Updated at December 14, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Dixy Lee Ray |
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Birthdate | September 03, 1914 |
Birth Place | Tacoma, WA |
Age (in 2024) | 110 Years Old |
Zodiac | Virgo |
Occupation | Politician |
Dixy Lee Ray is best known as Politician who has born on September 03, 1914 in Tacoma, WA. Currently, Dixy Lee Ray is 110 years, 3 months and 11 days old. Dixy Lee Ray will celebrate 111th birthday on Wednesday, 3rd of September 2025. Below the countdown to Dixy Lee Ray upcoming birthday.
Politician and Democrat who was the Governor of Washington from 1977 to 1981. She was notably the first female governor of her state.
She was a marine biologist who taught at the University of Washington before she entered politics.
She changed her name from Marguerite to Dixy when she was 16.
She never married.
She was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific by President Gerald R. Ford.
Dixy Lee Ray is 110 years old today.
Dixy Lee Ray was born on September 03, 1914 in Tacoma, WA.
Dixy Lee Ray zodiac sign is Virgo.
Dixy Lee Ray was best known as Politician.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Dixy Lee Ray's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Dixy Lee Ray's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1950 | "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix. |
1954 | The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis. |
1967 | Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight. |
1971 | Qatar becomes an independent state. |
1976 | Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars. |
1978 | During the Rhodesian Bush War a group of ZIPRA guerrillas shot down civilian Vickers Viscount aircraft (Air Rhodesia Flight 825) with a Soviet-made SAM Strela-2; of 56 passengers and crew 38 people died in crash, 10 were massacred by the guerrillas at the site. |
1981 | The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations. |
1987 | In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya. |
1989 | Varig Flight 254 crashes in the Amazon rainforest near São José do Xingu in Brazil, killing 12. |
1997 | Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64. |
2001 | In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. |
2004 | Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children. |
2010 | After taking off from Dubai International Airport, UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold and crashes near Nad Al Sheba, killing both crew members on board. |
2016 | The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement. |
2017 | North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test. |
1996 | The birth of Neilson Powless, American cyclist |
1996 | The birth of Osgar O'Hoisin, Irish tennis player |
1996 | The birth of Zhang Tingting, Chinese handball player |
1996 | The birth of Brad Walsh, Australian footballer |
1996 | The birth of Yoane Wissa, French footballer |
1997 | The birth of Andrew Austin, Irish cricketer |
1997 | The birth of Sulayman Bojang, Norwegian footballer |
1997 | The birth of Reniece Boyce, West Indian cricketer |
1997 | The birth of Carter Kieboom, American baseball player |
1997 | The birth of Petar Krstić, Macedonian footballer |
1997 | The birth of Devin Singletary, American football player |
1997 | The birth of Bernard Tekpetey, Ghanaian footballer |
1997 | The birth of Christopher Udeh, Nigerian footballer |
2000 | The birth of Brandon Williams, English footballer |
2010 | The birth of Tanitoluwa Adewumi, Nigerian-American chess player |
2013 | The death of Ralph M. Holman, American lawyer and judge (b. 1914) |
2013 | The death of Pedro Ferriz Santacruz, Mexican-American journalist (b. 1921) |
2013 | The death of José Ramón Larraz, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1929) |
2013 | The death of Janet Lembke, American author and scholar (b. 1933) |
2013 | The death of Don Meineke, American basketball player (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of Lewis Morley, Hong Kong-Australian photographer (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Aarno Raninen, Finnish singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944) |
2014 | The death of A. P. Venkateswaran, Indian soldier and politician, 14th Foreign Secretary of India (b. 1930) |
2015 | The death of Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Judy Carne, English actress and comedian (b. 1939) |
2015 | The death of Carter Lay, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1971) |
2015 | The death of Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician (b. 1914) |
2015 | The death of Chandra Bahadur Dangi, world record holder for shortest man (b. 1939) |
2017 | The death of Walter Becker, American musician, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1950) |
2017 | The death of John Ashbery, American poet (b. 1927) |
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