Updated at December 12, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | John Roebling |
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Birthdate | June 12, 1806 |
Birth Place | Germany |
Age (in 2024) | 218 Years Old |
Zodiac | Gemini |
Occupation | Engineer |
John Roebling is best known as Engineer who has born on June 12, 1806 in Germany. Currently, John Roebling is 218 years, 6 months and 0 days old. John Roebling will celebrate 219th birthday on Thursday, 12th of June 2025. Below the countdown to John Roebling upcoming birthday.
Remembered best for designing the Brooklyn Bridge, this 19th-century civil engineer helmed numerous other major projects, including the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge; the Allegheny Bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge (which connects Ohio and Kentucky).
Before beginning his work in the United States, he studied engineering, architecture, hydraulics, and construction in Berlin, Germany.
Tragically, while Roebling was investigating the future site of the Brooklyn Bridge, his foot was injured so badly by a boat that his toes had to be amputated. He then developed tetanus, a condition that quickly led to his death.
A native of Muhlhausen, Germany (then Prussia), Roebling grew up with three older siblings. His marriage to Johanna Herting produced five sons and four daughters; his oldest son, Washington Roebling, also contributed to the design and construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Roebling and Golden Gate Bridge engineer Joseph Strauss were both responsible for landmark American suspension bridges.
John Roebling is 218 years old today.
John Roebling was born on June 12, 1806 in Germany.
John Roebling zodiac sign is Gemini.
John Roebling was best known as Engineer.
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Below are historical events that coincided with John Roebling's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1982 | Nuclear disarmament rally and concert, New York City. |
1987 | The Central African Republic's former emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule. |
1987 | Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate, U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. |
1988 | Austral LÃneas Aéreas Flight 046, a McDonnell Douglas MD-81, crashes short of the runway at Libertador General José de San MartÃn Airport, killing all 22 people on board. |
1990 | Russia Day: The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty. |
1991 | Russians first democratically elected Boris Yeltsin as the President of Russia. |
1991 | Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa. |
1993 | An election takes place in Nigeria and is won by Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. Its results are later annulled by the military Government of Ibrahim Babangida. |
1997 | Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London. |
1999 | Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. |
2009 | A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide-ranging local and international protests. |
2014 | Between 1,095 and 1,700 Shia Iraqi people are killed in an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Camp Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq. It's the second deadliest act of terrorism in history, only behind 9/11. |
2016 | Forty-nine civilians are killed and 58 others injured in an attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida; the gunman, Omar Mateen, is killed in a gunfight with police. |
2017 | American student Otto Warmbier returns home in a coma after spending 17 months in a North Korean prison and dies a week later. |
2018 | United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea held the first meeting between leaders of their two countries in Singapore. |
1984 | The birth of James Kwalia, Kenyan-Qatari runner |
1984 | The birth of Bruno Soriano, Spanish footballer |
1985 | The birth of Blake Ross, American computer programmer, co-created Mozilla Firefox |
1985 | The birth of Kendra Wilkinson, American model, actress, and author |
1986 | The birth of Salim Mehajer, Australian politician |
1988 | The birth of Eren Derdiyok, Swiss footballer |
1988 | The birth of Mauricio Isla, Chilean footballer |
1989 | The birth of Emma Eliasson, Swedish ice hockey player |
1989 | The birth of Ibrahim Jeilan, Ethiopian runner |
1990 | The birth of Jrue Holiday, American basketball player |
1990 | The birth of David Worrall, English footballer |
1992 | The birth of Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian footballer |
1996 | The birth of Annalisa Cochrane, American actress |
1996 | The birth of Shonica Wharton, Barbadian netball player |
1999 | The birth of Ajey Nagar, Indian youtuber |
2012 | The death of Hector Bianciotti, Argentinian-French journalist and author (b. 1930) |
2012 | The death of Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen, Danish-German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1917) |
2012 | The death of Medin Zhega, Albanian footballer and manager (b. 1946) |
2012 | The death of Elinor Ostrom, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1933) |
2012 | The death of Pahiño, Spanish footballer (b. 1923) |
2012 | The death of Frank Walker, Australian judge and politician, 41st Attorney General of New South Wales (b. 1942) |
2013 | The death of Teresita Barajuen, Spanish nun (b. 1908) |
2014 | The death of Nabil Hemani, Algerian footballer (b. 1979) |
2014 | The death of Dan Jacobson, South African-English author and critic (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of Frank Schirrmacher, German journalist (b. 1959) |
2015 | The death of Fernando Brant, Brazilian journalist, poet, and composer (b. 1946) |
2018 | The death of Jon Hiseman, English drummer (b. 1944) |
2019 | The death of Sylvia Miles, American actress (b. 1924) |
2022 | The death of Philip Baker Hall, American actor (b. 1931) |
2022 | The death of Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby union player (b. 1948) |
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