Veidt	Actor	22-Jan-1893	3-Apr-1943	Maj. Strasser in Casablanca
Hermann von Helmholtz	Physicist	31-Aug-1821	8-Sep-1894	Law of Conservation of Energy

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frederick the Great	Royalty	24-Jan-1712	17-Aug-1786	King of Prussia, 1740-86
Frederick William IV	Royalty	15-Oct-1795	2-Jan-1861	King of Prussia, 1840-61
Hans Geiger	Physicist	30-Sep-1882	24-Sep-1945	Co-Inventor of the Geiger Counter
Karl Schwarzschild	Astronomer	9-Oct-1873	11-May-1916	Black holes, Schwarzschild radius

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