Updated at December 14, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Peter Watkins |
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Birthdate | October 29, 1935 |
Birth Place | England |
Age (in 2024) | 89 Years Old |
Zodiac | Scorpio |
Occupation | Director |
Peter Watkins is best known as Director who has born on October 29, 1935 in England. Currently, Peter Watkins is 89 years, 1 months and 16 days old. Peter Watkins will celebrate 90th birthday on Wednesday, 29th of October 2025. Below the countdown to Peter Watkins upcoming birthday.
Pioneer of the docudrama genre who made politically charged films such as Punishment Park and Culloden.
He began his career in advertising as an assistant producer, turning to filmmaking in the 1950s.
His docudrama The War Game, which won the 1966 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, was banned by the British government for two decades.
He had two children with his former spouse Francoise.
His letter to John Lennon inspired the singer to participate in his 1969 Bed-in and Peace Concert.
Peter Watkins is 89 years old today.
Peter Watkins was born on October 29, 1935 in England.
Peter Watkins zodiac sign is Scorpio.
Peter Watkins was best known as Director.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Peter Watkins's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1998 | Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras. |
1998 | The Gothenburg discothèque fire in Sweden kills 63 and injures 200. |
1999 | A large cyclone devastates Odisha, India. |
2002 | A fire destroys a luxurious department store in Ho Chi Minh City, where 1,500 people are shopping. More than 60 people die and over 100 are unaccounted for in the deadliest peacetime disaster in Vietnam. |
2004 | The Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a 2004 Osama bin Laden video in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election. |
2005 | Bombings in Delhi, India kill more than 60. |
2008 | Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five. |
2008 | A pair of deadly earthquakes hits Baluchistan, Pakistan, killing 215. |
2012 | Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages. |
2014 | A mud slide; the 2014 Badulla landslide, in south-central Sri Lanka, kills at least 16 people, and leaves hundreds of people missing. |
2015 | China announces the end of its one-child policy after 35 years. |
2018 | A Boeing 737 MAX plane crashes after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia killing 189 people on board. |
2020 | Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party and of the Opposition in the United Kingdom is suspended from the Labour Party following his response to findings from the EHRC on the issue of antisemitism within the party. |
2022 | At least 156 die at a crowd crush during a Halloween celebration in Itaewon district, Seoul, South Korea. |
2022 | At least 100 people are killed and over 300 are injured by a double car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia. |
1987 | The birth of Andy Dalton, American football player |
1987 | The birth of Jessica Dubé, Canadian figure skater |
1987 | The birth of Tove Lo, Swedish singer |
1987 | The birth of Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer and actress |
1988 | The birth of Florin Gardoș, Romanian footballer |
1988 | The birth of Sam Hutsby, English golfer |
1988 | The birth of Janoris Jenkins, American football player |
1988 | The birth of Roman Van Uden, New Zealand cyclist |
1989 | The birth of Irina Karamanos, Chilean anthropologist and political scientist, First Lady of Chile since 2022. |
1989 | The birth of Primož Roglič, Slovenian ski jumper and cyclist |
1990 | The birth of Amarna Miller, former Spanish porn actress |
1990 | The birth of Eric Saade, Swedish singer |
1993 | The birth of Ágnes Bukta, Hungarian tennis player |
1993 | The birth of India Eisley, American actress |
1996 | The birth of Astrid S, Norwegian singer and songwriter |
2012 | The death of Wallace L. W. Sargent, English-American astronomer and academic (b. 1935) |
2012 | The death of Jack Vaughn, American boxer and diplomat (b. 1920) |
2013 | The death of Jean Rénald Clérismé, Haitian priest and politician, Foreign Ministers of Haiti (b. 1937) |
2013 | The death of Sherman Halsey, American director and producer (b. 1957) |
2013 | The death of John Spence, American soldier and engineer (b. 1918) |
2013 | The death of Graham Stark, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Roger Freeman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1965) |
2014 | The death of Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1968) |
2014 | The death of H. Gary Morse, American businessman (b. 1936) |
2015 | The death of Luther Burden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1953) |
2015 | The death of Ernesto Herrera, Filipino businessman and politician (b. 1942) |
2015 | The death of Boris Kristančič, Slovene basketball player and coach (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Ranko Žeravica, Serbian basketball player and coach (b. 1929) |
2019 | The death of John Witherspoon, American actor and comedian (b. 1942) |
2021 | The death of Ashley Mallett, Australian cricketer (b. 1945) |
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Wikipedia | Peter Watkins on Wikipedia |
Website | Peter Watkins's Webiste |
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