1984 in Germany explained

Events in the year 1984 in Germany.

Incumbents

• President - Karl Carstens (until 30 June), Richard von Weizsäcker (starting 1 July)
• Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

Events

• 17–28 February - 34th Berlin International Film Festival
• 29 March – Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984
• 17 June - 1984 European Parliament election in West Germany
• 24 August - Launch of the all-new Opel Kadett, which will be built in West Germany as well as other countries including Belgium and the United Kingdom.
• 7 October - East German Republic Day Parade of 1984
• December - The Opel Kadett is voted European Car of the Year, the first Opel car to win the award.
• Date unknown: German company Grundig is taken over by Netherlands company Philips.

Births

• 1 January – Christian Eigler, German footballer
• 9 January – Benjamin Danso, German rugby player
• 11 January – Mark Forster, German singer-songwriter
• 19 January – Aljona Savchenko, pair skater
• 25 January – Stefan Kießling, German football player
• 31 May – Daniela Samulski, German swimmer (died 2018)
• 13 June – Antje Möldner-Schmidt, German athlete
• 20 June – Dennis Malura, footballer
• 7 July – Stephanie Stumph, German actress
• 1 August – Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer.^[1]
• 5 August – Helene Fischer, German singer
• 29 August
  • Christian Lell, German footballer
  • Alexander Hug, rugby player
  • Helge Meeuw, German swimmer
• 29 September – Per Mertesacker, German footballer.^[2]
• 11 October – Sebastian Ernst, German athlete
• 18 October
  • Robert Harting, German discus thrower
  • Annekatrin Thiele, German rower
• 24 October – Christian Reif, German athlete
• 24 November – Maria Höfl-Riesch, German ski racer
• 28 December – Martin Kaymer, German golfer^[3]

Deaths

• 26 January – Leny Marenbach, German actress (born 1907)
• 22 February – Uwe Johnson, German writer (born 1932)
• 6 March – Martin Niemöller, German theologian and Lutheran pastor (born 1892)^[4]
• 21 March – August Frank, Nazi German official, SS leader and convict at the Nuremberg trials (born 1898)
• 30 March – Karl Rahner, German Jesuit priest and theologian (b. 1904)^[5]
• 10 April – Willy Semmelrogge, German actor (born 1923)
• 15 April – Grete Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher (born 1901)^[6]
• 17 July – Karl Wolff, German Nazi SS Officer (born 1900)
• 9 October – Heinz von Cleve, German stage and film actor (born 1897)
• 21 October – Adolf Fischer, German actor (born 1900)
• 23 November – Paul Dahlke, German actor (born 1904)
• 28 November – Hans Speidel, German general (born 1897)
• 11 December – Krafft Arnold Ehricke, German rocket-propulsion engineer and advocate for space colonization (born 1917)
• 16 December – Karl Deichgräber, German classical philologist (born 1903)

See also

• 1984 in German television

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bastian Schweinsteiger. kicker.de. Olympia Verlag. 16 December 2016. de.
2. Web site: Per Mertesacker. kicker.de. Olympia Verlag. 16 December 2016. de.
3. News: Kaymer 'glad' he blew 10-shot lead . BBC Sport . 7 December 2020.
4. News: Pace . Eric . 8 March 1984 . Martin Niemoller, Resolute Foe Of Hitler . .
5. Encyclopedia: 2004. Karl Rahner. Byers. Paula K.. Bourgoin. Suzanne M.. Encyclopedia of World Biography. 2nd. 13. Detroit, Michigan. Gale. 4–5. 978-0-7876-2553-5. registration.
6. C. Herzenberg: Grete Hermann: Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2008 APS April Meeting and HEDP/HEDLA Meeting, Volume 53, Number 5, 11–15 April 2008 in St. Louis, Missouri (abstract)