Updated at November 24, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | George Smoot |
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Birthdate | February 20, 1945 |
Birth Place | Yukon, FL |
Age (in 2024) | 79 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Astrophysicist |
George Smoot is best known as Astrophysicist who has born on February 20, 1945 in Yukon, FL. Currently, George Smoot is 79 years, 9 months and 4 days old. George Smoot will celebrate 80th birthday on Thursday, 20th of February 2025. Below the countdown to George Smoot upcoming birthday.
Astrophysicist who received a the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006 for his work on the cosmic background explorer. His work gave further evidence towards the Bing Bang Theory.
He studied mathematics and physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He was the winner of the last episode of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?
His cousin Oliver R. Smoot is a chairman at the American National Standards Institute.
He made a cameo appearance on The Big Bang Theory with Jim Parsons.
George Smoot is 79 years old today.
George Smoot was born on February 20, 1945 in Yukon, FL.
George Smoot zodiac sign is Pisces.
George Smoot was best known as Astrophysicist.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about George Smoot'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 Smoot's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1965 | Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts. |
1968 | The China Academy of Space Technology, China's main arm for the research, development, and creation of space satellites, is established in Beijing. |
1971 | The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert. |
1979 | An earthquake cracks open the Sinila volcanic crater on the Dieng Plateau, releasing poisonous H2S gas and killing 149 villagers in the Indonesian province of Central Java. |
1986 | The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years. |
1988 | The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. |
1991 | In the Albanian capital Tirana, a gigantic statue of Albania's long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down by mobs of angry protesters. |
1998 | American figure skater Tara Lipinski, at the age of 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating gold-medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. |
2003 | During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the Station nightclub ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others. |
2005 | Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout. |
2009 | Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack. |
2010 | In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of the archipelago. |
2014 | Dozens of Euromaidan anti-government protesters died in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, many reportedly killed by snipers. |
2015 | Two trains collide in the Swiss town of Rafz resulting in as many as 49 people injured and Swiss Federal Railways cancelling some services. |
2016 | Six people are killed and two injured in multiple shooting incidents in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. |
1985 | The birth of Julia Volkova, Russian singer and actress |
1985 | The birth of TJ Kirk, American YouTube personality and podcast host |
1987 | The birth of Luke Burgess, English rugby league player |
1987 | The birth of Miles Teller, American actor |
1988 | The birth of Kealoha Pilares, American football player |
1988 | The birth of Ki Bo-bae, South Korean archer |
1988 | The birth of Rihanna, Barbadian-American singer-songwriter and actress |
1988 | The birth of Jiah Khan, Indian singer and actress (d. 2013) |
1989 | The birth of Daly Cherry-Evans, Australian rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Ciro Immobile, Italian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Hidilyn Diaz, Filipino weightlifter |
1991 | The birth of Angelique van der Meet, Dutch tennis player |
1992 | The birth of Kyle Turner, Australian rugby league player |
1994 | The birth of Kateryna Baindl, Ukrainian tennis player |
2003 | The birth of Olivia Rodrigo, American actress and singer |
2013 | The death of David S. McKay, American biochemist and geologist (b. 1936) |
2013 | The death of Antonio Roma, Argentinian footballer (b. 1932) |
2014 | The death of Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Walter D. Ehlers, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Garrick Utley, American journalist (b. 1939) |
2015 | The death of Govind Pansare, Indian author and activist (b. 1933) |
2015 | The death of Henry Segerstrom, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of John C. Willke, American physician, author, and activist (b. 1925) |
2016 | The death of Fernando Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest and politician (b. 1934) |
2017 | The death of Vitaly Churkin, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United Nations (b. 1952) |
2017 | The death of Mildred Dresselhaus, American physicist (b. 1930) |
2017 | The death of Steve Hewlett, British journalist (b. 1958) |
2020 | The death of Joaquim Pina Moura, Portuguese Minister of Economy and Treasury and MP (b. 1952) |
2021 | The death of Nurul Haque Miah, Bangladeshi professor and writer (b. 1944) |
2021 | The death of Mauro Bellugi, Italian footballer (b. 1950) |
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