Overview
- In 2009, the Green Party in Saarland initiated Germany's first 'Jamaica' coalition with the CDU and FDP at a state level.
- Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded in 1999 to Günter Blobel for groundbreaking cell research.
- The Magellan spacecraft ended its mission in 1994 by burning up in Venus's atmosphere after a five-year journey.
- Wilhelm Pieck became the first president of the German Democratic Republic in 1949.
- The Grote Mandränke storm flood of 1634 devastated the island of Strand, resulting in over 9,000 casualties.