Jonas Salk Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts
Updated at May 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Jonas Salk Facts
| Full Name | Jonas Salk |
|---|---|
| Birthdate | October 28, 1914 |
| Birth Place | New York City, NY |
| Age (in 2024) | 109 Years Old |
| Zodiac | Scorpio |
| Occupation | Virologist |
Jonas Salk Age & Birthday
Jonas Salk is best known as Virologist who has born on October 28, 1914 in New York City, NY. Currently, Jonas Salk is 109 years, 6 months and 5 days old. Jonas Salk will celebrate 110th birthday on Monday, 28th of October 2024. Below the countdown to Jonas Salk upcoming birthday.
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About
Jewish medical researcher and virologist who developed a vaccine against polio in 1955. He never attempted to patent his vaccine and thus made no money off of it. In 1960 he founded he Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California and he spent his last years attempting to find a cure to HIV.
Before Fame
He attended Townsend Harris High School for intellectually gifted students, which aimed to graduate students in three years rather than four. After graduating, he attended CCNY.Â
Trivia
Before he discovered the vaccine for polio, it was considered the most frightening public health problem in the United States. In 1952, 21,269 patients were left with mild to disabling paralysis.
Family Life
He was married to his second wife Françoise Gilot from 1970 until his death in 1995. He had five sons and one daughter.
Associated With
He developed the first effective vaccine for polio, a disease which most notably affected President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Top Asked Questions about Jonas Salk
How old is Jonas Salk in 2024?
Jonas Salk is 109 years old today.
When was Jonas Salk born?
Jonas Salk was born on October 28, 1914 in New York City, NY.
What is Jonas Salk zodiac sign?
Jonas Salk zodiac sign is Scorpio.
What was Jonas Salk best known for?
Jonas Salk was best known as Virologist.
Fun Facts about Jonas Salk's Birthday
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Jonas Salk's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
- Jonas Salk was born on Wednesday, 301st day / 44th week of 1914
- Jonas Salk has Scorpio zodiac sign and Water element based on western astrology
- Roman numeral of Jonas Salk birthday is XXVIII.X.MCMXIV
- Jonas Salk's birthstone is Opal
- Jonas Salk's birth flower is Calendula that symbolize winning grace, protection, comfort, healing & lovable
- Jonas Salk age in year is 109 years old
- Jonas Salk age in month is 1314 months old
- Jonas Salk age in day is 39999 days old
- Jonas Salk age in hour is 959976 hours old
- Jonas Salk age in minute is 57598560 minutes old
- Jonas Salk age in second is 3455913600 seconds old
- Next Jonas Salk birthday is on Tuesday, October 28th 2025
- Jonas Salk age in next birthday (2025) is 110 years old
Historical Events on Jonas Salk Birthday (October 28)
Below are historical events that coincided with Jonas Salk's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1958 | John XXIII is elected Pope. |
| 1962 | The Cuban Missile Crisis ends and Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba. |
| 1965 | Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Roman Catholic Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths. |
| 1971 | Prospero becomes the only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket. |
| 1982 | The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. |
| 1990 | Georgia holds its only free election under Soviet rule. |
| 1995 | The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured. |
| 2006 | A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police. |
| 2007 | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina. |
| 2009 | The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213. |
| 2009 | NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program. |
| 2009 | US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. |
| 2013 | Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers at Tiananmen Square in China. |
| 2014 | A rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia. |
| 2018 | Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil with 57 million votes, with Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad as the runner-up. It is the first time in 16 years that a Workers' Party candidate is not elected president. |
| 1987 | The birth of Frank Ocean, American singer-songwriter |
| 1988 | The birth of Edd Gould, English cartoonist and animator (d. 2012) |
| 1988 | The birth of Jamie xx, English musician, DJ, record producer and remixer |
| 1989 | The birth of Camille Muffat, French swimmer (d. 2015) |
| 1991 | The birth of Lucy Bronze, English footballer |
| 1992 | The birth of Maria Sergejeva, Estonian figure skater |
| 1992 | The birth of Jeon Ji-hee, South Korean table tennis player |
| 1995 | The birth of Glen Kamara, Finnish footballer |
| 1996 | The birth of Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress |
| 1996 | The birth of Jack Eichel, American ice hockey player |
| 1996 | The birth of Una Raymond-Hoey, Irish cricketer |
| 1997 | The birth of Taylor Fritz, American tennis player |
| 1997 | The birth of Georgia Godwin, Australian artistic gymnast |
| 1998 | The birth of Nolan Gould, American actor |
| 2001 | The birth of Sonay Kartal, British tennis player |
| 2010 | The death of James MacArthur, American actor (b. 1937) |
| 2010 | The death of Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (b. 1938) |
| 2010 | The death of Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist, architect, and educator (b. 1934) |
| 2011 | The death of Tom Addington, English soldier (b. 1919) |
| 2012 | The death of Gordon Bilney, Australian dentist and politician (b. 1939) |
| 2012 | The death of John Cheffers, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1936) |
| 2012 | The death of Jack Dellal, English businessman (b. 1923) |
| 2013 | The death of Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and manager (b. 1920) |
| 2013 | The death of Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1927) |
| 2013 | The death of Aleksandar Tijanić, Serbian journalist (b. 1949) |
| 2013 | The death of Rajendra Yadav, Indian author (b. 1929) |
| 2014 | The death of Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (b. 1927) |
| 2014 | The death of Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (b. 1937) |
| 2018 | The death of Colin Sylvia, Australian rules footballer (b. 1985) |
| 2022 | The death of Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1935) |
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