2002 Death Adolph Green, "lyricist, screenwriter", Singin' in the Rain, dies at 86 1995 Death Adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist (Nobel 1939), dies at 91 1986 Death Adolph Caesar, actor (Club Paradise, Soldier's Story), dies 1983 Event Stern mag announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolph Hitler (turned out to be a hoax) 1979 Death Adolph Dubs, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered 1976 Death Adolph Zukor, Hungarian/U.S. fur trader/movie producer, dies at 103 1974 Death Adolph Gottlieb, U.S. painter, dies at 71 1972 Event Adolph Rupp retires after 42 years of coaching University of Kentucky 1971 Death Adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79 1960 Event Songwriter Adolph Green marries actress and singer Phyllis Newman in New York City 1945 Death Adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56 1944 Death Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80 1941 Event Adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland 1938 Event Adolph Hitler demands self-determination for Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia 1936 Event Adolph Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin 1934 Event Adolph Hitler expands German army and Navy and creates an air force, violating Treaty of Versailles 1934 Event Adolph Hitler becomes commander-in-chief of Germany 1933 Death Adolph Loos, Austrian architect, dies at 62 1933 Event Enabling Act: German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers 1933 Event Adolph Hitler named German Chancellor, forms government with Von Papen 1923 Death Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer, dies at 66 1918 Birthday Adolph Kiefer, U.S., 100m backstroke swimmer, Gold Medal 1936 Olympics 1917 Birthday Joseph Coors, CEO, Adolph Coors Co Brewery 1915 Birthday Adolph Green, songwriter, married to Phyllis Newman 1912 Birthday Eva Braun, mistress, Adolph Hitler 1904 Birthday Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenber----dorff, Sr, near Hamburg, Germany 1903 Birthday Adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist, Nobel 1939 1902 Event Split skirt 1st worn by Mrs. Adolph Landeburg (horse rider) 1901 Birthday Stefan Lorant, born in Budapest, Hungary, writer, Hungarian-American filmmaker, photojournalist, made fourteen films in Vienna and Berlin, opposed to Adolph Hitler, imprisoned, wrote memoir 'I was Hitler's Prisoner' 1896 Event Adolph Ochs (39) buys New York Times 1891 Birthday Adolph Weiss, composer 1889 Death Adolph von Henselt, composer, dies at 75 1889 Birthday Adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany, 1936-45 1888 Birthday Harpo Marx, Adolph, New York City, actor/comedian, Marx brothers 1873 Birthday Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive, Paramount 1863 Birthday Adolph Goldschmidt, German historian 1857 Birthday Karl Adolph Gjellerup, born in Denmark, poet, Poutnici Svetem, Nobel 1917 1857 Death Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42 1857 Birthday Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer 1854 Death Karl Adolph von Basedow, East Germany (Ziekte van Basedow), dies at 55 1830 Birthday Adolph Sutro, San Francisco mayor, built Cliff House, railways, tunnels 1827 Birthday Julius Adolph de Lagnel, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1822 Birthday Adolph Wilhelm August Friedrich von Steinwehr, Brigadier General, Union 1815 Birthday Adolph Trube, composer 1814 Birthday Adolph von Henselt, composer 1799 Birthday Karl Adolph von Basedow, German artist, Ziekte van Basedow 1781 Death Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 1776 Death Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67 1720 Birthday Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer 1708 Birthday Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer