Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | James Baskett |
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Birthdate | February 16, 1904 |
Birth Place | Indianapolis, IN |
Age (in 2024) | 120 Years Old |
Zodiac | Aquarius |
Occupation | Movie Actor |
James Baskett is best known as Movie Actor who has born on February 16, 1904 in Indianapolis, IN. Currently, James Baskett is 120 years, 8 months and 15 days old. James Baskett will celebrate 121st birthday on Sunday, 16th of February 2025. Below the countdown to James Baskett upcoming birthday.
He was the first actor of African descent to win an Academy Award for his portrayal of Uncle Remus in the 1946 Disney film Song of the South, in which he sang the song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah."
He started his film career in all-black movies that were filmed in New York including the 1932 picture Harlem is Heaven.
He provided his voice for the role of Preacher Crow in the 1940 animated feature Dumbo.
He had a wife named Margaret and he was a cousin of fellow actor Bill Cobbs.
He started his acting career beside the musician Louis Armstrong on Broadway in Hot Chocolates.
James Baskett is 120 years old today.
James Baskett was born on February 16, 1904 in Indianapolis, IN.
James Baskett zodiac sign is Aquarius.
James Baskett was best known as Movie Actor.
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Below are historical events that coincided with James Baskett's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1968 | Civil Air Transport Flight 010 crashes near Shongshan Airport in Taiwan, killing 21 of the 63 people on board and one more on the ground. |
1978 | The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago). |
1983 | The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75. |
1985 | Hezbollah is founded. |
1986 | The Soviet liner MSÂ Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. |
1986 | China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard. |
1991 | Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua. |
1996 | A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people. |
1998 | China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and seven more on the ground. |
2000 | Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17 crashes near Sacramento Mather Airport in Rancho Cordova, California, killing all three aboard. |
2005 | The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia. |
2005 | The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-05 regular season and playoffs. |
2006 | The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army. |
2013 | A bomb blast at a market in Hazara Town, Quetta, Pakistan kills more than 80 people and injures 190 others. |
2021 | Five thousand people gathered in the town of Kherrata, Bejaia Province to mark the two year anniversary of the Hirak protest movement. Demonstrations had been suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria. |
1988 | The birth of Kim Soo-hyun, South Korean actor and singer |
1989 | The birth of Elizabeth Olsen, American actress |
1990 | The birth of Dunamis Lui, Australian-Samoan rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of The Weeknd, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer |
1991 | The birth of Sergio Canales, Spanish footballer |
1992 | The birth of Nicolai Boilesen, Danish footballer |
1992 | The birth of Zsófia Susányi, Hungarian tennis player |
1994 | The birth of Annika Beck, German tennis player |
1994 | The birth of Federico Bernardeschi, Italian footballer |
1994 | The birth of Ava Max, American singer and songwriter |
1995 | The birth of Katy Dunne, English tennis player |
1995 | The birth of Carina Witthöft, German tennis player |
1999 | The birth of Marie Ulven Ringheim, Norwegian singer, songwriter and music producer |
2000 | The birth of Koffee, Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter and rapper |
2001 | The birth of Yuki Naito, Japanese tennis player |
2012 | The death of John Macionis, American swimmer and lieutenant (b. 1916) |
2012 | The death of Anthony Shadid, American journalist (b. 1968) |
2013 | The death of Colin Edwards, Guyanese footballer (b. 1991) |
2013 | The death of Grigory Pomerants, Russian philosopher and author (b. 1918) |
2013 | The death of Tony Sheridan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940) |
2014 | The death of Ken Farragut, American football player (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Kralle Krawinkel, German guitarist (b. 1947) |
2014 | The death of Michael Shea, American author (b. 1946) |
2015 | The death of Lasse Braun, Algerian-Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936) |
2015 | The death of Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946) |
2015 | The death of R. R. Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1957) |
2015 | The death of Lorena Rojas, Mexican actress and singer (b. 1971) |
2016 | The death of Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1922) |
2019 | The death of Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (b. 1941) |
2021 | The death of Gustavo Noboa, Ecuadorian politician, 42nd President of Ecuador |
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