Updated at December 12, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Gail Halvorsen |
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Birthdate | October 10, 1920 |
Birth Place | Salt Lake City, UT |
Age (in 2024) | 104 Years Old |
Zodiac | Libra |
Occupation | Pilot |
Gail Halvorsen is best known as Pilot who has born on October 10, 1920 in Salt Lake City, UT. Currently, Gail Halvorsen is 104 years, 2 months and 2 days old. Gail Halvorsen will celebrate 105th birthday on Friday, 10th of October 2025. Below the countdown to Gail Halvorsen upcoming birthday.
Most famous as the first "Candy Bomber" or "Raisin Bomber" to airlift supplies to West Berlin, Germany during the 1948 to 1949 Soviet blockade of the city, this United States Air Force Pilot also became known for his missionary work on behalf of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Before joining the United States Army Air Corps at the start of World War II, he was a pilot with the U.S. Civil Air Patrol. He later earned an advanced degree in Aeronautical Engineering.
As a result of his involvement in the West Berlin Airlift operation, he was given a number of nicknames, including the "Chocolate Flyer" and "Uncle Wiggly Wings."
He was raised in a Mormon household in Salt Lake City, Utah. His first marriage, to Alta Jolley, resulted in five children; his second marriage (following Jolley's 1999 death) was to his high school girlfriend, Lorraine Pace.
United States Army officer Lucius Clay was the primary architect of the Berlin Airlift operation in which Halvorsen participated.
Gail Halvorsen is 104 years old today.
Gail Halvorsen was born on October 10, 1920 in Salt Lake City, UT.
Gail Halvorsen zodiac sign is Libra.
Gail Halvorsen was best known as Pilot.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Gail Halvorsen's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1975 | Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations. |
1979 | The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant began operations in Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland. |
1980 | The 7.1 Mw El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369. |
1980 | The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador. |
1985 | US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy. |
1986 | A 5.7 Mw San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500. |
1997 | Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74. |
1998 | A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises jetliner is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people. |
2002 | Iraq War: The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002. |
2007 | Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11. |
2009 | Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side. |
2010 | The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country. |
2015 | Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+. |
2018 | Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage. |
2022 | Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. |
1991 | The birth of Lali Espósito, Argentinian actress and singer |
1991 | The birth of Mariana Pajón, Colombian cyclist |
1991 | The birth of Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss footballer |
1993 | The birth of Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Cuban baseball player |
1993 | The birth of Jayden Stockley, English footballer |
1994 | The birth of Ilya Mikheyev, Russian ice hockey player |
1994 | The birth of Marquez Valdes-Scantling, American football player |
1994 | The birth of Tereza Smitková, Czech tennis player |
1994 | The birth of Bae Suzy, South Korean singer, actress and model |
1995 | The birth of Brenko Lee, Australian-born Tongan rugby league player |
1995 | The birth of Courtland Sutton, American football player |
1996 | The birth of Sami Niku, Finnish ice hockey player |
1996 | The birth of Genesis Cabrera, Dominican baseball player |
1997 | The birth of Vinnie Pasquantino, American baseball player |
2002 | The birth of Josh Giddey, Australian basketball player |
2013 | The death of Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932) |
2014 | The death of Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (b. 1958) |
2014 | The death of Damiana Eugenio, Filipino author and academic (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Valeri Karpov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1971) |
2014 | The death of Lari Ketner, American football and basketball player (b. 1977) |
2014 | The death of Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (b. 1936) |
2014 | The death of Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (b. 1947) |
2015 | The death of Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (b. 1952) |
2015 | The death of Hilla Becher, German photographer and educator (b. 1934) |
2015 | The death of Manorama, Indian (Tamil) actress (b. 1937) |
2015 | The death of Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949) |
2015 | The death of Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (b. 1924) |
2016 | The death of Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (b. 1926) |
2021 | The death of Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical scientist (b. 1936) |
2022 | The death of Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (b. 1939) |
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