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2011 Event - The funeral for the final heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Otto von Habsburg, occurs in Vienna, attended by monarchs and members of the political elite

2006 Death - Otto Zykan, composer, pianist, student, Vienna Music Academy, wrote operas 'Kunst kommt von Gonnen', 'Auszahlreim', dies in Sachsendorf, Austria

1998 Death - Otto Bettman, archivist/writer, Started a huge photo archive, dies at 94

1996 Death - Otto Luening, composer, dies at 96

1994 Death - Otto F Walther, Swiss publisher/author (Der Stumme), dies at 66

1994 Death - Otto Bonsema, soccer star/trainer (GVAV, Veendam), dies at 84

1994 Death - Otto Roesch, paleontologist, dies at 93

1992 Death - Otto FAH van Nispen, mayor of Pannerden/MP (KVP), dies at 85

1988 Death - Otto E. Passman, Representative-D-Louisiana 1947 - 1977, dies at 88

1986 Death - Otto Mortensen, composer, dies at 79

1986 Death - Otto Preminger, dir (Advise and Consent, Anatomy of Murder), dies at 79

1985 Death - Otto Gotsche, writer, dies

1985 Event - 99-yr-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course

1984 Event - Belgian princess Astrid marries arch duke Otto L van Austrian-Este

1980 Death - Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, dies at 91

1978 Death - Otto Siegl, composer, dies at 82

1975 Death - Otto AP Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen, German diplomat, dies at 78

1975 Death - Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS (Mussolini/Ardennen), dies

1974 Death - Otto Kruger, actor (Lux Video Theater), dies on 89th birthday

1974 Death - Otto Waldis, actor (Unknown World, Whip Hand), dies at 72

1974 Death - Hertha Kuusinen, Finnish communist/daughter of Otto K, dies at 70

1973 Death - Otto Klemperer, German/US conductor, dies at 88

1973 Death - Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar, dies at 85

1973 Event - Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme

1972 Birthday - Otto Steffers, born in Louisville, Kentucky, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics

1972 Death - Otto Brenner, German trade union leader, dies at 64

1969 Death - Otto Jochum, composer, dies at 71

1969 Death - Otto Stern, German/U.S. physicist (Nobel 1943), dies at 81

1969 Death - Otto Dix, German Artist

1968 Death - Otto Hahn, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 1944), dies at 89

1967 Birthday - Miranda Otto, Australian Actress

1967 Death - Otto Dibelius, German theologian/bishop, dies at 86

1965 Death - Otto Lederer, actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 79

1965 Death - Otto Reinhold, composer, dies at 66

1965 Death - Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist, dies at 75

1964 Event - Jens Otto Krag forms minority government in Denmark

1964 Event - Willi Stoph succeeds Otto Great as premier of East Germany

1964 Death - Otto V Kuusinen, President of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82

1964 Death - Otto Emanuel Olsson, composer, dies at 84

1963 Death - Otto Flake, writer, dies

1961 Birthday - Joel Otto, Elk River, Minnesota, NHL center, Philadelphia Flyers, Team USA Olympics-1998

1955 Death - Otto Braun, German Politician

1955 Death - Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist, dies at 52

1954 Event - West German secret service head Otto John defects to East Germany

1953 Event - Cleveland Browns' quarterback Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles

1951 Death - Bobel, Braune, Naumann, Ohlendorf, Pohl, Schallenmair and Otto Schmidt, Nazi war criminals, hanged

1950 Death - Otto Vrieslander, composer, dies at 70

1949 Event - Otto Greatwohl becomes 1st premier of East Germany

1948 Event - Otto Skorzeny escapes anti-nazi camp at Darmstadt

1945 Death - Otto Neurath, Austrian/British philosopher, dies at 63

1944 Birthday - Dave, Otto Levenbach, Dutch singer, Du cote the Chez Swann

1944 Death - Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86

1943 Death - Otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies

1943 Event - Otto Skorzeny's Heinkel-111 shot down at Sardinia

1943 Event - Otto Skorzeny's commando group arrives in Rome

1941 Birthday - Curtis Otto Bismark Curtis-Smith, composer

1940 Death - Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet and writer (Hafvets Stjarna), dies at 59

1939 Death - Otto Rank, Rosenfeld, Austria psychoanalyst (Trauma of Geburt), dies

1938 Death - Otto Bauer, Austrian social democrat, dies at 56

1938 Death - Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64

1938 Birthday - Jim Otto, NFL center for the Oakland Raiders

1937 Death - Rudolf Otto, German Theologian

1936 Event - Felix the Cat, Cartoon Character, by Van Beuren from Otto Messmer

1935 Death - Otto "Aba Daba" Berman, U.S. gangster, murdered

1935 Birthday - Otto Ketting, trumpeter/composer, Passacaglia

1935 Birthday - Otto Zykan, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, pianist, student, Vienna Music Academy, wrote operas 'Kunst kommt von Gonnen', 'Auszahlreim'

1933 Event - Otto Meisnner dines with British ambassador Rumbold

1932 Birthday - Sister Vince Otto, mental health activist

1932 Birthday - Otto Schily, German Public Servant

1931 Birthday - Raoul Pleskow, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, studied with Otto Luenig, served on music faculty at C.W. Post College, Long Island University

1931 Death - Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer, dies at 93

1931 Death - Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83

1930 Event - Otto Ender forms Austrian government

1929 Death - Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I), dies at 74

1929 Death - Otto Taubmann, composer, dies at 70

1929 Event - Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (New York to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days)

1929 Death - August Otto Halm, composer, dies at 59

1924 Birthday - Otto Hutter, physiologist

1923 Event - General Otto von Lossow calls Reichswehr to Berlin to form a dictatorship

1921 Birthday - Otto Graham, AAFC/NFL quarterback for the Cleveland Browns

1917 Death - Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66

1916 Death - Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73

1915 Death - Otto Valdemar Malling, composer, dies at 67

1914 Birthday - Jens Otto Krag, premier of Denmark, 1962-68, 71-72

1913 Death - Otto Reubke, composer, dies at 70

1912 Death - Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Kant and Epigones), dies at 71

1910 Birthday - Otto Joachim, composer

1910 Death - Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe), dies at 44

1908 Birthday - Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS Fuhrer, Mussolini/Horthy

1907 Birthday - Otto Brenner, German worker's union leader

1907 Birthday - Otto Mortensen, composer

1907 Birthday - Otto F A H van Nispen, Dutch mayor, Pannerden, MP, KVP

1907 Death - Otto Goldschmidt, composer, dies at 77

1905 Birthday - Otto Preminger, Austria, director/producer, Laura, Exodus

1904 Death - Herbert von Bismarck, German politician/son of Otto, dies

1903 Death - Otto Weininger, Austrian Philosopher

1902 Birthday - Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist

1901 Birthday - Otto Waldis, Austria, actor, Port of Hell, Unknown World

1900 Birthday - Karl Otto Runolfsson, composer

1900 Birthday - Otto Roesch, paleontologist

1900 Birthday - Otto Nothling, cricketer, Test for Australia 1928, 52 runs aver 26

1900 Birthday - Otto E. Passman, born in Louisiana, Representative-D-Louisiana 1947 - 1977

1900 Birthday - Otto Clarence Luening, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, composer, Sonority Canon

1899 Birthday - Otto Reinhold, composer

1899 Birthday - Otto E Neugebauer, Austrian/US math historian

1898 Death - Otto von Bismarck, German "Iron" chancellor, dies at 83

1898 Death - Otto von Bismarck, German Leader

1898 Birthday - Otto Jochum, composer

1897 Birthday - Otto AP Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen, German diplomat/politician

1897 Birthday - Otto, von, Struve, German/U.S. dir, Yerkes/MacDonald observatory

1896 Birthday - Otto Siegl, composer

1896 Death - Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies

1896 Death - Otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48

1892 Death - Otto van Raised, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1884-88), dies at 69

1891 Birthday - Otto Dix, German Artist

1891 Death - Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies

1890 Event - German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck

1889 Birthday - Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist

1889 Birthday - Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank

1888 Birthday - Otto Stern, German/U.S. physicist, Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943

1887 Birthday - Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar

1886 Birthday - Otto Lederer, Czechoslovakia, actor, Jazz Singer

1885 Birthday - Otto Kruger, born in Toledo, Ohio, actor, Lux Video Theater, High Noon

1885 Birthday - Otto Klemperer, Breslau Germany, conductor and composer, Das Ziel

1884 Birthday - Otto Bohm, born in Prussia, scientist, helped create England Radar

1884 Birthday - Otto Rank, Rosenfeld, Austria psychoanalysis, Kunstler

1884 Birthday - Otto Meyerhof, Germany, psychologist/biochemist, Nobel-1922

1883 Birthday - Otto E Deutsch, Austrian musicologist, Schubert-Brevier

1882 Birthday - Otto Neurath, Australian/British philosopher, Foundation of Social Sciences

1882 Death - Otto T Freiherr von Manteuffel, premier of Prussia, dies

1881 Birthday - Otto V Kuusinen, Fin/Rus communist President of Karelo-Finnish SR, 1940-56

1881 Birthday - Otto Bauer, Austrian social-democrat

1881 Birthday - Otto Selz, German psychologist

1880 Birthday - Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet and writer, Sak och sken

1880 Birthday - Otto Vrieslander, composer

1880 Birthday - Otto Dibelius, German theologist/bishop, Confessional Church

1880 Birthday - Otto Weininger, Austrian Philosopher

1879 Birthday - Otto Emanuel Olsson, composer

1879 Birthday - Otto Hahn, German physicist/chemist, Nobel 44, radiothorium/actinium

1875 Death - Amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58

1874 Birthday - Heinrich Otto Ludwig, composer

1873 Birthday - Otto Harbach, songwriter, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

1873 Birthday - Otto Loewi, Frankfurt am Main Germany, physician, Nobel-1936

1873 Birthday - Otto zur Linde, German author, Charon

1872 Birthday - Otto Braun, German Politician

1871 Event - Otto von Bismarck elevated Furst

1869 Birthday - August Otto Halm, composer

1869 Birthday - Rudolf Otto, German Theologian

1867 Birthday - Otto Hermann Kahn, Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Co

1866 Event - German premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt

1865 Birthday - Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer/journalist, Remarkable Stories

1865 Event - Otto von Bismarck elevated to earl

1865 Death - Otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47

1865 Birthday - Otto Modersohn, German painter

1864 Death - Otto French Strahl, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 33

1864 Death - Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54

1862 Event - Otto von Bismarck becomes German republic chancellor

1860 Birthday - Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist

1859 Birthday - Otto Taubmann, composer

1857 Birthday - Otto von Below, German commandant, WW I

1856 Birthday - Otto Brahm, German critic/founder, Neue Deutsche Rundschau

1855 Birthday - Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey, WW I

1851 Birthday - Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer

1849 Birthday - Herbert von Bismarck, German politician/son of Otto of Bismarck

1849 Death - Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38

1849 Death - Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor, dies at 39

1848 Birthday - Otto Valdemar Malling, composer

1848 Birthday - Otto Lilienthal, pioneer aviator

1848 Event - Otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony

1847 Birthday - Otto Wallach, Germany, chemist, Nobel 1910

1842 Birthday - Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, schedelmetingen

1842 Birthday - Otto Reubke, composer

1840 Birthday - Otto Liebmann, German philosopher, Climax of Theories

1837 Birthday - Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer

1832 Birthday - Nikolaus A. Otto, German technician, gas motor, otto motor

1832 Event - Otto of Bavaria is chosen king of Greece

1832 Death - Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer, dies at 85

1829 Birthday - Otto Goldschmidt, composer

1823 Birthday - Otto van Rees, Governor-General of Dutch-Indies, 1884-88

1819 Birthday - Louise Otto, Germany, author and feminist

1818 Birthday - Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece

1818 Birthday - Otto Ludwig, German writer, Die Heiterethei

1817 Death - Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer, dies at 63

1815 Birthday - Otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor, 1866 - 1890

1810 Birthday - Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer

1809 Birthday - Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer

1805 Birthday - Otto T Freiherr von Manteuffel, premier Prussia

1753 Birthday - Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer

1746 Birthday - Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer

1685 Death - Henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies

1656 Death - Stephan Otto, composer, dies at 53

1602 Birthday - Otto von Guericke, inventor, air pump

1592 Birthday - Jan Amos Komensky, Comenius, Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer

1585 Birthday - Cornelius Otto Jansen, France, Roman Catholic reform leader

1579 Birthday - Valerius Otto, composer

1271 Death - Otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies

1267 Event - Battle at Marienholz: Henry III, Otto II van Gelre beat Keuls archbishop Engelbert III

1233 Event - Earl Otto II van Gelre grants Arnhem state justice

1229 Event - Otto II becomes earl of Gelre

1227 Death - Otto II van Lippe, bishop of Utrecht (1216-27), dies

1215 Death - Otto van Gelre, son of Otto I/earl-elect of Utrecht

1214 Event - 1st battle of Bouvines - King Philips II vs Emperor Otto IV

1210 Event - Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV

1210 Event - Pope Innocent III excommunicates German emperor Otto IV

1209 Event - Pope Innocent II crowns German king Otto of Wittelsbach

1208 Event - Otto van Wittelsbach chosen German king

1002 Death - Otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21

999 Death - Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68

996 Event - Pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas

996 Event - Pope Gregory V crowns his cousin Otto III German emperor

991 Death - Theophano, German Empress/wife of Emperor Otto II, dies

983 Death - Otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28

976 Event - Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria

973 Death - Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60

967 Event - John XIII crowned Otto II the Red German compassionate emperor

962 Event - Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor

961 Event - German King Otto II crowned

955 Event - Battle at Lech: German king Otto I beats Hungarians

953 Event - Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights

951 Event - Otto I the Great becomes king of Italy

949 Event - Otto I the Great gives away bishopdom of Utrecht

944 Event - Otto I the Great gives away bisdom Utrecht "foreestrecht"

939 Event - Battle at Andernach: King Otto and Hermann of Zwaben beat Eberhard of France and Giselbert of Lutherans

936 Event - German king Otto I the Great, crowned

936 Event - Otto I the Great becomes King of Germany

912 Birthday - Otto I, the Great, German king, Holy Roman emperor, 962-73













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