Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Karol Bobko |
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Birthdate | December 23, 1937 |
Birth Place | New York City, NY |
Age (in 2024) | 86 Years Old |
Zodiac | Capricorn |
Occupation | Astronaut |
Karol Bobko is best known as Astronaut who has born on December 23, 1937 in New York City, NY. Currently, Karol Bobko is 86 years, 10 months and 10 days old. Karol Bobko will celebrate 87th birthday on Monday, 23rd of December 2024. Below the countdown to Karol Bobko upcoming birthday.
Astronaut involved in the 1975 ApolloâSoyuz Test Project, a 1985 Space Shuttle Discovery mission, and a 1985 U.S. Department of Defense mission aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. He was also the first pilot to fly the doomed Space Shuttle Challenger, carrying out a successful 1983 voyage aboard the shuttle.
He achieved the rank of Colonel in the United States Air Force.
He flew on three Space Shuttle missions and was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.
He grew up in New York City as a member of a family of Polish heritage.
He and fellow astronaut James Irwin were both Colonels in the U.S. Air Force.
Karol Bobko is 86 years old today.
Karol Bobko was born on December 23, 1937 in New York City, NY.
Karol Bobko zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Karol Bobko was best known as Astronaut.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Karol Bobko's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Karol Bobko's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1970 | The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a one-party state. |
1972 | The Immaculate Reception is caught by Franco Harris to win the Pittsburgh Steelers their first ever playoff victory, after defeating the Oakland Raiders. |
1972 | A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000. |
1972 | The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, surviving by cannibalism. |
1978 | Alitalia Flight 4128 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea while on approach to Falcone Borsellino Airport in Palermo, Italy, killing 108. |
1979 | Soviet-Afghan War: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital. |
1984 | After experiencing an engine fire, Aeroflot Flight 3519 attempts to make an emergency landing at Krasnoyarsk International Airport but crashes, killing 110 of the 111 people on board. |
1986 | Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling. |
1990 | History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88.5% of Slovenia's overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia. |
2002 | A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft. |
2003 | An explosion at the PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field in Kai County, Chongqing, China, kills at least 234. |
2005 | An Antonov An-140, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Aktau, Kazakhstan, heading across the Caspian Sea, crashes, killing 23 people. |
2007 | An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state. |
2008 | A coup d'état occurs in Guinea hours after the death of President Lansana Conté. |
2015 | A bomb explodes at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport, killing one airport cleaner. The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks claim responsibility for the attack four days later. |
1984 | The birth of Josh Satin, American baseball player |
1984 | The birth of Sebastian Werle, German rugby player |
1985 | The birth of Harry Judd, English drummer and songwriter |
1986 | The birth of Thomas Bourgin, French motorcycle racer (d. 2013) |
1986 | The birth of Beau Champion, Australian rugby league player |
1986 | The birth of BalĂĄzs DzsudzsĂĄk, Hungarian footballer |
1986 | The birth of T. J. Oshie, American ice hockey player |
1987 | The birth of Tommaso Bellazzini, Italian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Owen Franks, New Zealand rugby player |
1988 | The birth of Mallory Hagan, Miss America 2013 |
1989 | The birth of Liis Koger, Estonian painter and poet |
1992 | The birth of Jeff Schlupp, German footballer |
1994 | The birth of Reed Alexander, American actor |
1996 | The birth of Bartosz Kapustka, Polish footballer |
2002 | The birth of Finn Wolfhard, Canadian actor and musician |
2013 | The death of Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and weapons designer, designed the AK-47 rifle (b. 1919) |
2013 | The death of Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator (b. 1920) |
2013 | The death of Ricky Lawson, American drummer and composer (b. 1954) |
2013 | The death of G. S. Shivarudrappa, Indian poet and educator (b. 1926) |
2013 | The death of Robert W. Wilson, American philanthropist and art collector (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Edward Greenspan, Canadian lawyer and author (b. 1944) |
2014 | The death of Robert V. Hogg, American statistician and academic (b. 1924) |
2015 | The death of Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1941) |
2015 | The death of Don Howe, English footballer and manager (b. 1935) |
2015 | The death of Jean-Marie Pelt, French biologist, pharmacist, and academic (b. 1933) |
2015 | The death of BĂŒlent Ulusu, Turkish admiral and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1923) |
2017 | The death of Maurice Hayes, Irish educator and politician (b. 1927) |
2020 | The death of Leslie West, American singer and guitarist (b. 1945) |
2021 | The death of Joan Didion, American writer (b. 1934) |
2022 | The death of Brandon Montrell, American TikTok personality and stand-up comedian (b. 1979) |
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