Updated at November 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Louis Kahn |
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Birthdate | February 20, 1901 |
Birth Place | Estonia |
Age (in 2024) | 123 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Architect |
Louis Kahn is best known as Architect who has born on February 20, 1901 in Estonia. Currently, Louis Kahn is 123 years, 9 months and 3 days old. Louis Kahn will celebrate 124th birthday on Thursday, 20th of February 2025. Below the countdown to Louis Kahn upcoming birthday.
Prominent American architect whose work included the Yale University Art Gallery. He served as a professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Design from 1957 until his passing.
He studied at the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his B.A. in 1924, and in 1935, he established his own atelier. He worked at the Yale School of Architecture from 1947 until 1957 as a design critic and professor of architecture.
He was awarded the AIA Gold Medal in 1971 and also received the RIBA Gold Medal.
He was romantically involved with three women over the course of his lifetime and had a child with each partner: his daughter was by his wife, Esther; his second daughter, Alexandra Tyng, was born to his frequent collaborator, Anne Tyng; and his son was born to Harriet Pattison. His second daughter's birth occurred in Rome to prevent a scandal.
He taught at Yale University, where actor Paul Giamatti studied.
Louis Kahn is 123 years old today.
Louis Kahn was born on February 20, 1901 in Estonia.
Louis Kahn zodiac sign is Pisces.
Louis Kahn was best known as Architect.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Louis Kahn's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1965 | Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts. |
1968 | The China Academy of Space Technology, China's main arm for the research, development, and creation of space satellites, is established in Beijing. |
1971 | The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert. |
1979 | An earthquake cracks open the Sinila volcanic crater on the Dieng Plateau, releasing poisonous H2S gas and killing 149 villagers in the Indonesian province of Central Java. |
1986 | The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years. |
1988 | The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. |
1991 | In the Albanian capital Tirana, a gigantic statue of Albania's long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down by mobs of angry protesters. |
1998 | American figure skater Tara Lipinski, at the age of 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating gold-medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. |
2003 | During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the Station nightclub ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others. |
2005 | Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout. |
2009 | Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack. |
2010 | In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of the archipelago. |
2014 | Dozens of Euromaidan anti-government protesters died in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, many reportedly killed by snipers. |
2015 | Two trains collide in the Swiss town of Rafz resulting in as many as 49 people injured and Swiss Federal Railways cancelling some services. |
2016 | Six people are killed and two injured in multiple shooting incidents in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. |
1985 | The birth of Julia Volkova, Russian singer and actress |
1985 | The birth of TJ Kirk, American YouTube personality and podcast host |
1987 | The birth of Luke Burgess, English rugby league player |
1987 | The birth of Miles Teller, American actor |
1988 | The birth of Kealoha Pilares, American football player |
1988 | The birth of Ki Bo-bae, South Korean archer |
1988 | The birth of Rihanna, Barbadian-American singer-songwriter and actress |
1988 | The birth of Jiah Khan, Indian singer and actress (d. 2013) |
1989 | The birth of Daly Cherry-Evans, Australian rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Ciro Immobile, Italian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Hidilyn Diaz, Filipino weightlifter |
1991 | The birth of Angelique van der Meet, Dutch tennis player |
1992 | The birth of Kyle Turner, Australian rugby league player |
1994 | The birth of Kateryna Baindl, Ukrainian tennis player |
2003 | The birth of Olivia Rodrigo, American actress and singer |
2013 | The death of David S. McKay, American biochemist and geologist (b. 1936) |
2013 | The death of Antonio Roma, Argentinian footballer (b. 1932) |
2014 | The death of Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Walter D. Ehlers, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Garrick Utley, American journalist (b. 1939) |
2015 | The death of Govind Pansare, Indian author and activist (b. 1933) |
2015 | The death of Henry Segerstrom, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of John C. Willke, American physician, author, and activist (b. 1925) |
2016 | The death of Fernando Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest and politician (b. 1934) |
2017 | The death of Vitaly Churkin, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United Nations (b. 1952) |
2017 | The death of Mildred Dresselhaus, American physicist (b. 1930) |
2017 | The death of Steve Hewlett, British journalist (b. 1958) |
2020 | The death of Joaquim Pina Moura, Portuguese Minister of Economy and Treasury and MP (b. 1952) |
2021 | The death of Nurul Haque Miah, Bangladeshi professor and writer (b. 1944) |
2021 | The death of Mauro Bellugi, Italian footballer (b. 1950) |
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