Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Paul McCarthy |
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Birthdate | August 04, 1945 |
Birth Place | Utah |
Age (in 2024) | 79 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Occupation | Sculptor |
Paul McCarthy is best known as Sculptor who has born on August 04, 1945 in Utah. Currently, Paul McCarthy is 79 years, 3 months and 17 days old. Paul McCarthy will celebrate 80th birthday on Monday, 4th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Paul McCarthy upcoming birthday.
Los Angeles-based artist known for his sculptures, videos, and works of transgressive performance art. Known for "Mountain Bowling" from 1969 and "Hold an Apple in Your Armpit" from 1970.
He studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute and video and film at the University of Southern California. He was influenced by such subjects as Disneyland, B-movies, soap operas, and comic books.
He created a giant inflated piece of excrement for one of his shows, which was picked up by the wind and accidentally hurled into a power line and a children's home.
He grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah.
His popularity in the United States was similar to contemporary artist Louise Bourgeois' popularity in France.
Paul McCarthy is 79 years old today.
Paul McCarthy was born on August 04, 1945 in Utah.
Paul McCarthy zodiac sign is Leo.
Paul McCarthy was best known as Sculptor.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Paul McCarthy's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1965 | The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand. |
1969 | Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail. |
1972 | Ugandan President Idi Amin announces that Uganda is no longer responsible for the care of British subjects of Asian origin, beginning the expulsions of Ugandan Asians. |
1974 | A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22. |
1975 | The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish Chargé d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya. |
1977 | U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy. |
1983 | Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Captain Thomas Sankara. |
1984 | The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso. |
1987 | The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly". |
1995 | Operation Storm begins in Croatia. |
2006 | A massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF). |
2007 | NASA's Phoenix spacecraft is launched. |
2018 | Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) expel the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq-Syria border, concluding the second phase of the Deir ez-Zor campaign. |
2019 | Nine people are killed and 26 injured in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio. This comes only 12 hours after another mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, where 23 people were killed. |
2020 | At least 220 people are killed and over 5,000 are wounded when 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate explodes in Beirut, Lebanon. |
1987 | The birth of Marreese Speights American basketball player |
1987 | The birth of Tomoya Warabino, Japanese actor |
1988 | The birth of Carly Foulkes, Canadian model and actress |
1988 | The birth of Kelley O'Hara, American soccer player |
1989 | The birth of Tomasz Kaczor, Polish sprint canoeist |
1989 | The birth of Jessica Mauboy, Australian singer-songwriter and actress |
1989 | The birth of Wang Hao, Chinese chess player |
1990 | The birth of Hikmet BalioÄŸlu, Turkish footballer |
1990 | The birth of Siim Tenno, Estonian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Thiago Cardoso, Brazilian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Izet Hajrović, Bosnian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Daniele Garozzo, Italian fencer |
1992 | The birth of Cole Sprouse, American actor |
1992 | The birth of Dylan Sprouse, American actor |
1995 | The birth of Bruna Marquezine, Brazilian actress |
2012 | The death of Bud Riley, American football player and coach (b. 1925) |
2013 | The death of Keith H. Basso, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1940) |
2013 | The death of Art Donovan, American football player and radio host (b. 1925) |
2013 | The death of Olavi J. Mattila, Finnish engineer and politician, Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1918) |
2013 | The death of Renato Ruggiero, Italian lawyer and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of Tony Snell, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1922) |
2013 | The death of Sandy Woodward, English admiral (b. 1932) |
2014 | The death of James Brady, American activist and politician, 15th White House Press Secretary (b. 1940) |
2014 | The death of Chester Crandell, American lawyer and politician (b. 1946) |
2014 | The death of Jake Hooker, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1953) |
2015 | The death of Elsie Hillman, American philanthropist and politician (b. 1925) |
2015 | The death of Les Munro, New Zealand soldier and pilot (b. 1919) |
2015 | The death of John Rudometkin, American basketball player (b. 1940) |
2015 | The death of Billy Sherrill, American songwriter and producer (b. 1936) |
2019 | The death of Nuon Chea, Cambodian politician and theorist for the Khmer Rouge (b. 1926) |
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