Updated at September 6, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Chuck Yeager |
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Birthdate | February 13, 1923 |
Birth Place | Myra, WV |
Age (in 2024) | 101 Years Old |
Zodiac | Aquarius |
Occupation | Pilot |
Chuck Yeager is best known as Pilot who has born on February 13, 1923 in Myra, WV. Currently, Chuck Yeager is 101 years, 6 months and 21 days old. Chuck Yeager will celebrate 102nd birthday on Thursday, 13th of February 2025. Below the countdown to Chuck Yeager upcoming birthday.
Brigadier General and American test pilot who became the first person confirmed to break the sound barrier. The plane he used was the Bell X-1.
He began his career as a private in the United States Army Air Forces.
He worked his way up to the rank of P-51 Mustang fighter pilot during the World War II years.
He had four children with his wife, Glennis, who inspired the name of his experimental, supersonic plane, the "Glamorous Glennis".
He was portrayed by Sam Shepard in the 1983 film version of Tom Wolfe's book, "The Right Stuff."
Chuck Yeager is 101 years old today.
Chuck Yeager was born on February 13, 1923 in Myra, WV.
Chuck Yeager zodiac sign is Aquarius.
Chuck Yeager was best known as Pilot.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Chuck Yeager's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Chuck Yeager's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1983 | A cinema fire in Turin, Italy, kills 64 people. |
1984 | Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. |
1990 | German reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany. |
1991 | Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad. Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, but over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed. |
1996 | The Nepalese Civil War is initiated in the Kingdom of Nepal by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre). |
2001 | An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter magnitude scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 944. |
2004 | The Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". |
2007 | Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election. |
2008 | Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations. |
2010 | A bomb explodes in the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India, killing 17 and injuring 60 more. |
2011 | For the first time in more than 100 years the Umatilla, an American Indian tribe, are able to hunt and harvest a bison just outside Yellowstone National Park, restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855. |
2012 | The European Space Agency (ESA) conducted the first launch of the European Vega rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. |
2017 | Kim Jong-nam, brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, is assassinated at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. |
2021 | Former U.S. President Donald Trump is acquitted in his second impeachment trial. |
2021 | A major winter storm causes blackouts and kills at least 82 people in Texas and northern Mexico. |
1983 | The birth of Mike Nickeas, Canadian baseball player |
1983 | The birth of Anna Watkins, English rower |
1984 | The birth of Hinkelien Schreuder, Dutch swimmer |
1985 | The birth of Kwak Ji-min, South Korean actress |
1986 | The birth of Luke Moore, English footballer |
1986 | The birth of Aqib Talib, American football player |
1987 | The birth of Eljero Elia, Dutch footballer |
1988 | The birth of Ryan Goins, American baseball player |
1988 | The birth of Eddy Pettybourne, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player |
1989 | The birth of Rodrigo Possebon, Brazilian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Eliaquim Mangala, French footballer |
1991 | The birth of Junior Roqica, Australian-Fijian rugby league player |
1991 | The birth of Vianney, French singer |
1994 | The birth of Memphis Depay, Dutch footballer |
2001 | The birth of Kaapo Kakko, Finnish ice hockey player |
2014 | The death of Balu Mahendra, Sri Lankan-Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1939) |
2014 | The death of Richard Møller Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager (b. 1937) |
2014 | The death of Ralph Waite, American actor and activist (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Faith Bandler, Australian activist and author (b. 1918) |
2015 | The death of Stan Chambers, American journalist and actor (b. 1923) |
2016 | The death of O. N. V. Kurup, Indian poet and academic (b. 1931) |
2016 | The death of Antonin Scalia, American lawyer and judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (b. 1936) |
2017 | The death of Ricardo Arias Calderón, Panamanian politician (b. 1933) |
2017 | The death of Aileen Hernandez, American union organizer and activist (b. 1926) |
2017 | The death of Seijun Suzuki, Japanese filmmaker (b. 1923) |
2017 | The death of Kim Jong-nam, North Korean politician (b. 1971) |
2017 | The death of E-Dubble, American rapper (b. 1982) |
2018 | The death of Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, French-born Danish royal (b. 1934) |
2019 | The death of Callistus Ndlovu, Zimbabwean academic and politician (b. 1936) |
2021 | The death of Kadir Topbaş, Turkish politician (b. 1945) |
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