Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Gabe Pressman |
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Birthdate | February 14, 1924 |
Birth Place | New York |
Age (in 2024) | 100 Years Old |
Zodiac | Aquarius |
Occupation | Journalist |
Gabe Pressman is best known as Journalist who has born on February 14, 1924 in New York. Currently, Gabe Pressman is 100 years, 8 months and 17 days old. Gabe Pressman will celebrate 101st birthday on Friday, 14th of February 2025. Below the countdown to Gabe Pressman upcoming birthday.
Famous as a pioneer of American broadcast journalism, Pressman had a more than six-decade career with WNBC and won numerous Emmy Awards. At one point in his career, he served as president of the New York Press Club. Â
After earning a bachelor's degree from New York University, he attended Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. He fought in World War II and worked as a newspaper and radio reporter before beginning his television career in the mid-1950s.Â
His coverage of the lives of homeless New Yorkers earned him several Emmys, as well as a Peabody Award and an Edward R. Murrow Award.
Born and raised in the Bronx, New York, he remained in his home city throughout his life. His first marriage resulted in three children.
He personally interviewed President Harry S. Truman, actress Marilyn Monroe, and even Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
Gabe Pressman is 100 years old today.
Gabe Pressman was born on February 14, 1924 in New York.
Gabe Pressman zodiac sign is Aquarius.
Gabe Pressman was best known as Journalist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Gabe Pressman's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1989 | Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. |
1990 | Ninety-two people are killed when Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes in Bangalore, India. |
1990 | The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth that later becomes famous as Pale Blue Dot. |
1998 | An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil created a massive explosion which killed 120. |
2000 | The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid. |
2003 | Iraq disarmament crisis: UNMOVIC Executive Chairman Hans Blix reports to the United Nations Security Council that disarmament inspectors have found no weapons of mass destruction in Ba'athist Iraq. |
2004 | In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 28 people, and wounding 193 others. |
2005 | In Beirut, 23 people, including former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, are killed when the equivalent of around 1,000Â kg of TNT is detonated while Hariri's motorcade drives through the city. |
2005 | Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit Makati, Davao City, and General Santos City, all in the Philippines. |
2005 | YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos. |
2008 | Northern Illinois University shooting: A gunman opens fire in a lecture hall of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb County, Illinois, resulting in six fatalities (including the gunman) and 21 injuries. |
2011 | As a part of Arab Spring, the Bahraini uprising begins with a 'Day of Rage'. |
2018 | Jacob Zuma resigns as President of South Africa. |
2018 | A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida is one of the deadliest school massacres with 17 fatalities and 17 injuries. |
2019 | Pulwama attack takes place in Lethpora in Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir, India in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel and a suicide bomber were killed and 35 were injured. |
1988 | The birth of Ăngel Di MarĂa, Argentinian footballer |
1988 | The birth of Siim Liivik, Estonian ice hockey player |
1989 | The birth of NĂ©stor CalderĂłn, Mexican footballer |
1989 | The birth of Adam Matuszczyk, Polish footballer |
1989 | The birth of Emma Miskew, Canadian curler |
1989 | The birth of Brandon Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player |
1989 | The birth of Jurij TepeĆĄ, Slovenian ski jumper |
1989 | The birth of Kristian Thomas, English gymnast |
1990 | The birth of Chris Babb, American basketball player |
1990 | The birth of Sefa Yılmaz, German-Turkish footballer |
1991 | The birth of Daniela Mona Lambin, Estonian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Christian Eriksen, Danish footballer |
1992 | The birth of Freddie Highmore, English actor |
1996 | The birth of Lucas Hernandez, French footballer |
1997 | The birth of Jaehyun, South Korean singer and actor |
2012 | The death of PĂ©ter RusorĂĄn, Hungarian swimmer, water polo player, and coach (b. 1940) |
2013 | The death of Glenn Boyer, American historian and author (b. 1924) |
2013 | The death of Ronald Dworkin, American philosopher and scholar (b. 1931) |
2014 | The death of Tom Finney, English footballer (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Chris Pearson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (b. 1931) |
2014 | The death of Mike Stepovich, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Alaska Territory (b. 1919) |
2015 | The death of Louis Jourdan, French-American actor and singer (b. 1921) |
2015 | The death of Philip Levine, American poet and academic (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Franjo MihaliÄ, Croatian-Serbian runner and coach (b. 1920) |
2016 | The death of Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (b. 1928) |
2016 | The death of Steven Stucky, American composer and academic (b. 1949) |
2018 | The death of Ruud Lubbers, Dutch politician and diplomat, Prime Minister and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (b. 1939) |
2018 | The death of Morgan Tsvangirai, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (b. 1952) |
2021 | The death of Carlos Menem, Argentine former president, lawyer, and statesman (b. 1930) |
2021 | The death of William Meninger, American Trappist monk and a principal developer of Centering Prayer (b. 1932) |
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