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Full Name | Joseph-Michel Montgolfier |
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Birthdate | August 26, 1740 |
Birth Place | Annonay, France |
Age (in 2024) | 284 Years Old |
Zodiac | Virgo |
Occupation | Inventor |
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier is best known as Inventor who has born on August 26, 1740 in Annonay, France. Currently, Joseph-Michel Montgolfier is 284 years, 3 months and 28 days old. Joseph-Michel Montgolfier will celebrate 285th birthday on Tuesday, 26th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Joseph-Michel Montgolfier upcoming birthday.
Co-inventor of the groundbreaking globe aérostatique hot air balloon.
He began his career as an inventor in the early 1780s.
He and his brother, Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, first flew their hot air balloon on June 4, 1783, at a public demonstration in Annonay.
He and his brother were two of sixteen children born to a successful paper manufacturer.
Queen Marie Antoinette was present to witness the first launch of the Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon, an event which used a sheep, a duck, and a rooster as test subjects.
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier is 284 years old today.
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier was born on August 26, 1740 in Annonay, France.
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier zodiac sign is Virgo.
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier was best known as Inventor.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Joseph-Michel Montgolfier's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
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1970 | The fiftieth anniversary of American women being able to vote is marked by a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality. |
1972 | The Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich, West Germany. |
1977 | The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec. |
1978 | Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I. |
1980 | After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming. |
1997 | Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead. |
1998 | The first flight of the Boeing Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X communications satellite. |
1999 | Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade. |
2003 | A Beechcraft 1900 operating as Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board. |
2009 | Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido are apprehended. |
2011 | The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA. |
2014 | The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published. |
2015 | Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia. |
2018 | Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida. |
2021 | During the 2021 Kabul airlift, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport kills 13 US military personnel and at least 169 Afghan civilians. |
1986 | The birth of Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer |
1986 | The birth of Colin Kazim-Richards, Turkish footballer |
1986 | The birth of Cassie Ventura, American singer, dancer, actress and model |
1987 | The birth of Juan Joseph, American football player and coach (d. 2014) |
1988 | The birth of Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player |
1988 | The birth of Evan Ross, American actor |
1988 | The birth of Danielle Savre, American actress |
1988 | The birth of Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player |
1988 | The birth of Lars Stindl, German football player |
1989 | The birth of James Harden, American basketball player |
1990 | The birth of Lorenzo Brown, American basketball player |
1990 | The birth of Irina-Camelia Begu, Romanian tennis player |
1990 | The birth of Mateo Musacchio, Argentinian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Jessie Diggins, American cross-country skier |
1999 | The birth of Kotoshoho Yoshinari, Japanese sumo wrestler |
2013 | The death of Bill Schmitz, American football player and coach (b. 1954) |
2013 | The death of Jack Sinagra, American lawyer and politician (b. 1950) |
2013 | The death of Clyde A. Wheeler, American soldier and politician (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Christian Bourquin, French lawyer and politician (b. 1954) |
2014 | The death of Peter Bacon Hales, American historian, photographer, and author (b. 1950) |
2014 | The death of Caroline Kellett, English journalist (b. 1960) |
2014 | The death of Chūsei Sone, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937) |
2015 | The death of Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist (b. 1911) |
2015 | The death of Donald Eric Capps, American theologian, author, and academic (b. 1939) |
2015 | The death of P. J. Kavanagh, English poet and author (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Stefanos Manikas, Greek politician (b. 1952) |
2015 | The death of Francisco San Diego, Filipino bishop (b. 1935) |
2017 | The death of Tobe Hooper, American film director (b. 1943) |
2018 | The death of Neil Simon, American playwright and author (b. 1927) |
2020 | The death of Joe Ruby, American animator (b. 1933) |
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