Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Joe Engle |
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Birthdate | August 26, 1932 |
Birth Place | Kansas |
Age (in 2024) | 92 Years Old |
Zodiac | Virgo |
Occupation | Astronaut |
Joe Engle is best known as Astronaut who has born on August 26, 1932 in Kansas. Currently, Joe Engle is 92 years, 2 months and 7 days old. Joe Engle will celebrate 93rd birthday on Tuesday, 26th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Joe Engle upcoming birthday.
Notable as a test pilot for NASA and the U.S. Air Force's North American X-15 project, he piloted a 1977 test flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise and went on to head a 1981 test of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
After completing his bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Kansas, he joined the United States Air Force. He began his career with NASA in early 1966.
His numerous honors include the NASA and U.S. Air Force Distinguished Service Medals; the Society of Experimental Test Pilots' Iven C. Kincheloe Prize; and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' Pioneer of Flight Award.
He was born and raised in Chapman, Kansas. His marriage to Mary Catherine Lawrence produced children named Jon and Laurie; he later married Jeanie Carter.
He and fellow astronaut Joseph Walker were both X-15 test pilots.
Joe Engle is 92 years old today.
Joe Engle was born on August 26, 1932 in Kansas.
Joe Engle zodiac sign is Virgo.
Joe Engle was best known as Astronaut.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Joe Engle's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1970 | The fiftieth anniversary of American women being able to vote is marked by a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality. |
1972 | The Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich, West Germany. |
1977 | The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec. |
1978 | Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I. |
1980 | After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming. |
1997 | Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead. |
1998 | The first flight of the Boeing Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X communications satellite. |
1999 | Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade. |
2003 | A Beechcraft 1900 operating as Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board. |
2009 | Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido are apprehended. |
2011 | The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA. |
2014 | The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published. |
2015 | Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia. |
2018 | Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida. |
2021 | During the 2021 Kabul airlift, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport kills 13 US military personnel and at least 169 Afghan civilians. |
1986 | The birth of Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer |
1986 | The birth of Colin Kazim-Richards, Turkish footballer |
1986 | The birth of Cassie Ventura, American singer, dancer, actress and model |
1987 | The birth of Juan Joseph, American football player and coach (d. 2014) |
1988 | The birth of Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player |
1988 | The birth of Evan Ross, American actor |
1988 | The birth of Danielle Savre, American actress |
1988 | The birth of Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player |
1988 | The birth of Lars Stindl, German football player |
1989 | The birth of James Harden, American basketball player |
1990 | The birth of Lorenzo Brown, American basketball player |
1990 | The birth of Irina-Camelia Begu, Romanian tennis player |
1990 | The birth of Mateo Musacchio, Argentinian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Jessie Diggins, American cross-country skier |
1999 | The birth of Kotoshoho Yoshinari, Japanese sumo wrestler |
2013 | The death of Bill Schmitz, American football player and coach (b. 1954) |
2013 | The death of Jack Sinagra, American lawyer and politician (b. 1950) |
2013 | The death of Clyde A. Wheeler, American soldier and politician (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Christian Bourquin, French lawyer and politician (b. 1954) |
2014 | The death of Peter Bacon Hales, American historian, photographer, and author (b. 1950) |
2014 | The death of Caroline Kellett, English journalist (b. 1960) |
2014 | The death of Chūsei Sone, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937) |
2015 | The death of Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist (b. 1911) |
2015 | The death of Donald Eric Capps, American theologian, author, and academic (b. 1939) |
2015 | The death of P. J. Kavanagh, English poet and author (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Stefanos Manikas, Greek politician (b. 1952) |
2015 | The death of Francisco San Diego, Filipino bishop (b. 1935) |
2017 | The death of Tobe Hooper, American film director (b. 1943) |
2018 | The death of Neil Simon, American playwright and author (b. 1927) |
2020 | The death of Joe Ruby, American animator (b. 1933) |
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