Updated at December 11, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Minoru Yamasaki |
---|---|
Birthdate | December 01, 1912 |
Birth Place | Washington |
Age (in 2024) | 112 Years Old |
Zodiac | Sagittarius |
Occupation | Architect |
Minoru Yamasaki is best known as Architect who has born on December 01, 1912 in Washington. Currently, Minoru Yamasaki is 112 years, 0 months and 10 days old. Minoru Yamasaki will celebrate 113th birthday on Monday, 1st of December 2025. Below the countdown to Minoru Yamasaki upcoming birthday.
Associated with New Formalism and best known for designing the Twin Towers of New York's original World Trade Center and the Pruitt-Igoe housing project. He was one of the original members of the Pennsylvania Avenue Commission, but hated the design-by-committee approach and resigned.Â
He graduated from the University of Washington architectural program in 1934, where he was influenced by the famed Lionel Pries. He then earned an advanced degree in architecture from New York University after relocating to New York City.Â
He designed the 33 buildings that comprised the Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St. Louis; Pruitt-Igoe quickly became infamous for its problems with crime and segregation and was torn down in the 1970s, having become an icon of the failure of public policy and urban renewal projects.
He was born to John Tsunejiro Yamasaki and Hana Yamasaki, first-generation Japanese immigrants. He married his first wife twice, once in 1941 and again in 1969. He married two other wives in between.Â
He and Edward Stone were hailed as the masters of New Formalism.
Minoru Yamasaki is 112 years old today.
Minoru Yamasaki was born on December 01, 1912 in Washington.
Minoru Yamasaki zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Minoru Yamasaki was best known as Architect.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Minoru Yamasaki's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Minoru Yamasaki's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
---|---|
1974 | Northwest Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport. |
1981 | Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, crashes in Corsica, killing all 180 people on board. |
1984 | NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes. |
1988 | World AIDS Day is proclaimed worldwide by the UN member states. |
1988 | Benazir Bhutto, is named as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first female leader to lead a muslim nation. |
1989 | Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état. |
1989 | Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state. |
1990 | Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet beneath the seabed. |
1991 | Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union. |
1997 | In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacks the CPI (ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people. |
1997 | Heath High School shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky. |
2000 | Vicente Fox Quesada is inaugurated as the president of Mexico, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history. |
2018 | The Oulu Police informed the public about the first offence of the much larger child sexual exploitation in Oulu, Finland. |
2019 | Arsenal Women 11-1 Bristol City Women breaks the record for most goals scored in a FA Women's Super League match, with Vivianne Miedema involved in ten of the eleven Arsenal goals. |
2020 | The Arecibo Telescope collapsed. |
1991 | The birth of Hilda Melander, Swedish tennis player |
1991 | The birth of Sun Yang, Chinese swimmer |
1992 | The birth of Masahudu Alhassan, Ghanaian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Javier Báez, Puerto Rican baseball player |
1992 | The birth of Linos Chrysikopoulos, Greek basketball player |
1992 | The birth of Marco van Ginkel, Dutch footballer |
1993 | The birth of Reena Pärnat, Estonian archer |
1993 | The birth of Beau Webster, Australian cricketer |
1994 | The birth of Seedy Njie, English footballer |
1995 | The birth of AgnÄ— ÄŒepelytÄ—, Lithuanian tennis player |
1995 | The birth of Jenna Fife, Scottish footballer |
1995 | The birth of James Wilson, English footballer |
1997 | The birth of Sada Williams, Barbadian sprinter |
1999 | The birth of Nico Schlotterbeck, German footballer |
2001 | The birth of Carole Monnet, French tennis player |
2013 | The death of Edward Heffron, American soldier (b. 1923) |
2013 | The death of Martin Sharp, Australian cartoonist and songwriter (b. 1942) |
2014 | The death of Mario Abramovich, Argentinian violinist and composer (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic (b. 1938) |
2014 | The death of Rocky Wood, New Zealand-Australian author (b. 1959) |
2015 | The death of Rob Blokzijl, Dutch physicist and computer scientist (b. 1943) |
2015 | The death of Joseph Engelberger, American physicist and engineer (b. 1925) |
2015 | The death of John F. Kurtzke, American neurologist and academic (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player (b. 1930) |
2015 | The death of Trevor Obst, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1940) |
2018 | The death of Vivian Lynn, New Zealand artist (b. 1931) |
2018 | The death of Ken Berry, American actor, dancer, and singer (b. 1933) |
2019 | The death of Paula Tilbrook, English actress (b. 1930) |
2020 | The death of Arnie Robinson, American athlete (b. 1948) |
2022 | The death of Gaylord Perry, American baseball player and coach (b. 1938) |
Social Media
Minoru Yamasaki on Facebook | |
Minoru Yamasaki on Twitter | |
Minoru Yamasaki on Instagram | |
Youtube | Minoru Yamasaki on Youtube |
Tiktok | Minoru Yamasaki on Tiktok |
Wikipedia | Minoru Yamasaki on Wikipedia |
Website | Minoru Yamasaki's Webiste |
Similar Architect
Month
Professions
Zodiacs
Birthplaces
Today
Copyright © 2020 BirthdayDBs.com