Updated at December 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Basil Spence |
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Birthdate | August 13, 1907 |
Birth Place | India |
Age (in 2024) | 117 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Occupation | Architect |
Basil Spence is best known as Architect who has born on August 13, 1907 in India. Currently, Basil Spence is 117 years, 4 months and 10 days old. Basil Spence will celebrate 118th birthday on Wednesday, 13th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Basil Spence upcoming birthday.
Scottish architect who was knighted for his design of the Coventry Cathedral in England. He was also responsible for the Beehive, an iconic wing of New Zealand's Parliament Building. He adhered to Modernist and Brutalist techniques.
He became a junior lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art while still a student there. He worked for such notables as Leslie Grahame-Thomson and Reginald Fairlie while in college.
He began designing exhibitions in 1938, including three pavilions for Glasgow's 1938 Empire Exhibition. He also specialized in country houses.
His family was residing in Bombay, India, when he was born. His father, Urwin Archibald Spence, was employed as an assayer with the Royal Mint. He married in 1934.
He and sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi both attended Edinburgh College of Art.
Basil Spence is 117 years old today.
Basil Spence was born on August 13, 1907 in India.
Basil Spence zodiac sign is Leo.
Basil Spence was best known as Architect.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Basil Spence's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1954 | Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "QaumÄ« TarÄna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time. |
1960 | The Central African Republic declares independence from France. |
1961 | Cold War: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started. The day is known as Barbed Wire Sunday. |
1964 | Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom. |
1967 | Two young women became the first fatal victims of grizzly bear attacks in the 57-year history of Montana's Glacier National Park in separate incidents. |
1968 | Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens. |
1969 | The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York City. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon. |
1973 | Aviaco Flight 118 crashes on approach to A Coruña Airport in A Coruña, Spain, killing 85. |
1977 | Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries. |
1978 | One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War. |
1990 | A mainland Chinese fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5202 is hit by a Taiwanese naval vessel and sinks in a repatriation operation of mainland Chinese immigrants, resulting in 21 deaths. This is the second tragedy less than a month after Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident. |
2004 | One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi. |
2008 | Russo-Georgian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori. |
2015 | At least 76 people are killed and 212 others are wounded in a truck bombing in Baghdad, Iraq. |
2020 | Israel-United Arab Emirates relations are formally established. |
1989 | The birth of Greg Draper, New Zealand footballer |
1989 | The birth of Justin Greene, American basketball player |
1989 | The birth of Israel Jiménez, Mexican footballer |
1990 | The birth of DeMarcus Cousins, American basketball player |
1990 | The birth of Benjamin Stambouli, French footballer |
1991 | The birth of Dave Days, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
1991 | The birth of Lesley Doig, Scottish lawn bowler |
1992 | The birth of Lucas Moura, Brazilian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Katrina Gorry, Australian football player |
1992 | The birth of Alicja TchĂłrz, Polish swimmer |
1993 | The birth of Moses Mbye, Australian rugby league player |
1994 | The birth of Filip Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player |
1996 | The birth of Antonia Lottner, German tennis player |
1998 | The birth of Dalma GĂĄlfi, Hungarian tennis player |
2000 | The birth of Na Jaemin, South Korean rapper, singer, dancer and actor |
2012 | The death of Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (b. 1917) |
2013 | The death of Lothar Bisky, German politician (b. 1941) |
2013 | The death of Aaron Selber, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927) |
2013 | The death of Jean Vincent, French footballer and manager (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Frans BrĂŒggen, Dutch flute player and conductor (b. 1934) |
2014 | The death of Eduardo Campos, Brazilian politician, 14th Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology (b. 1965) |
2014 | The death of Martino Finotto, Italian race car driver (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of SĂŒleyman Seba, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Interior (b. 1952) |
2015 | The death of Bob Fillion, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1920) |
2015 | The death of Om Prakash Munjal, Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Hero Cycles (b. 1928) |
2016 | The death of Kenny Baker, English actor and musician (b. 1934) |
2016 | The death of Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian Hindu leader (b. 1921) |
2018 | The death of Jim Neidhart, American wrestler (b. 1955) |
2021 | The death of Nanci Griffith, American singer-songwriter (b. 1953) |
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