1984 in Germany
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{{Year in Germany|1984}}
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
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- 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.{{cite web|title=Bastian Schweinsteiger|url=https://www.kicker.de/bastian-schweinsteiger/spieler/premier-league/2016-17/manchester-united|website=Kicker|publisher=Olympia Verlag|access-date=16 December 2016|language=de}}
- 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.{{cite web|title=Per Mertesacker|url=https://www.kicker.de/per-mertesacker/spieler/premier-league/2016-17/fc-arsenal|website=Kicker|publisher=Olympia Verlag|access-date=16 December 2016|language=de}}
- 11 October – Sebastian Ernst, German athlete
- 18 October
- Robert Harting, German discus thrower
- Annekatrin Thiele, German rower
- 13 October – Stefan Gruhner, German politician
- 24 October – Christian Reif, German athlete
- 24 November – Maria Höfl-Riesch, German ski racer
- 28 December – Martin Kaymer, German golfer{{cite news |title=Kaymer 'glad' he blew 10-shot lead |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/31004185 |access-date=7 December 2020}}
- 31 December – David Maaß, German politician
Deaths
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- 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){{cite news |last=Pace |first=Eric |date=8 March 1984 |title=Martin Niemoller, Resolute Foe Of Hitler |newspaper=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/08/obituaries/martin-niemoller-resolute-foe-of-hitler.html }}
- 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){{cite encyclopedia|year=2004|title=Karl Rahner|editor1-last=Byers|editor1-first=Paula K.|editor2-last=Bourgoin|editor2-first=Suzanne M.|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of World Biography|edition=2nd|volume=13|location=Detroit, Michigan|publisher=Gale|pages=4–5|isbn=978-0-7876-2553-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo13gale}}
- 10 April – Willy Semmelrogge, German actor (born 1923)
- 15 April – Grete Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher (born 1901)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 ([http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/APR08/Event/83895 abstract])
- 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)
- 28 November – Hubertus, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, German politician (born 1906)
- 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
References
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