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

Updated at December 14, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

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

Melba Patillo Beals Facts

Full NameMelba Patillo Beals
BirthdateDecember 07, 1941
Birth PlaceLittle Rock, AR
Age (in 2024)83 Years Old
ZodiacSagittarius
OccupationJournalist

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 83 years, 0 months and 7 days old. Melba Patillo Beals will celebrate 84th birthday on Sunday, 7th of December 2025. 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 83 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, 341st day / 49th 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 83 years old
  • Melba Patillo Beals age in month is 996 months old
  • Melba Patillo Beals age in day is 30323 days old
  • Melba Patillo Beals age in hour is 727752 hours old
  • Melba Patillo Beals age in minute is 43665120 minutes old
  • Melba Patillo Beals age in second is 2619907200 seconds old
  • Next Melba Patillo Beals birthday is on Sunday, December 7th 2025
  • Melba Patillo Beals age in next birthday (2025) is 84 years old
  • Learn more interesting facts about December 07, 1941 birthday

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.

YearEvent
1971Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Deputy Prime Minister.
1972Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
1982In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
1982The 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.
1983An 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.
1987Pacific 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.
1988The 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.
1993Long Island Rail Road shooting: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
1995The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
1995Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 crashes into the Bo-Dzhausa Mountain, killing 98.
1995An Air Saint Martin (now Air Caraïbes) Beechcraft 1900 crashes near the Haitian commune of Belle Anse, killing 20.
2003The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
2005Rigoberto 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.
2015The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.
2016Pakistan 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.
1988The birth of Emily Browning, Australian actress and singer
1989The birth of Kyle Hendricks, American baseball player
1989The birth of Alessandro Marchi, Italian footballer
1989The birth of Nicholas Hoult, English actor
1990The birth of David Goffin, Belgian tennis player
1990The birth of Aleksandr Menkov, Russian long jumper
1990The birth of Yasiel Puig, Cuban baseball player
1990The birth of Urszula Radwańska, Polish tennis player
1991The birth of Eugenio Pisani, Italian race car driver
1993The birth of Rahama Sadau, Nigerian actress
1994The birth of Pete Alonso, American baseball player
1994The birth of Yuzuru Hanyu, Japanese figure skater
1997The birth of Abi Harrison, Scottish footballer
1997The birth of Tommy Nelson, American actor
1998The birth of Tony Yike Yang, Canadian pianist
2012The death of Ralph Parr, American colonel and pilot (b. 1924)
2012The death of Marty Reisman, American table tennis player and author (b. 1930)
2012The death of Saul Steinberg, American businessman and financier (b. 1939)
2013The death of Édouard Molinaro, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2013The death of Chick Willis, American singer and guitarist (b. 1934)
2014The death of Mark Lewis, American author and educator (b. 1954)
2015The death of Gerhard Lenski, American sociologist and academic (b. 1924)
2015The death of Hyron Spinrad, American astronomer and academic (b. 1934)
2015The death of Peter Westbury, English race car driver (b. 1938)
2016The death of Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani recording artist, television personality, fashion designer, occasional actor, singer-songwriter and preacher. (b. 1964)
2016The death of Greg Lake, English musician (b. 1947)
2017The death of Steve Reevis, Native American actor (b. 1962)
2019The death of Ron Saunders, English football player and manager (b. 1932)
2020The death of Dick Allen, American baseball player and tenor (b. 1942)
2020The death of Chuck Yeager, American aviator (b. 1923)

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