Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/July/July 4

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• 1715 – Birth of poet Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
• 1901 – Death of linguist Johannes Schmidt
• 1954 – Miracle of Bern: In the 1954 FIFA World Cup Final, Germany wins 3–2 against Hungary
• 1987 – Klaus Barbie, the Butcher of Lyon is sentenced to life imprisonment