Updated at December 11, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Les Blank |
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Birthdate | November 27, 1935 |
Birth Place | Florida |
Age (in 2024) | 89 Years Old |
Zodiac | Sagittarius |
Occupation | Director |
Les Blank is best known as Director who has born on November 27, 1935 in Florida. Currently, Les Blank is 89 years, 0 months and 14 days old. Les Blank will celebrate 90th birthday on Thursday, 27th of November 2025. Below the countdown to Les Blank upcoming birthday.
Documentary film director known for his portraits of such American musicians as Dizzy Gillespie and Sam Lightnin' Hopkins and their respective musical genres. He also made two films about the life of German director Werner Herzog.
He earned degrees in English and theater from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
He established a production company called Flower Films.
He grew up in Florida and Massachusetts, and he later settled in central California.
He directed a 1965 documentary about jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie.
Les Blank is 89 years old today.
Les Blank was born on November 27, 1935 in Florida.
Les Blank zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Les Blank was best known as Director.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Les Blank's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1978 | The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the Turkish village of Fis. |
1983 | Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181. |
1984 | Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agrees to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty. |
1989 | Avianca Flight 203: A Boeing 727 explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The MedellĂn Cartel will claim responsibility for the attack. |
1992 | For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andrés Pérez in Venezuela. |
1997 | Twenty-five people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria. |
1999 | The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history. |
2001 | A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet. |
2004 | Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church. |
2006 | The House of Commons of Canada approves a motion introduced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper recognizing the Québécois as a nation within Canada. |
2008 | XL Airways Germany Flight 888T: An Airbus A320 performing a flight test crashes near the French commune of Canet-en-Roussillon, killing all seven people on board. |
2009 | Nevsky Express bombing: A bomb explodes on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, derailing it and causing 28 deaths and 96 injuries. |
2015 | An active shooter inside a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, shoots at least four police officers. One officer later dies. Two civilians are also killed, and six injured. The shooter later surrendered. |
2020 | Iran's top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, is assassinated near Tehran. |
2020 | Days after the announcement of its discovery, the Utah monolith is removed by recreationists. |
1985 | The birth of Alison Pill, Canadian actress |
1985 | The birth of Thilo Versick, German footballer |
1986 | The birth of Suresh Kumar Raina, Indian cricketer |
1986 | The birth of Steven Silva, American-Filipino footballer |
1986 | The birth of Xavi Torres, Spanish footballer |
1986 | The birth of Oritsé Williams, English singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer |
1989 | The birth of Michael Floyd, American football player |
1989 | The birth of Freddie Sears, English footballer |
1990 | The birth of Josh Dubovie, English singer |
1992 | The birth of Ala Boratyn, Polish singer-songwriter |
1992 | The birth of Park Chanyeol, South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, actor and model |
1995 | The birth of Suliasi Vunivalu, Fijian rugby league player |
1996 | The birth of Mike Williams, Dutch DJ and record producer |
1996 | The birth of Andy Truong, Australian fashion designer |
2001 | The birth of Zoe Colletti, American actress |
2013 | The death of Volker Roemheld, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1941) |
2013 | The death of NĂlton Santos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1925) |
2013 | The death of Manuel F. Segura, Filipino colonel (b. 1919) |
2014 | The death of Wanda BĆeĆska, Polish physician and missionary (b. 1911) |
2014 | The death of Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer (b. 1988) |
2014 | The death of P. D. James, English author (b. 1920) |
2014 | The death of Jack Kyle, Irish rugby player and humanitarian (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of Fernance B. Perry, Portuguese-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922) |
2015 | The death of Mark Behr, Tanzanian-South African author and academic (b. 1963) |
2015 | The death of Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Garrett Swasey, American figure skater and coach (b. 1971) |
2015 | The death of Philippe Washer, Belgian tennis player and golfer (b. 1924) |
2016 | The death of Ioannis Grivas, Greek statesman (b. 1923) |
2020 | The death of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iranian nuclear scientist (b. 1958) |
2021 | The death of Apetor, Norwegian YouTuber (b. 1964) |
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