Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Catherine Ashton |
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Birthdate | March 20, 1956 |
Birth Place | England |
Age (in 2024) | 68 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Politician |
Catherine Ashton is best known as Politician who has born on March 20, 1956 in England. Currently, Catherine Ashton is 68 years, 8 months and 1 days old. Catherine Ashton will celebrate 69th birthday on Thursday, 20th of March 2025. Below the countdown to Catherine Ashton upcoming birthday.
After holding office from 2008 to 2009 as European Commissioner for Trade, this British Labour Party politician became the European Union's High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Beginning in early 2010, she also served as First Vice President of the European Commission.
She began her political career in the late 1990s and, by 2001, had been appointed the Department for Education and Skills' Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State.
She graduated from Bedford College, University of London, with a degree in sociology and was the first member of her family to attain a college education.
Following their 1988 wedding, she and United Kingdom political journalist Peter Kellner welcomed two children.
In 2007, she was appointed by United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown to the positions of Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Lords.
Catherine Ashton is 68 years old today.
Catherine Ashton was born on March 20, 1956 in England.
Catherine Ashton zodiac sign is Pisces.
Catherine Ashton was best known as Politician.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Catherine Ashton's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1985 | Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research. |
1987 | The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT. |
1988 | Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet. |
1990 | Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering. |
1993 | The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland. |
1995 | The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo carries out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, killing 13 and wounding over 6,200 people. |
1999 | Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US. |
2000 | Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after murdering Georgia sheriff's deputy Ricky Kinchen and critically wounding Deputy Aldranon English. |
2003 | Iraq War: The United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland begin an invasion of Iraq. |
2006 | Over 150 Chadian soldiers are killed in eastern Chad by members of the rebel UFDC. The rebel movement sought to overthrow Chadian president Idriss Déby. |
2010 | Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland begins eruptions that would last for three months, heavily disrupting air travel in Europe. |
2012 | At least 52 people are killed and more than 250 injured in a wave of terror attacks across ten cities in Iraq. |
2014 | Four suspected Taliban members attack the Kabul Serena Hotel, killing at least nine people. |
2015 | A Solar eclipse, equinox, and a supermoon all occur on the same day. |
2015 | Syrian civil war: The Siege of Kobanî is broken by the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Free Syrian Army (FSA), marking a turning point in the Rojava-Islamist conflict. |
1986 | The birth of Román Torres, Panamanian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Jô, Brazilian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Pedro Ken, Brazilian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player |
1989 | The birth of Xavier Dolan, Canadian actor and director |
1989 | The birth of Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi Cricketer |
1990 | The birth of Blake Ferguson, Australian rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Marcos Rojo, Argentine footballer |
1991 | The birth of Mattia Destro, Italian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Michał Kucharczyk, Polish footballer |
1991 | The birth of Ethan Lowe, Australian rugby league player |
1993 | The birth of Sloane Stephens, American tennis player |
1995 | The birth of Jack Bird, Australian rugby league player |
1995 | The birth of Kei, South Korean singer |
2012 | The death of Jim Stynes, Irish-Australian footballer (b. 1966) |
2013 | The death of James Herbert, English author (b. 1943) |
2013 | The death of George Lowe, New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1924) |
2013 | The death of Zillur Rahman, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, 19th President of Bangladesh (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of Hennie Aucamp, South African poet, author, and academic (b. 1934) |
2014 | The death of Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Tonie Nathan, American politician (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author (b. 1915) |
2015 | The death of Eva Burrows, Australian 13th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1930) |
2016 | The death of Anker Jørgensen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1922) |
2017 | The death of David Rockefeller, American billionaire and philanthropist (b. 1915) |
2018 | The death of C. K. Mann, a Ghanaian Highlife musician and producer (b. 1936) |
2019 | The death of Mary Warnock, English philosopher and writer (b. 1924) |
2020 | The death of Kenny Rogers, American singer (b. 1938) |
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