Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Fats Waller |
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Birthdate | May 21, 1904 |
Birth Place | New York City, NY |
Age (in 2024) | 120 Years Old |
Zodiac | Gemini |
Occupation | Pianist |
Fats Waller is best known as Pianist who has born on May 21, 1904 in New York City, NY. Currently, Fats Waller is 120 years, 5 months and 12 days old. Fats Waller will celebrate 121st birthday on Wednesday, 21st of May 2025. Below the countdown to Fats Waller upcoming birthday.
Pioneer of modern jazz and composer of "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose," both Grammy Hall of Fame inductees.
He started playing at six, and by 10 he was playing on the church organ. He had solo recordings by 18.
He and his frequent collaborator and co-writer Andy Razaf estimated that he had copyrighted more than 400 new songs.
He was born as the youngest of four children to parents Adaline Locket Waller and Reverend Edward Martin Waller. He did not have the support of his religious father to pursue a career as a pianist.
He was kidnapped as he left a 1926 performance by four men who took him to Al Capone's birthday party, where he was to perform as the surprise guest.
Fats Waller is 120 years old today.
Fats Waller was born on May 21, 1904 in New York City, NY.
Fats Waller zodiac sign is Gemini.
Fats Waller was best known as Pianist.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Fats Waller'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 Waller's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1994 | The Democratic Republic of Yemen unsuccessfully attempts to secede from the Republic of Yemen; a war breaks out. |
1996 | The ferry MVÂ Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000. |
1998 | In Miami, five abortion clinics are attacked by a butyric acid attacker. |
1998 | President Suharto of Indonesia resigns following the killing of students from Trisakti University earlier that week by security forces and growing mass protests in Jakarta against his ongoing corrupt rule. |
2000 | Nineteen people are killed in a plane crash in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. |
2001 | French Taubira law is enacted, officially recognizing the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity. |
2003 | The 6.8 Mw  Boumerdès earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). More than 2,200 people were killed and a moderate tsunami sank boats at the Balearic Islands. |
2005 | The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey. |
2006 | The Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro; 55% of Montenegrins vote for independence. |
2010 | JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launches the solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS aboard an H-IIA rocket. The vessel would make a Venus flyby late in the year. |
2011 | Radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the world would end on this date. |
2012 | A bus accident near Himara, Albania kills 13 people and injures 21 others. |
2012 | A suicide bombing kills more than 120 people in Sana'a, Yemen. |
2014 | Random killings occurred on the Bannan Line of the Taipei MRT, killing four and injuring 24. |
2017 | Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performed their final show at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. |
1992 | The birth of Philipp Grüneberg, German footballer |
1992 | The birth of Olivia Olson, American singer and actress |
1993 | The birth of Grete Gaim, Estonian biathlete |
1993 | The birth of Luke Garbutt, English footballer |
1993 | The birth of Lynn Williams, American soccer player |
1994 | The birth of Tom Daley, English diver |
1995 | The birth of Diego Loyzaga, Filipino actor |
1996 | The birth of Josh Allen, American football player |
1996 | The birth of Indy de Vroome, Dutch tennis player |
1996 | The birth of Karen Khachanov, Russian tennis player |
1997 | The birth of Ivan De Santis, Italian footballer |
1997 | The birth of Sisca Folkertsma, Dutch footballer |
1997 | The birth of Viktoria Petryk, Ukrainian singer-songwriter |
1997 | The birth of Kevin Quinn, American actor and singer |
2002 | The birth of Elena Huelva, Spanish cancer activist and influencer (d. 2023) |
2013 | The death of Bob Thompson, American pianist and composer (b. 1924) |
2013 | The death of Dominique Venner, French journalist and historian (b. 1935) |
2014 | The death of Tunku Annuar, Malaysian son of Badlishah of Kedah (b. 1939) |
2014 | The death of Johnny Gray, American baseball player (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Alireza Soleimani, Iranian wrestler (b. 1956) |
2015 | The death of Annarita Sidoti, Italian race walker (b. 1969) |
2015 | The death of Twinkle, English singer-songwriter (b. 1948) |
2015 | The death of Jassem Al-Kharafi, Kuwaiti businessman and politician, 8th Kuwaiti Speaker of the National Assembly (b. 1940) |
2015 | The death of Fred Gladding, American baseball player and coach (b. 1936) |
2015 | The death of Louis Johnson, American bass player and producer (b. 1955) |
2016 | The death of Nick Menza, American drummer and songwriter (b. 1964) |
2019 | The death of Rik Kuypers, Belgian film director (b. 1925) |
2019 | The death of Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan writer (b. 1971) |
2020 | The death of Alan Merten, fifth President of George Mason University (b. 1941) |
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