Updated at November 5, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Emmett Kelly |
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Birthdate | December 09, 1898 |
Birth Place | Sedan, KS |
Age (in 2024) | 125 Years Old |
Zodiac | Sagittarius |
Occupation | Comedian |
Emmett Kelly is best known as Comedian who has born on December 09, 1898 in Sedan, KS. Currently, Emmett Kelly is 125 years, 10 months and 27 days old. Emmett Kelly will celebrate 126th birthday on Monday, 9th of December 2024. Below the countdown to Emmett Kelly upcoming birthday.
Circus performer who created the memorable clown figure 'Weary Willie', based on the hobos of the Depression era. His circus career spanned 55 years and he notably portrayed the role of 'Willie' in Cecil B. DeMille's 1952 classic The Greatest Show on Earth.
He began his career by performing as a trapeze artist and clown in the early 1920's but didn't start working as a clown full-time until 1931. He envisioned the hobo clown character while working at an art firm years before he got into the circus.
He is depicted in a famous photograph, still in full clown make-up and costume, trying to extinguish the fire during the devastating Hartford Circus Fire on July 6, 1944, that killed 167 people.
He married circus trapeze artist Eva Moore. He was estranged from his son Emmett Kelly Jr. for many years because he felt his son stole his "Weary Willie" character.
He was a clown figure during the Depression when President Franklin D. Roosevelt was in office.
Emmett Kelly is 125 years old today.
Emmett Kelly was born on December 09, 1898 in Sedan, KS.
Emmett Kelly zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Emmett Kelly was best known as Comedian.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Emmett Kelly's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1971 | Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences. |
1973 | British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland. |
1979 | The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first of only two diseases that have been driven to extinction (with rinderpest in 2011 being the other). |
1987 | Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. |
1992 | American troops land in Somalia for Operation Restore Hope. |
1996 | Gwen Jacob is acquitted of committing an indecent act, giving women the right to be topless in Ontario, Canada. |
2003 | A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more. |
2008 | Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is arrested by federal officials for crimes including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. |
2012 | A plane crash in Mexico kills seven people. |
2013 | At least seven are dead and 63 are injured following a train accident near Bintaro, Indonesia. |
2016 | President Park Geun-hye of South Korea is impeached by the country's National Assembly in response to a major political scandal. |
2016 | At least 57 people are killed and a further 177 injured when two schoolgirl suicide bombers attack a market area in Madagali, Adamawa, Nigeria in the Madagali suicide bombings. |
2017 | The Marriage Amendment Bill receives royal assent and comes into effect, making Australia the 26th country to legalize same-sex marriage. |
2019 | A volcano on Whakaari / White Island, New Zealand, kills 22 people after it erupts. |
2021 | Fifty-five people are killed and more than 100 injured when a truck with 160 migrants from Central America overturned in Chiapas, Mexico. |
1984 | The birth of Leon Hall, American football player |
1985 | The birth of Wil Besseling, Dutch golfer |
1987 | The birth of Kostas Giannoulis, Greek footballer |
1987 | The birth of Mat Latos, American baseball player |
1987 | The birth of Hikaru Nakamura, Japanese-American chess player |
1988 | The birth of Kwadwo Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Denise Hannema, Dutch cricketer |
1991 | The birth of Choi Minho, Korean singer and actor |
1993 | The birth of Mark McMorris, Canadian snowboarder |
1993 | The birth of Laura Smulders, Dutch cyclist |
1995 | The birth of McKayla Maroney, American gymnast |
1996 | The birth of Kyle Connor, American ice hockey player |
1996 | The birth of MyKayla Skinner, American gymnast |
1999 | The birth of Riley Clemmons, American Christian musician |
2000 | The birth of Diāna Ņikitina, Latvian figure skater |
2013 | The death of Eleanor Parker, American actress (b. 1922) |
2013 | The death of John Wilbur, American football player (b. 1943) |
2014 | The death of Sacvan Bercovitch, Canadian-American author, critic, and academic (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of Jane Freilicher, American painter and poet (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Jorge María Mejía, Argentinian cardinal (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress, Miss America 1959 (b. 1937) |
2014 | The death of Blagoje Paunović, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1947) |
2014 | The death of Jože Toporišič, Slovenian linguist and author (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Soshana Afroyim, Austrian painter (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Norman Breslow, American statistician and academic (b. 1941) |
2015 | The death of Juvenal Juvêncio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1934) |
2015 | The death of Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Bolivian cardinal (b. 1936) |
2021 | The death of Speedy Duncan, American football player (b. 1942) |
2021 | The death of Demaryius Thomas, American football player (b. 1987) |
2022 | The death of Jovit Baldivino, Filipino singer and actor (b. 1993) |
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