CalendarZ

  1. Home
  2. On This Day
  3. January
  4. 17
  5. Julius Meimberg

Deaths on January 17

2012Jan, 17

Julius Meimberg

Julius Meimberg, German soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
Julius Meimberg (11 January 1917 – 17 January 2012) was a Luftwaffe fighter pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. In the 1960s he invented an open-end spinning device and received patents in the US and Germany for it. In 2001 he received the Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille.

References

Choose Another Date

Events on 2012

  • 13Jan

    Costa Concordia disaster

    The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy due to the captain's negligence and irresponsibility. There are 32 confirmed deaths.
  • 2Jun

    2011 Egyptian revolution

    Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
  • 19Jun

    Julian Assange

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requested asylum in London's Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents including footage of civilian killings by the US army.
  • 11Sep

    2012 Benghazi attack

    The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.
  • 23Oct

    Digital switchover

    After 38 years, the world's first teletext service (BBC's Ceefax) ceases broadcast due to Northern Ireland completing the digital switchover.