Updated at November 7, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Kathrine Switzer |
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Birthdate | January 05, 1947 |
Birth Place | Amberg, Germany |
Age (in 2024) | 77 Years Old |
Zodiac | Capricorn |
Occupation | Runner |
Kathrine Switzer is best known as Runner who has born on January 05, 1947 in Amberg, Germany. Currently, Kathrine Switzer is 77 years, 10 months and 2 days old. Kathrine Switzer will celebrate 78th birthday on Sunday, 5th of January 2025. Below the countdown to Kathrine Switzer upcoming birthday.
Notable for her 2007 memoir Marathon Woman, Switzer rose to fame in 1967 as the first registered female runner in the Boston Marathon. Because women were, at the time, not allowed to compete in the race, she secured entry by signing up under the name "K.V. Switzer."
She earned bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Syracuse University.
In 1974, she was the fastest woman in the New York City Marathon, finishing the race in three hours, seven minutes, and twenty-nine seconds.
Born to a military family living in Germany, she relocated to her parents' native United States at the age of two and spent her high school years in Northern Virginia. Her first marriage was to Tom Miller (who ran alongside her in the 1967 Boston Marathon); she later married fellow writer and marathon runner Roger Robinson.
Switzer paved the way for fellow female runner Catherine Ndereba, who won the 2000 Boston marathon and went on to earn silver medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.
Kathrine Switzer is 77 years old today.
Kathrine Switzer was born on January 05, 1947 in Amberg, Germany.
Kathrine Switzer zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Kathrine Switzer was best known as Runner.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Kathrine Switzer's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1957 | In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine. |
1967 | Cultural Revolution: The Shanghai People's Commune is established following the seizure of power from local city officials by revolutionaries. |
1968 | Alexander Dubček comes to power in Czechoslovakia, effectively beginning the "Prague Spring". |
1969 | The Venera 5 space probe is launched at 06:28:08 UTC from Baikonur. |
1969 | Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes in Fernhill, West Sussex, while on approach to Gatwick Airport, killing 50 people. |
1970 | The 7.1 Mw Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 10,000 and 15,000 people are known to have been killed and about another 26,000 are injured. |
1972 | US President Richard Nixon announces the Space Shuttle program. |
1975 | The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people. |
1976 | The Khmer Rouge announce that the new Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea is ratified. |
1976 | The Troubles: Gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, allegedly as retaliation for a string of attacks on Catholic civilians in the area by Loyalists, particularly the killing of six Catholics the night before. |
1991 | Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia, opening the 1991-92 South Ossetia War. |
1991 | Somali Civil War: The United States Embassy to Somalia in Mogadishu is evacuated by helicopter airlift days after the outbreak of violence in Mogadishu. |
1993 | The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil. |
2005 | The dwarf planet Eris is discovered by Palomar Observatory-based astronomers, later motivating the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to define the term planet for the first time. |
2014 | A launch of the communication satellite GSAT-14 aboard the GSLV MK.II D5 marks the first successful flight of an Indian cryogenic engine. |
1986 | The birth of Deepika Padukone, Indian actress |
1987 | The birth of Dexter Bean, American race car driver |
1987 | The birth of Kristin Cavallari, American TV personality |
1987 | The birth of Stuart Flanagan, Australian rugby league player |
1988 | The birth of Azizulhasni Awang, Malaysian track cyclist |
1988 | The birth of Luke Daniels, English footballer |
1988 | The birth of Mandip Gill, English actress |
1989 | The birth of Krisztián Németh, Hungarian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Mark Nicholls, Australian rugby league player |
1991 | The birth of Denis Alibec, Romanian footballer |
1993 | The birth of Stefan Rzadzinski, Canadian race car driver |
1994 | The birth of Lachlan Fitzgibbon, Australian rugby league player |
1994 | The birth of Tyrone Phillips, Australian rugby league player |
1995 | The birth of Toafofoa Sipley, New Zealand rugby league player |
1996 | The birth of James Fisher-Harris, New Zealand rugby league player |
2014 | The death of Eusébio, Mozambican-Portuguese footballer and manager (b. 1942) |
2014 | The death of Carmen Zapata, American actress (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Jean-Pierre Beltoise, French racing driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1937) |
2015 | The death of Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (b. 1912) |
2016 | The death of Pierre Boulez, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1925) |
2017 | The death of Jill Saward, English rape victim and activist (b. 1965) |
2018 | The death of Asghar Khan, Pakistani three star general and politician (b. 1921) |
2018 | The death of Thomas Bopp, American astronomer best known as the co-discoverer of comet Hale-Bopp (b. 1949) |
2018 | The death of Karin von Aroldingen, German ballerina (b. 1941) |
2019 | The death of Bernice Sandler, American women's rights activist (b. 1928) |
2019 | The death of Dragoslav Šekularac, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1937) |
2020 | The death of Tafazzul Haque Habiganji, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (b. 1938) |
2021 | The death of Colin Bell, English footballer (b. 1946) |
2021 | The death of John Georgiadis, English violinist and composer (b. 1939) |
2022 | The death of Kim Mi-soo, South Korean actress and model (b. 1992) |
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