Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Fats Domino |
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Birthdate | February 26, 1928 |
Birth Place | New Orleans, LA |
Age (in 2024) | 96 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Pianist |
Fats Domino is best known as Pianist who has born on February 26, 1928 in New Orleans, LA. Currently, Fats Domino is 96 years, 8 months and 5 days old. Fats Domino will celebrate 97th birthday on Wednesday, 26th of February 2025. Below the countdown to Fats Domino upcoming birthday.
French Creole singer/songwriter best known for such hits as "Blueberry Hill" and "The Girl Can't Help It." He amassed five gold records before 1955.
His first nationwide hit, The Fat Man, was released in 1950 and sold one million copies. He crossed over into pop with Ain't That a Shame from 1955, although Pat Boone's version was the one to reach No. 1.
He and his family were initially thought to have perished in Hurricane Katrina, the 2005 natural disaster that wiped out his hometown of New Orleans. They survived, although most of their possessions were destroyed.
He married Rosemary Hall on August 6, 1948. They had eight children together. His first language was Creole.
He had a cameo in the 1980 movie Any Which Way You Can starring Clint Eastwood.
Fats Domino is 96 years old today.
Fats Domino was born on February 26, 1928 in New Orleans, LA.
Fats Domino zodiac sign is Pisces.
Fats Domino was best known as Pianist.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Fats Domino's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Fats Domino's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1960 | A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board. |
1966 | Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket. |
1971 | U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day. |
1979 | The Superliner railcar enters revenue service with Amtrak. |
1980 | Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations. |
1987 | Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff. |
1992 | First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead. |
1993 | World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people. |
1995 | The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts. |
2008 | The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea. |
2012 | A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45. |
2012 | Seventeen-year-old African-American student Trayvon Martin is shot to death by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman in an altercation in Sanford, Florida. |
2013 | A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people. |
2019 | Indian Air Force fighter-jets targeted Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camps in Balakot. |
2021 | A total of 279 female students aged between 10 and 17 are kidnapped by bandits in the Zamfara kidnapping in Zamfara State, Nigeria. |
1982 | The birth of Nate Ruess, American singer-songwriter |
1983 | The birth of Jerome Harrison, American football player |
1983 | The birth of Pepe, Brazilian-Portuguese footballer |
1984 | The birth of Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese international footballer |
1984 | The birth of Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican singer-songwriter |
1984 | The birth of Beren Saat, Turkish actress |
1985 | The birth of Fernando Llorente, Spanish international footballer |
1986 | The birth of Hannah Kearney, American skier |
1989 | The birth of Gabriel Obertan, French footballer |
1990 | The birth of Takanoiwa Yoshimori, Mongolian sumo wrestler |
1991 | The birth of Lee Chae-rin, South Korean singer |
1992 | The birth of Mikael Granlund, Finnish professional hockey player |
1992 | The birth of Michael Chee Kam, New Zealand rugby league player |
1993 | The birth of Morgan Gautrat, American soccer player |
1997 | The birth of Reghan Tumilty, Scottish footballer |
2010 | The death of Jun Seba, also known as "Nujabes", Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (b. 1974) |
2011 | The death of Arnošt Lustig, Czech author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1926) |
2012 | The death of Richard Carpenter, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929) |
2013 | The death of Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and educator (b. 1926) |
2013 | The death of Stéphane Hessel, German-French diplomat and author (b. 1917) |
2013 | The death of Simon Li, Hong Kong judge and politician (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of Phyllis Krasilovsky, American author and academic (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Sheppard Frere, English historian and archaeologist (b. 1916) |
2015 | The death of Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, educator, and academic (b. 1917) |
2015 | The death of Earl Lloyd, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Tom Schweich, American lawyer and politician, 36th State Auditor of Missouri (b. 1960) |
2016 | The death of Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1932) |
2016 | The death of Don Getty, Canadian football player and politician, 11th Premier of Alberta (b. 1933) |
2017 | The death of Joseph Wapner, American judge and TV personality (b. 1919) |
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