John Backus Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at May 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

John Backus Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

John Backus Facts

Full Name	John Backus
Birthdate	December 03, 1924
Birth Place	Pennsylvania
Age (in 2024)	99 Years Old
Zodiac	Sagittarius
Occupation	Computer Scientist

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John Backus Age & Birthday

John Backus is best known as Computer Scientist who has born on December 03, 1924 in Pennsylvania. Currently, John Backus is 99 years, 4 months and 30 days old. John Backus will celebrate 100th birthday on Tuesday, 3rd of December 2024. Below the countdown to John Backus upcoming birthday.

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John Backus Biography

About

American computer scientist who helped develop Fortran, one of the first computer programming languages, for which he received the National Medal of Science in 1975. He also did important research in function-level programming, a different philosophy in programming language design.

Before Fame

He studied at an exclusive private high school in Pennsylvania, where he was fond of breaking its rules; he followed that up by flunking out of the University of Virginia.

Trivia

His Fortran was the first computer language to take on a more human syntax, and so was comprehensible and the first widely used high-level language.

Family Life

He grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, the son of a wealthy stockbroker.

Associated With

He built on the work of Konrad Kruze, who formed the foundations of the first programming language, to further deepen human-machine interface.

Top Asked Questions about John Backus

How old is John Backus in 2024?

John Backus is 99 years old today.

When was John Backus born?

John Backus was born on December 03, 1924 in Pennsylvania.

What is John Backus zodiac sign?

John Backus zodiac sign is Sagittarius.

What was John Backus best known for?

John Backus was best known as Computer Scientist.

Fun Facts about John Backus's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about John Backus's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

John Backus was born on Wednesday, 338^th day / 49^th week of 1924
John Backus has Sagittarius zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of John Backus birthday is III.XII.MCMXXIV
John Backus's birthstone is Turquoise
John Backus's birth flower is Narcissus that symbolize sweetness, self-esteem & vanity
John Backus age in year is 99 years old
John Backus age in month is 1192 months old
John Backus age in day is 36310 days old
John Backus age in hour is 871440 hours old
John Backus age in minute is 52286400 minutes old
John Backus age in second is 3137184000 seconds old
Next John Backus birthday is on Wednesday, December 3rd 2025
John Backus age in next birthday (2025) is 100 years old
Learn more interesting facts about December 03, 1924 birthday

Historical Events on John Backus Birthday (December 03)

Below are historical events that coincided with John Backus's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1982	A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri, that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.
1984	Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000-600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom later died from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
1989	In a meeting off the coast of Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the Cold War between NATO and the Warsaw Pact may be coming to an end.
1992	The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching A Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo.
1992	A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.
1994	Taiwan holds its first full local elections; James Soong elected as the first and only directly elected Governor of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian became the first directly elected Mayor of Taipei, Wu Den-yih became the first directly elected Mayor of Kaohsiung.
1995	Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701 crashes on approach to Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing 71 of the 76 people on board.
1997	In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
1999	NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
2005	XCOR Aerospace makes the first crewed rocket aircraft delivery of U.S. Mail in Kern County, California.
2007	Winter storms cause the Chehalis River to flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, and close a 32-kilometre (20 mi) portion of Interstate 5 for several days. At least eight deaths and billions of dollars in damages are blamed on the floods.
2009	A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.
2012	At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines.
2014	The Japanese space agency, JAXA, launches the space explorer Hayabusa2 from the Tanegashima Space Center on a six-year round trip mission to an asteroid to collect rock samples.
2021	COVID-19 pandemic: New Zealand moves into COVID-19 Protection Framework (Traffic Light System), moving Auckland out of lockdown for fully vaccinated people.
1987	The birth of Michael Angarano, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1987	The birth of Erik Grönwall, Swedish singer-songwriter
1987	The birth of Brian Robiskie, American football player
1987	The birth of Alicia Sacramone, American gymnast
1988	The birth of Melissa Aldana, Chilean saxophonist
1989	The birth of Alex McCarthy, English footballer
1989	The birth of Selçuk Alibaz, Turkish footballer
1989	The birth of Tomasz Narkun, Polish mixed martial artist
1990	The birth of Christian Benteke, Belgian footballer
1990	The birth of Sharon Fichman, Canadian-Israeli tennis player
1991	The birth of Ekaterine Gorgodze, Georgian tennis player
1992	The birth of Cristian Ceballos, Spanish footballer
1994	The birth of Solomone Kata, New Zealand rugby league player
1994	The birth of Lil Baby, American rapper
1994	The birth of Bernarda Pera, American tennis player
2012	The death of Kuntal Chandra, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
2012	The death of Fyodor Khitruk, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
2012	The death of Diego Mendieta, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1980)
2012	The death of Janet Shaw, Australian cyclist and author (b. 1966)
2013	The death of Paul Aussaresses, French general (b. 1918)
2013	The death of Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed, Egyptian air marshal (b. 1952)
2013	The death of Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egyptian poet and educator (b. 1929)
2014	The death of Herman Badillo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
2014	The death of Jacques Barrot, French politician, French European Commissioner (b. 1937)
2014	The death of Nathaniel Branden, Canadian-American psychotherapist and author (b. 1930)
2014	The death of Ian McLagan, English-American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1945)
2014	The death of James Stewart, Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1941)
2015	The death of Gladstone Anderson, Jamaican singer and pianist (b. 1934)
2015	The death of Eevi Huttunen, Finnish speed skater (b. 1922)
2015	The death of Scott Weiland, American singer-songwriter (b. 1967)

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