Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Francois Duvalier |
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Birthdate | April 14, 1907 |
Birth Place | Haiti |
Age (in 2024) | 117 Years Old |
Zodiac | Aries |
Occupation | World Leader |
Francois Duvalier is best known as World Leader who has born on April 14, 1907 in Haiti. Currently, Francois Duvalier is 117 years, 7 months and 7 days old. Francois Duvalier will celebrate 118th birthday on Monday, 14th of April 2025. Below the countdown to Francois Duvalier upcoming birthday.
Also known by the nickname of "Papa Doc," this physician-turned-politician became dictator of Haiti in 1957. After taking office, he established a paramilitary organization known as Tonton Macoute, garnering support for his policies through his personal charisma and through the invoking of the Haitian Vodou tradition.
After studying medicine at both the University of Haiti and the University of Michigan, he aided in efforts to prevent the spread of malaria, typhus, and other deadly diseases that were common among Haiti's poor.
He aligned himself with the Négritude political and intellectual movement of the 1930s, and he founded a journal titled Les Griots. He was responsible for killing and/or banishing tens of thousands of Haitian citizens.
His marriage to Simone Ovide resulted in a son named Jean-Claude (who served as President of Haiti during the 1970s and early 1980s) and daughters named Nicole and Marie Denise.
The British journalist Alan Whicker produced a 1969 documentary about Duvalier.
Francois Duvalier is 117 years old today.
Francois Duvalier was born on April 14, 1907 in Haiti.
Francois Duvalier zodiac sign is Aries.
Francois Duvalier was best known as World Leader.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Francois Duvalier's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1991 | The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President following its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. |
1994 | In a friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two U.S. Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two U.S. Army helicopters, killing 26 people. |
1997 | Pai Hsiao-yen, daughter of Taiwanese artiste Pai Bing-bing is kidnapped on her way to school, preceding her murder. |
1999 NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed. A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history. | |
NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed. | |
A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history. | |
2002 | Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military. |
2003 The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%. U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner MS Achille Lauro in 1985. | |
The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%. | |
U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner MS Achille Lauro in 1985. | |
2005 | The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples a year earlier by Multnomah County. |
2006 | Twin blasts triggered by crude bombs during Asr prayer in the Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi injure 13 people. |
2014 | In Nigeria, Boko Haram set up Twin bombings in Abuja, and abducted two hundred seventy-six schoolgirls in Chibok. |
2016 | The foreshock of Kumamoto earthquakes occurs in Japan. |
2022 | Russian invasion of Ukraine: The Russian warship Moskva sinks. |
1984 | The birth of Blake Costanzo, American football player |
1984 | The birth of Charles Hamelin, Canadian speed skater |
1984 | The birth of Harumafuji Kōhei, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 70th Yokozuna |
1984 | The birth of Tyler Thigpen, American football player |
1986 | The birth of Matt Derbyshire, English footballer |
1987 | The birth of Michael Baze, American jockey (d. 2011) |
1987 | The birth of Erwin Hoffer, Austrian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Wilson Kiprop, Kenyan runner |
1988 | The birth of Eric Gryba, Canadian ice hockey player |
1988 | The birth of Eliška Klučinová, Czech heptathlete |
1988 | The birth of Brad Sinopoli, Canadian football player |
1995 | The birth of Baker Mayfield, American football player |
1995 | The birth of Georgie Friedrichs, Australian rugby sevens player |
1996 | The birth of Abigail Breslin, American actress |
1999 | The birth of Chase Young, American football player |
2013 | The death of Claudia Maupin and Oliver "Chip" Northup, residents of Davis, California who were tortured, murdered, and mutilated in their home by a 15-year-old, Daniel William Marsh |
2014 | The death of Nina Cassian, Romanian poet and critic (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Crad Kilodney, American-Canadian author (b. 1948) |
2014 | The death of Wally Olins, English businessman and academic (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Mick Staton, American soldier and politician (b. 1940) |
2015 | The death of Klaus Bednarz, German journalist and author (b. 1942) |
2015 | The death of Mark Reeds, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1960) |
2015 | The death of Percy Sledge, American singer (b. 1940) |
2015 | The death of Roberto Tucci, Italian cardinal and theologian (b. 1921) |
2019 | The death of Bibi Andersson, Swedish actress (b.1935) |
2020 | The death of Carol D'Onofrio, American public health researcher (b. 1936) |
2021 | The death of Bernie Madoff, American mastermind of the world's largest Ponzi scheme (b. 1938) |
2022 | The death of Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1957) |
2022 | The death of Ilkka Kanerva, Finnish politician (b. 1948) |
2022 | The death of Orlando Julius, Nigerian saxophonist, singer (b. 1943) |
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