Updated at December 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Gil Friesen |
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Birthdate | March 19, 1937 |
Birth Place | California |
Age (in 2024) | 87 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Film Producer |
Gil Friesen is best known as Film Producer who has born on March 19, 1937 in California. Currently, Gil Friesen is 87 years, 9 months and 4 days old. Gil Friesen will celebrate 88th birthday on Wednesday, 19th of March 2025. Below the countdown to Gil Friesen upcoming birthday.
Remembered for heading A&M Records during the late 1970s, 1980s, and first year of the 1990s, this entertainment executive was also the leading producer of the 1985 classic film The Breakfast Club. In addition, he was one of the founders of the Classic Sports Cable Network.
While attending the University of California, Los Angeles, he worked as an assistant at Capitol Records. He later secured employment with Kapp Records.
In the last year of his life, he produced the Academy Award-winning documentary film 20 Feet from Stardom.
He grew up in Pasadena, California. He and his wife Janet raised three children: Uma, Theo, and Tyler.
While working as a music producer, he promoted the career of singer Janet Jackson.
Gil Friesen is 87 years old today.
Gil Friesen was born on March 19, 1937 in California.
Gil Friesen zodiac sign is Pisces.
Gil Friesen was best known as Film Producer.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Gil Friesen's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1969 | The 385-metre-tall (1,263 ft) TV-mast at Emley Moor transmitting station, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up. |
1979 | The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN. |
1982 | Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom. |
1989 | The Egyptian flag is raised at Taba, marking the end of Israeli occupation since the Six Days War in 1967 and the Egypt-Israel peace treaty in 1979. |
1990 | The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire. |
1998 | An Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Kabul International Airport, killing all 45 on board. |
2001 | German trade union ver.di is formed. |
2002 | Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and of electoral fraud, following a turbulent presidential election. |
2004 | Catalina affair: A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work. |
2004 | March 19 Shooting Incident: The Republic of China (Taiwan) president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20. |
2008 | GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed. |
2011 | Libyan Civil War: After the failure of Muammar Gaddafi's forces to take Benghazi, the French Air Force launches Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya. |
2013 | A series of bombings and shootings kills at least 98 people and injures 240 others across Iraq. |
2016 | Flydubai Flight 981 crashes while attempting to land at Rostov-on-Don international airport, killing all 62 on board. |
2016 | An explosion occurs in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, killing five people and injuring 36. |
1982 | The birth of Jonathan Fanene, American football player |
1982 | The birth of Brad Jones, Australian footballer |
1982 | The birth of Hana Kobayashi, Venezuelan singer |
1982 | The birth of Eduardo Saverin, Brazilian-Singaporean businessman |
1985 | The birth of Inesa Jurevičiūtė, Lithuanian figure skater |
1986 | The birth of Tyler Bozak, Canadian ice hockey player |
1987 | The birth of Michal Švec, Czech footballer |
1987 | The birth of Miloš Teodosić, Serbian basketball player |
1988 | The birth of Clayton Kershaw, American baseball player |
1991 | The birth of Aleksandr Kokorin, Russian footballer |
1993 | The birth of Hakim Ziyech, Moroccan footballer |
1995 | The birth of Héctor Bellerín, Spanish footballer |
1995 | The birth of Julia Montes, Filipino actress |
1995 | The birth of Alexei Sintsov, Russian figure skater |
1996 | The birth of Barbara Haas, Austrian tennis player |
2012 | The death of Ulu Grosbard, Belgian-American director and producer (b. 1929) |
2012 | The death of Hugo Munthe-Kaas, Norwegian intelligence agent (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded IDG (b. 1937) |
2014 | The death of Fred Phelps, American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded the Westboro Baptist Church (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of Heather Robertson, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1942) |
2014 | The death of Robert S. Strauss, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (b. 1918) |
2014 | The death of Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1912) |
2014 | The death of Joseph F. Weis, Jr., American lawyer and judge (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of Gus Douglass, American farmer and politician (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Safet Plakalo, Bosnian author and playwright (b. 1950) |
2015 | The death of Danny Schechter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942) |
2016 | The death of Roger Agnelli, Brazilian banker and businessman (b. 1959) |
2016 | The death of Jack Mansell, English footballer and manager (b. 1927) |
2019 | The death of William Whitfield, British architect (b. 1920) |
2021 | The death of Glynn Lunney, American engineer (b. 1936) |
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