Updated at December 25, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Ken Burns |
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Birthdate | July 29, 1953 |
Birth Place | Brooklyn, NY |
Age (in 2024) | 71 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Occupation | Director |
Ken Burns is best known as Director who has born on July 29, 1953 in Brooklyn, NY. Currently, Ken Burns is 71 years, 4 months and 27 days old. Ken Burns will celebrate 72nd birthday on Tuesday, 29th of July 2025. Below the countdown to Ken Burns upcoming birthday.
Documentary filmmaker whose best known works include The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994) and Jazz (2001). He received Academy Award nominations for his films Brooklyn Bridge from 1981 and The Statue of Liberty from 1985.
He worked in a record store to pay for his tuition at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.
His 1994 documentary series Baseball won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series and his 2009 series The National Parks: America's Best Idea won an Emmy for Outstanding Non-fiction Series.
He was married to Amy Stechler Burns from 1982 to 1993 and in 2003, he married Julie Deborah Brown. He has two daughters named Sarah and Lily.
In 1997, he released a three-part documentary series about the life of former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.
Ken Burns is 71 years old today.
Ken Burns was born on July 29, 1953 in Brooklyn, NY.
Ken Burns zodiac sign is Leo.
Ken Burns was best known as Director.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Ken Burns's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Ken Burns's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1973 | Driver Roger Williamson is killed during the Dutch Grand Prix, after a suspected tire failure causes his car to pitch into the barriers at high speed. |
1976 | In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks. |
1980 | Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution. |
1981 | A worldwide television audience of around 750 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London. |
1981 | After impeachment on June 21, Abolhassan Banisadr flees with Massoud Rajavi to Paris, in an Iranian Air Force Boeing 707, piloted by Colonel Behzad Moezzi, to form the National Council of Resistance of Iran. |
1987 | British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel). |
1987 | Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues. |
1993 | The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free. |
1996 | The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad. |
2005 | Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris. |
2010 | An overloaded passenger ferry capsizes on the Kasai River in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in at least 80 deaths. |
2013 | Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne injuring 25 people. |
2015 | The first piece of suspected debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is discovered on Réunion Island. |
2019 | The 2019 Altamira prison riot between rival Brazilian drug gangs leaves 62 dead. |
2021 | The International Space Station temporarily spins out of control, moving the ISS 45 degrees out of attitude, following an engine malfunction of Russian module Nauka. |
1984 | The birth of Chad Billingsley, American baseball player |
1984 | The birth of Wilson Palacios, Honduran footballer |
1985 | The birth of Besart Berisha, Albanian footballer |
1985 | The birth of Okinoumi Ayumi, Japanese sumo wrestler |
1985 | The birth of Simon Santoso, Indonesian badminton player |
1988 | The birth of Tarjei Bø, Norwegian biathlete |
1989 | The birth of Grit Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete |
1990 | The birth of Shin Se-kyung, South Korean actress, singer and model |
1991 | The birth of Dale Copley, Australian rugby league player |
1991 | The birth of Irakli Logua, Russian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Karen Torrez, Bolivian swimmer |
1993 | The birth of Nicole Melichar, American tennis player |
1993 | The birth of Dak Prescott, American football player |
1994 | The birth of Liam O'Brien, Canadian ice hockey player |
1998 | The birth of Mirjam Björklund, Swedish tennis player |
2013 | The death of Tony Gaze, Australian soldier, pilot, and race car driver (b. 1920) |
2013 | The death of Munir Hussain, Indian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of M. Caldwell Butler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Jon R. Cavaiani, English-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1943) |
2014 | The death of Giorgio Gaslini, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of María Antonia Iglesias, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1945) |
2014 | The death of Péter Kiss, Hungarian engineer and politician (b. 1959) |
2014 | The death of Idris Muhammad, American drummer and composer (b. 1939) |
2014 | The death of Thomas R. St. George, American soldier and author (b. 1919) |
2015 | The death of Antony Holland, English-Canadian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1920) |
2015 | The death of Peter O'Sullevan, Anglo-Irish sportscaster (b. 1918) |
2015 | The death of Mike Pyle, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1939) |
2015 | The death of Franklin H. Westervelt, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic (b. 1930) |
2018 | The death of Oliver Dragojević, Croatian recording artist (b. 1947) |
2018 | The death of Nikolai Volkoff, Yugoslav-born American professional wrestler (b. 1947) |
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