Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Ivan Cankar |
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Birthdate | May 10, 1876 |
Birth Place | Slovenia |
Age (in 2024) | 148 Years Old |
Zodiac | Taurus |
Occupation | Poet |
Ivan Cankar is best known as Poet who has born on May 10, 1876 in Slovenia. Currently, Ivan Cankar is 148 years, 6 months and 11 days old. Ivan Cankar will celebrate 149th birthday on Saturday, 10th of May 2025. Below the countdown to Ivan Cankar upcoming birthday.
A modernist Slovene author, poet, playwright, and activist, he is best known for his novel Na Klancu (On the Hill); his drama Hlapci (Serfs); and his satirical work Pohujsanje v dolini Sentflorijanski (Scandal in St. Florian Valley). He is also famous for his symbolist short stories.
He studied engineering for a time at the University of Vienna.
His image appeared on the 10,000 tolar bill in Slovenia between 1994 and 2007.
He was one of several children born to an impoverished artisan father, and he was raised mostly by his mother.
His worldview was influenced by the work of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
Ivan Cankar is 148 years old today.
Ivan Cankar was born on May 10, 1876 in Slovenia.
Ivan Cankar zodiac sign is Taurus.
Ivan Cankar was best known as Poet.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Ivan Cankar's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1961 | Air France Flight 406 is destroyed by a bomb over the Sahara, killing 78. |
1962 | Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk. |
1967 | The Northrop M2-F2 crashes on landing, becoming the inspiration for the novel Cyborg and TV series The Six Million Dollar Man. |
1969 | Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill. |
1975 | Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder. |
1993 | In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills over 200 workers. |
1994 | Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president. |
1996 | A blizzard strikes Mount Everest, killing eight climbers by the next day. |
1997 | The 7.3 Mw Qayen earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province killing 1,567 people. |
2002 | FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4Â million in cash and diamonds. |
2005 | A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 20Â m from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate. |
2012 | The Damascus bombings are carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people. |
2013 | One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. |
2017 | Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last footholds of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Al-Tabqah, bringing the Battle of Tabqa to an end. |
2022 | Queen Elizabeth II misses the State Opening of Parliament for the first time in 59 years. It was the first time that a new session of Parliament was opened jointly by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge acting as Counsellors of State. |
1981 | The birth of Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer |
1983 | The birth of Gustav Fridolin, Swedish journalist and politician, Swedish Minister of Education |
1984 | The birth of Edward Mujica, Venezuelan baseball player |
1985 | The birth of Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player |
1985 | The birth of Jon Schofield, English canoe racer |
1987 | The birth of Wilson Chandler, American basketball player |
1990 | The birth of Salvador PĂ©rez, Venezuelan baseball player |
1990 | The birth of Ivana Ć panoviÄ, Serbian long jumper |
1995 | The birth of Missy Franklin, American swimmer |
1995 | The birth of Gabriella Papadakis, French ice dancer |
1996 | The birth of Tyus Jones, American basketball player |
1996 | The birth of KateĆina SiniakovĂĄ, Czech tennis player |
1997 | The birth of Brittany Broski, American comedian and singer |
1997 | The birth of Richarlison, Brazilian footballer |
1998 | The birth of Priscilla Hon, Australian tennis player |
2002 | The death of Yves Robert, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920) |
2003 | The death of Milan Vukcevich, Serbian-American chemist and chess player (b. 1937) |
2006 | The death of Soraya, Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1969) |
2008 | The death of Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (b. 1928) |
2010 | The death of Frank Frazetta, American illustrator and painter (b. 1928) |
2012 | The death of Horst Faas, German photographer and journalist (b. 1933) |
2012 | The death of Carroll Shelby, American race car driver and designer (b. 1923) |
2012 | The death of Gunnar SĂžnsteby, Norwegian captain and author (b. 1918) |
2015 | The death of Chris Burden, American sculptor, illustrator, and academic (b. 1946) |
2018 | The death of David Goodall, Australian botanist and ecologist (b. 1914) |
2019 | The death of Alfredo PĂ©rez Rubalcaba, Spanish politician and chemist (b. 1951) |
2020 | The death of Betty Wright, American soul singer (b. 1953) |
2021 | The death of Pauline Tinsley, British soprano (b. 1928) |
2022 | The death of Bob Lanier, American professional basketball player (b. 1948) |
2022 | The death of Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician (b.1934) |
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