Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Georgia Gibbs |
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Birthdate | August 17, 1919 |
Birth Place | Massachusetts |
Age (in 2024) | 105 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Occupation | Jazz Singer |
Georgia Gibbs is best known as Jazz Singer who has born on August 17, 1919 in Massachusetts. Currently, Georgia Gibbs is 105 years, 3 months and 4 days old. Georgia Gibbs will celebrate 106th birthday on Sunday, 17th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Georgia Gibbs upcoming birthday.
Remembered for her stylistic versatility, this twentieth-century jazz, pop, and R&B-influenced vocalist recorded such United States music chart-topping songs as "If I Knew You Were Comin' (I'd've Baked a Cake)," "Kiss of Fire," and "Dance With Me Henry (Wallflower)."
When she was just thirteen years old, she found employment at a vaudeville theater in Boston. Four years later, she entered the big band scene as a member of the Hudson-DeLange Orchestra and went on to perform on numerous popular radio programs.
She hosted Georgia Gibbs And Her Million Record Show and appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Born to Russian-Jewish parents, Frieda Lipschitz (who later changed her name to Georgia Gibbs) grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts, where she spent nearly a decade of her early life in an orphanage. In her late thirties, she married writer and international affairs expert Frank Gervasi; the union produced one child.
In the early 1950s, she provided musical interludes for the touring comedy acts of Sid Caesar and Danny Kaye.
Georgia Gibbs is 105 years old today.
Georgia Gibbs was born on August 17, 1919 in Massachusetts.
Georgia Gibbs zodiac sign is Leo.
Georgia Gibbs was best known as Jazz Singer.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Georgia Gibbs's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1977 | The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole. |
1978 | Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine. |
1985 | The 1985-86 Hormel strike begins in Austin, Minnesota. |
1988 | President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash. |
1991 | Strathfield massacre: In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots seven people and injures six others before turning the gun on himself. |
1998 | Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship. |
1999 | The 7.6 Mw  İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118-17,127 dead and 43,953-50,000 injured. |
2004 | The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country. |
2005 | The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts. |
2005 | Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh. |
2008 | American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games. |
2009 | An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area. |
2015 | A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others. |
2017 | Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100. |
2019 | A bomb explodes at a wedding in Kabul killing 63 people and leaving 182 injured. |
1988 | The birth of Natalie Sandtorv, Norwegian singer-songwriter |
1988 | The birth of Jihadi John, Kuwaiti-British member of ISIS (d. 2015) |
1988 | The birth of Erika Toda, Japanese actress |
1989 | The birth of Rachel Corsie, Scottish footballer |
1992 | The birth of Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (d. 2013) |
1992 | The birth of Chanel Mata'utia, Australian rugby league player |
1992 | The birth of Paige, English wrestler |
1993 | The birth of Ederson Moraes, Brazilian footballer |
1993 | The birth of Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer |
1994 | The birth of Phoebe Bridgers, American singer/songwriter |
1995 | The birth of Gracie Gold, American figure skater |
1995 | The birth of Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, New Zealand rugby league player |
1996 | The birth of Jake Virtanen, Canadian ice hockey player |
2000 | The birth of Lil Pump, American rapper and songwriter |
2003 | The birth of Nastasja Schunk, German tennis player |
2012 | The death of John Lynch-Staunton, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of Odilia Dank, American educator and politician (b. 1938) |
2013 | The death of Jack Harshman, American baseball player (b. 1927) |
2013 | The death of John Hollander, American poet and critic (b. 1929) |
2013 | The death of Frank MartÃnez, American painter (b. 1924) |
2013 | The death of Gus Winckel, Dutch lieutenant and pilot (b. 1912) |
2014 | The death of Børre Knudsen, Norwegian minister and activist (b. 1937) |
2014 | The death of Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Sophie Masloff, American civil servant and politician, 56th Mayor of Pittsburgh (b. 1917) |
2014 | The death of Miodrag Pavlović, Serbian poet and critic (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Pierre Vassiliu, French singer-songwriter (b. 1937) |
2015 | The death of Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress (b. 1937) |
2015 | The death of Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, German businessman (b. 1933) |
2015 | The death of László Paskai, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1927) |
2016 | The death of Arthur Hiller, Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923) |
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Website | Georgia Gibbs's Webiste |
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