Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Jo Jones |
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Birthdate | October 07, 1911 |
Birth Place | Chicago, IL |
Age (in 2024) | 113 Years Old |
Zodiac | Libra |
Occupation | Drummer |
Jo Jones is best known as Drummer who has born on October 07, 1911 in Chicago, IL. Currently, Jo Jones is 113 years, 0 months and 26 days old. Jo Jones will celebrate 114th birthday on Tuesday, 7th of October 2025. Below the countdown to Jo Jones upcoming birthday.
Known by the nickname Papa Jo Jones, he was a jazz drummer who collaborated with artists like Art Blakey and Sonny Stitt. He was a Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame inductee in 1974.
He worked as a carnival tap-dancer as a child.
He revolutionized jazz drumming with his use of the hi-hat and drum brushes.
He was married to Vivien Greene until her death.
He was Ella Fitzgerald's drummer for Ella at the Opera House in 1958.
Jo Jones is 113 years old today.
Jo Jones was born on October 07, 1911 in Chicago, IL.
Jo Jones zodiac sign is Libra.
Jo Jones was best known as Drummer.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Jo Jones's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Jo Jones's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1987 | Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized. |
1987 | Fiji becomes a republic. |
1988 | A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales. |
1991 | Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb, Croatia. |
1993 | The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage. |
1996 | Fox News Channel begins broadcasting. |
1998 | Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming. He dies five days later. |
2000 | Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Hezbollah militants capture three Israeli Defense Force soldiers in a cross-border raid. |
2001 | The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground, starting the longest war in American history. |
2002 | The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-112 to continue assembly of the International Space Station. |
2008 | Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into earth's atmosphere. |
2008 | Qantas Flight 72 experiences an in-flight upset near Learmonth, Victoria, Australia, injuring 112. |
2016 | In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to over 800. |
2022 | 10 people die and 8 are injured in an explosion at petrol station in Creeslough. |
2022 | Ales Bialiatski, along with two organisations; Memorial & Center for Civil Liberties are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
1987 | The birth of Sam Querrey, American tennis player |
1988 | The birth of Diego da Silva Costa, Brazilian footballer |
1989 | The birth of Trent Merrin, Australian rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Sebastián Coates, Uruguayan footballer |
1991 | The birth of Nicole Jung, American singer |
1991 | The birth of Lay Zhang, Chinese singer-songwriter and actor |
1992 | The birth of Mookie Betts, American baseball player |
1995 | The birth of Lyndon Dykes, Australian professional footballer |
1995 | The birth of Lloyd Jones, English professional footballer |
1995 | The birth of Bram van Vlerken, Dutch professional football player |
1995 | The birth of Mathias Dyngeland, Norwegian footballer |
1996 | The birth of Lewis Capaldi, Scottish singer-songwriter |
1996 | The birth of Choi Jeong, South Korean Go player |
1998 | The birth of Trent Alexander-Arnold, English professional footballer |
2001 | The birth of Princess Senate Seeiso, Princess of Lesotho |
2013 | The death of Mick Buckley, English footballer (b. 1953) |
2013 | The death of Terry Burnham, American actress (b. 1949) |
2013 | The death of Patrice Chéreau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944) |
2013 | The death of David E. Jeremiah, American admiral (b. 1934) |
2013 | The death of Leandro Mendoza, Filipino police officer and politician, 36th Executive Secretary of the Philippines (b. 1946) |
2013 | The death of Joe Rogers, American lawyer and politician, 45th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (b. 1964) |
2014 | The death of Nika Kiladze, Georgian footballer (b. 1988) |
2014 | The death of Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1917) |
2015 | The death of Harry Gallatin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Hossein Hamadani, Iranian general (b. 1951) |
2015 | The death of Jurelang Zedkaia, Marshallese politician, 5th President of the Marshall Islands (b. 1950) |
2016 | The death of Ross Higgins, Australian actor, comedian (b. 1930) |
2020 | The death of Mario Molina, Mexican chemist (b. 1943) |
2022 | The death of Arun Bali, Indian actor (b. 1942) |
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