Updated at November 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Bill Hicks |
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Birthdate | December 16, 1961 |
Birth Place | Valdosta, GA |
Age (in 2024) | 62 Years Old |
Zodiac | Sagittarius |
Occupation | Comedian |
Bill Hicks is best known as Comedian who has born on December 16, 1961 in Valdosta, GA. Currently, Bill Hicks is 62 years, 11 months and 7 days old. Bill Hicks will celebrate 63rd birthday on Monday, 16th of December 2024. Below the countdown to Bill Hicks upcoming birthday.
Legendary standup comedian whose material often dealt with controversial and dark subject matters. In 2007 he was ranked the fourth greatest stand-up comic of all time on Channel 4's list of the UK's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups. A documentary about his life, American: The Bill Hicks Story, was release in 2010.
He began writing comedy routines and acts with friend, Dwight Slade, in his early teens. In 1987 he appeared on Rodney Dangerfield's Young Comedians Special, which was a big boost to his career.
His 1993 appearance on Late Night with David Letterman, his 12th on the show, was famously pulled from the air because the producers feared backlash over a religious joke he made.
He grew up in Valdosta, GA with his parents, Jim and Mary, and his two older siblings, Lynn and Steve. He died of pancreatic cancer in 1994 at the age of 32.
Dennis Leary has often been accused of stealing his act and persona.
Bill Hicks is 62 years old today.
Bill Hicks was born on December 16, 1961 in Valdosta, GA.
Bill Hicks zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Bill Hicks was best known as Comedian.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Bill Hicks's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1883 | Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel. |
1905 | In Rugby Union, The "Match of the Century" is played between Wales and New Zealand at Cardiff Arms Park. |
1912 | First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli. |
1914 | World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby. |
1920 | The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5Mw , rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000. |
1942 | The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz. |
1944 | World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest. |
1960 | A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground. |
1968 | Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain. |
1971 | Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The ceasefire of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India. |
1971 | The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day. |
1989 | Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés. |
2013 | A bus falls from an elevated highway in the Philippines capital Manila killing at least 18 people with 20 injured. |
2014 | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants attack an Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 150 people, 132 of them schoolchildren. |
2022 | A landslide occurs at a camp at an organic farm near the town of Batang Kali in Selangor, Malaysia, trapping 92 people and killing 31. |
1986 | The birth of Pärt Uusberg, Estonian actor, composer, and conductor. |
1987 | The birth of Mame Biram Diouf, Senegalese footballer |
1987 | The birth of Beau Dowler, Australian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Hallee Hirsh, American actress |
1988 | The birth of Mats Hummels, German footballer |
1990 | The birth of Rebecca Marino, Canadian tennis player |
1991 | The birth of Craig Goodwin, Australian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Ulrikke Eikeri, Norwegian tennis player |
1992 | The birth of Anamul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer |
1992 | The birth of Pietro Perdichizzi, Belgian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Tom Rogic, Australian footballer |
1994 | The birth of Elliot Lee, English footballer |
1994 | The birth of Nicola Murru, Italian footballer |
1994 | The birth of José RodrÃguez MartÃnez, Spanish footballer |
1998 | The birth of Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player |
2010 | The death of Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1923) |
2010 | The death of Ayinde Barrister, Nigerian fuji musician (b. 1948) |
2011 | The death of Robert Easton, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930) |
2011 | The death of Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (b. 1938) |
2012 | The death of Elwood V. Jensen, American biologist and academic (b. 1920) |
2012 | The death of Jake Adam York, American poet and academic (b. 1972) |
2013 | The death of James Flint, English commander (b. 1913) |
2013 | The death of Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926) |
2013 | The death of Marta Russell, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1951) |
2014 | The death of Martin Brasier, English paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1947) |
2014 | The death of Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (b. 1955) |
2015 | The death of Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Lizmark, Mexican wrestler (b. 1950) |
2015 | The death of George Earl Ortman, American painter and sculptor (b. 1926) |
2017 | The death of Keely Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1928) |
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Wikipedia | Bill Hicks on Wikipedia |
Website | Bill Hicks's Webiste |
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