Melba Patillo Beals Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at April 24, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Melba Patillo Beals Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Melba Patillo Beals Facts

Full Name	Melba Patillo Beals
Birthdate	December 07, 1941
Birth Place	Little Rock, AR
Age (in 2024)	82 Years Old
Zodiac	Sagittarius
Occupation	Journalist

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Melba Patillo Beals Age & Birthday

Melba Patillo Beals is best known as Journalist who has born on December 07, 1941 in Little Rock, AR. Currently, Melba Patillo Beals is 82 years, 4 months and 17 days old. Melba Patillo Beals will celebrate 83rd birthday on Saturday, 7th of December 2024. Below the countdown to Melba Patillo Beals upcoming birthday.

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Melba Patillo Beals Biography

About

American author and journalist who was a member of the Little Rock Nine, the first group of students who integrated Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Before Fame

She enrolled in Central High in 1957, where she faced much hostility and eventually had to change schools when Central High shut down for two years.

Trivia

She published two books about her experience, Warriors Don't Cry and White is a State of Mind.

Family Life

She married John Beals, with whom she had two sons and one daughter.

Associated With

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent in the 101st airborne to protect her and the other students from protestors at the high school.

Top Asked Questions about Melba Patillo Beals

How old is Melba Patillo Beals in 2024?

Melba Patillo Beals is 82 years old today.

When was Melba Patillo Beals born?

Melba Patillo Beals was born on December 07, 1941 in Little Rock, AR.

What is Melba Patillo Beals zodiac sign?

Melba Patillo Beals zodiac sign is Sagittarius.

What was Melba Patillo Beals best known for?

Melba Patillo Beals was best known as Journalist.

Fun Facts about Melba Patillo Beals's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Melba Patillo Beals's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Melba Patillo Beals was born on Sunday, 341^st day / 49^th week of 1941
Melba Patillo Beals has Sagittarius zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Melba Patillo Beals birthday is VII.XII.MCMXLI
Melba Patillo Beals's birthstone is Turquoise
Melba Patillo Beals's birth flower is Narcissus that symbolize sweetness, self-esteem & vanity
Melba Patillo Beals age in year is 82 years old
Melba Patillo Beals age in month is 988 months old
Melba Patillo Beals age in day is 30089 days old
Melba Patillo Beals age in hour is 722136 hours old
Melba Patillo Beals age in minute is 43328160 minutes old
Melba Patillo Beals age in second is 2599689600 seconds old
Next Melba Patillo Beals birthday is on Sunday, December 7th 2025
Melba Patillo Beals age in next birthday (2025) is 83 years old
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Historical Events on Melba Patillo Beals Birthday (December 07)

Below are historical events that coincided with Melba Patillo Beals's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1971	Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Deputy Prime Minister.
1972	Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
1982	In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
1982	The Senior Road Tower collapses in less than 17 seconds. Five workers on the tower are killed and three workers on a building nearby are injured.
1983	An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid-Barajas Airport, killing 93 people.
1987	Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, a British Aerospace 146-200A, crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and steers the plane into the ground.
1988	The 6.8 Ms  Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,000-50,000 and injuring 31,000-130,000.
1993	Long Island Rail Road shooting: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
1995	The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
1995	Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 crashes into the Bo-Dzhausa Mountain, killing 98.
1995	An Air Saint Martin (now Air Caraïbes) Beechcraft 1900 crashes near the Haitian commune of Belle Anse, killing 20.
2003	The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
2005	Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.
2015	The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.
2016	Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661, a domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad, operated by ATR-42-500 crashes near Havelian, killing all 47 on board.
1988	The birth of Emily Browning, Australian actress and singer
1989	The birth of Kyle Hendricks, American baseball player
1989	The birth of Alessandro Marchi, Italian footballer
1989	The birth of Nicholas Hoult, English actor
1990	The birth of David Goffin, Belgian tennis player
1990	The birth of Aleksandr Menkov, Russian long jumper
1990	The birth of Yasiel Puig, Cuban baseball player
1990	The birth of Urszula Radwańska, Polish tennis player
1991	The birth of Eugenio Pisani, Italian race car driver
1993	The birth of Rahama Sadau, Nigerian actress
1994	The birth of Pete Alonso, American baseball player
1994	The birth of Yuzuru Hanyu, Japanese figure skater
1997	The birth of Abi Harrison, Scottish footballer
1997	The birth of Tommy Nelson, American actor
1998	The birth of Tony Yike Yang, Canadian pianist
2012	The death of Ralph Parr, American colonel and pilot (b. 1924)
2012	The death of Marty Reisman, American table tennis player and author (b. 1930)
2012	The death of Saul Steinberg, American businessman and financier (b. 1939)
2013	The death of Édouard Molinaro, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2013	The death of Chick Willis, American singer and guitarist (b. 1934)
2014	The death of Mark Lewis, American author and educator (b. 1954)
2015	The death of Gerhard Lenski, American sociologist and academic (b. 1924)
2015	The death of Hyron Spinrad, American astronomer and academic (b. 1934)
2015	The death of Peter Westbury, English race car driver (b. 1938)
2016	The death of Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani recording artist, television personality, fashion designer, occasional actor, singer-songwriter and preacher. (b. 1964)
2016	The death of Greg Lake, English musician (b. 1947)
2017	The death of Steve Reevis, Native American actor (b. 1962)
2019	The death of Ron Saunders, English football player and manager (b. 1932)
2020	The death of Dick Allen, American baseball player and tenor (b. 1942)
2020	The death of Chuck Yeager, American aviator (b. 1923)

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