Updated at December 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Hugh Johnson |
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Birthdate | March 10, 1939 |
Birth Place | England |
Age (in 2024) | 85 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Non-Fiction Author |
Hugh Johnson is best known as Non-Fiction Author who has born on March 10, 1939 in England. Currently, Hugh Johnson is 85 years, 9 months and 11 days old. Hugh Johnson will celebrate 86th birthday on Monday, 10th of March 2025. Below the countdown to Hugh Johnson upcoming birthday.
English wine expert who published some of the best-selling wine books in the world. He is most famous for his 1971 World Atlas of Wine.
He discovered his interest in wine-tasting while studying at King's College, Cambridge in the 1950s.
He made history by sampling a bottle of 1540 German wine in 1961.
He published a 2006 autobiography with the appropriate title of A Life Uncorked.
He and Chef George Calombaris were both featured in Global Food and Wine Magazine.
Hugh Johnson is 85 years old today.
Hugh Johnson was born on March 10, 1939 in England.
Hugh Johnson zodiac sign is Pisces.
Hugh Johnson was best known as Non-Fiction Author.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Hugh Johnson's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Hugh Johnson's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1944 | Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front. |
1945 | World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians. |
1949 | Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason. |
1952 | Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba. |
1959 | Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, thousands of Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal. |
1966 | Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam NguyỠn Cao Kỳ sacks rival General NguyỠn Chånh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation. |
1969 | In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant. |
1970 | Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. military with My Lai war crimes. |
1975 | Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban MĂȘ Thuá»t in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam. |
1977 | Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus. |
1990 | In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup. |
2000 | The Dot-com bubble peaks with the NASDAQ Composite stock market index reaching 5,048.62. |
2006 | The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars. |
2017 | The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency. |
2019 | Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX, crashes, leading to all 737 MAX aircraft being grounded worldwide. |
1987 | The birth of Martellus Bennett, American football player |
1987 | The birth of Greg Eastwood, New Zealand rugby league player |
1987 | The birth of MÄris Ć trombergs, Latvian BMX racer |
1988 | The birth of Josh Hoffman, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player |
1988 | The birth of Ego Nwodim, American actress |
1988 | The birth of Ivan RakitiÄ, Croatian football player |
1990 | The birth of Stefanie Vögele, Swiss tennis player |
1992 | The birth of Neeskens Kebano, French-born Congolese international footballer |
1993 | The birth of Jack Butland, English footballer |
1993 | The birth of Aminata Namasia, Congolese politician |
1994 | The birth of Nikita Parris, English footballer |
1995 | The birth of DaeSean Hamilton, American football player |
1995 | The birth of Zach LaVine, American basketball player |
1995 | The birth of Sergey Mozgov, Russian ice dancer |
1997 | The birth of Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player |
1999 | The death of Oswaldo GuayasamĂn, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b. 1919) |
2005 | The death of Dave Allen, Irish-English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1936) |
2007 | The death of Ernie Ladd, American football player and wrestler (b. 1938) |
2010 | The death of Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egyptian scholar and academic (b. 1928) |
2010 | The death of Corey Haim, Canadian actor (b. 1971) |
2011 | The death of Bill Blackbeard, American author and illustrator (b. 1926) |
2012 | The death of Jean Giraud, French author and illustrator (b. 1938) |
2012 | The death of Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927) |
2013 | The death of Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, British born Swedish Princess (b.1915) |
2015 | The death of Richard Glatzer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1952) |
2016 | The death of Ken Adam, German-English production designer and art director (b. 1921) |
2016 | The death of Roberto Perfumo, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster |
2016 | The death of Jovito Salonga, Filipino lawyer and politician, 14th President of the Senate of the Philippines (b. 1920) |
2016 | The death of Anita Brookner, English novelist and art historian (b. 1928) |
2022 | The death of John Elliott, English historian and academic (b. 1930) |
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Wikipedia | Hugh Johnson on Wikipedia |
Website | Hugh Johnson's Webiste |
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