Updated at December 15, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Desmond Doss |
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Birthdate | February 07, 1919 |
Birth Place | Lynchburg, VA |
Age (in 2024) | 105 Years Old |
Zodiac | Aquarius |
Occupation | War Hero |
Desmond Doss is best known as War Hero who has born on February 07, 1919 in Lynchburg, VA. Currently, Desmond Doss is 105 years, 10 months and 8 days old. Desmond Doss will celebrate 106th birthday on Friday, 7th of February 2025. Below the countdown to Desmond Doss upcoming birthday.
Combat medic of the United States Army during World War II who distinguished himself during the Battle of Okinawa. He saved 75 wounded infantrymen while refusing to kill an enemy soldier or carry a weapon into combat due to his Seventh-day Aventist beliefs.
He helped support his family during the Great Depression by working at the Lynchburg Lumber Company.
He was the first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor, and the only conscientious objector to receive the medal during World War II.
He was born the son of a carpenter and homemaker and raised alongside siblings named Audrey and Harold. He married Dorothy Schutte with whom he had one son named Desmond "Tommy" Doss Jr. He later married Frances Duman after Dorothy passed away in a car accident.
He was portrayed by Andrew Garfield in the Mel Gibson-directed film Hacksaw Ridge.
Desmond Doss is 105 years old today.
Desmond Doss was born on February 07, 1919 in Lynchburg, VA.
Desmond Doss zodiac sign is Aquarius.
Desmond Doss was best known as War Hero.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Desmond Doss's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1984 | Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission: Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU). |
1986 | Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation. |
1990 | Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power. |
1991 | Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in. |
1991 | The Troubles: The Provisional IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street in London, the headquarters of the British government. |
1992 | The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union. |
1995 | Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan. |
1999 | Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein. |
2001 | Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-98, carrying the Destiny laboratory module to the International Space Station. |
2009 | Bushfires in Victoria leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history. |
2012 | President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of the Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military. |
2013 | The U.S. state of Mississippi officially certifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was formally ratified by Mississippi in 1995. |
2014 | Scientists announce that the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, date back to more than 800,000 years ago, making them the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa. |
2016 | North Korea launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 into outer space violating multiple UN treaties and prompting condemnation from around the world. |
2021 | The 2021 Uttarakhand flood begins. |
1989 | The birth of Elia Viviani, Italian cyclist |
1990 | The birth of Jacksepticeye, Irish YouTuber |
1990 | The birth of Gianluca Lapadula, Italian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Dalilah Muhammad, American hurdler |
1990 | The birth of Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player |
1991 | The birth of Ryan O'Reilly, Canadian ice hockey player |
1992 | The birth of Sergi Roberto, Spanish footballer |
1992 | The birth of Ksenia Stolbova, Russian figure skater |
1992 | The birth of Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer and actress |
1993 | The birth of Chris Mears, English diver |
1994 | The birth of Riley Barber, American ice hockey player |
1995 | The birth of Roberto Osuna, Mexican baseball player |
1996 | The birth of Pierre Gasly, French racing driver |
1997 | The birth of Nicolò Barella, Italian footballer |
1997 | The birth of Anhelina Kalinina, Ukrainian tennis player |
2012 | The death of Harry Keough, American soccer player and coach (b. 1927) |
2013 | The death of Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of Doug Mohns, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1933) |
2015 | The death of Billy Casper, American golfer (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author (b. 1934) |
2015 | The death of Dean Smith, American basketball player and coach (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (b. 1922) |
2017 | The death of Richard Hatch, American actor (b. 1945) |
2017 | The death of Hans Rosling, Swedish academic (b. 1948) |
2017 | The death of Tzvetan Todorov, Bulgarian philosopher (b. 1939) |
2019 | The death of John Dingell, American politician (b. 1926) |
2019 | The death of Albert Finney, English actor (b. 1936) |
2019 | The death of Jan Olszewski, Polish politician, 3rd Prime Minister (b. 1930) |
2019 | The death of Frank Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1935) |
2020 | The death of Li Wenliang, Chinese ophthalmologist who initially warned about COVID-19 (b. 1986) |
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