Updated at December 12, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | George Wallington |
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Birthdate | October 27, 1924 |
Birth Place | Italy |
Age (in 2024) | 100 Years Old |
Zodiac | Scorpio |
Occupation | Pianist |
George Wallington is best known as Pianist who has born on October 27, 1924 in Italy. Currently, George Wallington is 100 years, 1 months and 16 days old. George Wallington will celebrate 101st birthday on Monday, 27th of October 2025. Below the countdown to George Wallington upcoming birthday.
Respected musician who was one of the first bop pianists. He wrote Lemon Drop and Godchild, both bop standards.
He joined Dizzy Gillespie's combo in 1943, which was the first bop group to gain exposure on New York's 52nd Street.
He retired in 1960 and began working in his family's air-conditioning business. He would emerge 24 years later with three albums of newly composed material.
His family relocated from Sicily to the United States in 1925.
He toured with Lionel Hampton's big band in 1953.
George Wallington is 100 years old today.
George Wallington was born on October 27, 1924 in Italy.
George Wallington zodiac sign is Scorpio.
George Wallington was best known as Pianist.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about George Wallington'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 Wallington's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1979 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom. |
1981 | Cold War: The Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden. |
1986 | The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang. |
1988 | Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure. |
1991 | Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union. |
1992 | United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for being gay, precipitating debate about gays in the military that results in the United States' "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy. |
1994 | Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified. |
1995 | Former Prime Minister of Italy Bettino Craxi is convicted in absentia of corruption. |
1997 | The 1997 Asian financial crisis causes a crash in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. |
1999 | Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing the Prime Minister and seven others. |
2014 | Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of Operation Herrick, after 12 years four months and seven days. |
2017 | Catalonia declares independence from Spain. |
2018 | A gunman opens fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killing 11 and injuring six, including four police officers. |
2018 | Leicester City F.C. owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha dies in a helicopter crash along with four others after a Premier League match against West Ham United at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England. |
2019 | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi kills himself and three children by detonating a suicide vest during the U.S. military Barisha raid in northwestern Syria. |
1988 | The birth of Illimar Pärn, Estonian ski jumper |
1988 | The birth of Evan Turner, American basketball player |
1989 | The birth of Mark Barron, American football player |
1990 | The birth of Dimitrios Gkourtsas, Greek footballer |
1990 | The birth of Oktovianus Maniani, Indonesian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Shohei Takahashi, Japanese footballer |
1992 | The birth of Stephan El Shaarawy, Italian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Emily Hagins, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
1992 | The birth of Brandon Saad, American ice hockey player |
1992 | The birth of Daniel Sams, Australian cricketer |
1993 | The birth of Kiefer Ravena, Filipino basketball player |
1996 | The birth of Kim Woo-seok, South Korean singer and actor |
1997 | The birth of Lonzo Ball, American basketball player |
1997 | The birth of James TW, English singer-songwriter |
1999 | The birth of Haruka Kudo, Japanese singer and actress |
2013 | The death of Leonard Herzenberg, American immunologist, geneticist, and academic (b. 1931) |
2013 | The death of Luigi Magni, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1928) |
2013 | The death of Lou Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (b. 1942) |
2013 | The death of Michael Wilkes, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (b. 1940) |
2013 | The death of Vinko Coce, Croatian opera and pop singer (b. 1954) |
2014 | The death of Daniel Boulanger, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Shin Hae-chul, South Korean singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1968) |
2014 | The death of Starke Taylor, American soldier and politician, mayor of Dallas (b. 1922) |
2015 | The death of Ayerdhal, French author (b. 1959) |
2015 | The death of Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Indian pharmacologist and academic (b. 1930) |
2015 | The death of Betsy Drake, French-American actress and singer (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of Philip French, English journalist, critic, and producer (b. 1933) |
2016 | The death of Takahito, Prince Mikasa, member of the Imperial Family of Japan (b. 1915) |
2018 | The death of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, chairman of Leicester City F.C (b. 1958) |
2019 | The death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL); suicide (b. 1971) |
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