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Guenter Wendt Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 13, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Guenter Wendt Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Guenter Wendt Facts

Full NameGuenter Wendt
BirthdateAugust 28, 1923
Birth PlaceGermany
Age (in 2024)101 Years Old
ZodiacVirgo
OccupationEngineer

Guenter Wendt Age & Birthday

Guenter Wendt is best known as Engineer who has born on August 28, 1923 in Germany. Currently, Guenter Wendt is 101 years, 3 months and 16 days old. Guenter Wendt will celebrate 102nd birthday on Thursday, 28th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Guenter Wendt upcoming birthday.

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Guenter Wendt Biography

About

Engineer who worked for the US manned spaceflight program and was in charge of the launch pads. He supervised spacecraft launch pad preparations at Cape Canaveral during the Mercury and Gemini manned space programs, which began with the flight of Ham the chimpanzee in 1961.

Before Fame

He studied mechanical engineering in Germany before fighting for Nazi Germany during World War II, serving as a flight engineer aboard Luftwaffe night fighters.

Trivia

He received a NASA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009 and he was played by Endre Hules in the 1995 film Apollo 13.

Family Life

He married Herma Riggert who died in 1993 after more than 40 years of marriage.

Associated With

He was given the nickname "Der Führer of Der Launch Pad" by John Glenn.

Top Asked Questions about Guenter Wendt

How old is Guenter Wendt in 2024?

Guenter Wendt is 101 years old today.

When was Guenter Wendt born?

Guenter Wendt was born on August 28, 1923 in Germany.

What is Guenter Wendt zodiac sign?

Guenter Wendt zodiac sign is Virgo.

What was Guenter Wendt best known for?

Guenter Wendt was best known as Engineer.

Fun Facts about Guenter Wendt's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Guenter Wendt's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

  • Guenter Wendt was born on Tuesday, 240th day / 35th week of 1923
  • Guenter Wendt has Virgo zodiac sign and Earth element based on western astrology
  • Roman numeral of Guenter Wendt birthday is XXVIII.VIII.MCMXXIII
  • Guenter Wendt's birthstone is Peridot
  • Guenter Wendt's birth flower is Gladiolus that symbolize moral integrity, remembrance, infatuation & honor
  • Guenter Wendt age in year is 101 years old
  • Guenter Wendt age in month is 1215 months old
  • Guenter Wendt age in day is 36998 days old
  • Guenter Wendt age in hour is 887952 hours old
  • Guenter Wendt age in minute is 53277120 minutes old
  • Guenter Wendt age in second is 3196627200 seconds old
  • Next Guenter Wendt birthday is on Thursday, August 28th 2025
  • Guenter Wendt age in next birthday (2025) is 102 years old
  • Learn more interesting facts about August 28, 1923 birthday

Historical Events on Guenter Wendt Birthday (August 28)

Below are historical events that coincided with Guenter Wendt's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

YearEvent
1968Police and protesters clash during 1968 Democratic National Convention protests as protesters chant "The whole world is watching".
1973Norrmalmstorg robbery: Stockholm police secure the surrenders of hostage-takers Jan-Erik Olsson and Clark Olofsson, defusing the Norrmalmstorg hostage crisis. The behaviours of the hostages later give rise to the term Stockholm syndrome.
1988Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.
1990Gulf War: Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
1990An F5 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Plainfield and Joliet, killing 29 people.
1993NASA's Galileo probe performs a flyby of the asteroid 243 Ida. Astronomers later discover a moon, the first known asteroid moon, in pictures from the flyby and name it Dactyl.
1993Singaporean presidential election: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong is elected President of Singapore. Although it is the first presidential election to be determined by popular vote, the allowed candidates consist only of Ong and a reluctant whom the government had asked to run to confer upon the election the semblance of an opposition.
1993The autonomous Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia in Bosnia and Herzegovina was transformed into the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.
1996Chicago Seven defendant David Dellinger, antiwar activist Bradford Lyttle, Civil Rights Movement historian Randy Kryn, and eight others are arrested by the Federal Protective Service while protesting in a demonstration at the Kluczynski Federal Building in downtown Chicago during that year's Democratic National Convention.
1998Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
1998Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.
1999The Russian space mission Soyuz TM-29 reaches completion, ending nearly 10 years of continuous occupation on the space station Mir as it approaches the end of its life.
2003In "one of the most complicated and bizarre crimes in the annals of the FBI", Brian Wells dies after becoming involved in a complex plot involving a bank robbery, a scavenger hunt, and a homemade explosive device.
2016The first experimental mission of ISRO's Scramjet Engine towards the realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System was successfully conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
2017China-India border standoff: China and India both pull their troops out of Doklam, putting an end to a two month-long stalemate over China’s construction of a road in disputed territory.
1989The birth of César Azpilicueta, Spanish footballer
1989The birth of Valtteri Bottas, Finnish race car driver
1989The birth of Jo Kwon, South Korean singer and dancer
1990The birth of Bojan Krkić, Spanish footballer
1991The birth of Felicio Brown Forbes, German footballer
1991The birth of Andreja Pejić, Bosnian model
1992The birth of Gabriela Drăgoi, Romanian gymnast
1992The birth of Bismack Biyombo, Congolese basketball player
1992The birth of Max Collins, American-Filipino actress and model
1993The birth of Jakub Sokolík, Czech footballer
1994The birth of Manon Arcangioli, French tennis player
1994The birth of Ons Jabeur, Tunisian tennis player
1998The birth of Weston McKennie, American soccer player
2001The birth of Kamilla Rakhimova, Russian tennis player
2003The birth of Quvenzhané Wallis, American actress
2013The death of Lorella Cedroni, Italian political scientist and philosopher (b. 1961)
2013The death of Edmund B. Fitzgerald, American businessman (b. 1926)
2013The death of Frank Pulli, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1935)
2013The death of Barry Stobart, English footballer (b. 1938)
2013The death of Rafael Díaz Ycaza, Ecuadorian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1925)
2014The death of Glenn Cornick, English bass guitarist (b. 1947)
2014The death of Hal Finney, American cryptographer and programmer (b. 1956)
2014The death of John Anthony Walker, American soldier and spy (b. 1937)
2015The death of Al Arbour, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1932)
2015The death of Mark Krasniqi, Kosovan ethnographer, poet, and translator (b. 1920)
2015The death of Nelson Shanks, American painter and educator (b. 1937)
2016The death of Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and songwriter (b. 1950)
2016The death of Mr. Fuji, American professional wrestler and manager (b. 1934)
2017The death of Mireille Darc, French actress and model (b. 1938)
2020The death of Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (b. 1976)

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