Updated at November 17, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Charles Martin Hall |
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Birthdate | December 06, 1863 |
Birth Place | Thompson, OH |
Age (in 2024) | 160 Years Old |
Zodiac | Sagittarius |
Occupation | Inventor |
Charles Martin Hall is best known as Inventor who has born on December 06, 1863 in Thompson, OH. Currently, Charles Martin Hall is 160 years, 11 months and 11 days old. Charles Martin Hall will celebrate 161st birthday on Friday, 6th of December 2024. Below the countdown to Charles Martin Hall upcoming birthday.
American inventor and chemist who developed an inexpensive way to make aluminum. His work brought the metal into widespread commercial use, the first since the prehistoric discovery of iron.
He was a student a Oberlin College, in Ohio, where he developed an interest in synthesizing aluminum, which at the time was a precious metal and used in jewelry.
Initially unable to get any financial backers for his venture, he finally got financing for the Pittsburgh Reduction Company; eventually, the metal became used for everything from ships to aircraft.
He met his future wife at the Oberlin Theological Seminary, where he was studying; their first five children were born in Jamaica, where he was a missionary.
Leo Baekeland, another chemist, developed possibly the only material more popular than aluminum - plastic.
Charles Martin Hall is 160 years old today.
Charles Martin Hall was born on December 06, 1863 in Thompson, OH.
Charles Martin Hall zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Charles Martin Hall was best known as Inventor.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Charles Martin Hall's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
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1975 | The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege. |
1977 | South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country. |
1978 | Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum. |
1982 | The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven soldiers and six civilians. |
1989 | The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal. |
1990 | A military jet of the Italian Air Force, abandoned by its pilot after an on-board fire, crashed into a high school near Bologna, Italy, killing 12 students and injuring 88 other people. |
1991 | Yugoslav Wars: In Croatia, forces of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) heaviest bombardment of Dubrovnik during a siege of seven months. |
1992 | The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India, is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people. |
1997 | A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67. |
1998 | in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections. |
1999 | A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.: The Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement. |
2005 | An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 94 on board and 12 more on the ground. |
2006 | NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars. |
2015 | Venezuelan parliamentary election: For the first time in 17 years, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament. |
2017 | Donald Trump's administration officially announces the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. |
1989 | The birth of Felix Schiller, German footballer |
1990 | The birth of Tamira Paszek, Austrian tennis player |
1991 | The birth of Milica Mandić, Serbian taekwondo athlete, two-time Olympic champion |
1991 | The birth of Coco Vandeweghe, American tennis player |
1992 | The birth of Britt Assombalonga, Congolese footballer |
1992 | The birth of Johnny Manziel, American football player |
1993 | The birth of Jasprit Bumrah, Indian cricketer |
1993 | The birth of Elián González, Cuban technician, known for a child custody and immigration case held in 2000 |
1993 | The birth of Pedro Rafael Amado Mendes, Portuguese footballer |
1993 | The birth of Tautau Moga, Australian-Samoan rugby league player |
1994 | The birth of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek basketball player |
1994 | The birth of Shreyas Iyer, Indian cricketer |
1994 | The birth of Wakatakakage Atsushi, Japanese sumo wrestler |
1996 | The birth of Davide Calabria, Italian football player |
1998 | The birth of Angelīna Kučvaļska, Latvian figure skater |
2012 | The death of Jan Carew, Guyanese author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920) |
2012 | The death of Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (b. 1933) |
2012 | The death of Huw Lloyd-Langton, English guitarist (b. 1951) |
2012 | The death of Pedro Vaz, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (b. 1963) |
2013 | The death of Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers, French poet and critic (b. 1939) |
2013 | The death of Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (b. 1926) |
2013 | The death of M. K. Turk, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942) |
2014 | The death of Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Jimmy Del Ray, American wrestler and manager (b. 1962) |
2014 | The death of Fred Hawkins, American golfer (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Luke Somers, English-American photographer and journalist (b. 1981) |
2015 | The death of Ko Chun-hsiung, Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (b. 1945) |
2015 | The death of Liu Juying, Chinese general and politician (b. 1917) |
2015 | The death of Nicholas Smith, British actor (b. 1934) |
2016 | The death of Peter Vaughan, British actor (b. 1923) |
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