Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Merian C. Cooper |
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Birthdate | October 24, 1893 |
Birth Place | Jacksonville, FL |
Age (in 2024) | 131 Years Old |
Zodiac | Scorpio |
Occupation | Film Producer |
Merian C. Cooper is best known as Film Producer who has born on October 24, 1893 in Jacksonville, FL. Currently, Merian C. Cooper is 131 years, 0 months and 9 days old. Merian C. Cooper will celebrate 132nd birthday on Friday, 24th of October 2025. Below the countdown to Merian C. Cooper upcoming birthday.
Creator and co-producer of the 1933 film classic King Kong. He was also a veteran of two World Wars and awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
He was a bomber pilot during WWI and was shot down and taken prisoner. He then flew in the Polish war against Russia, where he was once again shot down and taken as a POW.
He co-wrote or co-produced major Hollywood films like Flying Down to Rio, The Last Days of Pompeii, and The Searchers starring John Wayne.
He was born in Jacksonville, Florida. His father John C. Cooper was of English descent.
He served in China and the Pacific in World War II alongside the Air Force general Henry Arnold.
Merian C. Cooper is 131 years old today.
Merian C. Cooper was born on October 24, 1893 in Jacksonville, FL.
Merian C. Cooper zodiac sign is Scorpio.
Merian C. Cooper was best known as Film Producer.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Merian C. Cooper's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Merian C. Cooper's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1964 | Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes Zambia. |
1975 | In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gender inequality. |
1980 | The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union. |
1986 | Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing of an El Al flight at Heathrow Airport. |
1990 | Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian NATO force formed in 1956, intended to be activated in the event of a Warsaw Pact invasion. |
1992 | The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series. |
1998 | Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies. |
2003 | Concorde makes its last commercial flight. |
2004 | Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United, ending a row of unbeaten matches at 49 matches, which is the record in the Premier League. |
2005 | Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida, resulting in 35 direct and 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage. |
2007 | Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center. |
2008 | "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices. |
2014 | The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth. |
2015 | A driver crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring 34. |
2016 | A French surveillance aircraft flying to Libya crashes on takeoff in Malta, killing all five people on board. |
1990 | The birth of Elijah Greer, American middle-distance runner |
1990 | The birth of Danilo Petrucci, Italian motorcycle racer |
1990 | The birth of İlkay Gündoğan, German footballer |
1991 | The birth of Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Bojan Dubljević, Montenegrin basketball player |
1992 | The birth of Marrion Gopez, Filipino actor, singer, and dancer |
1992 | The birth of Ding Liren, Chinese chess grandmaster |
1994 | The birth of Krystal Jung, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress |
1994 | The birth of Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player |
1994 | The birth of Jalen Ramsey, American football player |
1995 | The birth of Vincent Leuluai, Australian rugby league player |
1996 | The birth of Océane Dodin, French tennis player |
1996 | The birth of Kyla Ross, American gymnast |
1997 | The birth of Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast |
1998 | The birth of Daya, American singer |
2014 | The death of S. S. Rajendran, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (b. 1948) |
2015 | The death of Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of Alvin Bronstein, American lawyer and academic (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Margarita Khemlin, Ukrainian-Russian author and critic (b. 1960) |
2015 | The death of Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal (b. 1924) |
2015 | The death of Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer (b. 1920) |
2016 | The death of Bobby Vee, American pop singer (b. 1943) |
2016 | The death of Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan politician, former president (2000-2005) (b. 1927) |
2017 | The death of Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter (b. 1928) |
2017 | The death of Robert Guillaume, American actor (b. 1927) |
2017 | The death of Girija Devi, Indian classical singer (b. 1929) |
2018 | The death of Tony Joe White, American singer/songwriter (b. 1943) |
2021 | The death of James Michael Tyler, American actor (b. 1962) |
2022 | The death of Leslie Jordan, American actor, writer, and singer (b. 1955) |
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