Updated at December 11, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Ben Bradlee |
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Birthdate | August 26, 1921 |
Birth Place | Boston, MA |
Age (in 2024) | 103 Years Old |
Zodiac | Virgo |
Occupation | Journalist |
Ben Bradlee is best known as Journalist who has born on August 26, 1921 in Boston, MA. Currently, Ben Bradlee is 103 years, 3 months and 16 days old. Ben Bradlee will celebrate 104th birthday on Tuesday, 26th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Ben Bradlee upcoming birthday.
Washington Post editor who helped expose the Watergate scandal.
During World War II, he worked as a communications officer for the Office of Naval Intelligence.
He oversaw Bob Woodward's telling of what actually happened during the controversial Watergate scandal.
He married his third wife, Sally Quinn, in 1978.
He oversaw the reporting of the Watergate Scandal under Richard Nixon's administration.
Ben Bradlee is 103 years old today.
Ben Bradlee was born on August 26, 1921 in Boston, MA.
Ben Bradlee zodiac sign is Virgo.
Ben Bradlee was best known as Journalist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Ben Bradlee's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1970 | The fiftieth anniversary of American women being able to vote is marked by a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality. |
1972 | The Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich, West Germany. |
1977 | The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec. |
1978 | Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I. |
1980 | After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming. |
1997 | Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead. |
1998 | The first flight of the Boeing Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X communications satellite. |
1999 | Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade. |
2003 | A Beechcraft 1900 operating as Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board. |
2009 | Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido are apprehended. |
2011 | The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA. |
2014 | The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published. |
2015 | Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia. |
2018 | Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida. |
2021 | During the 2021 Kabul airlift, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport kills 13 US military personnel and at least 169 Afghan civilians. |
1986 | The birth of Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer |
1986 | The birth of Colin Kazim-Richards, Turkish footballer |
1986 | The birth of Cassie Ventura, American singer, dancer, actress and model |
1987 | The birth of Juan Joseph, American football player and coach (d. 2014) |
1988 | The birth of Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player |
1988 | The birth of Evan Ross, American actor |
1988 | The birth of Danielle Savre, American actress |
1988 | The birth of Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player |
1988 | The birth of Lars Stindl, German football player |
1989 | The birth of James Harden, American basketball player |
1990 | The birth of Lorenzo Brown, American basketball player |
1990 | The birth of Irina-Camelia Begu, Romanian tennis player |
1990 | The birth of Mateo Musacchio, Argentinian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Jessie Diggins, American cross-country skier |
1999 | The birth of Kotoshoho Yoshinari, Japanese sumo wrestler |
2013 | The death of Bill Schmitz, American football player and coach (b. 1954) |
2013 | The death of Jack Sinagra, American lawyer and politician (b. 1950) |
2013 | The death of Clyde A. Wheeler, American soldier and politician (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Christian Bourquin, French lawyer and politician (b. 1954) |
2014 | The death of Peter Bacon Hales, American historian, photographer, and author (b. 1950) |
2014 | The death of Caroline Kellett, English journalist (b. 1960) |
2014 | The death of Chƫsei Sone, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937) |
2015 | The death of Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist (b. 1911) |
2015 | The death of Donald Eric Capps, American theologian, author, and academic (b. 1939) |
2015 | The death of P. J. Kavanagh, English poet and author (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Stefanos Manikas, Greek politician (b. 1952) |
2015 | The death of Francisco San Diego, Filipino bishop (b. 1935) |
2017 | The death of Tobe Hooper, American film director (b. 1943) |
2018 | The death of Neil Simon, American playwright and author (b. 1927) |
2020 | The death of Joe Ruby, American animator (b. 1933) |
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