Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | James Howard Meredith |
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Birthdate | June 25, 1933 |
Birth Place | Kosciusko, MS |
Age (in 2024) | 91 Years Old |
Zodiac | Cancer |
Occupation | Civil Rights Leader |
James Howard Meredith is best known as Civil Rights Leader who has born on June 25, 1933 in Kosciusko, MS. Currently, James Howard Meredith is 91 years, 4 months and 26 days old. James Howard Meredith will celebrate 92nd birthday on Wednesday, 25th of June 2025. Below the countdown to James Howard Meredith upcoming birthday.
Civil Rights Movement leader who became a household name when he became the first African American student admitted to the University of Mississippi.
He attended segregated schools before making his stand against segregated education.
He organized the March Against Fear to encourage blacks to vote.
He was married to Mary June Wiggins Meredith, with whom he had three children; he married Judy Alsobrook Meredith after Mary died.
He wanted to make John F. Kennedy's administration enforce civil rights for African Americans.
James Howard Meredith is 91 years old today.
James Howard Meredith was born on June 25, 1933 in Kosciusko, MS.
James Howard Meredith zodiac sign is Cancer.
James Howard Meredith was best known as Civil Rights Leader.
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Below are historical events that coincided with James Howard Meredith's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
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1960 | Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union. |
1975 | Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal. |
1975 | Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India. |
1976 | Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
1978 | The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. |
1981 | Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington. |
1991 | The breakup of Yugoslavia begins when Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from Yugoslavia. |
1993 | Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada. |
1996 | The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen. |
1997 | An uncrewed Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir. |
1997 | The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000). |
1998 | In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional. |
2022 | The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the longest bridge of Bangladesh, Padma Bridge. |
2022 | Russo-Ukrainian War: The Battle of Sievierodonetsk ends after weeks of heavy fighting with the Russian capture of the city, leading to the Battle of Lysychansk. |
2022 | Two people are killed and 21 more injured after a gunman opens fire at three sites in Oslo in a suspected Islamist anti-LGBTQ+ attack. |
1981 | The birth of Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper |
1982 | The birth of Rain, South Korean singer and actor |
1982 | The birth of Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player |
1983 | The birth of Marc Janko, Austrian footballer |
1984 | The birth of Lauren Bush, American model and fashion designer |
1985 | The birth of Karim Matmour, Algerian footballer |
1986 | The birth of Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer and actress |
1988 | The birth of Jhonas Enroth, Swedish ice hockey player |
1988 | The birth of Miguel Layún, Mexican footballer |
1988 | The birth of Therese Johaug, Norwegian cross-country skier |
1990 | The birth of Andi Eigenmann, Filipino actress |
1996 | The birth of Pietro Fittipaldi, Brazilian-American race car driver |
1996 | The birth of Sione Mata'utia, Australian rugby league player |
1996 | The birth of Lele Pons, Latina-American Internet personality |
1998 | The birth of Kyle Chalmers, Australian swimmer |
2012 | The death of Edgar Ross, American boxer (b. 1949) |
2013 | The death of George Burditt, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923) |
2013 | The death of Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer (b. 1931) |
2013 | The death of Robert E. Gilka, American photographer and journalist (b. 1916) |
2013 | The death of Harry Parker, American rower and coach (b. 1935) |
2013 | The death of Mildred Ladner Thompson, American journalist (b. 1918) |
2013 | The death of Green Wix Unthank, American soldier and judge (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1931) |
2014 | The death of Ana MarÃa Matute, Spanish author and academic (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Ivan Plyushch, Ukrainian agronomist and politician (b. 1941) |
2015 | The death of Patrick Macnee, English actor (b. 1922) |
2015 | The death of Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (b. 1940) |
2016 | The death of Adam Small, South African writer of apartheid-period (b. 1936) |
2018 | The death of Richard Benjamin Harrison, American businessman and reality television personality (b. 1941) |
2018 | The death of David Goldblatt, South African photographer of apartheid-period (b. 1930) |
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