Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Norman Gimbel |
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Birthdate | November 16, 1927 |
Birth Place | New York |
Age (in 2024) | 96 Years Old |
Zodiac | Scorpio |
Occupation | Songwriter |
Norman Gimbel is best known as Songwriter who has born on November 16, 1927 in New York. Currently, Norman Gimbel is 96 years, 11 months and 16 days old. Norman Gimbel will celebrate 97th birthday on Saturday, 16th of November 2024. Below the countdown to Norman Gimbel upcoming birthday.
Award-winning lyricist best known for "Sway," "Killing Me Softly with His Song," "Canadian Sunset," and many other hits.
He attended Baruch College and Columbia University, but was largely self-taught in music. He had some success writing novelty songs early on, such as A Whale of a Tale for Walt Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea from 1954.
He won the Oscar for "It Goes Like It Goes" from the 1979 drama Norma Rae. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984.
He grew up in Brooklyn and was raised in a Jewish family.
His song "Killing Me Softly with His Song" became a hit for Roberta Flack.
Norman Gimbel is 96 years old today.
Norman Gimbel was born on November 16, 1927 in New York.
Norman Gimbel zodiac sign is Scorpio.
Norman Gimbel was best known as Songwriter.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Norman Gimbel's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1945 | UNESCO is founded. |
1965 | Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, which will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet. |
1973 | Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission. |
1973 | U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline. |
1974 | The Arecibo message is broadcast from Puerto Rico. |
1979 | The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania. |
1988 | The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence. |
1988 | In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan. |
1989 | El Salvadoran army troops kill six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University. |
1990 | Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals. |
1992 | The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk. |
1997 | After nearly 18 years of incarceration, China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons. |
2002 | The first cases of the 2002-2004 SARS outbreak are traced to Foshan, Guangdong Province, China. |
2005 | Following a 31-year wait, Australia defeats Uruguay in a penalty shootout to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. |
2022 | Artemis Program: NASA launches Artemis 1 on the first flight of the Space Launch System, the start of the program's future missions to the moon. |
1985 | The birth of Sanna Marin, Finnish politician, the Prime Minister of Finland |
1986 | The birth of Omar Mateen, Islamic terrorist, perpetrator of the Orlando nightclub shooting (d. 2016) |
1986 | The birth of Maxime Médard, French rugby player |
1987 | The birth of Eitan Tibi, Israeli footballer |
1987 | The birth of Jordan Walden, American baseball player |
1989 | The birth of Iamsu!, American rapper and producer |
1990 | The birth of Arjo Atayde, Filipino actor |
1990 | The birth of Dénes Dibusz, Hungarian football player |
1991 | The birth of Tomomi Kasai, Japanese actress and singer |
1992 | The birth of George Akpabio, Nigerian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Matthew Allwood, Australian rugby league player |
1993 | The birth of Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor |
1994 | The birth of Brandon Larracuente, American actor |
1994 | The birth of Yoshiki Yamamoto, Japanese football player |
1995 | The birth of Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor and pianist |
2015 | The death of David Canary, American actor (b. 1938) |
2015 | The death of Michael C. Gross, American graphic designer and producer (b. 1945) |
2015 | The death of Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Alton D. Slay, American general (b. 1924) |
2016 | The death of Jay Wright Forrester, American computer engineer (b. 1918) |
2016 | The death of Melvin Laird, American politician and writer (b. 1922) |
2016 | The death of Daniel Prodan, Romanian football player (b. 1972) |
2017 | The death of Hiromi Tsuru, Japanese actress (b. 1960) |
2017 | The death of Ann Wedgeworth, American actress (b. 1934) |
2018 | The death of William Goldman, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1931) |
2019 | The death of John Campbell Brown, Scottish astronomer (b. 1947) |
2019 | The death of Terry O'Neill, British photographer (b. 1938) |
2020 | The death of Sheila Nelson, English string teacher (b. 1936) |
2021 | The death of Jyrki Kasvi, Finnish journalist and politician (b. 1964) |
2022 | The death of Robert Clary, French-American actor and author (b. 1926) |
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