Updated at November 4, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Billy Eckstine |
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Birthdate | July 08, 1914 |
Birth Place | Pittsburgh, PA |
Age (in 2024) | 110 Years Old |
Zodiac | Cancer |
Occupation | Rock Singer |
Billy Eckstine is best known as Rock Singer who has born on July 08, 1914 in Pittsburgh, PA. Currently, Billy Eckstine is 110 years, 3 months and 27 days old. Billy Eckstine will celebrate 111th birthday on Tuesday, 8th of July 2025. Below the countdown to Billy Eckstine upcoming birthday.
Bandleader and singer who recorded "That Old Black Magic" in 1942 and who had a successful solo career with songs like "Blue Moon."
He dropped out of Howard University after winning a talent competition and released early 1930s hits like "Prisoner of Love" and "My Foolish Heart."
He was given the Grammy Hall of Fame Award for "I Apologize."
He got married to June Harris in June 1942; after their divorce on July 30, 1953, he remarried Carolle Drake Faulkner on January 31, 1958.
He was a friend of and inspiration to Duke Ellington.
Billy Eckstine is 110 years old today.
Billy Eckstine was born on July 08, 1914 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Billy Eckstine zodiac sign is Cancer.
Billy Eckstine was best known as Rock Singer.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Billy Eckstine's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Billy Eckstine's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1962 | Ne Win besieges and blows up the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement. |
1966 | King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi. |
1968 | The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan. |
1970 | Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975. |
1972 | Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani. |
1980 | The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20-10 at Lang Park. |
1980 | Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashes near Almaty International Airport in the then Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day Kazakhstan) killing all 166 people on board. |
1982 | A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein results in the Dujail Massacre over the next several months. |
1988 | The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more. |
1994 | Kim Jong-il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung. |
2003 | Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board. |
2011 | Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program. |
2014 | Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers. |
2021 | President Joe Biden announces that the official conclusion of U.S. involvement in the War in Afghanistan will be on August 31, 2021. |
2022 | Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is assassinated while giving a speech in Nara. |
1982 | The birth of Hakim Warrick, American basketball player |
1983 | The birth of John Bowker, American baseball player |
1983 | The birth of Rich Peverley, Canadian ice hockey player |
1986 | The birth of Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer |
1988 | The birth of Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (d. 2012) |
1988 | The birth of Jesse Sergent, New Zealand cyclist |
1989 | The birth of Yarden Gerbi, Israeli Judo champion |
1989 | The birth of Tor Marius Gromstad, Norwegian footballer (d. 2012) |
1990 | The birth of Kevin Trapp, German footballer |
1991 | The birth of Virgil van Dijk, Dutch footballer |
1992 | The birth of Ariel Camacho, Mexican singer-songwriter (d. 2015) |
1992 | The birth of Son Heung-min, Korean footballer |
1997 | The birth of Bryce Love, American football player |
1998 | The birth of Jaden Smith, American actor and rapper |
1999 | The birth of İpek Öz, Turkish tennis player |
2014 | The death of PlÃnio de Arruda Sampaio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of John V. Evans, American soldier and politician, 27th Governor of Idaho (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Ben Pangelinan, Guamanian businessman and politician (b. 1956) |
2014 | The death of Howard Siler, American bobsledder and coach (b. 1945) |
2014 | The death of Tom Veryzer, American baseball player (b. 1953) |
2015 | The death of Ken Stabler, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1945) |
2015 | The death of James Tate, American poet (b. 1943) |
2016 | The death of Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist (b. 1928) |
2018 | The death of Tab Hunter, American actor, pop singer, film producer and author (b. 1931) |
2020 | The death of Naya Rivera, American actress, model and singer (b. 1987) |
2020 | The death of Alex Pullin, Australian snowboarder (b. 1987) |
2022 | The death of Shinzo Abe, Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020. (b. 1954) |
2022 | The death of Larry Storch, American actor and comedian (b. 1923) |
2022 | The death of Luis EcheverrÃa, Mexican lawyer and politician (b. 1922) |
2022 | The death of Tony Sirico, American actor (b. 1942) |
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