Updated at December 3, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Harry Dexter White |
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Birthdate | October 09, 1892 |
Birth Place | Massachusetts |
Age (in 2024) | 132 Years Old |
Zodiac | Libra |
Occupation | Economist |
Harry Dexter White is best known as Economist who has born on October 09, 1892 in Massachusetts. Currently, Harry Dexter White is 132 years, 1 months and 25 days old. Harry Dexter White will celebrate 133rd birthday on Thursday, 9th of October 2025. Below the countdown to Harry Dexter White upcoming birthday.
Notable for his high-ranking position with the United States Treasury Department, this American economist is remembered for his post-World War II financial policy initiatives (including the creation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund) and is equally infamous for sharing American financial secrets with the Soviet Union.
After being stationed in Europe during World War I as a lieutenant in the United States Army, he returned to his native country and earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Stanford University, followed by a doctorate from Harvard.
His espionage activities were confirmed by the United States' Venona intelligence project.
The children of Jewish parents from Lithuania, he and his six older siblings grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. His marriage to Anne Terry White resulted in daughters named Joan and Ruth.
As the chief American representative at the Bretton Woods Conference of 1944, White overcame the objections of the prominent British economist John Maynard Keynes and reorganized post-war financial policy in a manner that fell in line with his own vision.
Harry Dexter White is 132 years old today.
Harry Dexter White was born on October 09, 1892 in Massachusetts.
Harry Dexter White zodiac sign is Libra.
Harry Dexter White was best known as Economist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Harry Dexter White's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1970 | The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia. |
1980 | Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City. |
1981 | President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France. |
1983 | South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma (present-day Yangon, Myanmar), but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others. |
1984 | The popular children's television show Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, based on The Railway Series by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, premieres on ITV. |
1986 | The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre. |
1986 | Fox Broadcasting Company (FBC) launches as the "fourth" US television network. |
1992 | The Peekskill meteorite, a 27.7 pounds (12.6 kg) meteorite crashed into a parked car in Peekskill, New York |
1995 | An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona. |
2006 | North Korea conducts its first nuclear test. |
2007 | The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the 2007-2008 financial crises. |
2009 | First lunar impact of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program. |
2012 | Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai. |
2016 | The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army launches its first attack on Myanmar security forces along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. |
2019 | Turkey begins its military offensive in north-eastern Syria. |
1983 | The birth of Andreas Zuber, Austrian race car driver |
1985 | The birth of David Plummer, American swimmer |
1986 | The birth of Derek Holland, American baseball player |
1986 | The birth of Laure Manaudou, French swimmer |
1986 | The birth of Stephane Zubar, French footballer |
1988 | The birth of David Tyrrell, Australian rugby league player |
1989 | The birth of Russell Packer, New Zealand rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Kevin Kampl, German-Slovene footballer |
1992 | The birth of Sam Mewis, American soccer player |
1993 | The birth of Ani Amiraghyan, Armenian tennis player |
1993 | The birth of Lauren Davis, American tennis player |
1993 | The birth of Jayden Hodges, Australian rugby league player |
1993 | The birth of Wesley So, Filipino-American chess grandmaster |
1996 | The birth of Bella Hadid, American model |
2001 | The birth of Kyla Leibel, Canadian swimmer |
2013 | The death of Solomon Lar, Nigerian educator and politician, 4th Governor of Plateau State (b. 1933) |
2013 | The death of Srihari, Indian actor (b. 1964) |
2013 | The death of Wilfried Martens, Belgian lawyer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1936) |
2013 | The death of Edmund Niziurski, Polish sociologist, lawyer, and author (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Boris Buzančić, Croatian actor and politician, 47th Mayor of Zagreb (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of Jan Hooks, American actress and comedienne (b. 1957) |
2014 | The death of Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (b. 1936) |
2015 | The death of Ray Duncan, American businessman (b. 1930) |
2015 | The death of Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Ravindra Jain, Indian composer and director (b. 1944) |
2016 | The death of Andrzej Wajda, Polish film and theatre director (b. 1926) |
2017 | The death of Jean Rochefort, French actor (b. 1930) |
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