Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Oliver Hill |
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Birthdate | May 01, 1907 |
Birth Place | Virginia |
Age (in 2024) | 117 Years Old |
Zodiac | Taurus |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Oliver Hill is best known as Lawyer who has born on May 01, 1907 in Virginia. Currently, Oliver Hill is 117 years, 6 months and 1 days old. Oliver Hill will celebrate 118th birthday on Thursday, 1st of May 2025. Below the countdown to Oliver Hill upcoming birthday.
Remembered for his groundbreaking legal work during the American Civil Rights movement of the mid-20th Century, he contributed to the demise of the unjust "separate but equal" doctrine and championed legislation that secured equal employment and voting rights for African Americans.
After earning his J.D., he practiced law in Virginia and became the first, post- Reconstruction-era African American to serve on the Richmond City Council.
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, a Virginia lawsuit in which he was involved, was one of the cases ruled on by the United States Supreme Court during the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education proceedings.
Born Oliver White, he later adopted his stepfather's last name. He was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and in the cities of Richmond and Roanoke, Virginia.
While attending the Howard University School of Law during the 1930s, he became a close friend of fellow law student and future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
Oliver Hill is 117 years old today.
Oliver Hill was born on May 01, 1907 in Virginia.
Oliver Hill zodiac sign is Taurus.
Oliver Hill was best known as Lawyer.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Oliver Hill's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1961 | The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections. |
1970 | Vietnam War: Protests erupt following the announcement by Richard Nixon that the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces would attack Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign. |
1971 | Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service. |
1975 | The SÀrkÀnniemi Amusement Park opens in Tampere, Finland. |
1978 | Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone. |
1982 | Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War. |
1994 | Three-time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix. |
1999 | The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924. |
2003 | Invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USSÂ Abraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended". |
2004 | Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin. |
2009 | Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden. |
2011 | Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI. |
2018 | Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resumes the Deir ez-Zor campaign in order to clear the remnants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq-Syria border. |
2019 | Naxalite attack in Gadchiroli district of India: Sixteen army soldiers, including a driver, killed in an IED blast. Naxals targeted an anti-Naxal operations team. |
2019 | Naruhito ascends to the throne of Japan succeeding his father Akihito, beginning the Reiwa period. |
1991 | The birth of Daniel Talbot, British sprinter |
1992 | The birth of Hani, South Korean singer and actress |
1992 | The birth of Trevor Philp, Canadian alpine skier |
1992 | The birth of Bradley Roby, American football player |
1993 | The birth of Jean-Christophe Bahebeck, French footballer |
1993 | The birth of Ifeoma Nwoye, Nigerian wrestler |
1994 | The birth of Wallace Oliveira, Brazilian footballer |
1995 | The birth of Collin Seedorf, Dutch footballer |
1996 | The birth of Christopher J. Alexis Jr., Grenadian road cyclist |
1996 | The birth of Daniel Saifiti, Australian-Fijian rugby league player |
1996 | The birth of Jacob Saifiti, Australian-Fijian rugby league player |
1996 | The birth of Michael Seaton, Jamaican footballer |
1996 | The birth of William Nylander, Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player |
2004 | The birth of Charli D'Amelio, American social media influencer and dancer |
2005 | The birth of Linda Fruhvirtova, Czech tennis player |
2011 | The death of Henry Cooper, English boxer (b. 1934) |
2011 | The death of Ted Lowe, English sportscaster (b. 1920) |
2012 | The death of James Kinley, Canadian engineer and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (b. 1925) |
2012 | The death of Mordechai Virshubski, German-Israeli lawyer and politician (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of Chris Kelly, American rapper (b. 1978) |
2013 | The death of Pierre Pleimelding, French footballer and manager (b. 1952) |
2014 | The death of Adamu Atta, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Kwara State (b. 1927) |
2014 | The death of Radhia Cousot, Tunisian-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1947) |
2014 | The death of Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1945) |
2014 | The death of Juan de Dios Castillo, Mexican footballer and coach (b. 1951) |
2015 | The death of Geoff Duke, English-Manx motorcycle racer (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of Vafa Guluzade, Azerbaijani political scientist, academic, and diplomat (b. 1940) |
2015 | The death of MarĂa Elena Velasco, Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1940) |
2015 | The death of Grace Lee Whitney, American actress (b. 1930) |
2021 | The death of Olympia Dukakis, American actress (b. 1931) |
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