Famous Dead Birthdays is just what it sounds like. Dead Birthdays are birthdays of famous people who have a birthday, but have already passed. For example, Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 and he died on April 17, 1790. This means Benjamin Franklin’s Birthday is on January 17 th. If Benjamin Franklin was still alive in 2011, he would be 304 Yrs. Old. Famous Dead Birthdays is a type of trivia. How old would a dead famous person be (on their birthday) if they were still alive?
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1783 American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris
1863 American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge – At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg
1926 The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history strikes on Thanksgiving Day. 27 twisters of great strength are reported in the Midwest, including the strongest November tornado, an estimated F4 that devastates Heber Springs, Arkansas. There are 51 deaths in Arkansas alone, 76 deaths and over 400 injuries in all.
1963 President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery
1984 36 top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia
1996 An ice storm strikes the central U.S. killing 26 people. A powerful windstorm affects Florida and winds gust over 90 mph, toppling trees and flipping trailers.
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1835-1919 Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist
1843-1919 Henry Ware Eliot American industrialist; father of T. S. Eliot
1844-1929 Karl Benz, German engineer and inventor, founder Mercedes-Benz
1874-1910 Joe Gans, American boxer who is considered by some to be the greatest lightweight boxer of all time
1880-1960 Elsie J. Oxenham, British children’s author, Abbey Series of books
1901-1948 Arthur Liebehenschel, Polish-born German concentration camp commandant
1909-1986 P.D. Eastman, American children’s author and screenwriter
1914-1999 Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player, Hall of Fame centerfielder for the New York Yankees who won 9 World Series Championships, MLB record 56 consecutive games with a base hit
1919-1979 Norman Tokar, American director of Leave it to Beaver and Walt Disney live action films
1920-2009 Ricardo Montalban, Mexican actor
1960-1999 John F. Kennedy, Jr., American publisher; son of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, died in a plane crash along with his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and his sister-in-law Lauren Bessette
1986-1996 Amber Hagerman, American kidnapping and murder victim, her murdered inspired the AMBER Alert system
Famous Dead Birthdays is just what it sounds like. Dead Birthdays are birthdays of famous people who have a birthday, but have already passed. For example, Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 and he died on April 17, 1790. This means Benjamin Franklin’s Birthday is on January 17 th. If Benjamin Franklin was still alive in 2011, he would be 304 Yrs. Old. Famous Dead Birthdays is a type of trivia. How old would a dead famous person be (on their birthday) if they were still alive?
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