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Events in the year 1966 in Germany.

## Incumbents

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* President – Heinrich Lübke
* Chancellor
* Ludwig Erhard (until 30 November 1966)
* Kurt Georg Kiesinger (from 30 November 1966)

## Events

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* Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966
* 24 June–5 July – 16th Berlin International Film Festival[1]
* 1 December – The Kiesinger cabinet, led by Kurt Georg Kiesinger, is sworn in.
* Date unknown: German company Hannover Re was founded.

## Births

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* 30 January – Hans Tutschku, German composer
* 7 February – Claudia Nolte, German politician
* 7 February – Kristin Otto, German swimmer
* 8 February – Bruno Labbadia, German footballer and manager
* 9 February – Christoph Maria Herbst, German actor and comedian
* 16 February – Martin Perscheid, German cartoonist (d. 2021)
* 22 February – Thorsten Kaye, German-English actor
* 26 February – Anette Gersch, German alpine skier
* 18 March – Anne Will, German journalist[2]
* 3 April – Michael Mittermeier, German comedian
* 4 April – Stefan Mappus, German politician
* 19 April – Oliver Welke, German television presenter, actor, comedian and sports journalist
* 21 April – Francis Fulton-Smith, German-British actor
* 3 May – Katrin Göring-Eckardt, German politician
* 8 May – Rocko Schamoni, German entertainer, author and musician
* 9 May – Stefan Quandt, German engineer and industrialist
* 11 May – Christoph Schneider, German musician
* 25 May – Tatjana Patitz, German model and actress (died 2023)
* 28 May – Theo Bleckmann, German vocalist and composer
* 30 May – Thomas Häßler, German football player
* 31 May – Frank Goosen, German cabaret artist and novelist
* 1 June – Sven Rothenberger, German equestrian
* 5 June – Sebastian Krumbiegel, German singer
* 1 July – Zita-Eva Funkenhauser, German fencer
* 7 July – Gundula Krause, German-Irish violinist
* 8 July – Ralf Altmeyer, German virologist
* 14 July – Ralf Waldmann, German motorcycle race (died 2018)
* 18 July – Kathrin Neimke, German track and field athlete
* 23 July – Wolfgang Büchner, German journalist
* 1 August – Axel Oberwelland, German businessman
* 7 August – Stefan Heße, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church
* 20 August – Andreas Hartenfels, German politician
* 25 August – Sandra Maischberger, German journalist
* 7 September – Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, German speed skater
* 13 September – Maria Furtwängler, German actress
* 19 September – Heiko Maas, German politician
* 22 September – Erdoğan Atalay, German-Turkish actor
* 30 September – Leo Löwenstein, German racing driver (died 2010)
* 8 October – Tabea Zimmermann, German violinist
* 17 October – Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse, German nobleman
* 9 September – Georg Hackl, German luger
* 20 October – Stefan Raab, German television presenter
* 1 November – Barbara Becker, German model
* 16 November – Christian Lorenz, German musician
* 3 December – Bernd Althusmann, German politician

## Deaths

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* 28 January — Ada Tschechowa, Russo-German actress (born 1916)
* 23 March – August Bach, German politician (born 1897)
* 23 March – Hilde Schrader, German swimmer (born 1910)
* April 13 \- Felix von Luckner, German nobleman, author and sailor (born 1881)
* May 8\- Erich Pommer, German film producer and executive (born 1889)
* May 10 \- Erich Engel, German film and theatre director (born 1891)
* May 24 \- Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (born 1885)
* June 12 \- Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (born 1891)
* July 16 \- Bernhard Schweitzer, German archaeologist (born 1892)
* July 31 \- Alexander von Falkenhausen, German general (born 1878)
* August 22 \- Günther Birkenfeld, German writer (born 1901)
* August 29 – Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern, Queen consort of Portugal in exile (born 1890)
* September 12 \- Heinrich Stuhlfauth, German football player and goal keeper (born 1896)
* September 17 — Fritz Wunderlich, singer (born 1930)
* September 19 \- Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, equestrian and general (born 1899)
* October 17 \- Wieland Wagner, German opera director (born 1917)
* November 19 \- Margarete Haagen, German actress (born 1889)
* December 3 \- Friedrich Marby, German rune occultist and Germanic revivalist (born 1882)
* December 4 \- Renate Ewert, German actress (born 1933)

## See also

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* 1966 in German television

## References

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1. ^ "16th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 3 February 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
2. ^ "Anne Will - Persönlich" (in German). NDR. Archived from the original on 5 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-29.

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