Updated at December 24, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Elizabeth Kenny |
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Birthdate | September 20, 1886 |
Birth Place | Warialda, Australia |
Age (in 2024) | 138 Years Old |
Zodiac | Virgo |
Occupation | Psychologist |
Elizabeth Kenny is best known as Psychologist who has born on September 20, 1886 in Warialda, Australia. Currently, Elizabeth Kenny is 138 years, 3 months and 4 days old. Elizabeth Kenny will celebrate 139th birthday on Saturday, 20th of September 2025. Below the countdown to Elizabeth Kenny upcoming birthday.
Creator of the science of physical therapy who was one of the first to propose, counter to conventional wisdom, exercising to counter the effects of polio. The Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute in Minneapolis is named in her honor.
She served as a nurse in the Australian outback and then in WW I, switched to researching polio after an epidemic in Queeensland.
Her suggestion that the polio virus affected the muscles rather than the nerves was deemed wrongheaded in Britain, but was well received in the U.S., where her experiments supported her idea.
She was born in Warialda, New South Wales, the daughter of Michael Kenny, farmer from Ireland.
Until Jonas Salk introduced his vaccine against the debilitating disease, her physical therapy method provided the best source of relief from symptoms.
Elizabeth Kenny is 138 years old today.
Elizabeth Kenny was born on September 20, 1886 in Warialda, Australia.
Elizabeth Kenny zodiac sign is Virgo.
Elizabeth Kenny was best known as Psychologist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Elizabeth Kenny's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
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1977 | Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations. |
1979 | A French-supported coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I. |
1982 | NFL season: American football players in the National Football League begin a 57-day strike. |
1984 | A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people. |
1989 | USAir Flight 5050 crashes into Bowery Bay during a rejected takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, killing two people. |
1990 | South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia. |
2000 | The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile. |
2001 | In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror". |
2003 | Civil unrest in the Maldives breaks out after a prisoner is killed by guards. |
2007 | Between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters march on Jena, Louisiana, United States, in support of six black youths who had been convicted of assaulting a white classmate. |
2008 | A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others. |
2011 | The United States military ends its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time. |
2017 | Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, resulting in 2,975 deaths, US$90 billion in damage, and a major humanitarian crisis. |
2018 | At least 161 people die after a ferry capsizes close to the pier on Ukara Island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania. |
2019 | Roughly four million people, mostly students, demonstrate across the world to address climate change. Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden leads the demonstration in New York City. |
1987 | The birth of Gain, South Korean singer |
1987 | The birth of Jack Lawless, American drummer |
1987 | The birth of Tito Tebaldi, Italian rugby player |
1988 | The birth of Sergei Bobrovsky, Russian ice hockey player |
1988 | The birth of Khabib Nurmagomedov, Russian mixed martial artist |
1988 | The birth of Ayano Ōmoto, Japanese singer and dancer |
1988 | The birth of Ryan Simpkins, Australian rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Phillip Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
1990 | The birth of John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player |
1991 | The birth of Isaac Cofie, Ghanaian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Michał Żyro, Polish footballer |
1993 | The birth of Julian Draxler, German footballer |
1995 | The birth of Laura Dekker, Dutch sailor |
1995 | The birth of Rob Holding, English footballer |
1996 | The birth of Ioana Loredana Roșca, Romanian tennis player |
2011 | The death of Burhanuddin Rabbani, Afghan academic and politician, 10th President of Afghanistan (b. 1940) |
2012 | The death of Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal (b. 1935) |
2012 | The death of Richard H. Cracroft, American author and academic (b. 1936) |
2012 | The death of Tereska Torrès, French soldier and author (b. 1920) |
2013 | The death of James B. Vaught, American general (b. 1926) |
2013 | The death of Gilles Verlant, Belgian journalist and critic (b. 1957) |
2014 | The death of Anatoly Berezovoy, Russian colonel, pilot, and cosmonaut (b. 1942) |
2014 | The death of Polly Bergen, American actress and singer (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Takako Doi, Japanese scholar and politician (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of George Sluizer, French-Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932) |
2015 | The death of Mario Caiano, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1933) |
2015 | The death of Jagmohan Dalmiya, Indian businessman (b. 1940) |
2015 | The death of Jack Larson, American actor (b. 1928) |
2016 | The death of Curtis Hanson, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1945) |
2016 | The death of Peter Leo Gerety, American bishop (b. 1912) |
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