Odetta Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at April 28, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Odetta Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Odetta Facts

Full Name	Odetta
Birthdate	December 31, 1930
Birth Place	Alabama
Age (in 2024)	93 Years Old
Zodiac	Capricorn
Occupation	Folk Singer

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Odetta Age & Birthday

Odetta is best known as Folk Singer who has born on December 31, 1930 in Alabama. Currently, Odetta is 93 years, 3 months and 28 days old. Odetta will celebrate 94th birthday on Tuesday, 31st of December 2024. Below the countdown to Odetta upcoming birthday.

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Odetta Biography

About

Folk and blues singer whose song "Take This Hammer" was included in Time's All-Time 100 Songs list.

Before Fame

She started being trained to be an opera singer when she was thirteen, later going on to join the Hollywood Turnabout Puppet Theatre.

Trivia

She is considered the voice of the Civil Rights Movement due to her dedication to the rights of African Americans.

Family Life

Her first husband was Gary Shead, but she remarried Don Gordon in 1959, and then Louisiana Red in 1977.

Associated With

Odetta's memorial service was flush with tributes, including one from Maya Angelou.

Top Asked Questions about Odetta

How old is Odetta in 2024?

Odetta is 93 years old today.

When was Odetta born?

Odetta was born on December 31, 1930 in Alabama.

What is Odetta zodiac sign?

Odetta zodiac sign is Capricorn.

What was Odetta best known for?

Odetta was best known as Folk Singer.

Fun Facts about Odetta's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Odetta's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Odetta was born on Wednesday, 365^th day / 01^st week of 1930
Odetta has Capricorn zodiac sign and Earth element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Odetta birthday is XXXI.XII.MCMXXX
Odetta's birthstone is Turquoise
Odetta's birth flower is Narcissus that symbolize sweetness, self-esteem & vanity
Odetta age in year is 93 years old
Odetta age in month is 1119 months old
Odetta age in day is 34087 days old
Odetta age in hour is 818088 hours old
Odetta age in minute is 49085280 minutes old
Odetta age in second is 2945116800 seconds old
Next Odetta birthday is on Wednesday, December 31st 2025
Odetta age in next birthday (2025) is 94 years old
Learn more interesting facts about December 31, 1930 birthday

Historical Events on Odetta Birthday (December 31)

Below are historical events that coincided with Odetta's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1994	The First Chechen War: The Russian Ground Forces begin a New Year's storming of Grozny.
1998	The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency.
1999	The first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, resigns from office, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President and successor.
1999	The U.S. government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties.
1999	Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacking ends after seven days with the release of 190 survivors at Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan.
2000	The last day of the 20th Century and 2nd Millennium.
2004	The official opening of Taipei 101, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world, standing at a height of 509 metres (1,670 ft).
2009	Both a blue moon and a lunar eclipse occur.
2010	Tornadoes touch down in midwestern and southern United States, including Washington County, Arkansas; Greater St. Louis, Sunset Hills, Missouri, Illinois, and Oklahoma, with a few tornadoes in the early hours. A total of 36 tornadoes touched down, resulting in the deaths of nine people and $113 million in damages.
2011	NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the Moon.
2014	A New Year's Eve celebration stampede in Shanghai kills at least 36 people and injures 49 others.
2015	A fire breaks out at the Downtown Address Hotel in Downtown Dubai, United Arab Emirates, located near the Burj Khalifa, two hours before the fireworks display is due to commence. Sixteen injuries were reported; one had a heart attack, another suffered a major injury, and fourteen others with minor injuries.
2018	Thirty-nine people are killed after a ten-story building collapses in the industrial city of Magnitogorsk, Russia.
2019	The World Health Organization is informed of cases of pneumonia with an unknown cause, detected in Wuhan. This later turned out to be COVID-19, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020	The World Health Organization issues its first emergency use validation for a COVID-19 vaccine.
1984	The birth of Calvin Zola, Congolese footballer
1985	The birth of Jonathan Horton, American gymnast
1985	The birth of Jan Smit, Dutch singer and television host
1986	The birth of Nate Freiman, American baseball player
1986	The birth of Kade Snowden, Australian rugby league player
1987	The birth of Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player
1987	The birth of Danny Holla, Dutch footballer
1987	The birth of Nemanja Nikolić, Hungarian footballer
1990	The birth of Patrick Chan, Canadian figure skater
1991	The birth of ND Stevenson, American cartoonist
1992	The birth of Amy Cure, Australian track cyclist
1992	The birth of Karl Kruuda, Estonian racing driver
1995	The birth of Gabby Douglas, American gymnast
2000	The birth of Alycia Parks, American tennis player
2001	The birth of Katie Volynets, American tennis player
2013	The death of James Avery, American actor (b. 1945)
2013	The death of Roberto Ciotti, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1953)
2013	The death of Bob Grant, American radio host (b. 1929)
2013	The death of Irina Korschunow, German author and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2014	The death of Edward Herrmann, American actor (b. 1943)
2014	The death of Abdullah Hussain, Malaysian author (b. 1920)
2014	The death of Norm Phelps, American author and activist (b. 1939)
2014	The death of S. Arthur Spiegel, American captain, lawyer, and judge (b. 1920)
2014	The death of Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, British soldier and politician (b. 1915)
2015	The death of Natalie Cole, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1950)
2015	The death of Wayne Rogers, American actor and investor (b. 1933)
2016	The death of William Christopher, American actor (b. 1932)
2018	The death of Kader Khan, Indian actor (b. 1937)
2021	The death of Betty White, American actress, comedian and producer (b. 1922)
2022	The death of Pope Benedict XVI, German Roman Catholic cardinal and theologian, pope (2005-2013) and archbishop of Munich and Freising (1977-1982) (b. 1927)

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