Updated at November 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Ellison Onizuka |
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Birthdate | June 24, 1946 |
Birth Place | Kealakekeua, HI |
Age (in 2024) | 78 Years Old |
Zodiac | Cancer |
Occupation | Astronaut |
Ellison Onizuka is best known as Astronaut who has born on June 24, 1946 in Kealakekeua, HI. Currently, Ellison Onizuka is 78 years, 4 months and 29 days old. Ellison Onizuka will celebrate 79th birthday on Tuesday, 24th of June 2025. Below the countdown to Ellison Onizuka upcoming birthday.
Astronaut aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51-C and the first Asian-American to fly into space.
He served as a test pilot in the U.S. Air Force, before being selected for the astronaut program by NASA.
He was on Space Shuttle Challenger when it was destroyed shortly after launch due to a fuel tank rupturing.
He had two daughters with wife Lorna Leiko Yoshida, whom he married in 1969.
Judith Resnik was also one of the crew on the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was destroyed.
Ellison Onizuka is 78 years old today.
Ellison Onizuka was born on June 24, 1946 in Kealakekeua, HI.
Ellison Onizuka zodiac sign is Cancer.
Ellison Onizuka was best known as Astronaut.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Ellison Onizuka's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Ellison Onizuka's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1963 | The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government. |
1973 | The UpStairs Lounge arson attack takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke inhalation. |
1975 | Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's JFK Airport killing 113 of the 124 passengers on board, making it the deadliest U.S. plane crash at the time. This accident led to decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft. |
1981 | The Humber Bridge opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It remained the world's longest bridge span for 17Â years. |
1982 | "The Jakarta Incident": British Airways Flight 9 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines. |
1989 | Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. |
1995 | Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment. |
2002 | The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history. |
2004 | In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional. |
2010 | At Wimbledon, John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France, in the longest match in professional tennis history. |
2010 | Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia. |
2012 | Death of Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise. |
2013 | Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of abusing his power and engaging in sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison. |
2021 | The Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida suffers a sudden partial collapse, killing 98 people inside. |
2022 | In Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion is not protected by the U.S. Constitution, overturning the court's prior decisions in Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). |
1986 | The birth of Stuart Broad, English cricketer |
1986 | The birth of Phil Hughes, American baseball player |
1986 | The birth of Solange Knowles, American singer-songwriter and actress |
1987 | The birth of Simona Dobrá, Czech tennis player |
1987 | The birth of Lionel Messi, Argentinian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Pierre Vaultier, French snowboarder |
1988 | The birth of Micah Richards, English footballer |
1989 | The birth of Teklemariam Medhin, Eritrean runner |
1990 | The birth of Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player |
1990 | The birth of Richard Sukuta-Pasu, German footballer |
1991 | The birth of Yasmin Paige, English actress |
1991 | The birth of Aidan Sezer, Australian rugby league player |
1992 | The birth of David Alaba, Austrian footballer |
1996 | The birth of Duki, Argentinian rapper |
2004 | The birth of Erika Andreeva, Russian tennis player |
2013 | The death of Emilio Colombo, Italian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920) |
2013 | The death of Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop (b. 1932) |
2013 | The death of William Hathaway, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924) |
2013 | The death of James Martin, English-Bermudian computer scientist and author (b. 1933) |
2013 | The death of Alan Myers, American drummer (b. 1955) |
2014 | The death of John Clement, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Olga Kotelko, Canadian runner and softball player (b. 1919) |
2014 | The death of Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1916) |
2014 | The death of Eli Wallach, American actor (b. 1915) |
2015 | The death of Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1986) |
2015 | The death of Mario Biaggi, American police officer, politician and criminal (b. 1917) |
2015 | The death of Marva Collins, American author and educator (b. 1936) |
2015 | The death of Susan Ahn Cuddy, American lieutenant (b. 1915) |
2021 | The death of Benigno Aquino III, 15th President of the Philippines (b. 1960) |
2021 | The death of Trần Thiện Khiêm, 7th Prime Minister of South Vietnam and army officer (b. 1925) |
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