1997 Death Joanna Moore, actress (Bronx, Hindenburg), dies at 63 1937 Event Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey (36 die) 1936 Event 1st flight of airship Hindenburg, Germany 1934 Death Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Hindenburg, soldier/statesman, dies at 86 1934 Death Paul von Hindenburg, German Soldier 1933 Event German President Von Hindenburg abolishes free expression of opinion 1933 Event President von Hindenburg and von Papen end Prussian parliament 1933 Event German President Von Hindenburg limits freedom of the press 1933 Event German president von Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor 1932 Event Hitler refuses Von Hindenburg's proposal to become vice-chancellor 1932 Event Von Hindenburg disbands German Parliament 1929 Event President Von Hindenburg refuses to pay German debt of WW I 1918 Event Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of Hindenburg Line 1918 Event Allies forced Germans back across Hindenburg Line 1916 Event Paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany 1916 Event General Von Hindenburg becomes German Chief of Staff 1916 Event Von Hindenburg replaces Von Falkenhayn as German chief of staff 1914 Event Von Hindenburg named marshal of Eastern front 1914 Event Von Ludendorff and von Hindenburg move into E Prussia enroute to Russia 1847 Birthday Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorf und Hindenburg, German president 1847 Birthday Paul von Hindenburg, German Soldier
