Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Olusegun Obasanjo |
---|---|
Birthdate | March 05, 1937 |
Birth Place | Nigeria |
Age (in 2024) | 87 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | World Leader |
Olusegun Obasanjo is best known as World Leader who has born on March 05, 1937 in Nigeria. Currently, Olusegun Obasanjo is 87 years, 7 months and 28 days old. Olusegun Obasanjo will celebrate 88th birthday on Wednesday, 5th of March 2025. Below the countdown to Olusegun Obasanjo upcoming birthday.
Former General in the Nigerian Army who served as the President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. He was the first elected and civilian head of state in the country's history after more than a decade of military rule.
He grew up in Abeokuta and enlisted in the Nigerian Army in 1958. He was promoted to Chief Army Engineer in 1967.
Before becoming President, he was an opponent of what he viewed as severe human rights abuses by dictator Sani Abacha and was jailed for his involvement in a failed coup.
He has been married four times and his six children. One of his sons, Dare, has served as a Principal Program Manager for Microsoft.
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua succeeded him as the President of Nigeria in 2007.
Olusegun Obasanjo is 87 years old today.
Olusegun Obasanjo was born on March 05, 1937 in Nigeria.
Olusegun Obasanjo zodiac sign is Pisces.
Olusegun Obasanjo was best known as World Leader.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Olusegun Obasanjo's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Olusegun Obasanjo's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
---|---|
1965 | March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence. |
1966 | BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707 aircraft, breaks apart in mid-air due to clear-air turbulence and crashes into Mount Fuji, Japan, killing all 124 people on board. |
1970 | The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations. |
1974 | Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal. |
1978 | The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. |
1979 | Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the German-American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters. |
1981 | The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched by Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 1.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}1⁄2 million units around the world. |
1982 | Soviet probe Venera 14 lands on Venus. |
1991 | Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 108 crashes in Venezuela, killing 45. |
1993 | Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301 crashes at Skopje International Airport in Petrovec, North Macedonia, killing 83. |
2003 | In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed in the Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing. |
2012 | Tropical Storm Irina kills over 75 as it passes through Madagascar. |
2018 | Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) pause the Deir ez-Zor campaign due to the Turkish-led invasion of Afrin. |
2021 | Pope Francis begins a historical visit to Iraq amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. |
2021 | Twenty people are killed and 30 injured in a suicide car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia. |
1990 | The birth of Alex Smithies, English footballer |
1991 | The birth of Ramiro Funes Mori, Argentinian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Daniil Trifonov, Russian pianist and composer |
1993 | The birth of El Hadji Ba, French footballer |
1993 | The birth of Joshua Coyne, American violinist and composer |
1993 | The birth of Fred, Brazilian footballer |
1993 | The birth of Harry Maguire, English footballer |
1994 | The birth of Daria Gavrilova, Russian-Australian tennis player |
1994 | The birth of Kyle Schwarber, American baseball player |
1996 | The birth of Taylor Hill, American model |
1996 | The birth of Emmanuel Mudiay, Congolese basketball player |
1997 | The birth of Milena Venega, Cuban rower |
1998 | The birth of Bo Bichette, American baseball player |
1999 | The birth of Kim Ye-rim, South Korean singer and actress |
2007 | The birth of Roman Griffin Davis, British actor |
2012 | The death of Philip Madoc, Welsh-English actor (b. 1934) |
2012 | The death of William O. Wooldridge, American sergeant (b. 1922) |
2013 | The death of Paul Bearer, American wrestler and manager (b. 1954) |
2013 | The death of Hugo Chávez, Venezuelan colonel and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1954) |
2013 | The death of Duane Gish, American biochemist and academic (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Geoff Edwards, American actor and game show host (b. 1931) |
2014 | The death of Ailsa McKay, Scottish economist and academic (b. 1963) |
2014 | The death of Leopoldo María Panero, Spanish poet and translator (b. 1948) |
2014 | The death of Ola L. Mize, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Vlada Divljan, Serbian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958) |
2015 | The death of Edward Egan, American cardinal and former Archbishop of New York (b. 1932) |
2016 | The death of Hassan Al-Turabi, Sudanese activist and politician (b. 1932) |
2016 | The death of Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer and engineer (b. 1941) |
2016 | The death of Al Wistert, American football player and coach (b. 1920) |
2017 | The death of Kurt Moll, German opera singer (b. 1938) |
Social Media
Olusegun Obasanjo on Facebook | |
Olusegun Obasanjo on Twitter | |
Olusegun Obasanjo on Instagram | |
Youtube | Olusegun Obasanjo on Youtube |
Tiktok | Olusegun Obasanjo on Tiktok |
Wikipedia | Olusegun Obasanjo on Wikipedia |
Website | Olusegun Obasanjo's Webiste |
Similar World Leader
Month
Professions
Zodiacs
Birthplaces
Today
Copyright © 2020 BirthdayDBs.com