Updated at December 15, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Charles Wuorinen |
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Birthdate | June 09, 1938 |
Birth Place | New York |
Age (in 2024) | 86 Years Old |
Zodiac | Gemini |
Occupation | Composer |
Charles Wuorinen is best known as Composer who has born on June 09, 1938 in New York. Currently, Charles Wuorinen is 86 years, 6 months and 6 days old. Charles Wuorinen will celebrate 87th birthday on Monday, 9th of June 2025. Below the countdown to Charles Wuorinen upcoming birthday.
Received a Pulitzer Prize in 1970 for "Time's Encomium." His repertoire included works for orchestra, opera, and chamber music.
He was awarded the New York Philharmonic's Young Composers' Award when he was 16. From 1956 until 1957, he served as pianist, librarian, and General Manger of the Columbia University Orchestra.
He co-founded The Group for Contemporary Music in 1962.
His father, John H. Wuorinen, served as chairman of Columbia University's history department. His father was also an expert on Scandinavian affairs. He married his partner and manager Howard Stokar.
He collaborated with Annie Proulx and Salman Rushdie.
Charles Wuorinen is 86 years old today.
Charles Wuorinen was born on June 09, 1938 in New York.
Charles Wuorinen zodiac sign is Gemini.
Charles Wuorinen was best known as Composer.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Charles Wuorinen's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1957 | First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl. |
1959 | The USSÂ George Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine. |
1965 | The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Quåt, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by NguyỠn Cao Kỳ. |
1965 | Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Äá»ng XoĂ i, one of the largest battles in the war. |
1967 | Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria. |
1968 | U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. |
1972 | Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160Â million in damage. |
1973 | In horse racing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown. |
1978 | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men. |
1979 | The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven. |
1995 | Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 crashes into the Tararua Range during approach to Palmerston North Airport on the North Island of New Zealand, killing four. |
1999 | Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty. |
2008 | Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people. |
2009 | An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan. |
2010 | At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar. |
1986 | The birth of Doug Legursky, American football player |
1986 | The birth of Yadier Pedroso, Cuban baseball player (d. 2013) |
1986 | The birth of Ashley Postell, American gymnast |
1987 | The birth of Jaan Mölder, Estonian race car driver |
1988 | The birth of Jason Demers, Canadian ice hockey defenseman |
1988 | The birth of Sara IsakoviÄ, Slovenian swimmer |
1988 | The birth of Mae Whitman, American actress |
1989 | The birth of DĂdac VilĂ , Spanish footballer |
1990 | The birth of Matthias Mayer, Austrian skier |
1990 | The birth of Antonella Alonso, Venezuelan pornographic actress |
1991 | The birth of Aaron M. Johnson, American jazz saxophonist |
1992 | The birth of Zach Hyman, Canadian ice hockey player |
1992 | The birth of Yannick Agnel, French swimmer |
1992 | The birth of Boyd Cordner, Australian rugby league player |
1993 | The birth of George Jennings, Australian rugby league player |
2013 | The death of ZdenÄk Rotrekl, Czech poet and historian (b. 1920) |
2014 | The death of Bernard Agré, Ivorian cardinal (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of Rik Mayall, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1958) |
2014 | The death of Elsie Quarterman, American ecologist and academic (b. 1910) |
2014 | The death of Alicemarie Huber Stotler, American lawyer and judge (b. 1942) |
2014 | The death of Gustave Tassell, American fashion designer (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of Bob Welch, American baseball player and coach (b. 1956) |
2015 | The death of Pumpkinhead, American rapper (b. 1975) |
2015 | The death of Pedro Zerolo, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1960) |
2017 | The death of Adam West, American actor and investor (b. 1928) |
2018 | The death of Fadil Vokrri, Kosovo Albanian football administrator and player (b. 1960) |
2019 | The death of Bushwick Bill, Jamaican-American rapper (b. 1966) |
2022 | The death of Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (b. 1956) |
2022 | The death of Matt Zimmerman, Canadian actor (b. 1934) |
2022 | The death of Billy Kametz, American voice actor (b. 1987) |
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