Updated at November 5, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Alan Whicker |
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Birthdate | August 04, 1921 |
Birth Place | Egypt |
Age (in 2024) | 103 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Occupation | TV Show Host |
Alan Whicker is best known as TV Show Host who has born on August 04, 1921 in Egypt. Currently, Alan Whicker is 103 years, 3 months and 1 days old. Alan Whicker will celebrate 104th birthday on Monday, 4th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Alan Whicker upcoming birthday.
Prolific former journalist whose career spanned over six decades. He was perhaps best known for hosting his own show, Whicker's World, for many years.
After graduating from high school, he joined the British Army and worked in their Film and Photo Unit based out of Italy during the 1940s.
He was once selected as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, the third highest honor that can be bestowed upon a civilian.
He was with second wife Valerie Kleeman until his death in 2013.
Both he and director Sam Mendes were named Commanders of the Order of the British Empire.
Alan Whicker is 103 years old today.
Alan Whicker was born on August 04, 1921 in Egypt.
Alan Whicker zodiac sign is Leo.
Alan Whicker was best known as TV Show Host.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Alan Whicker's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Alan Whicker's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1965 | The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand. |
1969 | Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail. |
1972 | Ugandan President Idi Amin announces that Uganda is no longer responsible for the care of British subjects of Asian origin, beginning the expulsions of Ugandan Asians. |
1974 | A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22. |
1975 | The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish Chargé d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya. |
1977 | U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy. |
1983 | Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Captain Thomas Sankara. |
1984 | The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso. |
1987 | The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly". |
1995 | Operation Storm begins in Croatia. |
2006 | A massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF). |
2007 | NASA's Phoenix spacecraft is launched. |
2018 | Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) expel the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq-Syria border, concluding the second phase of the Deir ez-Zor campaign. |
2019 | Nine people are killed and 26 injured in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio. This comes only 12 hours after another mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, where 23 people were killed. |
2020 | At least 220 people are killed and over 5,000 are wounded when 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate explodes in Beirut, Lebanon. |
1987 | The birth of Marreese Speights American basketball player |
1987 | The birth of Tomoya Warabino, Japanese actor |
1988 | The birth of Carly Foulkes, Canadian model and actress |
1988 | The birth of Kelley O'Hara, American soccer player |
1989 | The birth of Tomasz Kaczor, Polish sprint canoeist |
1989 | The birth of Jessica Mauboy, Australian singer-songwriter and actress |
1989 | The birth of Wang Hao, Chinese chess player |
1990 | The birth of Hikmet BalioÄŸlu, Turkish footballer |
1990 | The birth of Siim Tenno, Estonian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Thiago Cardoso, Brazilian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Izet Hajrović, Bosnian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Daniele Garozzo, Italian fencer |
1992 | The birth of Cole Sprouse, American actor |
1992 | The birth of Dylan Sprouse, American actor |
1995 | The birth of Bruna Marquezine, Brazilian actress |
2012 | The death of Bud Riley, American football player and coach (b. 1925) |
2013 | The death of Keith H. Basso, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1940) |
2013 | The death of Art Donovan, American football player and radio host (b. 1925) |
2013 | The death of Olavi J. Mattila, Finnish engineer and politician, Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1918) |
2013 | The death of Renato Ruggiero, Italian lawyer and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of Tony Snell, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1922) |
2013 | The death of Sandy Woodward, English admiral (b. 1932) |
2014 | The death of James Brady, American activist and politician, 15th White House Press Secretary (b. 1940) |
2014 | The death of Chester Crandell, American lawyer and politician (b. 1946) |
2014 | The death of Jake Hooker, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1953) |
2015 | The death of Elsie Hillman, American philanthropist and politician (b. 1925) |
2015 | The death of Les Munro, New Zealand soldier and pilot (b. 1919) |
2015 | The death of John Rudometkin, American basketball player (b. 1940) |
2015 | The death of Billy Sherrill, American songwriter and producer (b. 1936) |
2019 | The death of Nuon Chea, Cambodian politician and theorist for the Khmer Rouge (b. 1926) |
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Website | Alan Whicker's Webiste |
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