Updated at November 4, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Eugene Polley |
---|---|
Birthdate | November 29, 1915 |
Birth Place | Illinois |
Age (in 2024) | 108 Years Old |
Zodiac | Sagittarius |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Eugene Polley is best known as Entrepreneur who has born on November 29, 1915 in Illinois. Currently, Eugene Polley is 108 years, 11 months and 5 days old. Eugene Polley will celebrate 109th birthday on Friday, 29th of November 2024. Below the countdown to Eugene Polley upcoming birthday.
Inventor of the wireless TV remote control, which made television watching much more comfortable.
He joined Zenith Corporation in the stockroom, eventually rising through the ranks to create the Flash-Matic remote.
He told an interviewer, "The flush toilet may have been the most civilized invention ever devised, but the remote control is the next most important," in 2001.
He had one daughter, Joan, with wife Blanche.
His colleague at Zenith Robert Adler made a better version of the remote.
Eugene Polley is 108 years old today.
Eugene Polley was born on November 29, 1915 in Illinois.
Eugene Polley zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Eugene Polley was best known as Entrepreneur.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Eugene Polley's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Eugene Polley's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
---|---|
1944 | Albania is liberated by the Partisans. |
1945 | The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared. |
1947 | The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine. |
1947 | French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam during the First Indochina War. |
1952 | U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict. |
1961 | Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico. |
1963 | U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. |
1963 | Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board. |
1963 | "I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom. |
1967 | U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation. |
1972 | Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game. |
1986 | The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children. |
1987 | North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew. |
2007 | The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny. |
2009 | Maurice Clemmons shoots and kills four police officers inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington. |
1986 | The birth of Asa Hall, English footballer |
1988 | The birth of Bradley Hudson-Odoi, Ghanaian footballer |
1988 | The birth of Russell Wilson, American football player |
1989 | The birth of Adam Chapman, Northern Irish footballer |
1990 | The birth of Diego Boneta, Mexican actor and singer |
1990 | The birth of Yacouba Sylla, French footballer |
1991 | The birth of Becky James, Welsh cyclist |
1992 | The birth of Ben Nugent, English footballer |
1993 | The birth of Stefon Diggs, American football player |
1994 | The birth of Shaun Lane, Australian rugby league player |
1994 | The birth of Julius Randle, American basketball player |
1995 | The birth of Laura Marano, American actress and singer |
1995 | The birth of Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, English swimmer |
1998 | The birth of Ye Qiuyu, Chinese tennis player |
2002 | The birth of Yunus Musah, American soccer player |
2015 | The death of Joseph F. Girzone, American Catholic priest and author (b. 1930) |
2015 | The death of Joe Marston, Australian footballer and manager (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Christopher Middleton, British poet and translator (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of O'tkir Sultonov, Uzbek lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (b. 1939) |
2016 | The death of Luis Alberto Monge, Costa Rican politician, 39th President of Costa Rica (b. 1925) |
2016 | The death of Marcos Danilo Padilha, Brazilian football player (b. 1985) |
2016 | The death of Ruta Šaca-Marjaša, Latvian lawyer, writer and politician (b. 1927) |
2017 | The death of Slobodan Praljak, Croatian general (b. 1945) |
2019 | The death of Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918) |
2020 | The death of Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (b. 1978) |
2021 | The death of Kinza Clodumar, Nauruan politician, 7th President of Nauru (b. 1945) |
2021 | The death of Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer (b. 1925) |
2021 | The death of LaMarr Hoyt, Major League Baseball player, 1983 AL Cy Young Award winner (b. 1955) |
2022 | The death of Derek Granger, British film and television producer and screenwriter (b. 1921) |
2022 | The death of Tapunuu Niko Lee Hang, Samoan politician (b. 1953/1954) |
Social Media
Eugene Polley on Facebook | |
Eugene Polley on Twitter | |
Eugene Polley on Instagram | |
Youtube | Eugene Polley on Youtube |
Tiktok | Eugene Polley on Tiktok |
Wikipedia | Eugene Polley on Wikipedia |
Website | Eugene Polley's Webiste |
Similar Entrepreneur
Month
Professions
Zodiacs
Birthplaces
Today
Copyright © 2020 BirthdayDBs.com