Updated at September 7, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Franklin Chang-Díaz |
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Birthdate | April 05, 1950 |
Birth Place | San Jose, Costa Rica |
Age (in 2024) | 74 Years Old |
Zodiac | Aries |
Occupation | Astronaut |
Franklin Chang-Díaz is best known as Astronaut who has born on April 05, 1950 in San Jose, Costa Rica. Currently, Franklin Chang-Díaz is 74 years, 5 months and 2 days old. Franklin Chang-Díaz will celebrate 75th birthday on Saturday, 5th of April 2025. Below the countdown to Franklin Chang-Díaz upcoming birthday.
Costa Rican engineer, physicist, and astronaut most recognized for being the CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company.
In 1973, he graduated from the University of Connecticut with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
He was the first naturalized US citizen to become an astronaut.
He was born in San José, Costa Rica. In 1984, he married Peggy Marguerite Doncaster. He and Peggy have four daughters named Sonia, Jean, Miranda and Lidia.
He and scientist Karel Bossart completed graduate programs at MIT.
Franklin Chang-Díaz is 74 years old today.
Franklin Chang-Díaz was born on April 05, 1950 in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Franklin Chang-Díaz zodiac sign is Aries.
Franklin Chang-Díaz was best known as Astronaut.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Franklin Chang-Díaz's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Franklin Chang-Díaz's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1966 | During the Buddhist Uprising, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ personally attempted to lead the capture of the restive city of Đà Nẵng before backing down. |
1969 | Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities. |
1971 | In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike. |
1976 | In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident. |
1977 | The US Supreme Court rules that congressional legislation that diminished the size of the Sioux people's reservation thereby destroyed the tribe's jurisdictional authority over the area in Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip. |
1991 | An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard including Sen. John Tower and astronaut Sonny Carter. |
1992 | Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force. |
1992 | Peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić are killed on the Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo, becoming the first casualties of the Bosnian War. |
1998 | In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge opens to traffic, becoming the longest bridge span in the world. |
1999 | Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands. |
2007 | The cruise ship MS Sea Diamond strikes a volcanic reef near Nea Kameni and sinks the next day. Two passengers were never recovered and are presumed dead. |
2009 | North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks. |
2010 | Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia. |
2018 | Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid a slaughterhouse in Tennessee, detaining nearly 100 undocumented Hispanic workers in one of the largest workplace raids in the history of the United States. |
2021 | Nguyễn Xuân Phúc took office as President of Vietnam after dismissing the title of Prime Minister. |
1993 | The birth of Laura Feiersinger, Austrian footballer |
1993 | The birth of Benjamin Garcia, French rugby league player |
1993 | The birth of Scottie Wilbekin, American-Turkish basketball player |
1994 | The birth of Mateusz Bieniek, Polish volleyball player |
1994 | The birth of Edem Rjaïbi, Tunisian footballer |
1994 | The birth of Richard Sánchez, Mexican footballer |
1995 | The birth of Viliame Kikau, Fijian rugby league player |
1995 | The birth of Sei Muroya, Japanese footballer |
1995 | The birth of Gleb Rassadkin, Belarusian footballer |
1995 | The birth of Sebastian Starke Hedlund, Swedish footballer |
1996 | The birth of Nicolas Beer, Danish race car driver |
1996 | The birth of Raouf Benguit, Algerian footballer |
1997 | The birth of Borja Mayoral, Spanish footballer |
2000 | The birth of Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Indian actor |
2001 | The birth of Thylane Blondeau, French model and actress |
2016 | The death of Koço Kasapoğlu, Turkish footballer (b. 1936) |
2017 | The death of Attilio Benfatto, Italian cyclist (b. 1943) |
2017 | The death of Arthur Bisguier, American chess Grandmaster (b. 1929) |
2017 | The death of Paul G. Comba, Italian-American computer scientist and astronomer (b. 1926) |
2017 | The death of Makoto Ōoka, Japanese poet and literary critic (b. 1931) |
2017 | The death of Paul O'Neill, American rock composer and producer (b. 1956) |
2017 | The death of Tim Parnell, British race car driver (b. 1932) |
2017 | The death of Memè Perlini, Italian actor and director (b. 1947) |
2017 | The death of Atanase Sciotnic, Romanian sprint canoeist (b. 1942) |
2017 | The death of Ilkka Sinisalo, Finnish ice hockey player (b. 1958) |
2018 | The death of Isao Takahata, Japanese director (b. 1935) |
2019 | The death of Sydney Brenner, South African biologist (b. 1927) |
2021 | The death of Paul Ritter, English actor (b. 1966) |
2022 | The death of Nehemiah Persoff, Israeli-American actor (b. 1919) |
2022 | The death of Jimmy Wang Yu, Taiwanese actor (b.1943) |
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