Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Laura Ashley |
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Birthdate | September 07, 1925 |
Birth Place | Dowlais, Wales |
Age (in 2024) | 99 Years Old |
Zodiac | Virgo |
Occupation | Fashion Designer |
Laura Ashley is best known as Fashion Designer who has born on September 07, 1925 in Dowlais, Wales. Currently, Laura Ashley is 99 years, 2 months and 14 days old. Laura Ashley will celebrate 100th birthday on Sunday, 7th of September 2025. Below the countdown to Laura Ashley upcoming birthday.
Welsh entrepreneur and fashion and furniture designer. Her clothing design style was marked by a romantic, nineteenth-century, pastoral character and by the use of non-synthetic materials.
During World War II, she joined the Women's Royal Naval Service. After the war, she worked as a secretary and designer of quilts and scarves.
Her fashion design company was originally called Ashley Mountney (a combination of her married and maiden names), but her husband suggested that it be re-named Laura Ashley.
She was raised in England and Wales by Baptist parents. Her marriage to engineer and fellow designer Bernard Ashley produced four children.
She was a contemporary of Broadway costume designer Patricia Zipprodt.
Laura Ashley is 99 years old today.
Laura Ashley was born on September 07, 1925 in Dowlais, Wales.
Laura Ashley zodiac sign is Virgo.
Laura Ashley was best known as Fashion Designer.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Laura Ashley's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1979 | The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy. |
1984 | An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen. |
1986 | Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town. |
1986 | Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet survives an assassination attempt by the FPMR; 5 of Pinochet's bodyguards are killed. |
1997 | Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. |
1999 | The 6.0 Mw Athens earthquake affected the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800-1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless. |
2005 | Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election. |
2008 | The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. |
2010 | A Chinese fishing trawler collides with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands. |
2011 | The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team. |
2012 | Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over nuclear plans and purported human rights abuses. |
2017 | The 8.2 Mw 2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people. |
2019 | Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia. |
2021 | Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador. |
2021 | The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the 2021-2023 Myanmar civil war |
1987 | The birth of Danny North, English footballer |
1987 | The birth of Evan Rachel Wood, American actress and singer |
1987 | The birth of Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player |
1988 | The birth of Alex Harvey, Canadian skier |
1988 | The birth of Kevin Love, American basketball player |
1990 | The birth of Libor Hudáček, Slovakian ice hockey player |
1990 | The birth of Fedor Klimov, Russian figure skater |
1991 | The birth of Dale Finucane, Australian rugby league player |
1991 | The birth of Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (d. 2010) |
1994 | The birth of Elinor Barker, Welsh track cyclist |
1994 | The birth of Herman Ese'ese, New Zealand rugby league player |
1994 | The birth of Tom Opacic, Australian rugby league player |
1994 | The birth of Kento Yamazaki, Japanese actor |
1996 | The birth of Donovan Mitchell, American basketball player |
1999 | The birth of Laurie Jussaume, Canadian cyclist |
2013 | The death of Romesh Bhandari, Pakistani-Indian politician and diplomat, 13th Foreign Secretary of India (b. 1928) |
2013 | The death of Frank Blevins, English-Australian politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia (b. 1939) |
2013 | The death of Pete Hoffman, American cartoonist (b. 1919) |
2013 | The death of Ilja Hurník, Czech playwright and composer (b. 1922) |
2013 | The death of Fred Katz, American cellist and composer (b. 1919) |
2014 | The death of Kwon Ri-se, South Korean singer (b. 1991) |
2014 | The death of Jack Cristil, American sportscaster and radio host (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Filipino Secretary of Justice (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Yoshiko Ōtaka, Chinese-Japanese actress, singer, and politician (b. 1920) |
2014 | The death of Harold Shipp, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Dickie Moore, American actor (b. 1925) |
2015 | The death of Candida Royalle, American porn actress, director, and producer (b. 1950) |
2015 | The death of Guillermo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Voula Zouboulaki, Greek actress (b. 1924) |
2018 | The death of Pedro Jirón, Nicaraguan footballer |
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Tiktok | Laura Ashley on Tiktok |
Wikipedia | Laura Ashley on Wikipedia |
Website | Laura Ashley's Webiste |
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