Calendar page - What happened on July 4?
Current calendar page for July 4, 2024
Namesday
Berta, Elisabeth, Ulrich
Historical Data
2023 - The NATO member states agree to extend the mandate of Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for another year. Previously, attempts to agree on another candidate had failed.
2004 - Greece becomes the first time Football European Champion. The German trainer Otto Rehhagel's team wins the final in Lisbon against the favored host Portugal with 1:0.
1999 - Burglars discover in Saxony-Anhalt the "Nebra Sky Disk" as part of a Bronze treasure. The 3600-year-old disk shows the oldest known, concrete representation of astronomical phenomena.
1989 - A leaderless Soviet fighter jet of the MiG type flies over the GDR, the Federal Republic, the Netherlands and crashes into a house in Belgium. An 18-year-old dies. The pilot had already ejected over Poland.
1954 - "Miracle of Bern": Germany becomes surprisingly the first time Football World Champion in the Bern Wankdorf Stadium through a 3:2 against Hungary.
Birthdays
1989 - Patrick Groetzki (35), German handball player (Rhein-Neckar Löwen), debut in the national team 2009
1949 - Horst Seehofer (75), German politician, Federal Minister of various departments (Interior 2019-2021, Nutrition/Agriculture 2005-2008, Health 1992-1998), CSU chairman 2008-2019, Bavarian Minister-President 2008-2018
1949 - Werner Seifert (75), Swiss manager, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the German Stock Exchange AG 1993-2005
1939 - Roland Klick (85), German film director and screenwriter ("Deadlock", "Supermarket")
Deaths
1934 - Marie Curie, French-Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize for Physics 1903, Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1911, born 1867
- In 2024, if you turn the calendar page to July 4, you'll find the Namesday celebrations for Berta, Elisabeth, and Ulrich.
- Contrasting with the dying days of 1989 when a Soviet fighter jet crashed in Belgium, Germany celebrated its first Football World Championship title in 1954, a "Miracle of Bern."
- The triumph of Otto Rehhagel's Greek team in the 2004 European Championship, giving Greece their first title, was historic, having beaten Portugal 1:0 in Lisbon.
- Despite being a NATO member for many years, the debates over extending Jens Stoltenberg's term as Secretary General in 2023 were challenging, eventually resulting in another year of his tenure.
- A bitter-sweet moment in history, 1999 saw the discovery of the Nebra Sky Disk in Saxony-Anhalt, a 3600-year-old artifact depicting astronomical phenomena, while also marking the death of Marie Curie, a French-Polish chemist and physicist, winning two Nobel Prizes.
