German lieutenant (born 1919)

Fritz Langanke

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for a wide range of reasons and across all ranks, from a senior commander for skilled leadership of his troops in battle to a low-ranking soldier for a single act of extreme gallantry. A total of 7,321 awards were made between its first presentation on 30 September 1939 and its last bestowal on 17 June 1945. This number is based on the analysis and acceptance of the order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).

Born

1919

July 15

Died

2012

Era

1910s

Country

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Fritz, in brief

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Key dates

1919 Born
2012 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

-484 Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome.
70 First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. (17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar).
756 An Lushan Rebellion: Emperor Xuanzong of Tang is ordered by his Imperial Guards to execute chancellor Yang Guozhong by forcing him to commit suicide or face a mutiny. General An Lushan has other members of the emperor's family killed.
1099 First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege.

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The world in 1919

When Fritz arrived

april 10 Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
april 10 The Third Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Huliaipole.
april 13 Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops led by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer kill approximately 379–1,000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India. Approximately 1,500 are injured.
april 16 Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on July 15

Aníbal Cavaco Silva 1939– Portuguese economist and politician, 19th President of the Portuguese Republic Ashoke Sen 1956– Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist Brenda Milner 1918– English-Canadian neuropsychologist and academic David Miliband 1965– English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Dorothy Fields 1905–1974 American songwriter (died 1974) Emmeline Pankhurst 1858–1928 English political activist and suffragist (died 1928) Harrison Birtwistle 1934–2022 British composer (born 1934) Inigo Jones 1573–1652 English architect, designed the Queen's House (died 1652) Jan-Michael Vincent 1944–2019 American actor (born 1944)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1919

Alan Young 1919–2016 English-born Canadian-American actor (born 1919) Clifton McNeely 1919– American basketball player and coach (died 2003) David Willcocks 1919–2015 English organist, composer, and conductor (died 2015) Doris Lessing 1919–2013 British novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919) Edward Brooke 1919–2015 American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts Attorney General (born 1919) Émile Bouchard 1919–2012 Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1919) Eva Gabor 1919–1995 Hungarian-American actress (died 1995) Eva Perón 1919–1952 Argentinian politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (born 1919) George Wallace 1919–1960 American lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (died 1998)

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