1965 in Germany

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Events in the year 1965 in Germany .

Incumbents

• President – Heinrich Lübke
• Chancellor – Ludwig Erhard

Events

• 4 January - German broadcaster NDR Fernsehen started.
• 27 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965
• 25 June - 6 July - 15th Berlin International Film Festival
• 19 September - West German federal election, 1965
• 26 October - The Second Erhard cabinet led by Ludwig Erhard was sworn in.

Births

• January 6 - Christine Wachtel, German runner
• January 12 - Maybrit Illner, German journalist
• January 24 - Robin Dutt, German footballer
• February 9
  • Christian Schenk, German athlete
  • Dieter Baumann, German athlete
  • Silvia Sperber, German sport shooter
• February 24 - Hansi Flick, German football player and manager
• February 27 - Frank Peter Zimmermann, German violinist
• April 6
  • Theresia Bauer, German politician
  • Rica Reinisch, German swimmer
• April 11 - Simone Thomalla, German actress
• April 21
  • Thomas Helmer, German football player
  • Christina Plate, German actress
• May 11 - Guido Maria Kretschmer, German fashion designer
• May 15 - Martin Sonneborn, German comedian and politician
• May 23 - Tom Tykwer, German film director
• June 10 - Veronica Ferres, German actress
• June 19 - Sabine Braun, German athlete
• June 23 - Manuel Andrack, German journalist, television show editor, television host and author
• July 6 – Hannes Zehentner, German alpine skier
• July 9 - Nadine Capellmann, German equestrian
• August 2 - Katrin Müller-Hohenstein, German journalist
• August 16 - Ercan Durmaz, German actor
• August 28 - Peter Kohl, German businessman and author
• September 7 - Jörg Pilawa, German television presenter
• September 12
  • Silke Hörner, German swimmer
  • Oliver Kalkofe, German comedian and television presenter
• October 6 - Jürgen Kohler, German football player
• October 11 - Alexander Hacke, German guitarist and singer
• October 23 - Andreas Zülow, German boxer
• November 7 - Sigrun Wodars, German middle-distance athlete
• November 11 - Friedrich Merz, German lawyer and politician
• November 23 - Marcel Beyer, German writer
• December 3 - Katarina Witt, German figure skater
• December 4 - Ulf Kirsten, German football player
• December 21
  • Anke Engelke, German actress and comedian
  • Cem Özdemir, German politician

Full date unknown

• Henning Löhlein, German illustrator ^[1]

Deaths

• 17 January - Hans Marchwitza, German writer and poet (born 1890)
• 29 March - Heinrich Schomburgk, German tennis player (born 1885)
• 7 May - Princess Pauline of Württemberg (born 1877)
• 12 May - Max Herz, German businessman (born 1905)
• 1 June - Hellmut von der Chevallerie, German general (born 1896)
• 2 September - Johannes Bobrowski, German poet and writer (born 1917)
• 4 September — Albert Schweitzer, German theologian, organist, philosopher, and physician (born 1875)
• 8 September — Hermann Staudinger, German chemist (born 1881)
• 11 October - Hans Nielsen, German actor (born 1911)
• 22 October - Paul Tillich, Christian existentialist philosopher and Lutheran Protestant theologian (born 1886)
• 25 October - Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor (born 1888)
• 2 November - Herbert Windt, German composer (born 1894)
• 3 November - Hans von Raumer, German politician (born 1870)
• 19 November — Werner Lange, Kriegsmarine admiral (born 1893)

See also

• 1965 in German television

References

1. Das Glück kommt zu dem, der an es glaubt at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-02-17)