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Appearance
![Manfred von Ardenne](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-K0917-500%2C_Prof._Manfred_v._Ardenne.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-K0917-500%2C_Prof._Manfred_v._Ardenne.jpg)
- 1700 – Birth of social reformer and bishop Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf
- 1894 – Emanuel Lasker becomes World Chess Champion, a title that he will hold for 27 years
- 1923 – Birth of actor Horst Tappert, best known as Derrick
- 1976 – Death of philosopher Martin Heidegger
- 1997 – Death of scientist and inventor Manfred von Ardenne