Updated at December 22, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Link Wray |
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Birthdate | May 02, 1929 |
Birth Place | Dunn, NC |
Age (in 2024) | 95 Years Old |
Zodiac | Taurus |
Occupation | Guitarist |
Link Wray is best known as Guitarist who has born on May 02, 1929 in Dunn, NC. Currently, Link Wray is 95 years, 7 months and 20 days old. Link Wray will celebrate 96th birthday on Friday, 2nd of May 2025. Below the countdown to Link Wray upcoming birthday.
Member of the band Link Wray and his Ray Men, which was known for the hit song "Rumble."
He served in the Korean War, during which he contracted tuberculosis, which eventually cost him a lung.
He was ranked #45 on Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
He had a total of eight children across three marriages to Elizabeth Canady Wray, Ethel "Kitty" Tidwell Wray and Sharon Wray.
His song "Rumble" had a significant influence on Jimmy Page, as well as the blues and hard rock movements.
Link Wray is 95 years old today.
Link Wray was born on May 02, 1929 in Dunn, NC.
Link Wray zodiac sign is Taurus.
Link Wray was best known as Guitarist.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Link Wray's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Link Wray's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1972 | In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, Idaho, killing 91 workers. |
1982 | Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMSÂ Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano. |
1986 | Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster. |
1989 | Cold War: Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect. |
1995 | During the Croatian War of Independence, the Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina fires cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians. |
1998 | The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy. |
1999 | Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama. |
2000 | President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military. |
2004 | The Yelwa massacre concludes. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims killed 78 Christians at Yelwa. In response, about 630 Muslims were killed by Christians on May 2nd. |
2008 | Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless. |
2008 | Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people. |
2011 | Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man, is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. |
2011 | An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others are taken ill. |
2012 | A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120Â million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction. |
2014 | Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing. |
1988 | The birth of Neftalà Feliz, Dominican baseball player |
1988 | The birth of Stephen Henderson, Irish footballer |
1989 | The birth of Jeanette Pohlen, American basketball player |
1990 | The birth of Kay Panabaker, American actress |
1990 | The birth of Paul George, American basketball player |
1991 | The birth of Jeong Jinwoon, South Korean actor and singer |
1992 | The birth of Sunmi, South Korean singer |
1992 | The birth of MarÃa Teresa Torró Flor, Spanish tennis player |
1993 | The birth of Owain Doull, Welsh track cyclist |
1993 | The birth of Isyana Sarasvati, Indonesian singer |
1993 | The birth of Huang Zitao, Chinese singer and rapper |
1996 | The birth of Cherprang Areekul, Thai singer |
1996 | The birth of Julian Brandt, German footballer |
1996 | The birth of Schuyler Bailar, American swimmer |
2015 | The birth of Princess Charlotte of Wales, British royal, and third in line to the British throne |
2013 | The death of Joseph P. McFadden, American bishop (b. 1947) |
2013 | The death of Dvora Omer, Israeli author and educator (b. 1932) |
2013 | The death of Ivan Turina, Croatian footballer (b. 1980) |
2013 | The death of Charles Banks Wilson, American painter and illustrator (b. 1918) |
2014 | The death of Tomás Balduino, Brazilian bishop (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Žarko Petan, Slovenian director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., American actor (b. 1918) |
2015 | The death of Stuart Archer, English colonel and architect (b. 1915) |
2015 | The death of Michael Blake, American author and screenwriter (b. 1945) |
2015 | The death of Guy Carawan, American singer and musicologist (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Maya Plisetskaya, Russian-Lithuanian ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director (b. 1925) |
2015 | The death of Ruth Rendell, English author (b. 1930) |
2016 | The death of Afeni Shakur, American music businesswoman, activist, and Black Panther (b. 1947) |
2020 | The death of Arif Wazir, Pakistani politician, leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (b. 1982) |
2021 | The death of Marcel Stellman, Belgian record producer and lyricist (b. 1925) |
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