Updated at December 3, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | George B. Post |
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Birthdate | December 15, 1837 |
Birth Place | New York |
Age (in 2024) | 186 Years Old |
Zodiac | Sagittarius |
Occupation | Architect |
George B. Post is best known as Architect who has born on December 15, 1837 in New York. Currently, George B. Post is 186 years, 11 months and 19 days old. George B. Post will celebrate 187th birthday on Sunday, 15th of December 2024. Below the countdown to George B. Post upcoming birthday.
Designed many now-demolished landmarks, such as the first office to use elevators, the eight-story Equitable Life Assurance Society. For a time, his 20-story New York World Building was New York City's tallest building.
He was taught by Richard Morris Hunt from 1858 until 1860. He had previously earned a degree in civil engineering from New York University's Scientific School in 1858. He formed a partnership in 1860 with Charles D. Gambrill, but left for a time to fight in the Civil War.
His Western Union Telegraph building in New York was the first office building to rise to 10 stories.
He married Alice Stone in 1867.
He was under Ulysses S. Grant's command during his service in the Civil War.
George B. Post is 186 years old today.
George B. Post was born on December 15, 1837 in New York.
George B. Post zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
George B. Post was best known as Architect.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about George B. Post's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with George B. Post's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1970 | Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully lands on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet. |
1973 | John Paul Getty III, grandson of American billionaire J. Paul Getty, is found alive near Naples, Italy, after being kidnapped by an Italian gang on July 10. |
1973 | The American Psychiatric Association votes 13-0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. |
1978 | U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan). |
1981 | A suicide car bombing targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, levels the embassy and kills 61 people, including Iraq's ambassador to Lebanon. The attack is considered the first modern suicide bombing. |
1989 | Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights relating the abolition of capital punishment is adopted. |
1993 | The Troubles: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds. |
1997 | Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 crashes in the desert near Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, killing 85. |
2000 | The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down. |
2001 | The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean. |
2005 | Introduction of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor into USAF active service. |
2010 | A boat carrying 90 asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing 48 people. |
2013 | The South Sudanese Civil War begins when opposition leaders Dr. Riek Machar, Pagan Amum and Rebecca Nyandeng vote to boycott the meeting of the National Liberation Council at Nyakuron. |
2014 | Gunman Man Haron Monis takes 18 hostages inside a café in Martin Place for 16 hours in Sydney. Monis and two hostages are killed when police raid the café the following morning. |
2017 | A 6.5Mw earthquake strikes the Indonesian island of Java in the city of Tasikmalaya, resulting in four deaths. |
1988 | The birth of Steven Nzonzi, French footballer |
1989 | The birth of Nichole Bloom, American actress and model |
1991 | The birth of Conor Daly, American race car driver |
1992 | The birth of Daiamami Genki, Japanese sumo wrestler |
1992 | The birth of Jesse Lingard, English footballer |
1992 | The birth of Alex Telles, Brazilian footballer |
1996 | The birth of Jenifer Brening, German singer |
1996 | The birth of Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ukrainian footballer |
1997 | The birth of Maude Apatow, American actress |
1997 | The birth of Zach Banks, American race car driver |
1997 | The birth of Magdalena Fręch, Polish tennis player |
1997 | The birth of Stefania LaVie Owen, New Zealand-American actress |
1998 | The birth of Chandler Canterbury, American actor |
1999 | The birth of Amber Joseph, Barbadian cyclist |
2000 | The birth of Kayvon Thibodeaux, American football player |
2012 | The death of Owoye Andrew Azazi, Nigerian general (b. 1952) |
2012 | The death of Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Nigerian politician, 18th Governor of Kaduna State (b. 1948) |
2012 | The death of Olga Zubarry, Argentinian actress (b. 1929) |
2013 | The death of Harold Camping, American evangelist, author, radio host (b. 1921) |
2013 | The death of Joan Fontaine, British-American actress (b. 1917) |
2013 | The death of Dyron Nix, American basketball player (b. 1967) |
2014 | The death of Donald Metcalf, Australian physiologist and immunologist (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of Fausto Zapata, Mexican journalist, lawyer, and politician, Governor of San Luis Potosà (b. 1940) |
2015 | The death of Harry Zvi Tabor, English-Israeli physicist and engineer (b. 1917) |
2016 | The death of Craig Sager, American sports journalist (b. 1951) |
2017 | The death of Heinz Wolff, scientist and TV presenter (b. 1928) |
2017 | The death of Calestous Juma, academic (b. 1953) |
2018 | The death of Eryue He, Chinese historical fiction writer (b.1945) |
2018 | The death of Girma Wolde-Giorgis, President of Ethiopia (b. 1924) |
2020 | The death of Saufatu Sopoanga, Tuvaluan politician, 8th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1952) |
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