Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Frederick Jackson Turner |
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Birthdate | November 14, 1861 |
Birth Place | Portage, WI |
Age (in 2024) | 163 Years Old |
Zodiac | Scorpio |
Occupation | Historian |
Frederick Jackson Turner is best known as Historian who has born on November 14, 1861 in Portage, WI. Currently, Frederick Jackson Turner is 163 years, 0 months and 7 days old. Frederick Jackson Turner will celebrate 164th birthday on Friday, 14th of November 2025. Below the countdown to Frederick Jackson Turner upcoming birthday.
Influential historian of the United States who advanced the Frontier Thesis that the unique American character was borne out of the frontier spirit of its early settlers.
Three years before he published his seminal work, the U.S. census officially called an end to the Western expansion, prompting Turner to reflect on the closing of the frontier.
He argued that the key American traits - a disinterest in classical culture, a strong sense of egalitarianism, and a preference for violence - all came out of the frontier.
He was born in Portage, Wisconsin inheriting his interest in history from his journalist and amateur historian father.
A century before him, historians like William Prescott began writing on the implications of America's expansions, with him focusing on the formerly Mexican lands.
Frederick Jackson Turner is 163 years old today.
Frederick Jackson Turner was born on November 14, 1861 in Portage, WI.
Frederick Jackson Turner zodiac sign is Scorpio.
Frederick Jackson Turner was best known as Historian.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Frederick Jackson Turner's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
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1982 | Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border. |
1984 | Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city. |
1990 | After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder-Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland. |
1991 | American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103. |
1991 | Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years in exile. |
1992 | In poor conditions caused by Cyclone Forrest, Vietnam Airlines Flight 474 crashes near Nha Trang, killing 30. |
1995 | A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs. |
2001 | War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul. |
2001 | A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan plateau. It has the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400Â km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake. |
2003 | Astronomers discover 90377 Sedna, the most distant trans-Neptunian object. |
2008 | The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C. |
2012 | Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip in response to an escalation of rocket attacks by Hamas. |
2016 | A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Kaikoura, New Zealand, at a depth of 15Â km (9 miles), resulting in the deaths of two people. |
2017 | A gunman kills four people and injures 12 others during a shooting spree across Rancho Tehama, California. He had earlier murdered his wife in their home. |
2019 | A mass shooting occurs at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, resulting in three deaths, including that of the perpetrator, and three injuries. |
1988 | The birth of Nanase Hoshii, Japanese singer and actress |
1989 | The birth of Vlad ChiricheÈ™, Romanian footballer |
1989 | The birth of Jake Livermore, English footballer |
1990 | The birth of Roman Bürki, Swiss footballer |
1990 | The birth of Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008) |
1991 | The birth of Miriam Brouwer, Canadian cyclist |
1991 | The birth of Taylor Hall, Canadian ice hockey player |
1991 | The birth of Graham Patrick Martin, American actor |
1993 | The birth of Francisco Lindor, Puerto Rican baseball player |
1993 | The birth of Shūhei Nomura, Japanese actor |
1993 | The birth of Samuel Umtiti, French footballer |
1996 | The birth of Borna Ćorić, Croatian tennis player |
1997 | The birth of Axel Tuanzebe, English footballer |
1998 | The birth of Sofia Kenin, American tennis player |
1998 | The birth of DeVonta Smith, American football player |
2012 | The death of Brian Davies, Australian rugby player and manager (b. 1930) |
2012 | The death of Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (b. 1936) |
2012 | The death of Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian commander (b. 1960) |
2012 | The death of Abubakar Olusola Saraki, Nigerian physician and politician (b. 1933) |
2013 | The death of Sudhir Bhat, Indian producer and manager (b. 1951) |
2013 | The death of Hari Krishna Devsare, Indian journalist and author (b. 1938) |
2013 | The death of Bennett Masinga, South African footballer (b. 1965) |
2014 | The death of Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and theorist (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica (b. 1937) |
2014 | The death of Morteza Pashaei, Iranian singer-songwriter (b. 1984) |
2015 | The death of K. S. Gopalakrishnan, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926) |
2016 | The death of Gwen Ifill, American television journalist (b. 1955) |
2020 | The death of Peter Florjancic, Slovene inventor and Olympic athlete (b. 1919) |
2020 | The death of Des O'Connor, English comedian, singer and television presenter (b. 1932) |
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