Updated at November 24, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Bruce Bennett |
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Birthdate | May 19, 1906 |
Birth Place | Washington |
Age (in 2024) | 118 Years Old |
Zodiac | Taurus |
Occupation | Movie Actor |
Bruce Bennett is best known as Movie Actor who has born on May 19, 1906 in Washington. Currently, Bruce Bennett is 118 years, 6 months and 5 days old. Bruce Bennett will celebrate 119th birthday on Monday, 19th of May 2025. Below the countdown to Bruce Bennett upcoming birthday.
Notable as both an entertainer and an athlete, he won a silver medal in the shot put event at the 1928 Olympics and went on to appear in Dark Passage, Nora Prentiss, Strategic Air Command, and numerous other Hollywood movies of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s.
Before becoming an Olympian and an actor, he studied economics at the University of Washington and played on the school's track & field and football teams.
A lifelong athlete and adventurer, he went skydiving when he was ninety-six years old.
One of five children born to German immigrant parents, he spent his youth in Tacoma, Washington. His marriage to Jeannette C. Braddock began in 1933, ended with Braddock's death in 2000, and produced children named Christopher and Christina.
Although Bennett was the original choice to play the title role in MGM's Tarzan movies, he suffered an injury, and the part went to fellow athlete-turned-actor Johnny Weissmuller.
Bruce Bennett is 118 years old today.
Bruce Bennett was born on May 19, 1906 in Washington.
Bruce Bennett zodiac sign is Taurus.
Bruce Bennett was best known as Movie Actor.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Bruce Bennett's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1963 | The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail. |
1971 | Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union. |
1986 | The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan. |
1991 | Croatians vote for independence in a referendum. |
1993 | SAM Colombia Flight 501 crashes on approach to José María Córdova International Airport in Medellín, Colombia, killing 132. |
1996 | Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on mission STS-77. |
1997 | The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts. |
2000 | Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-101 to resupply the International Space Station. |
2007 | President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension. |
2010 | The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders. |
2012 | Three gas cylinder bombs explode in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of Brindisi, killing one person and injuring five others. |
2012 | A car bomb explodes near a military complex in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, killing nine people. |
2015 | The Refugio oil spill deposited 142,800 U.S. gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto an area in California considered one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the west coast. |
2016 | EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while traveling from Paris to Cairo, killing all on board. |
2018 | The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is held at St George's Chapel, Windsor, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion. |
1987 | The birth of David Edgar, Canadian soccer player |
1987 | The birth of Mariano Torres, Argentinian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Jayne Wisener, Northern Irish actress |
1991 | The birth of Jordan Pruitt, American singer-songwriter |
1992 | The birth of Michele Camporese, Italian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Ola John, Dutch footballer |
1992 | The birth of Felise Kaufusi, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player |
1992 | The birth of Evgeny Kuznetsov, Russian ice hockey player |
1992 | The birth of Marshmello, American electronic music producer and DJ |
1992 | The birth of Sam Smith, English singer-songwriter |
1992 | The birth of Heather Watson, British tennis player |
1994 | The birth of Carlos Guzmán, Mexican footballer |
1995 | The birth of Taane Milne, New Zealand rugby league player |
2001 | The birth of Elizabeth Mandlik, American tennis player |
2003 | The birth of Jojo Siwa, American dancer, singer, actress, and YouTube personality |
2014 | The death of Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of Sam Greenlee, American author and poet (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Vincent Harding, American historian and scholar (b. 1931) |
2014 | The death of Gabriel Kolko, American historian and author (b. 1932) |
2014 | The death of Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Polish boxer (b. 1934) |
2015 | The death of Bruce Lundvall, American businessman (b. 1935) |
2015 | The death of Ted McWhinney, Australian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1924) |
2015 | The death of Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, socialite; 31st Second Lady of the United States (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Robert S. Wistrich, English historian, author, and academic (b. 1945) |
2016 | The death of Alan Young, English-born Canadian-American actor (b. 1919) |
2016 | The death of Morley Safer, Canadian-born American journalist (b. 1931) |
2017 | The death of Nawshirwan Mustafa, General coordinator of the Movement for Change (Gorran) (b. 1944) |
2017 | The death of Stanislav Petrov, Lt. Colonel in Soviet Air Defence Forces (b. 1939) |
2018 | The death of Zhengzhang Shangfang, Chinese linguist (b. 1933) |
2021 | The death of Paul Mooney, American comedian (b. 1941) |
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