Updated at December 11, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Janet Collins |
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Birthdate | March 07, 1917 |
Birth Place | Louisiana |
Age (in 2024) | 107 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Dancer |
Janet Collins is best known as Dancer who has born on March 07, 1917 in Louisiana. Currently, Janet Collins is 107 years, 9 months and 4 days old. Janet Collins will celebrate 108th birthday on Friday, 7th of March 2025. Below the countdown to Janet Collins upcoming birthday.
American ballerina, choreographer, and dance teacher who was one of the only classically trained black ballerinas in her time and was the first black ballerina at the Metropolitan Opera. She is the namesake for the Janet Collins Fellowship, which attempts to aid young dancers on their path to success.
She began dancing at the age of four and received recognition for her work in Broadway shows like Aida, Carmen, and Cole Porter's Out of This World.
Although she struggled with racism and her work was often hindered, she toured with her own original choreography which was widely respected.
After her retirement, she joined the Benedictine order. Her cousin established the Janet Collins Fellowship, which provides support for aspiring ballet dancers.
She paved the way for African-American singer Marian Anderson to be hired by the Met.
Janet Collins is 107 years old today.
Janet Collins was born on March 07, 1917 in Louisiana.
Janet Collins zodiac sign is Pisces.
Janet Collins was best known as Dancer.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Janet Collins's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1951 | Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces. |
1951 | Iranian prime minister Ali Razmara is assassinated by Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of the Islamic fundamentalist Fada'iyan-e Islam, inside a mosque in Tehran. |
1965 | Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama. |
1967 | The Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Sementara (MPRS), Indonesia's provisional parliament, revoked Sukarno's mandate as President of Indonesia. |
1968 | Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnamese military begin Operation Truong Cong Dinh to root out Viet Cong forces from the area surrounding Mỹ Tho. |
1971 | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of then East Pakistan (present day-Bangladesh), delivers his historic 7th March speech in the Racecourse Field (Now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka. |
1986 | Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USSÂ Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor. |
1987 | Lieyu massacre: Taiwanese military massacre of 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees at Donggang, Lieyu, Kinmen. |
1989 | Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. |
1993 | The tugboat Thomas Hebert sank off the coast of New Jersey, USA. |
2006 | The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India. |
2007 | Reform of the House of Lords: The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected. |
2007 | Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people. |
2009 | The Real Irish Republican Army kills two British soldiers and injures two other soldiers and two civilians at Massereene Barracks, the first British military deaths in Northern Ireland since the end of The Troubles. |
2021 | At least 105 die and 600 are injured in the 2021 Bata explosions in Bata, Equatorial Guinea. |
1984 | The birth of Lindsay McCaul, American singer-songwriter |
1985 | The birth of Andre Fluellen, American football player |
1985 | The birth of Cameron Prosser, Australian swimmer |
1985 | The birth of Gerwyn Price, Welsh darts player |
1986 | The birth of Ben Griffin, Australian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Hatem Ben Arfa, French footballer |
1987 | The birth of Niclas Bergfors, Swedish ice hockey player |
1988 | The birth of Larry Asante, American football player |
1991 | The birth of Michele Rigione, Italian footballer |
1994 | The birth of Chase Kalisz, American swimmer |
1994 | The birth of Jordan Pickford, English footballer |
1995 | The birth of Jerome Binnom-Williams, English footballer |
1995 | The birth of Aboubakar Kamara, French footballer |
1996 | The birth of Liam Donnelly, Northern Irish footballer |
1998 | The birth of Amanda Gorman, American poet and activist |
2012 | The death of Ravi, Indian director and composer (b. 1926) |
2012 | The death of WÅ‚odzimierz Smolarek, Polish footballer and manager (b. 1957) |
2013 | The death of Peter Banks, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947) |
2013 | The death of Damiano Damiani, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1922) |
2013 | The death of Frederick B. Karl, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1924) |
2013 | The death of Claude King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Anatoly Borisovich Kuznetsov, Russian actor and director (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Ned O'Gorman, American poet and educator (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of Victor Shem-Tov, Israeli lawyer and politician, 8th Israeli Minister of Health (b. 1915) |
2015 | The death of G. Karthikeyan, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1949) |
2015 | The death of F. Ray Keyser, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 72nd Governor of Vermont (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1935) |
2016 | The death of Adrian Hardiman, Irish lawyer and judge (b. 1951) |
2016 | The death of Leonard Berney, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp liberator (b. 1920) |
2017 | The death of Lynne Stewart, American attorney and activist (b. 1939) |
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