• 1877 - The Blohm & Voss shipbuilding company is founded
• 1908 - Germany's national football team plays its first game and loses 3-5 to Switzerland
• 1934 - Birth of judge and politician Roman Herzog, President of Germany 1994-1999
• 1978 - Birth of swimmer Franziska van Almsick
• 1986 - The bombing of the La Belle Discotheque in Berlin kills three and injures 230