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 * 1639 – Death of composer Melchior Franck
 * 1927 – The Hindenburgdamm connecting Sylt to the mainland is opened
 * 1947 – Birth of singer-songwriter Konstantin Wecker
 * 1973 – Birth of supermodel Heidi Klum
 * 1979 – Death of physician Werner Forssmann, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
 * 2000 – The Expo 2000 world fair opens in Hanover