Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Ernest De Koven Leffingwell |
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Birthdate | January 13, 1875 |
Birth Place | Illinois |
Age (in 2024) | 149 Years Old |
Zodiac | Capricorn |
Occupation | Explorer |
Ernest De Koven Leffingwell is best known as Explorer who has born on January 13, 1875 in Illinois. Currently, Ernest De Koven Leffingwell is 149 years, 10 months and 8 days old. Ernest De Koven Leffingwell will celebrate 150th birthday on Monday, 13th of January 2025. Below the countdown to Ernest De Koven Leffingwell upcoming birthday.
Polar explorer who spent a good portion of his life on the Alaskan Arctic coast.
He was a veteran of the Spanish-American War, serving on the battleship Oregon during its trip around Cape Horn.
He and his co-explorer, Ejnar Mikkelsen, financed their own expedition to the North Pole. After their boat got trapped in ice, they used its planks to build a permanent cabin.
He was born in Knoxville, Illinois. His father, Charles Wesley Leffingwell, was a wealthy California rancher.
He was one of the early explorers of Alaska, much like American Wilds P. Richardson .
Ernest De Koven Leffingwell is 149 years old today.
Ernest De Koven Leffingwell was born on January 13, 1875 in Illinois.
Ernest De Koven Leffingwell zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Ernest De Koven Leffingwell was best known as Explorer.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Ernest De Koven Leffingwell's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Ernest De Koven Leffingwell's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1982 | Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet, crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists. |
1985 | A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa. |
1986 | A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties. |
1988 | Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China. |
1990 | Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office as Governor of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. |
1991 | Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding around 1,000 others. |
1993 | Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center. |
1993 | The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is signed. |
1993 | Operation Southern Watch: U.S.A.F., U.S.N., R.A.F. and French Air Force jets attack AAA and SAM sites in Southern Iraq. |
1998 | Alfredo Ormando sets himself on fire in St. Peter's Square, protesting against homophobia. |
2001 | An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800. |
2012 | The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy due to the captain Francesco Schettino's negligence and irresponsibility. There are 32 confirmed deaths. |
2018 | A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in Hawaii causes widespread panic in the state. |
2020 | The Thai Ministry of Public Health confirms the first case of COVID-19 outside China. |
2021 | Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump is impeached for a second time on a charge of incitement of insurrection following the January 6 United States Capitol attack one week prior. |
1989 | The birth of Doug Martin, American football player |
1989 | The birth of Beau Mirchoff, Canadian-American actor |
1990 | The birth of Vincenzo Fiorillo, Italian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor |
1991 | The birth of Rob Kiernan, English-Irish footballer |
1992 | The birth of Adam Matthews, Welsh footballer |
1992 | The birth of Dinah Pfizenmaier, German tennis player |
1993 | The birth of Max Whitlock, English artistic gymnast |
1995 | The birth of Natalia Dyer, American actress |
1997 | The birth of Micah Hart, Canadian ice hockey player |
1997 | The birth of Connor McDavid, Canadian ice hockey player |
1997 | The birth of Ivan Provorov, Russian ice hockey player |
1997 | The birth of Egan Bernal, Colombian cyclist, winner of the 2019 Tour de France |
1997 | The birth of Luis DÃaz, Colombian footballer |
2003 | The birth of Oksana Selekhmeteva, Russian tennis player |
2013 | The death of Chia-Chiao Lin, Chinese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1916) |
2014 | The death of Bobby Collins, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1931) |
2014 | The death of Randal Tye Thomas, American journalist and politician (b. 1978) |
2014 | The death of Waldemar von Gazen, German general and lawyer (b. 1917) |
2015 | The death of Mark Juddery, Australian journalist and author (b. 1971) |
2015 | The death of Robert White, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Paraguay (b. 1926) |
2016 | The death of Brian Bedford, English-American actor and director (b. 1935) |
2016 | The death of Giorgio Gomelsky, Georgian-American director, producer, songwriter, and manager (b. 1934) |
2016 | The death of Lawrence Phillips, American football player (b. 1975) |
2017 | The death of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, English photographer and a former member of the British royal family (b. 1930) |
2017 | The death of Dick Gautier, American actor (b. 1931) |
2017 | The death of Magic Alex, Greek electronics engineer (b. 1942) |
2019 | The death of Phil Masinga, South African footballer (b. 1969) |
2020 | The death of Bryan Monroe, American journalist and educator, (b. 1965) |
2020 | The death of Philip Tartaglia, Scottish prelate, Catholic archbishop of Glasgow (b. 1951) |
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