Updated at November 5, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Marritt A. Edison |
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Birthdate | April 25, 1897 |
Birth Place | Rutland, VT |
Age (in 2024) | 127 Years Old |
Zodiac | Taurus |
Occupation | War Hero |
Marritt A. Edison is best known as War Hero who has born on April 25, 1897 in Rutland, VT. Currently, Marritt A. Edison is 127 years, 6 months and 10 days old. Marritt A. Edison will celebrate 128th birthday on Friday, 25th of April 2025. Below the countdown to Marritt A. Edison upcoming birthday.
World War II hero of the Battle of Guadalcanal and recipient of the prestigious Medal of Honor.
He served in the Marine Corps as a second lieutenant and was transferred to the American air base in Guam.
He commanded a battalion that guarded the Henderson airstrip in Guadalcanal.
He was born in Rutland, Vermont and grew up in nearby Chester.
He and Doris Miller both received the coveted Medal of Honor for their bravery during World War II.
Marritt A. Edison is 127 years old today.
Marritt A. Edison was born on April 25, 1897 in Rutland, VT.
Marritt A. Edison zodiac sign is Taurus.
Marritt A. Edison was best known as War Hero.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Marritt A. Edison's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Marritt A. Edison's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1974 | Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime and establishes a democratic government. |
1980 | One hundred forty-six people are killed when Dan-Air Flight 1008 crashes near Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands. |
1981 | More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. |
1982 | Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords. |
1983 | Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war. |
1983 | Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit. |
1990 | Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position. |
2001 | President George W. Bush pledges U.S. military support in the event of a Chinese attack on Taiwan. |
2004 | The March for Women's Lives brings between 500,000 and 800,000 protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on abortion. |
2005 | The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937. |
2005 | A seven-car commuter train derails and crashes into an apartment building near Amagasaki Station in Japan, killing 107, including the driver. |
2005 | Bulgaria and Romania sign the Treaty of Accession 2005 to join the European Union. |
2007 | Boris Yeltsin's funeral: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894. |
2014 | The Flint water crisis begins when officials at Flint, Michigan switch the city's water supply to the Flint River, leading to lead and bacteria contamination upon the citizens. |
2015 | Nearly 9,100 are killed after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal. |
1987 | The birth of Jay Park, American-South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer |
1987 | The birth of Johann Smith, American soccer player |
1988 | The birth of James Sheppard, Canadian ice hockey player |
1989 | The birth of Marie-Michèle Gagnon, Canadian skier |
1989 | The birth of Michael van Gerwen, Dutch darts player |
1989 | The birth of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama |
1990 | The birth of Jean-Éric Vergne, French racing driver |
1990 | The birth of Taylor Walker, Australian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Alex Shibutani, American ice dancer |
1993 | The birth of Alex Bowman, American race car driver |
1993 | The birth of Daniel Norris, American baseball player |
1994 | The birth of Omar McLeod, Jamaican hurdler |
1995 | The birth of Lewis Baker, English footballer |
1996 | The birth of Mack Horton, Australian swimmer |
1997 | The birth of Julius Ertlthaler, Austrian footballer |
2013 | The death of Jacob Avshalomov, American composer and conductor (b. 1919) |
2013 | The death of György Berencsi, Hungarian virologist and academic (b. 1941) |
2013 | The death of Rick Camp, American baseball player (b. 1953) |
2014 | The death of Dan Heap, Canadian priest and politician (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of William Judson Holloway Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and judge (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Earl Morrall, American football player and coach (b. 1934) |
2014 | The death of Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1968) |
2014 | The death of Stefanie Zweig, German journalist and author (b. 1932) |
2015 | The death of Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Matthias Kuhle, German geographer and academic (b. 1948) |
2015 | The death of Don Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and novelist (b. 1922) |
2015 | The death of Mike Phillips, American basketball player (b. 1956) |
2016 | The death of Tom Lewis, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1922) |
2018 | The death of Madeeha Gauhar, Pakistani actress, playwright and director of social theater, and women's rights activist (b. 1956) |
2019 | The death of John Havlicek, American basketball player (b. 1940) |
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