Updated at November 4, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Morton Downey Jr. |
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Birthdate | December 09, 1932 |
Birth Place | Los Angeles, CA |
Age (in 2024) | 91 Years Old |
Zodiac | Sagittarius |
Occupation | TV Show Host |
Morton Downey Jr. is best known as TV Show Host who has born on December 09, 1932 in Los Angeles, CA. Currently, Morton Downey Jr. is 91 years, 10 months and 26 days old. Morton Downey Jr. will celebrate 92nd birthday on Monday, 9th of December 2024. Below the countdown to Morton Downey Jr. upcoming birthday.
The host of the eponymous Morton Downey, Jr. Show, which popularized the trash TV format with brawling, scandalizing guests.
His show started on local New York stations and later gained national syndication - with many stations appending disclaimers and warnings to the audience.
A film about his career entitled Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie showed that there was a deeper side to Downey, and premiered at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival.
He grew up in Los Angels, California.
Although his show declined in popularity in the late 1980's its format lived on through highly popular 90's shows hosted by Jerry Springer and Phil Donahue.
Morton Downey Jr. is 91 years old today.
Morton Downey Jr. was born on December 09, 1932 in Los Angeles, CA.
Morton Downey Jr. zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Morton Downey Jr. was best known as TV Show Host.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Morton Downey Jr.'s birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Morton Downey Jr.'s birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1971 | Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences. |
1973 | British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland. |
1979 | The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first of only two diseases that have been driven to extinction (with rinderpest in 2011 being the other). |
1987 | Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. |
1992 | American troops land in Somalia for Operation Restore Hope. |
1996 | Gwen Jacob is acquitted of committing an indecent act, giving women the right to be topless in Ontario, Canada. |
2003 | A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more. |
2008 | Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is arrested by federal officials for crimes including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. |
2012 | A plane crash in Mexico kills seven people. |
2013 | At least seven are dead and 63 are injured following a train accident near Bintaro, Indonesia. |
2016 | President Park Geun-hye of South Korea is impeached by the country's National Assembly in response to a major political scandal. |
2016 | At least 57 people are killed and a further 177 injured when two schoolgirl suicide bombers attack a market area in Madagali, Adamawa, Nigeria in the Madagali suicide bombings. |
2017 | The Marriage Amendment Bill receives royal assent and comes into effect, making Australia the 26th country to legalize same-sex marriage. |
2019 | A volcano on Whakaari / White Island, New Zealand, kills 22 people after it erupts. |
2021 | Fifty-five people are killed and more than 100 injured when a truck with 160 migrants from Central America overturned in Chiapas, Mexico. |
1984 | The birth of Leon Hall, American football player |
1985 | The birth of Wil Besseling, Dutch golfer |
1987 | The birth of Kostas Giannoulis, Greek footballer |
1987 | The birth of Mat Latos, American baseball player |
1987 | The birth of Hikaru Nakamura, Japanese-American chess player |
1988 | The birth of Kwadwo Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Denise Hannema, Dutch cricketer |
1991 | The birth of Choi Minho, Korean singer and actor |
1993 | The birth of Mark McMorris, Canadian snowboarder |
1993 | The birth of Laura Smulders, Dutch cyclist |
1995 | The birth of McKayla Maroney, American gymnast |
1996 | The birth of Kyle Connor, American ice hockey player |
1996 | The birth of MyKayla Skinner, American gymnast |
1999 | The birth of Riley Clemmons, American Christian musician |
2000 | The birth of Diāna Ņikitina, Latvian figure skater |
2013 | The death of Eleanor Parker, American actress (b. 1922) |
2013 | The death of John Wilbur, American football player (b. 1943) |
2014 | The death of Sacvan Bercovitch, Canadian-American author, critic, and academic (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of Jane Freilicher, American painter and poet (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Jorge María Mejía, Argentinian cardinal (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress, Miss America 1959 (b. 1937) |
2014 | The death of Blagoje Paunović, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1947) |
2014 | The death of Jože Toporišič, Slovenian linguist and author (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Soshana Afroyim, Austrian painter (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Norman Breslow, American statistician and academic (b. 1941) |
2015 | The death of Juvenal Juvêncio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1934) |
2015 | The death of Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Bolivian cardinal (b. 1936) |
2021 | The death of Speedy Duncan, American football player (b. 1942) |
2021 | The death of Demaryius Thomas, American football player (b. 1987) |
2022 | The death of Jovit Baldivino, Filipino singer and actor (b. 1993) |
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