Updated at November 4, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | John Archibald Wheeler |
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Birthdate | July 09, 1911 |
Birth Place | Florida |
Age (in 2024) | 113 Years Old |
Zodiac | Cancer |
Occupation | Physicist |
John Archibald Wheeler is best known as Physicist who has born on July 09, 1911 in Florida. Currently, John Archibald Wheeler is 113 years, 3 months and 26 days old. John Archibald Wheeler will celebrate 114th birthday on Wednesday, 9th of July 2025. Below the countdown to John Archibald Wheeler upcoming birthday.
Influential Princeton University physicist who worked with Neils Bohr and Albert Einstein on atomic theory and helped with the development of the atomic bomb as a part of the Manhattan project. He is also noteworthy for coining the terms quantum foam, wormhole, and the phrase "it from bit."
He developed an early interest in science from reading scientific publications, and went on to earn his doctorate at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
In addition to his work on atomic theory, he studied the results of gravitational collapse in stars and coined the term 'black hole.'
He grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, both of his parents were librarians.
He, Niels Bohr and Enrico Fermi pioneered the theory of nuclear fission, by which atomic particles splitting released massive amounts of energy, leading the way for the creation of atomic weapons.
John Archibald Wheeler is 113 years old today.
John Archibald Wheeler was born on July 09, 1911 in Florida.
John Archibald Wheeler zodiac sign is Cancer.
John Archibald Wheeler was best known as Physicist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with John Archibald Wheeler's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1958 | A 7.8 Mw⯠strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reached 525 m (1,722 ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed. |
1961 | Greece becomes the first member state to join the European Economic Community by signing the Athens Agreement, which was suspended in 1967 during the Greek junta. |
1962 | Starfish Prime tests the effects of a nuclear test at orbital altitudes. |
1977 | The Pinochet dictatorship in Chile organises the youth event of Acto de Chacarillas, a ritualised act reminiscent of Francoist Spain. |
1979 | A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France in an unsuccessful assassination attempt. |
1982 | Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground. |
1986 | The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand. |
1993 | The Parliament of Canada passes the Nunavut Act leading to the 1999 creation of Nunavut, dividing the Northwest Territories into arctic (Inuit) and sub-arctic (Dene) lands based on a plebiscite. |
1995 | The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees. |
1997 | A Fokker 100 from the Brazilian airline TAM launches engineer Fernando Caldeira de Moura Campos into 2,400 meters of free fall after an explosion that depressurized the aircraft. |
1999 | Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran. |
2002 | The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, replacing the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The organization's first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa. |
2006 | One hundred and twenty-five people are killed when S7 Airlines Flight 778, an Airbus A310 passenger jet, veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia. |
2011 | South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan. |
2011 | A rally takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to call for fairer elections in the country. |
1985 | The birth of PaweĆ Korzeniowski, Polish swimmer |
1985 | The birth of Ashley Young, English footballer |
1986 | The birth of SĂ©bastien Bassong, Cameroonian footballer |
1986 | The birth of Simon Dumont, American skier |
1986 | The birth of Kiely Williams, American singer-songwriter and dancer |
1987 | The birth of Gert JÔeÀÀr, Estonian cyclist |
1987 | The birth of Rebecca Sugar, American animator, composer, and screenwriter |
1988 | The birth of Raul Rusescu, Romanian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Earl Bamber, New Zealand race car driver |
1990 | The birth of FĂĄbio, Brazilian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Rafael, Brazilian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Mitchel Musso, American actor and singer |
1993 | The birth of Mitch Larkin, Australian swimmer |
1993 | The birth of DeAndre Yedlin, American footballer |
1999 | The birth of Claire Corlett, American voice actress |
2013 | The death of Andrew Nori, Solomon lawyer and politician (b. 1952) |
2013 | The death of Kiril of Varna, Bulgarian metropolitan (b. 1954) |
2013 | The death of Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (b. 1927) |
2013 | The death of Toshi Seeger, American activist, co-founded the Clearwater Festival (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Lorenzo Ălvarez FlorentĂn, Paraguayan violinist and composer (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of David Azrieli, Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of John Spinks, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1953) |
2015 | The death of Christian Audigier, French fashion designer (b. 1958) |
2015 | The death of Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian economist and politician, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1940) |
2019 | The death of William E. Dannemeyer, American politician (b. 1929) |
2019 | The death of Ross Perot, American businessman and politician (b. 1930) |
2019 | The death of Fernando de la RĂșa, 43rd President of Argentina (b. 1937) |
2019 | The death of Rip Torn, American actor (b. 1931) |
2019 | The death of Freddie Jones, English actor (b. 1927) |
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