Updated at December 11, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Robert Cade |
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Birthdate | September 26, 1927 |
Birth Place | San Antonio, TX |
Age (in 2024) | 97 Years Old |
Zodiac | Libra |
Occupation | Inventor |
Robert Cade is best known as Inventor who has born on September 26, 1927 in San Antonio, TX. Currently, Robert Cade is 97 years, 2 months and 15 days old. Robert Cade will celebrate 98th birthday on Friday, 26th of September 2025. Below the countdown to Robert Cade upcoming birthday.
Professor of renal medicine who developed the sports drink Gatorade in 1965 for the Florida Gators football team. In addition to Gatorade, he invented the earliest football helmets that dissipate the energy from hits, protecting players.
He was working as a researcher at the University of Florida when the school's football coach asked him to help his team stay energized on hot days, when water didn't help.
He used the money he made from Gatorade to create numerous academic scholarships and he donated a lot to the science departments at the University of Florida.
He had four daughters and two sons with wife Mary Strasburger.
The ritual dumping of his drink on the coach started with the Bill Parcells-era New York Giants, when the beat the Washington Redskins in the Super Bowl in 1985.
Robert Cade is 97 years old today.
Robert Cade was born on September 26, 1927 in San Antonio, TX.
Robert Cade zodiac sign is Libra.
Robert Cade was best known as Inventor.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Robert Cade's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1980 | At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured. |
1981 | Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter. |
1983 | Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike. |
1983 | Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race. |
1984 | The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997. |
1997 | A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234. |
1997 | An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse. |
2000 | Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits. |
2000 | The MSÂ Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers. |
2002 | The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MVÂ Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000. |
2005 | The PBS Kids Channel is shut down and replaced by a joint network with Comcast called Sprout. |
2008 | Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel. |
2009 | Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities. |
2010 | The Philippine Bar exam bombing occurred near the De La Salle University in Taft Avenue, Manila injuring 47 people. |
2014 | A mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico. |
1988 | The birth of Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater |
1989 | The birth of Chinami Suzuki, Japanese model, television host, and actress |
1989 | The birth of Jonny Bairstow, English and Yorkshire Wicketkeeper/Batsman |
1991 | The birth of Dan Preston, English footballer |
1991 | The birth of Alma Jodorowsky, French actress, fashion model and singer |
1991 | The birth of Réka Demeter, Hungarian football defender |
1992 | The birth of Yoo Ara, South Korean singer and actress |
1993 | The birth of Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, American basketball player |
1994 | The birth of Lucas Gafarot, Spanish footballer |
1994 | The birth of Jack Conger, American swimmer |
1995 | The birth of Miloš Veljković, Serbian footballer |
1996 | The birth of Jessika Ponchet, French tennis player |
2000 | The birth of Princess Salma bint Abdullah, Jordanian princess |
2000 | The birth of Frankie Amaya, American soccer player |
2001 | The birth of Xinyu Wang, Chinese tennis player |
2012 | The death of Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (b. 1927) |
2012 | The death of Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (b. 1930) |
2012 | The death of Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician (b. 1929) |
2013 | The death of Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (b. 1944) |
2013 | The death of Seánie Duggan, Irish hurler (b. 1922) |
2013 | The death of Mario Montez, Puerto Rican-American actor (b. 1935) |
2013 | The death of Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor and director (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of Jim Boeke, American football player and coach (b. 1938) |
2014 | The death of Sam Hall, American screenwriter (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Gerald Neugebauer, American astronomer and physicist (b. 1932) |
2014 | The death of Tamir Sapir, Georgian-American businessman (b. 1946) |
2015 | The death of Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Sidney Phillips, American soldier, physician, and author (b. 1924) |
2015 | The death of Ana Seneviratne, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (b. 1927) |
2019 | The death of Jacques Chirac, French politician and President of France (b. 1932) |
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