Jane Jacobs Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Jane Jacobs Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Jane Jacobs Facts

Full Name	Jane Jacobs
Birthdate	May 04, 1916
Birth Place	Scranton, PA
Age (in 2024)	108 Years Old
Zodiac	Taurus
Occupation	Journalist

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Jane Jacobs Age & Birthday

Jane Jacobs is best known as Journalist who has born on May 04, 1916 in Scranton, PA. Currently, Jane Jacobs is 108 years, 6 months and 17 days old. Jane Jacobs will celebrate 109th birthday on Sunday, 4th of May 2025. Below the countdown to Jane Jacobs upcoming birthday.

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Jane Jacobs Biography

About

An American-Canadian journalist and author, she is best known for The Death and Life of Great American Cities, a groundbreaking work that criticized urban renewal. She is often regarded as one of the main influences behind the New Urbanist movement.

Before Fame

After graduating from high school in Pennsylvania, she worked as an unpaid assistant editor for the Scranton Tribune. When she first moved to New York City, she worked as a stenographer and a freelance writer before becoming a reporter for the U.S. State Department's publication, Amerika.

Trivia

She was both an urban-themed author and a political activist.

Family Life

She married Robert Hyde Jacobs in 1944. An opponent of the Vietnam War, she moved to Canada in the late 1960s and lived in Toronto for the remainder of her life.

Associated With

Joseph Gordon shares her alma mater, Columbia University.

Top Asked Questions about Jane Jacobs

How old is Jane Jacobs in 2024?

Jane Jacobs is 108 years old today.

When was Jane Jacobs born?

Jane Jacobs was born on May 04, 1916 in Scranton, PA.

What is Jane Jacobs zodiac sign?

Jane Jacobs zodiac sign is Taurus.

What was Jane Jacobs best known for?

Jane Jacobs was best known as Journalist.

Fun Facts about Jane Jacobs's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Jane Jacobs's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Jane Jacobs was born on Thursday, 125^th day / 18^th week of 1916
Jane Jacobs has Taurus zodiac sign and Earth element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Jane Jacobs birthday is IV.V.MCMXVI
Jane Jacobs's birthstone is Emerald
Jane Jacobs's birth flower is Hawthorn that symbolize happiness, humility & sweetness
Jane Jacobs age in year is 108 years old
Jane Jacobs age in month is 1302 months old
Jane Jacobs age in day is 39648 days old
Jane Jacobs age in hour is 951552 hours old
Jane Jacobs age in minute is 57093120 minutes old
Jane Jacobs age in second is 3425587200 seconds old
Next Jane Jacobs birthday is on Sunday, May 4th 2025
Jane Jacobs age in next birthday (2025) is 109 years old

Historical Events on Jane Jacobs Birthday (May 04)

Below are historical events that coincided with Jane Jacobs's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1972	The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation".
1973	The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet as the world's tallest building.
1978	The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people.
1979	Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1982	Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War.
1988	The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
1989	Iran-Contra affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges; the convictions are later overturned on appeal.
1990	Latvia declares independence from the Soviet Union.
1994	Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord, granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.
1998	A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.
2000	Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London (an office separate from that of the Lord Mayor of London).
2002	One hundred three people are killed and 51 are injured in a plane crash near Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria.
2007	Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7-mile wide EF5 tornado. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated as such with the new Enhanced Fujita scale.
2014	Three people are killed and 62 injured in a pair of bombings on buses in Nairobi, Kenya.
2019	The inaugural all-female motorsport series, W Series, takes place at Hockenheimring. The race was won by Jamie Chadwick, who would go on to become the inaugural season's champion.
1989	The birth of Henna Lindholm, Finnish figure skater
1989	The birth of Rory McIlroy, Northern Irish golfer
1989	The birth of Aris Tatarounis, Greek basketball player
1989	The birth of James van Riemsdyk, American ice hockey player
1990	The birth of Irina Falconi, American tennis player
1990	The birth of Ryan Morgan, Australian rugby league player
1990	The birth of Duvashen Padayachee, Australian race car driver
1990	The birth of Andrea Torres, Filipino actress and model
1991	The birth of Brianne Jenner, Canadian women's ice hockey player
1992	The birth of Victor Oladipo, American basketball player
1993	The birth of Jānis Bērziņš, Latvian basketball player
1994	The birth of Abi Masatora, Japanese sumo wrestler
1994	The birth of Joseph Tapine, New Zealand rugby league player
1996	The birth of Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
1997	The birth of Max King, Australian rugby league player
2013	The death of Morgan Morgan-Giles, English admiral and politician (b. 1914)
2013	The death of César Portillo de la Luz, Cuban guitarist and composer (b. 1922)
2014	The death of Dick Ayers, American author and illustrator (b. 1924)
2014	The death of Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian-Scottish tennis player (b. 1983)
2014	The death of Edgar Cortright, American scientist and engineer (b. 1923)
2014	The death of Helga Königsdorf, German physicist and author (b. 1938)
2014	The death of Ross Lonsberry, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1947)
2014	The death of Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1948)
2015	The death of William Bast, American screenwriter and author (b. 1931)
2015	The death of Ellen Albertini Dow, American actress (b. 1913)
2015	The death of Marv Hubbard, American football player (b. 1946)
2016	The death of Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, Burundian politician (b. 1946)
2020	The death of Don Shula, American football player and coach (b. 1930)
2020	The death of Greg Zanis, American carpenter and activist (b. 1950)
2021	The death of Nick Kamen, English model, songwriter (b. 1962)

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