Freddie Laker Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts
Updated at April 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Freddie Laker Facts
| Full Name | Freddie Laker |
|---|---|
| Birthdate | August 06, 1922 |
| Birth Place | England |
| Age (in 2024) | 101 Years Old |
| Zodiac | Leo |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Freddie Laker Age & Birthday
Freddie Laker is best known as Entrepreneur who has born on August 06, 1922 in England. Currently, Freddie Laker is 101 years, 8 months and 17 days old. Freddie Laker will celebrate 102nd birthday on Tuesday, 6th of August 2024. Below the countdown to Freddie Laker upcoming birthday.
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About
Best known as the founder of an Independent British airline called Laker Airways, this entrepreneur also established the Air Charter, Aviation Traders, and Channel Air Bridge companies.
Before Fame
After being forced to leave the Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, he worked for an aviation company called Short Brothers before joining the Air Transport Auxiliary during the World War II years.
Trivia
In Laker's honor, Virgin Atlantic named one of its airplane models "The Spirit of Sir Freddie."
Family Life
He was married four times -- to Joan Laker (for over twenty-five years); Rose Marie Black (for nearly a decade); Patricia Gates (during the late 1970s and early 1980s) and Jacqueline Harvey (from 1985 until his death in 2006) -- and fathered a total of four children.
Associated With
United States President Jimmy Carter authorized Laker to conduct a one-year trial of his proposed Skytrain program, which, before it went bankrupt in 1982, allowed passengers to travel directly from London to New York for a cost of between thirty-two and thirty-seven English Pounds.
Top Asked Questions about Freddie Laker
How old is Freddie Laker in 2024?
Freddie Laker is 101 years old today.
When was Freddie Laker born?
Freddie Laker was born on August 06, 1922 in England.
What is Freddie Laker zodiac sign?
Freddie Laker zodiac sign is Leo.
What was Freddie Laker best known for?
Freddie Laker was best known as Entrepreneur.
Fun Facts about Freddie Laker's Birthday
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Freddie Laker's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
- Freddie Laker was born on Sunday, 218th day / 31st week of 1922
- Freddie Laker has Leo zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
- Roman numeral of Freddie Laker birthday is VI.VIII.MCMXXII
- Freddie Laker's birthstone is Peridot
- Freddie Laker's birth flower is Gladiolus that symbolize moral integrity, remembrance, infatuation & honor
- Freddie Laker age in year is 101 years old
- Freddie Laker age in month is 1220 months old
- Freddie Laker age in day is 37151 days old
- Freddie Laker age in hour is 891624 hours old
- Freddie Laker age in minute is 53497440 minutes old
- Freddie Laker age in second is 3209846400 seconds old
- Next Freddie Laker birthday is on Wednesday, August 6th 2025
- Freddie Laker age in next birthday (2025) is 102 years old
- Learn more interesting facts about August 06, 1922 birthday
Historical Events on Freddie Laker Birthday (August 06)
Below are historical events that coincided with Freddie Laker's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1962 | Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom. |
| 1965 | US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. |
| 1986 | A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
| 1990 | Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. |
| 1991 | Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW makes its first appearance as a publicly available service on the Internet. |
| 1991 | Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives. |
| 1996 | The Ramones played their farewell concert at The Palace, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 1996 | NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms. |
| 1997 | Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam killing 228 of 254 people on board. |
| 2001 | Erwadi fire incident: Twenty-eight mentally ill persons tied to a chain are burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu. |
| 2008 | A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. |
| 2010 | Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people. |
| 2011 | War in Afghanistan: A United States military helicopter is shot down, killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, seven Afghan soldiers, and one Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in the War in Afghanistan. |
| 2012 | NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars. |
| 2015 | A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of Abha. |
| 1979 | The birth of Jaime Correa, Mexican footballer |
| 1979 | The birth of Travis Reed, American basketball player |
| 1981 | The birth of Diána Póth, Hungarian figure skater |
| 1983 | The birth of Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer |
| 1984 | The birth of Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer |
| 1984 | The birth of Maja Ognjenović, Serbian volleyball player |
| 1984 | The birth of Jesse Ryder, New Zealand cricketer |
| 1985 | The birth of Mickaël Delage, French cyclist |
| 1985 | The birth of Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer |
| 1985 | The birth of Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer |
| 1986 | The birth of Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player |
| 1987 | The birth of Leanne Crichton, Scottish footballer |
| 1991 | The birth of Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer |
| 1995 | The birth of Rebecca Peterson, Swedish tennis player |
| 1999 | The birth of Rebeka Masarova, Spanish-Swiss tennis player |
| 2012 | The death of Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator (b. 1918) |
| 2012 | The death of Dan Roundfield, American basketball player (b. 1953) |
| 2013 | The death of Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (b. 1931) |
| 2013 | The death of Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (b. 1929) |
| 2013 | The death of Jerry Wolman, American businessman (b. 1927) |
| 2014 | The death of Ralph Bryans, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1941) |
| 2014 | The death of Ananda W.P. Guruge, Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (b. 1928) |
| 2014 | The death of John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic (b. 1927) |
| 2015 | The death of Ray Hill, American football player (b. 1975) |
| 2015 | The death of Orna Porat, German-Israeli actress (b. 1924) |
| 2017 | The death of Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter (b. 1938) |
| 2017 | The death of Darren Daulton, American baseball player (b. 1962) |
| 2018 | The death of Joël Robuchon, French Chef (b. 1945) |
| 2018 | The death of Margaret Heckler, American politician (b. 1931) |
| 2018 | The death of Anya Krugovoy Silver, American poet (b. 1968) |
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| Wikipedia | Freddie Laker on Wikipedia |
| Website | Freddie Laker's Webiste |
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