Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Amy Elizabeth Thorpe |
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Birthdate | November 22, 1910 |
Birth Place | Minnesota |
Age (in 2024) | 113 Years Old |
Zodiac | Sagittarius |
Occupation | War Hero |
Amy Elizabeth Thorpe is best known as War Hero who has born on November 22, 1910 in Minnesota. Currently, Amy Elizabeth Thorpe is 113 years, 11 months and 29 days old. Amy Elizabeth Thorpe will celebrate 114th birthday on Friday, 22nd of November 2024. Below the countdown to Amy Elizabeth Thorpe upcoming birthday.
American-born spy known for her work during World War II with the English Secret Intelligence Service's British Security Coordination unit. She allegedly helped decode Axis Powers messages sent via Enigma machine.
During her teenage years, she had several romantic liaisons with much-older diplomats.
Journalist William Stephenson stated in his 1976 memoir, A Man Called Intrepid, that Thorpe worked as an informant during the Spanish Civil War for both the Spanish Republican loyalists and the Francisco Franco-led Nationalists.
Her first marriage, to British diplomat Arthur Pack, ended with Pack's 1945 suicide. She later married journalist and informant Charles Brousse.
Broadcast journalist David Brinkley uncovered the fact that Thorpe's World War II-era love affairs with numerous foreign diplomats were really attempts to access secrets from the Axis Powers of Italy and Germany.
Amy Elizabeth Thorpe is 113 years old today.
Amy Elizabeth Thorpe was born on November 22, 1910 in Minnesota.
Amy Elizabeth Thorpe zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Amy Elizabeth Thorpe was best known as War Hero.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Amy Elizabeth Thorpe's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1975 | Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco. |
1977 | British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service. |
1988 | In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed. |
1989 | In West Beirut, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President René Moawad, killing him. |
1990 | British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership. |
1995 | Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery. |
1995 | The 7.3 Mw  Gulf of Aqaba earthquake shakes the Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 30, and generating a non-destructive tsunami. |
2002 | In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest. |
2003 | Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land. |
2003 | England defeats Australia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final, becoming the first side from the Northern Hemisphere to win the tournament. |
2004 | The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections. |
2005 | Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany. |
2012 | Ceasefire begins between Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Israel after eight days of violence and 150 deaths. |
2015 | A landslide in Hpakant, Kachin State, northern Myanmar kills at least 116 people near a jade mine, with around 100 more missing. |
2022 | A shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia leaves 7 workers dead, including the shooter, and 4 others injured. |
1990 | The birth of Kartik Aaryan, Indian actor |
1990 | The birth of Brock Osweiler, American football player |
1991 | The birth of Tarik Black, American professional basketball player |
1993 | The birth of Tridha Choudhury, Indian actress |
1993 | The birth of Adèle Exarchopoulos, French actress |
1994 | The birth of Keiji Tanaka, Japanese figure skater |
1994 | The birth of Nicolás Stefanelli, Argentine footballer |
1994 | The birth of Samantha Bricio, Mexican volleyball player |
1994 | The birth of Dacre Montgomery, Australian actor |
1995 | The birth of Katherine McNamara, American actress |
1996 | The birth of Hailey Baldwin, American model |
1996 | The birth of JuJu Smith-Schuster, American football player |
2000 | The birth of Auliʻi Cravalho, Hawaiian-American actress and singer |
2000 | The birth of Baby Ariel, American social media vlogger and singer |
2001 | The birth of Zhong Chenle, Chinese singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor |
2013 | The death of Alec Reid, Irish priest and activist (b. 1931) |
2014 | The death of Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal (b. 1916) |
2014 | The death of Don Grate, American baseball and basketball player (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Marcel Paquet, Belgian-Polish philosopher and author (b. 1947) |
2014 | The death of Émile Poulat, French sociologist and historian (b. 1920) |
2015 | The death of Abubakar Audu, Nigerian banker and politician, Governor of Kogi State (b. 1947) |
2015 | The death of Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1949) |
2015 | The death of Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1948) |
2015 | The death of Robin Stewart, Indian-English actor and game show host (b. 1946) |
2015 | The death of Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, 7th President of South Korea (b. 1929) |
2016 | The death of M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian vocalist and singer (b. 1930) |
2017 | The death of Bob Avakian, American music producer (b. 1919) |
2017 | The death of Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian operatic baritone (b. 1962) |
2017 | The death of Tommy Keene, American singer songwriter (b. 1958) |
2020 | The death of Otto Hutter, Austrian-born British physiologist (b. 1924) |
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