Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Joe Franklin |
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Birthdate | March 09, 1926 |
Birth Place | New York |
Age (in 2024) | 98 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | TV Show Host |
Joe Franklin is best known as TV Show Host who has born on March 09, 1926 in New York. Currently, Joe Franklin is 98 years, 8 months and 12 days old. Joe Franklin will celebrate 99th birthday on Sunday, 9th of March 2025. Below the countdown to Joe Franklin upcoming birthday.
Remembered for his long-running television talk program The Joe Franklin Show, this entertainment personality and popular culture expert is also notable for his publications, which include Joe Franklin's Movie Trivia; Joe Franklin's Encyclopedia of Comedians; and Joe Franklin's Awfully Corny Joke Book.
When he was only fourteen years old, he began writing for Kate Smith's popular radio show. Two years later, he joined the music team of a Martin Block-hosted radio program called Make Believe Ballroom.
He made cameo appearances in the movies Broadway Danny Rose and Ghostbusters.
Born Joseph Fortgang, he grew up in New York City as a member of a Jewish family. His marriage to Lois Meridan resulted in a son named Bradley.
Surpassing Johnny Carson's hosting record by over ten years, Franklin won the Guinness World Record for continuous television talk show hosting.
Joe Franklin is 98 years old today.
Joe Franklin was born on March 09, 1926 in New York.
Joe Franklin zodiac sign is Pisces.
Joe Franklin was best known as TV Show Host.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Joe Franklin's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Joe Franklin's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1954 | McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly. |
1956 | Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy. |
1957 | The 8.6 Mw  Andreanof Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami. |
1959 | The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York. |
1960 | Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis. |
1961 | Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight. |
1967 | Trans World Airlines Flight 553 crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26 people. |
1974 | The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars. |
1976 | Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date. |
1977 | The Hanafi Siege: In a 39-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings. |
1978 | President Soeharto inaugurated Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java. |
1987 | Chrysler announces its acquisition of American Motors Corporation |
1997 | Comet Hale-Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day. As the comet made its closest approach to Earth on March 26, all 39 active members of the Heaven's Gate cult committed ritual mass suicide over a period of three days, in the belief that their spirits would be teleported into an alien spacecraft flying inside the comet's tail. |
1997 | The Notorious B.I.G. is murdered in Los Angeles after attending the Soul Train Music Awards. He is gunned down leaving an after party at the Petersen Automotive Museum. His murder remains unsolved. |
2011 | Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights. |
1985 | The birth of Parthiv Patel, Indian cricketer |
1986 | The birth of Colin Greening, Canadian ice hockey player |
1986 | The birth of Brittany Snow, American actress and producer |
1987 | The birth of Shad Moss (Bow Wow), American rapper and actor |
1989 | The birth of Kim Tae-yeon (Taeyeon), South Korean singer |
1990 | The birth of Daley Blind, Dutch footballer |
1990 | The birth of Matt Robinson, New Zealand rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Keenon Dequan Ray Jackson (YG), American rapper |
1991 | The birth of Kim Joo-young (Jooyoung), South Korean singer-songwriter |
1993 | The birth of Min Yoon-gi (Suga), South Korean rapper, songwriter, record producer |
1994 | The birth of Morgan Rielly, Canadian ice hockey player |
1995 | The birth of Cierra Ramirez, American actress and singer |
1997 | The birth of Jane Chika Oranika (Chika), American rapper |
1998 | The birth of Najee Harris, American football running back |
2000 | The birth of Khabane Lame (Khaby Lame), Senegalese-Italian social media personality |
2007 | The death of Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921) |
2010 | The death of Willie Davis, American baseball player and manager (b. 1940) |
2010 | The death of Doris Haddock, American activist and politician (b. 1910) |
2010 | The death of Wilfy Rebimbus, Indian singer (b. 1942) |
2011 | The death of David S. Broder, American journalist and academic (b. 1929) |
2013 | The death of Max Jakobson, Finnish journalist and diplomat |
2013 | The death of Merton Simpson, American painter and art collector (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, Northern Irish soldier and politician (b. 1920) |
2016 | The death of Robert Horton, American actor (b. 1924) |
2016 | The death of Clyde Lovellette, American basketball player and coach (b. 1929) |
2017 | The death of Howard Hodgkin, British painter (b. 1932) |
2018 | The death of Jo Min-ki, Korean actor (b. 1965) |
2020 | The death of John Bathersby, Australian Catholic bishop (b. 1936) |
2021 | The death of James Levine, American conductor and pianist (b. 1943) |
2021 | The death of Roger Mudd, American journalist (b. 1928) |
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Website | Joe Franklin's Webiste |
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