Updated at December 14, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | George Morris |
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Birthdate | February 26, 1938 |
Birth Place | Connecticut |
Age (in 2024) | 86 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Equestrian |
George Morris is best known as Equestrian who has born on February 26, 1938 in Connecticut. Currently, George Morris is 86 years, 9 months and 16 days old. George Morris will celebrate 87th birthday on Wednesday, 26th of February 2025. Below the countdown to George Morris upcoming birthday.
Famous for his work as a show jumper and hunter, this accomplished equestrian won a team silver medal in show jumping at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Many years later, he coached the 2008 gold medal-winning American Olympic equestrian team.
When he was fourteen years old, he became the youngest equestrian in history to win the AHSA Hunt Seat Equitation Final and the ASPCA Maclay Horsemanship Final.
His horsemanship manual, Hunter Seat Equitation, is considered one of the most important texts in the history of equestrian sports.
The child of Alice and Harry Morris, he spent his youth in New Canaan, Connecticut.
Morris' fellow equestrian, William Fox-Pitt, also medaled at the Olympic games.
George Morris is 86 years old today.
George Morris was born on February 26, 1938 in Connecticut.
George Morris zodiac sign is Pisces.
George Morris was best known as Equestrian.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about George Morris'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 Morris's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1960 | A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board. |
1966 | Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket. |
1971 | U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day. |
1979 | The Superliner railcar enters revenue service with Amtrak. |
1980 | Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations. |
1987 | Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff. |
1992 | First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead. |
1993 | World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people. |
1995 | The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts. |
2008 | The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea. |
2012 | A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45. |
2012 | Seventeen-year-old African-American student Trayvon Martin is shot to death by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman in an altercation in Sanford, Florida. |
2013 | A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people. |
2019 | Indian Air Force fighter-jets targeted Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camps in Balakot. |
2021 | A total of 279 female students aged between 10 and 17 are kidnapped by bandits in the Zamfara kidnapping in Zamfara State, Nigeria. |
1982 | The birth of Nate Ruess, American singer-songwriter |
1983 | The birth of Jerome Harrison, American football player |
1983 | The birth of Pepe, Brazilian-Portuguese footballer |
1984 | The birth of Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese international footballer |
1984 | The birth of Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican singer-songwriter |
1984 | The birth of Beren Saat, Turkish actress |
1985 | The birth of Fernando Llorente, Spanish international footballer |
1986 | The birth of Hannah Kearney, American skier |
1989 | The birth of Gabriel Obertan, French footballer |
1990 | The birth of Takanoiwa Yoshimori, Mongolian sumo wrestler |
1991 | The birth of Lee Chae-rin, South Korean singer |
1992 | The birth of Mikael Granlund, Finnish professional hockey player |
1992 | The birth of Michael Chee Kam, New Zealand rugby league player |
1993 | The birth of Morgan Gautrat, American soccer player |
1997 | The birth of Reghan Tumilty, Scottish footballer |
2010 | The death of Jun Seba, also known as "Nujabes", Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (b. 1974) |
2011 | The death of Arnošt Lustig, Czech author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1926) |
2012 | The death of Richard Carpenter, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929) |
2013 | The death of Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and educator (b. 1926) |
2013 | The death of Stéphane Hessel, German-French diplomat and author (b. 1917) |
2013 | The death of Simon Li, Hong Kong judge and politician (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of Phyllis Krasilovsky, American author and academic (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Sheppard Frere, English historian and archaeologist (b. 1916) |
2015 | The death of Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, educator, and academic (b. 1917) |
2015 | The death of Earl Lloyd, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Tom Schweich, American lawyer and politician, 36th State Auditor of Missouri (b. 1960) |
2016 | The death of Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1932) |
2016 | The death of Don Getty, Canadian football player and politician, 11th Premier of Alberta (b. 1933) |
2017 | The death of Joseph Wapner, American judge and TV personality (b. 1919) |
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