1977 Death Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking 1955 Death Otto Braun, German Politician 1947 Birthday Carol Moseley Braun, American Politician 1946 Birthday Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director/actor, Ehe der Maria Braun 1945 Death Eva Braun, mistress/wife of Hitler, commits suicide at 33 1939 Birthday Volker Braun, born in Dresden, German, writer, poet, playwright, wrote 'Das ungezwungne Leben Kasts' or 'The Unrestrained Life of Kast' 1936 Birthday Peter Michael Braun, composer 1936 Birthday Klaus Lowitsch, born in Berlin, actor, Despair, Marriage of Marla Braun 1932 Event Wernher von Braun named head of German liquid-fuel rocket program 1929 Birthday Bob Braun, Ludlow, Kentucky, singer, Dotty Mack Show 1927 Birthday Carl Braun, basketball player for the New York Knicks 1922 Birthday Yehezkiel Braun, composer 1912 Birthday Werner von Braun, born in Wirsitz, Germany, rocket expert, I Aim at the Stars 1912 Birthday Wernher von Braun, German Scientist 1912 Birthday Eva Braun, mistress, Adolph Hitler 1872 Birthday Otto Braun, German Politician 1865 Birthday Lili Braun, born in Prussia, feminist/socialist writer, Im Schatten Titanen 1850 Birthday Karl F Braun, Germany, co-developed wireless telegraphy, Nobel 1909
