Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Gerry Bertier |
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Birthdate | August 20, 1953 |
Birth Place | Virginia |
Age (in 2024) | 71 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Occupation | Football Player |
Gerry Bertier is best known as Football Player who has born on August 20, 1953 in Virginia. Currently, Gerry Bertier is 71 years, 3 months and 1 days old. Gerry Bertier will celebrate 72nd birthday on Wednesday, 20th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Gerry Bertier upcoming birthday.
Football player most famous for having been a member of the 1971 Virginia State Champion T. C. Williams High School football team, which was portrayed in the 2000 Disney film Remember the Titans. He was later paralyzed from the waist down in a car accident and became an exceptional Paralympian, winning gold medals in the shot put and discus throw.
He was born in Charlottesville, Virginia and grew up dreaming of winning an Olympic gold medal.
After his death, the Gerry Bertier #42 Foundation, meant to assist those suffering from spinal cord injuries, was established in his memory.
He was raised primarily by his mother Jean. He had a sister named Becky Britt.
He was portrayed by actor Ryan Hurst in Remember the Titans.
Gerry Bertier is 71 years old today.
Gerry Bertier was born on August 20, 1953 in Virginia.
Gerry Bertier zodiac sign is Leo.
Gerry Bertier was best known as Football Player.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Gerry Bertier's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Gerry Bertier's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1991 | Estonia, occupied by and incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of legal continuity of its pre-occupation statehood. |
1992 | In India, Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) was included in the scheduled languages' list and made one of the official languages of the Indian Government. |
1993 | After rounds of secret negotiations in Norway, the Oslo Accords are signed, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the following month. |
1995 | The Firozabad rail disaster kills 358 people in Firozabad, India. |
1997 | Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped. |
1998 | The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval. |
1998 | U.S. embassy bombings: The United States launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. |
2002 | A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi embassy in Berlin, Germany for five hours before releasing their hostages and surrendering. |
2006 | Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP S. Sivamaharajah is shot dead at his home in Tellippalai. |
2007 | China Airlines Flight 120 catches fire and explodes after landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan. |
2008 | Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash. |
2012 | A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people. |
2014 | Seventy-two people are killed in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture by a series of landslides caused by a month's worth of rain that fell in one day. |
2016 | Fifty-four people are killed when a suicide bomber detonates himself at a Kurdish wedding party in Gaziantep, Turkey. |
2020 | Joe Biden gives his acceptance speech virtually for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. |
1990 | The birth of Venelin Filipov, Bulgarian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Leigh Griffiths, Scottish footballer |
1990 | The birth of Fabien Jarsalé, French footballer |
1990 | The birth of Bradley Klahn, American tennis player |
1990 | The birth of Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Dutch swimmer |
1991 | The birth of Marko Djokovic, Serbian tennis player |
1991 | The birth of Jyrki Jokipakka, Finnish hockey player |
1992 | The birth of Matt Eisenhuth, Australian rugby league player |
1992 | The birth of Carolina Horta, Brazilian beach volleyball player |
1992 | The birth of Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actor |
1992 | The birth of Deniss Rakels, Latvian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Callum Skinner, Scottish track cyclist |
1993 | The birth of Tonisha Rock-Yaw, Barbadian netball player |
1996 | The birth of Bunty Afoa, New Zealand rugby league player |
2003 | The birth of Prince Gabriel of Belgium |
2013 | The death of John W. Morris, American general (b. 1921) |
2013 | The death of Ted Post, American director and screenwriter (b. 1918) |
2014 | The death of Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (b. 1983) |
2014 | The death of Lois Mai Chan, Taiwanese-American librarian, author, and academic (b. 1934) |
2014 | The death of Boris Dubin, Russian sociologist and academic (b. 1946) |
2014 | The death of B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (b. 1918) |
2014 | The death of Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Sava Stojkov, Serbian painter and educator (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Egon Bahr, German journalist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany (b. 1922) |
2015 | The death of Paul Kibblewhite, New Zealand chemist and engineer (b. 1941) |
2015 | The death of Frank Wilkes, Australian soldier and politician (b. 1922) |
2017 | The death of Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (b. 1926) |
2018 | The death of Uri Avnery, Israeli writer, politician and peace activist (b. 1923) |
2021 | The death of Igor Vovkovinskiy, Ukrainian-American law student and actor, American tallest person (b. 1982) |
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