Updated at December 12, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Giovanni Battista Grassi |
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Birthdate | March 27, 1854 |
Birth Place | Italy |
Age (in 2024) | 170 Years Old |
Zodiac | Aries |
Occupation | Zoologist |
Giovanni Battista Grassi is best known as Zoologist who has born on March 27, 1854 in Italy. Currently, Giovanni Battista Grassi is 170 years, 8 months and 16 days old. Giovanni Battista Grassi will celebrate 171st birthday on Thursday, 27th of March 2025. Below the countdown to Giovanni Battista Grassi upcoming birthday.
Remembered best for his work in the parasitology sub-field of malariology (the study of malaria), this Italian zoologist and doctor also studied the behavior, development, and life cycles of termites, eels, and honey bees. He was the 1896 recipient of the Darwin Medal.
After earning a medical degree from the University of Pavia, he worked at the Zoological and Oceanographic Stations in Naples, Italy, and went on to study at Germany's University of Heidelberg.
He taught zoology at the University of Catania and anatomy at the Sapienza University of Rome.
He was born in Rovellasca, Italy, to Costanza Mazzuchelli and Luigi Grassi.
Were it not for the influence of microbiologist Robert Koch, who favored doctor and malaria researcher Ronald Ross for the prize, Grassi would have been at least a dual recipient of the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Giovanni Battista Grassi is 170 years old today.
Giovanni Battista Grassi was born on March 27, 1854 in Italy.
Giovanni Battista Grassi zodiac sign is Aries.
Giovanni Battista Grassi was best known as Zoologist.
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1986 | A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people. |
1990 | The United States begins broadcasting anti-Castro propaganda to Cuba on TV MartÃ. |
1993 | Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China. |
1993 | Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo. |
1998 | The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States. |
1999 | Kosovo War: An American Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is shot down by a Yugoslav Army SAM, the first and only Nighthawk to be lost in combat. |
2000 | A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one person and injures 71 others. |
2002 | Passover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel. |
2002 | Nanterre massacre: In Nanterre, France, a gunman opens fire at the end of a town council meeting, resulting in the deaths of eight councilors; 19 other people are injured. |
2004 | HMSÂ Scylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe. |
2009 | The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people. |
2014 | Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict. |
2015 | Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead. |
2016 | A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing are Christians celebrating Easter. |
2020 | North Macedonia becomes the 30th member of NATO. |
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1989 | The birth of Matt Harvey, American baseball player |
1989 | The birth of Camilla Lees, New Zealand netball player |
1990 | The birth of Erdin Demir, Swedish-Turkish footballer |
1990 | The birth of Ben Hunt, Australian rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Nicolas Nkoulou, Cameroonian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Luca Zuffi, Swiss footballer |
1990 | The birth of Kimbra, New Zealand musician |
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1992 | The birth of Marc Muniesa, Spanish footballer |
1995 | The birth of Bill Tuiloma, New Zealand footballer |
1998 | The birth of Giannis Bouzoukis, Greek footballer |
2002 | The birth of Daria Snigur, Ukrainian tennis player |
2008 | The death of Jean-Marie Balestre, French businessman (b. 1921) |
2009 | The death of Irving R. Levine, American journalist and author (b. 1922) |
2010 | The death of Dick Giordano, American illustrator (b. 1932) |
2011 | The death of Clement Arrindell, Nevisian judge and politician, 1st Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis (b. 1931) |
2011 | The death of Farley Granger, American actor (b. 1925) |
2012 | The death of Adrienne Rich, American poet, essayist and feminist (b. 1929) |
2013 | The death of Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1923) |
2013 | The death of Yvonne Brill, Canadian-American scientist and engineer (b. 1924) |
2013 | The death of Fay Kanin, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1917) |
2014 | The death of Richard N. Frye, American scholar and academic (b. 1920) |
2014 | The death of James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense and first United States Secretary of Energy (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Johnny Helms, American trumpet player, bandleader, and educator (b. 1935) |
2015 | The death of T. Sailo, Indian soldier and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Mizoram (b. 1922) |
2016 | The death of Mother Angelica, American Roman Catholic religious leader and media personality (b. 1923) |
2018 | The death of Bert Nievera, Filipino-American singer (b. 1936) |
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