Updated at December 15, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Henrietta Lacks |
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Birthdate | August 01, 1920 |
Birth Place | Roanoke, VA |
Age (in 2024) | 104 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Henrietta Lacks was born on August 01, 1920 in Roanoke, VA. Currently, Henrietta Lacks is 104 years, 4 months and 14 days old. Henrietta Lacks will celebrate 105th birthday on Friday, 1st of August 2025. Below the countdown to Henrietta Lacks upcoming birthday.
20th century woman who made great contributions to the medical field through the donation of her cells. A biopsy taken during cervical cancer treatment resulted in cells that produced indefinitely under certain conditions and became the first immortalized cell line. It was called the HeLa line and has continued to be a source of medical data for over 65 years.
She was born and raised in Roanoke, Virginia and would later move to Maryland with her husband and family. She died of cervical cancer in 1951.
Neither she nor her family were asked for consent or compensated for the extraction of her cells or their use. When her family became aware of what had happened, the ensuing backlash raised many questions about patients' rights and privacy.
She married her cousin David "Day" Lacks and the two had five children together.
In 2017, Oprah Winfrey starred in an HBO movie about Lacks' story. Winfrey played her daughter Deborah, and Renee Elise Goldsberry played Lacks.
Henrietta Lacks is 104 years old today.
Henrietta Lacks was born on August 01, 1920 in Roanoke, VA.
Henrietta Lacks zodiac sign is Leo.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Henrietta Lacks's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1968 | The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei. |
1971 | The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. |
1974 | Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones. |
1976 | Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the German Grand Prix at Nurburgring. |
1980 | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state. |
1980 | A train crash kills 18 people in County Cork, Ireland. |
1981 | MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. |
1984 | Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England. |
1988 | A British soldier was killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England. |
1993 | The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak. |
2004 | A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción, Paraguay. |
2007 | The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145. |
2008 | The Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world. |
2008 | Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering. |
2017 | A suicide attack on a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan kills 20 people. |
1990 | The birth of Aledmys Díaz, Cuban baseball player |
1990 | The birth of Elton Jantjies, South African rugby player |
1991 | The birth of Piotr Malarczyk, Polish footballer |
1991 | The birth of Marco Puntoriere, Italian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Austin Rivers, American basketball player |
1992 | The birth of Mrunal Thakur, Indian actress |
1993 | The birth of Álex Abrines, Spanish basketball player |
1993 | The birth of Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer |
1994 | The birth of Sergeal Petersen, South African rugby player |
1994 | The birth of Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer |
1995 | The birth of Madison Cawthorn, American politician |
1996 | The birth of Katie Boulter, British tennis player |
2001 | The birth of Park Si-eun, South Korean actress |
2001 | The birth of Ben Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player |
2003 | The birth of Joseph Sua'ali'i, Australian-Samoan rugby league player |
2014 | The death of Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (b. 1973) |
2014 | The death of Jan Roar Leikvoll, Norwegian author (b. 1974) |
2014 | The death of Charles T. Payne, American soldier (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Mike Smith, English radio and television host (b. 1955) |
2015 | The death of Stephan Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (b. 1968) |
2015 | The death of Cilla Black, English singer and actress (b. 1943) |
2015 | The death of Bernard d'Espagnat, French physicist, philosopher, and author (b. 1921) |
2015 | The death of Bob Frankford, English-Canadian physician and politician (b. 1939) |
2015 | The death of Hong Yuanshuo, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1948) |
2016 | The death of Queen Anne of Romania (b. 1923) |
2020 | The death of Wilford Brimley, American actor and singer (b. 1934) |
2020 | The death of Rodney H. Pardey, American poker player (b. 1945) |
2020 | The death of Rickey Dixon, American professional football player (b. 1966) |
2021 | The death of Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Scottish Islamic scholar and writer (b. 1930) |
2021 | The death of Jerry Ziesmer, American assistant director, production manager and occasional actor (b. 1939) |
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