Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Katharine Hepburn |
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Birthdate | May 12, 1907 |
Birth Place | Hartford, CT |
Age (in 2024) | 117 Years Old |
Zodiac | Taurus |
Occupation | Movie Actress |
Katharine Hepburn is best known as Movie Actress who has born on May 12, 1907 in Hartford, CT. Currently, Katharine Hepburn is 117 years, 6 months and 9 days old. Katharine Hepburn will celebrate 118th birthday on Monday, 12th of May 2025. Below the countdown to Katharine Hepburn upcoming birthday.
Named the greatest actress in Hollywood history by the American Film Institute in 1999, she set a record by winning four Academy Awards for Best Actress for the films The African Queen (1951), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968) and On Golden Pond (1981).
She began acting in school plays at Bryn Mawr College and made her big screen debut in the 1932 film A Bill of Divorcement.
She played leading roles in a number of Shakespeare plays in the 1950's and '60's, including The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night and Antony and Cleopatra.
She married Ludlow Ogden Smith in 1928 and the couple divorced in 1934. She also had relationships with actor Spencer Tracy and entrepreneur and filmmaker Howard Hughes.
She co-starred with another Hollywood icon, Humphrey Bogart, in the 1951 adventure film The African Queen.
Katharine Hepburn is 117 years old today.
Katharine Hepburn was born on May 12, 1907 in Hartford, CT.
Katharine Hepburn zodiac sign is Taurus.
Katharine Hepburn was best known as Movie Actress.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Katharine Hepburn's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Katharine Hepburn's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1978 | In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order. |
1982 | During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in FĂĄtima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan MarĂa FernĂĄndez y Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet. |
1989 | The San Bernardino train disaster kills four people, only to be followed a week later by an underground gasoline pipeline explosion, which kills two more people. |
1998 | Four students are shot at Trisakti University, leading to widespread riots and the fall of Suharto. |
2002 | Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since the Cuban Revolution. |
2003 | The Riyadh compound bombings in Saudi Arabia, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 39 people. |
2006 | Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in SĂŁo Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead. |
2006 | Iranian Azeris interpret a cartoon published in an Iranian magazine as insulting, resulting in massive riots throughout the country. |
2008 | An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people. |
2008 | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of a workplace in Postville, Iowa, arresting nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud. |
2010 | Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes on final approach to Tripoli International Airport in Tripoli, Libya, killing 103 out of the 104 people on board. |
2015 | A train derailment in Philadelphia kills eight people and injures more than 200. |
2015 | Massive Nepal earthquake kills 218 people and injures more than 3500. |
2017 | The WannaCry ransomware attack impacts over 400,000 computers worldwide, targeting computers of the United Kingdom's National Health Services and TelefĂłnica computers. |
2018 | Paris knife attack: A man is fatally shot by police in Paris after killing one and injuring several others. |
1983 | The birth of Francisco Javier Torres, Mexican footballer |
1984 | The birth of Clare Bowen, Australian actress and singer |
1985 | The birth of Paolo Goltz, Argentinian footballer |
1985 | The birth of Andrew Howe, Italian long jumper and sprinter |
1985 | The birth of Jeroen Simaeys, Belgian footballer |
1986 | The birth of Jonathan Orozco, Mexican footballer |
1986 | The birth of Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress |
1987 | The birth of Kieron Pollard, Trinidadian cricketer |
1988 | The birth of Marcelo, Brazilian footballer |
1989 | The birth of Eleftheria Eleftheriou, Greek Cypriot singer, musician, and actress |
1990 | The birth of Florent Amodio, French figure skater |
1990 | The birth of Etika, American YouTuber and live streamer (d. 2019) |
1992 | The birth of Volha Khudzenka, Belarusian kayaker |
1995 | The birth of Tamara Korpatsch, German tennis player |
1997 | The birth of Morgan Lake, English athlete |
2008 | The death of Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1925) |
2008 | The death of Irena Sendler, Polish nurse and humanitarian (b. 1910) |
2009 | The death of Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957) |
2012 | The death of Jan Bens, Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1921) |
2012 | The death of Eddy Paape, Belgian illustrator (b. 1920) |
2013 | The death of Gerd Langguth, German political scientist, author, and academic (b. 1946) |
2014 | The death of Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Marco CĂ©, Italian cardinal (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (b. 1940) |
2014 | The death of Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934) |
2014 | The death of Lorenzo Zambrano, Mexican businessman and philanthropist (b. 1944) |
2015 | The death of Peter Gay, German-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1923) |
2016 | The death of Mike Agostini, Trinidadian sprinter (b. 1935) |
2017 | The death of Mauno Koivisto, Finnish banker and politician, ninth President of Finland (b. 1923) |
2018 | The death of Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer (b. 1945) |
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