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Heinrich Lübke

1894 – 1972 · aged 78

German politician (1894-1972)

Born
14 Oct 1894 · Sundern (Sauerland)
Died
6 Apr 1972 · Bonn

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 90 years
  1. 14 Oct 1894BornBorn in Sundern (Sauerland)
  2. 1914 – 1918WarWorld War I
  3. 1949 – 1950RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  4. 1953 – 1957RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  5. 1955AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Merit for Agriculture
  6. 1957 – 1959RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  7. 1957AwardCommander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  8. 1957AwardGrand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  9. 1959 – 1969RolePresident of Germany
  10. 1959AwardGrand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  11. 1962AwardOrder of the Rajamitrabhorn
  12. 1962AwardHonorary citizen of Berlin
  13. 1964AwardHarnack medal
  14. 1965AwardHonorary citizenship
  15. 1965AwardKnight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  16. 1966AwardHonorary citizen of Bonn
  17. 1968AwardHonorary citizenship
  18. 6 Apr 1972DiedDied in Bonn

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1894 – 1972).

  1. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  2. 1898Spanish–American War
  3. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  4. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  5. 1917Balfour Declaration
  6. 1917February Revolution
  7. 1917October Revolution
  8. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  9. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  10. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  11. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  12. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  13. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  14. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  15. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1938Munich Agreement
  17. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  18. 1939 – 1945World War II
  19. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  20. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  21. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  22. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  23. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  24. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  25. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  26. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  28. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  29. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  30. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  31. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  32. 1956Suez Crisis
  33. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  35. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  36. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  37. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  38. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  39. 1968Prague Spring
  40. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing

Biography

Karl Heinrich Lübke (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈlʏpkə] ; 14 October 1894 – 6 April 1972) was a German politician, who served as president of West Germany from 1959 to 1969.

He suffered from deteriorating health towards the end of his career and is known for a series of embarrassing incidents that may have resulted from his health issues. Lübke resigned three months before the scheduled end of his second term amid a scandal as to his involvement with the Nazi regime during World War II.

Text from the Wikipedia article Heinrich Lübke, CC BY-SA 4.0

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