Updated at December 14, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Charles Sifford |
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Birthdate | June 02, 1922 |
Birth Place | North Carolina |
Age (in 2024) | 102 Years Old |
Zodiac | Gemini |
Occupation | Golfer |
Charles Sifford is best known as Golfer who has born on June 02, 1922 in North Carolina. Currently, Charles Sifford is 102 years, 6 months and 12 days old. Charles Sifford will celebrate 103rd birthday on Monday, 2nd of June 2025. Below the countdown to Charles Sifford upcoming birthday.
The first African American to become a professional golfer. His first attempt to qualify for the PGA Tour was at the 1952 Phoenix Open.
He began caddying at 13.
He won two PGA Tours and one Champions Tour.
He always had the support of his wife Rose.
He broke down barriers for future African Americans to play professional golf, including the great Tiger Woods.
Charles Sifford is 102 years old today.
Charles Sifford was born on June 02, 1922 in North Carolina.
Charles Sifford zodiac sign is Gemini.
Charles Sifford was best known as Golfer.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Charles Sifford's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Charles Sifford's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1953 | The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey becomes the first British coronation and one of the first major international events to be televised. |
1955 | The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between the two countries, discontinued since 1948. |
1962 | During the FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history. |
1964 | The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is formed. |
1966 | Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world. |
1967 | Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States. |
1967 | Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran are brutally suppressed, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June. |
1979 | Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country. |
1983 | After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place. |
1990 | The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12. |
1997 | In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later. |
2003 | Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. |
2012 | Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. |
2014 | Telangana officially becomes the 29th state of India, formed from ten districts of northwestern Andhra Pradesh. |
2022 | Following a request from Ankara, the United Nations officially changed the name of the Republic of Turkey in the organization from what was previously known as "Turkey" to "Türkiye." |
1984 | The birth of Jack Afamasaga, New Zealand rugby league player |
1984 | The birth of Feleti Mateo, Australian-Tongan rugby league player |
1985 | The birth of Miyuki Sawashiro, Japanese voice actress and singer |
1987 | The birth of Maryka Holtzhausen, South African netball player |
1987 | The birth of Yoann Huget, French rugby player |
1987 | The birth of Matthew Koma, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
1987 | The birth of Angelo Mathews, Sri Lankan cricketer |
1987 | The birth of Sonakshi Sinha, Indian actress |
1988 | The birth of Staniliya Stamenova, Bulgarian canoeist |
1989 | The birth of Steve Smith, Australian cricketer |
1992 | The birth of Pajtim Kasami, Swiss footballer |
1993 | The birth of Adam Taggart, Australian footballer |
1996 | The birth of Morissette, Filipina singer-songwriter |
1999 | The birth of Campbell Graham, Australian rugby league player |
2002 | The birth of Madison Hu, American actress |
2008 | The death of Mel Ferrer, American actor (b. 1917) |
2009 | The death of David Eddings, American author (b. 1931) |
2012 | The death of Adolfo Calero, Nicaraguan businessman and political activist (b. 1931) |
2012 | The death of Richard Dawson, English-American soldier, actor, television personality, and game show host (b. 1932) |
2012 | The death of LeRoy Ellis, American basketball player (b. 1940) |
2012 | The death of Kathryn Joosten, American actress (b. 1939) |
2013 | The death of Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956) |
2014 | The death of Ivica Brzić, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1941) |
2014 | The death of Nikolay Khrenkov, Russian bobsledder (b. 1984) |
2014 | The death of Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (b. 1925) |
2015 | The death of Fernando de Araújo, East Timorese politician, President of East Timor (b. 1963) |
2015 | The death of Irwin Rose, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926) |
2017 | The death of Peter Sallis, English actor (b. 1921) |
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