Updated at December 11, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Ousmane Sembene |
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Birthdate | January 01, 1923 |
Birth Place | Ziguinchor, Senegal |
Age (in 2024) | 101 Years Old |
Zodiac | Capricorn |
Occupation | Novelist |
Ousmane Sembene is best known as Novelist who has born on January 01, 1923 in Ziguinchor, Senegal. Currently, Ousmane Sembene is 101 years, 11 months and 10 days old. Ousmane Sembene will celebrate 102nd birthday on Wednesday, 1st of January 2025. Below the countdown to Ousmane Sembene upcoming birthday.
Senegalese author and film director whose masterpiece novel, God's Bits of Wood, was inspired by real-life events. His later, politically-themed works include The Last of the Empire and Niiwam and Taaw.
He was drafted into the Senegalese corps of the French Army, and he fought in World War II.
He received a prestigious award at the 1979 Moscow International Film Festival.
The son of a fisherman, he was raised primarily by his maternal grandmother.
He and civil rights leader Dorothy Day were both committed to social change.
Ousmane Sembene is 101 years old today.
Ousmane Sembene was born on January 01, 1923 in Ziguinchor, Senegal.
Ousmane Sembene zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Ousmane Sembene was best known as Novelist.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Ousmane Sembene's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Ousmane Sembene's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1998 | Following a currency reform, Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence. |
1998 | Argentinian physicist Juan Maldacena published a landmark paper initiating the study of AdS/CFT correspondence, which links string theory and quantum gravity. |
1999 | Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden). |
2001 | Greece adopts the Euro |
2004 | In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October 2007. |
2007 | Bulgaria and Romania join the EU. |
2007 | Adam Air Flight 574 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes near the Makassar Strait, Indonesia, killing all 102 people on board. |
2009 | Sixty-six people die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand. |
2010 | A suicide car bomber detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more. |
2011 | A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people. |
2011 | Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the 17th Eurozone country. |
2013 | At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a stampede after celebrations at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. |
2015 | The Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. |
2017 | An attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, during New Year's celebrations, kills at least 39 people and injures more than 60 others. |
2023 | Croatia officially adopts the Euro, becoming the 20th Eurozone country, and becomes the 27th member of the Schengen Area. |
1987 | The birth of Meryl Davis, American ice dancer |
1987 | The birth of Patric Hörnqvist, Swedish ice hockey player |
1988 | The birth of Marcel Gecov, Czech footballer |
1988 | The birth of Dallas Keuchel, American baseball player |
1989 | The birth of Jason Pierre-Paul, American football player |
1990 | The birth of Julia Glushko, Israeli tennis player |
1991 | The birth of Darius Slay, American football player |
1991 | The birth of Xavier Su'a-Filo, American football player |
1992 | The birth of Nathaniel Peteru, New Zealand rugby league player |
1994 | The birth of Brendan Elliot, Australian rugby league player |
1995 | The birth of Poppy, American singer and YouTube personality |
1997 | The birth of Keegan Hipgrave, Australian rugby league player |
1998 | The birth of Cristina Bucșa, Moldovan-Spanish tennis player |
2001 | The birth of Angourie Rice, Australian actress |
2003 | The birth of Daria Trubnikova, Russian rhythmic gymnast |
2016 | The death of Dale Bumpers, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1925) |
2016 | The death of Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer (b. 1930) |
2017 | The death of Tony Atkinson, British economist (b. 1944) |
2017 | The death of Yvon Dupuis, Canadian politician (b. 1926) |
2017 | The death of Derek Parfit, British philosopher (b. 1942) |
2018 | The death of Robert Mann, American violinist (b. 1920) |
2019 | The death of Paul Neville, Australian politician (b. 1940) |
2019 | The death of Pegi Young, American singer, songwriter, environmentalist, educator and philanthropist (b. 1952) |
2020 | The death of Alexander Frater, British travel writer and journalist (b. 1937) |
2020 | The death of Barry McDonald, Australian rugby union player (b. 1940) |
2020 | The death of David Stern, American lawyer and businessman (b. 1942) |
2020 | The death of Elmira Minita Gordon, Belizean educator and psychologist (b.1930) |
2021 | The death of Carlos do Carmo, Portuguese fado singer (b. 1939) |
2022 | The death of Dan Reeves, American football player and coach (b. 1944) |
2023 | The death of Barry Lane, English golfer (b. 1960) |
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