Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Joseph Kittinger |
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Birthdate | July 27, 1928 |
Birth Place | Tampa, FL |
Age (in 2024) | 96 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Occupation | Pilot |
Joseph Kittinger is best known as Pilot who has born on July 27, 1928 in Tampa, FL. Currently, Joseph Kittinger is 96 years, 3 months and 6 days old. Joseph Kittinger will celebrate 97th birthday on Sunday, 27th of July 2025. Below the countdown to Joseph Kittinger upcoming birthday.
U.S. Air Force pilot who famously took part in Project Excelsior and Project Manhigh and set skydiving and balloon records.
He served during the Vietnam War as a fighter pilot and spent nearly a year as a prisoner-of-war after his plane was shot down by the North Vietnamese.
He and astronomer William C. White teamed up on Project Stargazer in December of 1960.
He was born in Tampa, Florida.
He was involved in the 2012 Red Bull Stratos project as a director of daredevil Felix Baumgartner's historic free fall.
Joseph Kittinger is 96 years old today.
Joseph Kittinger was born on July 27, 1928 in Tampa, FL.
Joseph Kittinger zodiac sign is Leo.
Joseph Kittinger was best known as Pilot.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Joseph Kittinger's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Joseph Kittinger's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1963 | The Puijo observation tower is opened to the general public at Puijo Hill in Kuopio, Finland. |
1964 | Vietnam War: Five thousand more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000. |
1974 | Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon. |
1975 | Mayor of Jaffna and former MP Alfred Duraiappah is shot dead. |
1981 | While landing at Chihuahua International Airport, Aeromexico Flight 230 overshoots the runway. Thirty-two of the 66 passengers and crew on board the DC-9 are killed. |
1983 | Black July: Eighteen Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days. |
1989 | While attempting to land at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, Korean Air Flight 803 crashes just short of the runway. Seventy-five of the 199 passengers and crew and four people on the ground are killed, in the second accident involving a DC-10 in less than two weeks, the first being United Airlines Flight 232. |
1990 | The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence is moved to June 3. |
1990 | The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago. |
1995 | The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. |
1996 | In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. |
1997 | About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria. |
2002 | Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 77 and injuring more than 500 others, making it the deadliest air show disaster in history. |
2005 | After an incident during STS-114, NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank. |
2015 | At least seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab. |
1987 | The birth of Sarah Parsons, American ice hockey player |
1988 | The birth of Adam Biddle, Australian footballer |
1988 | The birth of Yoervis Medina, Venezuelan baseball player |
1988 | The birth of Ryan Tannehill, American football player |
1989 | The birth of Maya Ali, Pakistani actress |
1990 | The birth of Nick Hogan, American race car driver and actor |
1990 | The birth of Paolo Hurtado, Peruvian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Cheyenne Kimball, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
1990 | The birth of Stephen Li-Chung Kuo, Taiwanese-American figure skater |
1990 | The birth of Kriti Sanon, Indian actress |
1991 | The birth of Wandy Peralta, Dominican baseball player |
1993 | The birth of Reagan Campbell-Gillard, Australian rugby league player |
1993 | The birth of Max Power, English footballer |
1993 | The birth of Jordan Spieth, American golfer |
2003 | The birth of Elvina Kalieva, American tennis player |
2014 | The death of George Freese, American baseball player and coach (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of Wallace Jones, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of Francesco Marchisano, Italian cardinal (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of Paul Schell, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1937) |
2015 | The death of Rickey Grundy, American singer-songwriter (b. 1959) |
2015 | The death of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Samuel Pisar, Polish-born American lawyer and author (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Anthony Shaw, English general (b. 1930) |
2016 | The death of Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (b.1928) |
2016 | The death of James Alan McPherson, American short story writer and essayist (b. 1943) |
2016 | The death of Jerry Doyle, American actor and talk show host (b. 1956) |
2016 | The death of Piet de Jong, Dutch politician and naval officer, Minister of Defence), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1915) |
2017 | The death of Sam Shepard, American playwright, actor, author, screenwriter, and director (b.1943) |
2018 | The death of Marco Aurelio Denegri, Peruvian literature critic, television host and sexologist |
2022 | The death of Tony Dow, American actor, film producer, director, and sculptor (b. 1945) |
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