Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | George Stephenson |
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Birthdate | June 09, 1781 |
Birth Place | England |
Age (in 2024) | 243 Years Old |
Zodiac | Gemini |
Occupation | Engineer |
George Stephenson is best known as Engineer who has born on June 09, 1781 in England. Currently, George Stephenson is 243 years, 5 months and 12 days old. George Stephenson will celebrate 244th birthday on Monday, 9th of June 2025. Below the countdown to George Stephenson upcoming birthday.
Famous for constructing the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which was the first public, steam-operated, urban rail system in history, this British engineer is also remembered for his development of the world's standard 4'8.5" railway track gauge.
In his late teens, he learned to read by taking night school classes and worked by day as a railroad engineer.
In the early 21st century, England's George Stephenson College was dedicated in his honor. He was known as the "Father of Railways."
The son of illiterate parents Mabel and Robert Stephenson, he spent his youth in Wylam, Northumberland, England. Following their 1802 marriage, he and his wife, Frances Henderson, welcomed a son named Robert. Over a decade after his first wife died of tuberculosis, he married Betty Hindmarsh.
In the second decade of the nineteenth century, Stephenson and Humphry Davy both invented safety lamps for use in mines.
George Stephenson is 243 years old today.
George Stephenson was born on June 09, 1781 in England.
George Stephenson zodiac sign is Gemini.
George Stephenson was best known as Engineer.
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Below are historical events that coincided with George Stephenson's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1957 | First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl. |
1959 | The USSÂ George Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine. |
1965 | The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Quåt, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by NguyỠn Cao Kỳ. |
1965 | Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Äá»ng XoĂ i, one of the largest battles in the war. |
1967 | Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria. |
1968 | U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. |
1972 | Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160Â million in damage. |
1973 | In horse racing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown. |
1978 | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men. |
1979 | The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven. |
1995 | Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 crashes into the Tararua Range during approach to Palmerston North Airport on the North Island of New Zealand, killing four. |
1999 | Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty. |
2008 | Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people. |
2009 | An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan. |
2010 | At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar. |
1986 | The birth of Doug Legursky, American football player |
1986 | The birth of Yadier Pedroso, Cuban baseball player (d. 2013) |
1986 | The birth of Ashley Postell, American gymnast |
1987 | The birth of Jaan Mölder, Estonian race car driver |
1988 | The birth of Jason Demers, Canadian ice hockey defenseman |
1988 | The birth of Sara IsakoviÄ, Slovenian swimmer |
1988 | The birth of Mae Whitman, American actress |
1989 | The birth of DĂdac VilĂ , Spanish footballer |
1990 | The birth of Matthias Mayer, Austrian skier |
1990 | The birth of Antonella Alonso, Venezuelan pornographic actress |
1991 | The birth of Aaron M. Johnson, American jazz saxophonist |
1992 | The birth of Zach Hyman, Canadian ice hockey player |
1992 | The birth of Yannick Agnel, French swimmer |
1992 | The birth of Boyd Cordner, Australian rugby league player |
1993 | The birth of George Jennings, Australian rugby league player |
2013 | The death of ZdenÄk Rotrekl, Czech poet and historian (b. 1920) |
2014 | The death of Bernard Agré, Ivorian cardinal (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of Rik Mayall, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1958) |
2014 | The death of Elsie Quarterman, American ecologist and academic (b. 1910) |
2014 | The death of Alicemarie Huber Stotler, American lawyer and judge (b. 1942) |
2014 | The death of Gustave Tassell, American fashion designer (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of Bob Welch, American baseball player and coach (b. 1956) |
2015 | The death of Pumpkinhead, American rapper (b. 1975) |
2015 | The death of Pedro Zerolo, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1960) |
2017 | The death of Adam West, American actor and investor (b. 1928) |
2018 | The death of Fadil Vokrri, Kosovo Albanian football administrator and player (b. 1960) |
2019 | The death of Bushwick Bill, Jamaican-American rapper (b. 1966) |
2022 | The death of Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (b. 1956) |
2022 | The death of Matt Zimmerman, Canadian actor (b. 1934) |
2022 | The death of Billy Kametz, American voice actor (b. 1987) |
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