Updated at November 4, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Basil Cameron |
---|---|
Birthdate | August 18, 1884 |
Birth Place | Reading, England |
Age (in 2024) | 140 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Occupation | Conductor |
Basil Cameron is best known as Conductor who has born on August 18, 1884 in Reading, England. Currently, Basil Cameron is 140 years, 2 months and 17 days old. Basil Cameron will celebrate 141st birthday on Monday, 18th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Basil Cameron upcoming birthday.
English conductor who rose to fame leading symphonies like the San Francisco Symphony and the Seattle Symphony in 1932.
He started playing the violin when he was eight years old. This led to an obsession with music, and an eventual hope to pursue it professionally.
In 1957, he was named an Order of the British Empire -- a hugely prestigious honor.
He was born in Reading, a suburb of Berkshire in England. He was married twice. His first wife was Frances Jones, and his his second wife was Phyllis MacQueen.
He was once asked to guest-conduct the San Francisco Symphony, which Blair Tindall once performed with as well.
Basil Cameron is 140 years old today.
Basil Cameron was born on August 18, 1884 in Reading, England.
Basil Cameron zodiac sign is Leo.
Basil Cameron was best known as Conductor.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Basil Cameron's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Basil Cameron's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
---|---|
1965 | Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins: United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war. |
1966 | Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in PhÆ°á»›c Tuy Province. |
1971 | Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam. |
1976 | The Korean axe murder incident in Panmunjom results in the deaths of two US Army officers. |
1976 | The Soviet Union’s robotic probe Luna 24 successfully lands on the Moon. |
1977 | Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest, bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies. |
1983 | Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars). |
1989 | Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia. |
1993 | American International Airways Flight 808 crashes at Leeward Point Field at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, injuring the three crew members. |
2003 | One-year-old Zachary Turner is murdered in Newfoundland by his mother, who was awarded custody despite facing trial for the murder of Zachary's father. The case was documented in the film Dear Zachary and led to reform of Canada's bail laws. |
2005 | A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java; affecting almost 100 million people, it is one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history. |
2008 | The President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharra, resigns under threat of impeachment. |
2008 | War of Afghanistan: The Uzbin Valley ambush occurs. |
2017 | The first terrorist attack ever sentenced as a crime in Finland kills two and injures eight. |
2019 | One hundred activists, officials, and other concerned citizens in Iceland hold a funeral for Okjökull glacier, which has completely melted after having once covered six square miles (15.5 km2). |
1988 | The birth of Jack Hobbs, English footballer |
1988 | The birth of Eggert Jónsson, Icelandic footballer |
1988 | The birth of G-Dragon, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer |
1989 | The birth of Yu Mengyu, Singaporean table tennis player |
1992 | The birth of Elizabeth Beisel, American swimmer |
1992 | The birth of Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian basketball player |
1992 | The birth of Frances Bean Cobain, American visual artist and model |
1993 | The birth of Jung Eun-ji, South Korean singer-songwriter |
1993 | The birth of Maia Mitchell, Australian actress and singer |
1994 | The birth of Madelaine Petsch, American actress and YouTuber |
1994 | The birth of Morgan Sanson, French footballer |
1995 | The birth of Alīna Fjodorova, Latvian figure skater |
1997 | The birth of Renato Sanches, Portuguese footballer |
1998 | The birth of Brian To'o, Australian-Samoan rugby league player |
1999 | The birth of Cassius Stanley, American basketball player |
2014 | The death of Gordon Faber, American soldier and politician, 39th Mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1934) |
2014 | The death of Levente Lengyel, Hungarian chess player (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (b. 1918) |
2015 | The death of Khaled al-Asaad, Syrian archaeologist and author (b. 1932) |
2015 | The death of Roger Smalley, English-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1943) |
2015 | The death of Suvra Mukherjee, Wife of former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee (b. 1940) |
2015 | The death of Louis Stokes, American lawyer and politician (b. 1925) |
2015 | The death of Bud Yorkin, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926) |
2016 | The death of Ernst Nolte, German historian (b. 1923) |
2017 | The death of Bruce Forsyth, English television presenter and entertainer (b. 1928) |
2017 | The death of Zoe Laskari, Greek actress and beauty pageant winner (b. 1944) |
2018 | The death of Denis Edozie, Nigerian Supreme Court judge (b. 1935) |
2018 | The death of Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat and seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1938) |
2020 | The death of Ben Cross, English stage and film actor (b. 1947) |
Social Media
Basil Cameron on Facebook | |
Basil Cameron on Twitter | |
Basil Cameron on Instagram | |
Youtube | Basil Cameron on Youtube |
Tiktok | Basil Cameron on Tiktok |
Wikipedia | Basil Cameron on Wikipedia |
Website | Basil Cameron's Webiste |
Similar Conductor
Month
Professions
Zodiacs
Birthplaces
Today
Copyright © 2020 BirthdayDBs.com