Benno Ohnesorg (October 15, 1940 - June 2, 1967) was a German university student killed by a police officer on June 2, 1967, during a demonstration in Berlin against the visit of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, to Germany. It was the first political demonstration that the married student (of Romance and German literature and culture studies) attended as part of the German student movement. October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... 2 June is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 2 June is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... (help· info), IPA: , is the capital city as well as a state of Germany, and also the countrys largest city. ... One of the worlds longest-lasting monarchies, the Iranian monarchy went through many transformations over the centuries, from the days of Persia to the creation of what is now modern day Iran. ... His Majesty Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (اعلیحضرت محمدرضا شاه پهلوی; October 26, 1919 – July 27, 1980) also knows as Aryamehr, was the last Shah of Iran, ruling from 1941 until 1979. ... The German student movement was a protest movement that took place during the late 1960s in Germany. ...

His death served as a rallying point for the radical left wing, and the Movement 2 June group was named after the day of his death. The left-wing student movement of the late 1960s that swelled after Benno Ohnesorg's death influenced a large number of German politicians who were in their teens and twenties at the time. It has been viewed by many as the second-most influential and important event in Germany during the period of East and West Germany, second only to the construction of the Berlin Wall. The term far left refers to the relative position a group or person occupies within the political spectrum. ... The Movement 2 June was a well known West German militant group based in West Berlin. ... Remnant of the Berlin Wall near Potsdamer Platz, June 2003. ...

A monument in Berlin memorializes Benno Ohnesorg's death, and in his hometown of Hanover a bridge over the Ihme river is named after him. Hanover (German: Hannover []), on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ...

• Photograph of Benno Ohnesorg's death (German Historical Museum)