Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | James Van Allen |
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Birthdate | September 07, 1914 |
Birth Place | Iowa |
Age (in 2024) | 110 Years Old |
Zodiac | Virgo |
Occupation | Astronomer |
James Van Allen is best known as Astronomer who has born on September 07, 1914 in Iowa. Currently, James Van Allen is 110 years, 2 months and 14 days old. James Van Allen will celebrate 111th birthday on Sunday, 7th of September 2025. Below the countdown to James Van Allen upcoming birthday.
Pioneer of magnetospheric research in space whose discovery of the radiation belts encircling the earth helped to further the science of astronomy. He was one of Time Magazine's Man of the Year in 1960.
As a naval officer in WW II he worked on radio-proximity artillery shells, and also supervised using captured V-2 rockets for probing the atmosphere.
He proposed the launching of a satellite that returned back invaluable data about the composition of the upper atmosphere, and the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts.
He was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
Both he and a fellow astronomer, Edwin Hubble, were once featured on the cover of Time magazine.
James Van Allen is 110 years old today.
James Van Allen was born on September 07, 1914 in Iowa.
James Van Allen zodiac sign is Virgo.
James Van Allen was best known as Astronomer.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about James Van Allen's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with James Van Allen's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1979 | The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy. |
1984 | An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen. |
1986 | Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town. |
1986 | Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet survives an assassination attempt by the FPMR; 5 of Pinochet's bodyguards are killed. |
1997 | Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. |
1999 | The 6.0 Mw Athens earthquake affected the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800-1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless. |
2005 | Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election. |
2008 | The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. |
2010 | A Chinese fishing trawler collides with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands. |
2011 | The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team. |
2012 | Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over nuclear plans and purported human rights abuses. |
2017 | The 8.2 Mw 2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people. |
2019 | Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia. |
2021 | Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador. |
2021 | The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the 2021-2023 Myanmar civil war |
1987 | The birth of Danny North, English footballer |
1987 | The birth of Evan Rachel Wood, American actress and singer |
1987 | The birth of Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player |
1988 | The birth of Alex Harvey, Canadian skier |
1988 | The birth of Kevin Love, American basketball player |
1990 | The birth of Libor Hudáček, Slovakian ice hockey player |
1990 | The birth of Fedor Klimov, Russian figure skater |
1991 | The birth of Dale Finucane, Australian rugby league player |
1991 | The birth of Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (d. 2010) |
1994 | The birth of Elinor Barker, Welsh track cyclist |
1994 | The birth of Herman Ese'ese, New Zealand rugby league player |
1994 | The birth of Tom Opacic, Australian rugby league player |
1994 | The birth of Kento Yamazaki, Japanese actor |
1996 | The birth of Donovan Mitchell, American basketball player |
1999 | The birth of Laurie Jussaume, Canadian cyclist |
2013 | The death of Romesh Bhandari, Pakistani-Indian politician and diplomat, 13th Foreign Secretary of India (b. 1928) |
2013 | The death of Frank Blevins, English-Australian politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia (b. 1939) |
2013 | The death of Pete Hoffman, American cartoonist (b. 1919) |
2013 | The death of Ilja Hurník, Czech playwright and composer (b. 1922) |
2013 | The death of Fred Katz, American cellist and composer (b. 1919) |
2014 | The death of Kwon Ri-se, South Korean singer (b. 1991) |
2014 | The death of Jack Cristil, American sportscaster and radio host (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Filipino Secretary of Justice (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Yoshiko Ōtaka, Chinese-Japanese actress, singer, and politician (b. 1920) |
2014 | The death of Harold Shipp, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Dickie Moore, American actor (b. 1925) |
2015 | The death of Candida Royalle, American porn actress, director, and producer (b. 1950) |
2015 | The death of Guillermo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Voula Zouboulaki, Greek actress (b. 1924) |
2018 | The death of Pedro Jirón, Nicaraguan footballer |
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