1959 in Germany
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The following lists events that happened during 1959 in Germany.
Incumbents
- President – Theodor Heuss (until 13 September), Heinrich Lübke (starting 13 September)
- Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer
Events
March
- March 25 - French President Charles De Gaulle opened his first presidential press conference with a statement that France supported German reunification "as the aim and normal destiny of the German people. provided that [they] do not question their present frontiers to the west, east, north or south." "Germany today is not a danger to us," said De Gaulle as he announced a new relationship with his World War II adversary[1]
Births
- February 2 - Hella von Sinnen, German comedian
- March 9 - Giovanni di Lorenzo, German journalist
- June 19 - Christian Wulff, German politician, former President of Germany
- September 12 - Sigmar Gabriel, German politician
Deaths
- January 26 - Bruno Gröning, German mystic (born 1906)
- June 9 - Adolf Windaus, German chemist (born 1876)
- July 6 - George Grosz, German artist (born 1893)
- October 17 - Otto Feick, German gymnast (born 1890)
See also
References
- ↑ F. Roy Willis, France, Germany and the New Europe 1945–1963 (Stanford University Press), pp295–96
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