Updated at December 15, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | George Gruntz |
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Birthdate | June 24, 1932 |
Birth Place | Switzerland |
Age (in 2024) | 92 Years Old |
Zodiac | Cancer |
Occupation | Pianist |
George Gruntz is best known as Pianist who has born on June 24, 1932 in Switzerland. Currently, George Gruntz is 92 years, 5 months and 21 days old. George Gruntz will celebrate 93rd birthday on Tuesday, 24th of June 2025. Below the countdown to George Gruntz upcoming birthday.
Versatile musician who mastered the organ, harpsichord, keyboard, and jazz piano. He founded the legendary jazz ensemble Concert Jazz Band.
He became noticed in the United States after playing at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival with the International Youth Band.
He was the artistic director for JazzFest Berlin from 1972 until 1994.
He was married to wife Lilly Gruntz-Roth for 57 years. He had a son, Felix, and a daughter, Philene Pohlhausen.
He collaborated with Allen Ginsberg in 1988 on Cosmopolitan Greetings for the Hamburg State Opera.
George Gruntz is 92 years old today.
George Gruntz was born on June 24, 1932 in Switzerland.
George Gruntz zodiac sign is Cancer.
George Gruntz was best known as Pianist.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about George Gruntz'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 Gruntz's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1963 | The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government. |
1973 | The UpStairs Lounge arson attack takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke inhalation. |
1975 | Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's JFK Airport killing 113 of the 124 passengers on board, making it the deadliest U.S. plane crash at the time. This accident led to decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft. |
1981 | The Humber Bridge opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It remained the world's longest bridge span for 17Â years. |
1982 | "The Jakarta Incident": British Airways Flight 9 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines. |
1989 | Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. |
1995 | Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment. |
2002 | The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history. |
2004 | In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional. |
2010 | At Wimbledon, John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France, in the longest match in professional tennis history. |
2010 | Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia. |
2012 | Death of Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise. |
2013 | Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of abusing his power and engaging in sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison. |
2021 | The Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida suffers a sudden partial collapse, killing 98 people inside. |
2022 | In Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion is not protected by the U.S. Constitution, overturning the court's prior decisions in Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). |
1986 | The birth of Stuart Broad, English cricketer |
1986 | The birth of Phil Hughes, American baseball player |
1986 | The birth of Solange Knowles, American singer-songwriter and actress |
1987 | The birth of Simona Dobrá, Czech tennis player |
1987 | The birth of Lionel Messi, Argentinian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Pierre Vaultier, French snowboarder |
1988 | The birth of Micah Richards, English footballer |
1989 | The birth of Teklemariam Medhin, Eritrean runner |
1990 | The birth of Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player |
1990 | The birth of Richard Sukuta-Pasu, German footballer |
1991 | The birth of Yasmin Paige, English actress |
1991 | The birth of Aidan Sezer, Australian rugby league player |
1992 | The birth of David Alaba, Austrian footballer |
1996 | The birth of Duki, Argentinian rapper |
2004 | The birth of Erika Andreeva, Russian tennis player |
2013 | The death of Emilio Colombo, Italian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920) |
2013 | The death of Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop (b. 1932) |
2013 | The death of William Hathaway, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924) |
2013 | The death of James Martin, English-Bermudian computer scientist and author (b. 1933) |
2013 | The death of Alan Myers, American drummer (b. 1955) |
2014 | The death of John Clement, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Olga Kotelko, Canadian runner and softball player (b. 1919) |
2014 | The death of Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1916) |
2014 | The death of Eli Wallach, American actor (b. 1915) |
2015 | The death of Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1986) |
2015 | The death of Mario Biaggi, American police officer, politician and criminal (b. 1917) |
2015 | The death of Marva Collins, American author and educator (b. 1936) |
2015 | The death of Susan Ahn Cuddy, American lieutenant (b. 1915) |
2021 | The death of Benigno Aquino III, 15th President of the Philippines (b. 1960) |
2021 | The death of Trần Thiện Khiêm, 7th Prime Minister of South Vietnam and army officer (b. 1925) |
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