German Protestant pastor and politician, Federal President of Germnay 2012–2017 (born 1940). Joachim Gauck was born on 24 January 1940 in what is now Germany. Joachim Gauck is remembered as a politician, pastor and non-fiction writer, a citizen of Germany and East Germany. Positions held included president of Germany and Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Records.
Before and after
- 1940Discovery of astatine
- 19401940 becomes the warmest year on record
- 4 January 1940Birth of Gao Xingjian
- 19 January 1940Construction of Dublin Airport
- 24 January 1940Birth of Joachim Gauck
- 9 February 1940Birth of J. M. Coetzee
- 19 February 1940Birth of Saparmyrat Nyýazow
- 23 February 1940Release of Pinocchio
- 10 March 1940Birth of Chuck Norris
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