Updated at December 14, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Melvin Laird |
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Birthdate | September 01, 1922 |
Birth Place | Nebraska |
Age (in 2024) | 102 Years Old |
Zodiac | Virgo |
Occupation | Politician |
Melvin Laird is best known as Politician who has born on September 01, 1922 in Nebraska. Currently, Melvin Laird is 102 years, 3 months and 13 days old. Melvin Laird will celebrate 103rd birthday on Monday, 1st of September 2025. Below the countdown to Melvin Laird upcoming birthday.
A Republican politician and Wisconsin seventh-district representative in the United States Congress, he also served as President Nixon's Secretary of Defense during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
After attending Minnesota's Carleton College, he served in the United States Navy, earning a Purple Heart honor for his military bravery.
In his early twenties, he replaced his father, Melvin R. Laird, Sr., as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.
His two marriages -- to Barbara Masters and Carole Fleishman -- produced a total of four children.
He was one of the government officials who pushed for the 1973 resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew.
Melvin Laird is 102 years old today.
Melvin Laird was born on September 01, 1922 in Nebraska.
Melvin Laird zodiac sign is Virgo.
Melvin Laird was best known as Politician.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Melvin Laird's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1880 | The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War. |
1894 | Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota. |
1897 | The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America. |
1923 | The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people. |
1939 | World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II. |
1961 | TWA Flight 529 crashed shortly after takeoff from Midway Airport in Chicago, killing all 78 people on board. At the time, it was the deadliest single plane disaster in U.S. history. |
1967 | Six-Day War: The Khartoum Resolution is issued at the Arab Summit, and eight countries adopt the "three 'no's against Israel". |
1969 | A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power. |
1973 | A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Celtic Sea resulted in the Rescue of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman. |
1974 | The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h). |
1981 | Central African President David Dacko is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General André Kolingba. |
1982 | The United States Air Force Space Command is founded. |
1983 | Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald. |
2004 | The Beslan school siege begins when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia; by the end of the siege, three days later, more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists). |
2008 | Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces. |
1989 | The birth of Astrid Besser, Italian tennis player |
1989 | The birth of Jefferson Montero, Ecuadorian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Stanislav Tecl, Czech footballer |
1991 | The birth of Rhys Bennett, English footballer |
1992 | The birth of Cristiano Biraghi, Italian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Kirani James, Grenadian sprinter |
1992 | The birth of Woo Hye-lim, South Korean singer-songwriter |
1993 | The birth of Mario Lemina, Gabonese footballer |
1994 | The birth of Anna Smolina, Russian tennis player |
1994 | The birth of Carlos Sainz Jr., Spanish Formula One driver |
1996 | The birth of Zendaya, American actress and singer |
1997 | The birth of Jeon Jungkook, South Korean singer, songwriter and record producer |
1997 | The birth of Joan Mir, Spanish motorcycle racer |
2002 | The birth of Diane Parry, French tennis player |
2003 | The birth of An Yu-jin, South Korean singer and actress |
2013 | The death of Ignacio Eizaguirre, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1920) |
2013 | The death of Gordon Steege, Australian soldier (b. 1917) |
2013 | The death of Margaret Mary Vojtko, American linguist and academic (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of Ken Wallis, English commander and pilot (b. 1916) |
2014 | The death of Ahmed Abdi Godane, Somali militant leader (b. 1977) |
2014 | The death of Roger McKee, American baseball player (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (b. 1920) |
2015 | The death of Gurgen Dalibaltayan, Armenian general (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Dean Jones, American actor and singer (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Richard G. Hewlett, American historian and author (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (b. 1917) |
2018 | The death of Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer (b. 1926) |
2020 | The death of Erick Morillo, American disc jockey and music producer (b. 1971) |
2022 | The death of Barbara Ehrenreich, American writer and journalist (b. 1941) |
2022 | The death of Yang Yongsong, Chinese major general (b. 1919) |
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