Updated at December 15, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Don Garlits |
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Birthdate | January 14, 1932 |
Birth Place | Tampa, FL |
Age (in 2024) | 92 Years Old |
Zodiac | Capricorn |
Occupation | Race Car Driver |
Don Garlits is best known as Race Car Driver who has born on January 14, 1932 in Tampa, FL. Currently, Don Garlits is 92 years, 11 months and 1 days old. Don Garlits will celebrate 93rd birthday on Tuesday, 14th of January 2025. Below the countdown to Don Garlits upcoming birthday.
Influential drag racer who has been inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame as well as the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. He set several speed records, becoming the first person to reach 200mph in the 1/8th mile.
He built his first drag race car using a modified 1927 Ford Model.
The National Hot Rod Association ranked him first on their list of the Top 50 Drivers from 1951 to 2000.
His wife of more than 60 years, Pat Garlits, died in 2014.
He was a public supporter of Ron Paul's bid for the U.S. presidency in 2008.
Don Garlits is 92 years old today.
Don Garlits was born on January 14, 1932 in Tampa, FL.
Don Garlits zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Don Garlits was best known as Race Car Driver.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Don Garlits's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Don Garlits's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1951 | National Airlines Flight 83 crashes during landing at Philadelphia International Airport, killing seven passengers and crew. |
1952 | NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway. |
1953 | Josip Broz Tito is elected the first President of Yugoslavia. |
1954 | The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation. |
1957 | Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. |
1960 | The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority authorized by the 1959 Reserve Bank Act, is established. |
1967 | Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love. |
1969 | USS Enterprise fire: An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 28 people. |
1972 | Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513. |
1973 | Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history. |
1993 | In Poland's worst peacetime maritime disaster, ferry MS Jan Heweliusz sinks off the coast of Rügen, drowning 55 passengers and crew; nine crew-members are saved. |
2004 | The national flag of the Republic of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years. |
2010 | Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda. |
2011 | President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia seeks refuge in Saudi Arabia after a series of demonstrations against his regime, considered to be the birth of the Arab Spring. |
2019 | A Saha Airlines Boeing 707 crashes at Fath Air Base near Karaj in Alborz Province, Iran, killing 15 people. |
1989 | The birth of Frankie Bridge, English singer-songwriter and dancer |
1990 | The birth of Kacy Catanzaro, American athlete and professional wrestler |
1990 | The birth of Lelisa Desisa, Ethiopian runner |
1990 | The birth of Grant Gustin, American actor and singer |
1990 | The birth of Áron Szilágyi, Hungarian fencer |
1992 | The birth of Robbie Brady, Irish footballer |
1992 | The birth of Chieh-Yu Hsu, American tennis player |
1992 | The birth of Qiang Wang, Chinese tennis player |
1993 | The birth of Daniel Bessa, Brazilian footballer |
1994 | The birth of Kai, South Korean singer, model, actor and dancer |
1995 | The birth of Georgios Diamantakos, Greek basketball player |
1995 | The birth of Alex Johnston, Australian rugby league player |
1997 | The birth of Francesco Bagnaia, Italian motorcycle racer |
1998 | The birth of Maddison Inglis, Australian tennis player |
1999 | The birth of Declan Rice, English footballer |
2012 | The death of Giampiero Moretti, Italian entrepreneur and race car driver (b. 1940) |
2012 | The death of Rosy Varte, Armenian-French actress (b. 1923) |
2013 | The death of Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (b. 1944) |
2014 | The death of Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Flavio Testi, Italian composer and musicologist (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of Bob Boyd, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930) |
2015 | The death of Zhang Wannian, Chinese general (b. 1928) |
2016 | The death of René Angélil, Canadian music producer, talent manager, and singer (b. 1942) |
2016 | The death of Alan Rickman, English actor (b. 1946) |
2017 | The death of Zhou Youguang, Chinese sociologist, (b. 1906) |
2018 | The death of Spanky Manikan, Filipino veteran actor (b. 1942) |
2018 | The death of Cyrille Regis, French Guianan-English footballer (b. 1958) |
2021 | The death of Joel Robert, Belgian professional motocross racer (b. 1943) |
2023 | The death of Mukarram Jah, 8th Nizam of Hyderabad (b. 1933) |
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