Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Emily Davison |
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Birthdate | October 11, 1872 |
Birth Place | England |
Age (in 2024) | 152 Years Old |
Zodiac | Libra |
Occupation | Politician |
Emily Davison is best known as Politician who has born on October 11, 1872 in England. Currently, Emily Davison is 152 years, 1 months and 10 days old. Emily Davison will celebrate 153rd birthday on Saturday, 11th of October 2025. Below the countdown to Emily Davison upcoming birthday.
Remembered for her militant activism and hunger strikes on behalf of the early 20th-century women's suffrage movement in England, she was imprisoned numerous times for her public acts of protest.
After working as a governess and subsequently studying at St. Hugh's College, Oxford, she became a member of the Women's Social and Political Union.
She is perhaps most famous for being trampled to death by King George V's horse during a 1913 derby (the reasons for her presence on the track remain unclear). Composer Tim Benjamin wrote a 2013 opera -- Emily -- based on Davison's life, and rock vocalist Greg Kihn composed and performed the 1976 song "Emily Davison" in her honor.
The child of Margaret and Charles Davison, she grew up in London, England with three siblings and several older half-siblings.
She joined fellow suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst in the Women's Social and Political Union of the early 1900s.
Emily Davison is 152 years old today.
Emily Davison was born on October 11, 1872 in England.
Emily Davison zodiac sign is Libra.
Emily Davison was best known as Politician.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Emily Davison's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1962 | The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years. |
1968 | NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission. |
1976 | George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies. |
1984 | Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk. |
1984 | Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178. |
1986 | Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe. |
1987 | The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. |
1987 | Start of Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians, insurgents, soldiers die. |
1991 | Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination. |
1999 | Air Botswana pilot Chris Phatswe steals an ATR 42 from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport and later crashes it into two other aircraft at the airport, killing himself. |
2000 | NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission. |
2001 | The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection. |
2002 | A bomb attack in a Myyrmanni shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven. |
2013 | A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily, with at least 34 people drowning. |
2018 | Soyuz MS-10, launching an intended crew for the ISS, suffers an in-flight abort. The crew lands safely. |
1989 | The birth of Michelle Wie, American golfer |
1990 | The birth of Joo, South Korean singer and actress |
1990 | The birth of Sebastian Rode, German footballer |
1991 | The birth of Kika van Es, Dutch footballer |
1991 | The birth of Toby Fox, American video game developer and composer |
1992 | The birth of Riffi Mandanda, Congolese footballer |
1992 | The birth of Ligi Sao, New Zealand rugby league player |
1992 | The birth of Christian Davis, English cricketer |
1992 | The birth of Cardi B, American rapper |
1993 | The birth of Hardik Pandya, Indian cricketer |
1994 | The birth of Clésio Baúque, Mozambican footballer |
1994 | The birth of T. J. Watt, American football player |
1995 | The birth of Nicolás Jarry, Chilean tennis player |
2001 | The birth of Maja Chwalińska, Polish tennis player |
2001 | The birth of Daniel Maldini, Italian footballer |
2009 | The death of Halit RefiÄŸ, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934) |
2012 | The death of Avrohom Genachowsky, Israeli rabbi (b. 1936) |
2012 | The death of Helmut Haller, German footballer and coach (b. 1939) |
2012 | The death of Edward Kossoy, Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (b. 1913) |
2012 | The death of Édgar Negret, Colombian sculptor (b. 1920) |
2012 | The death of Champ Summers, American baseball player and coach (b. 1946) |
2013 | The death of MarÃa de Villota, Spanish racing driver (b. 1980) |
2013 | The death of Erich Priebke, German captain (b. 1913) |
2014 | The death of Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (b. 1931) |
2014 | The death of Carmelo Simeone, Argentinian footballer (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of Bob Such, Australian educator and politician (b. 1944) |
2015 | The death of Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (b. 1941) |
2017 | The death of Clifford Husbands, Barbadian politician (b. 1926) |
2019 | The death of Alexei Leonov, Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and first human to conduct a spacewalk (b. 1934) |
2022 | The death of Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer (b. 1925) |
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