Updated at December 3, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Robert Hugo Dunlap |
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Birthdate | October 19, 1920 |
Birth Place | Illinois |
Age (in 2024) | 104 Years Old |
Zodiac | Libra |
Occupation | War Hero |
Robert Hugo Dunlap is best known as War Hero who has born on October 19, 1920 in Illinois. Currently, Robert Hugo Dunlap is 104 years, 1 months and 15 days old. Robert Hugo Dunlap will celebrate 105th birthday on Sunday, 19th of October 2025. Below the countdown to Robert Hugo Dunlap upcoming birthday.
United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart for his actions in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. During the battle, he crawled more than 200 yards in the face of heavy Japanese gunfire and returned to relay key information to his superiors.
He was a football player and track star at Monmouth College in Illinois.
Just one week after the events which earned him the Medal of Honor, he was shot in the hip, requiring him to be hospitalized for fourteen months.
He was survived by his wife, Mary, and two children.
He was awarded the Medal of Honor by U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
Robert Hugo Dunlap is 104 years old today.
Robert Hugo Dunlap was born on October 19, 1920 in Illinois.
Robert Hugo Dunlap zodiac sign is Libra.
Robert Hugo Dunlap was best known as War Hero.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Robert Hugo Dunlap's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1974 | Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand. |
1984 | A Roman Catholic priest, Jerzy Popiełuszko, associated with the Solidarity Union, is killed by three agents of the Polish Communist internal intelligence agency. |
1986 | The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains. |
1987 | The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf. |
1987 | Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points. |
1988 | The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups. |
1989 | The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison. |
2001 | SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people. |
2003 | Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II. |
2004 | Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashes in Adair County, Missouri, whilst on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport. |
2005 | Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity. |
2005 | Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb. |
2012 | A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon. |
2013 | One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires. |
2019 | Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the United Kingdom’s Brexit deal, this was the first Saturday sitting in Parliament since 3 April 1982 during the Falklands War. |
1988 | The birth of Chris Lawrence, Australian rugby league player |
1989 | The birth of James Gavet, New Zealand rugby league player |
1989 | The birth of Miroslav Stoch, Slovakian footballer |
1989 | The birth of Rakuto Tochihara, Japanese actor |
1989 | The birth of Janine Tugonon, Filipino model and television host |
1990 | The birth of Tom Kilbey, English footballer |
1990 | The birth of Endō Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler |
1990 | The birth of Janet Leon, Swedish singer-songwriter and dancer |
1991 | The birth of Colton Dixon, American singer-songwriter and pianist |
1992 | The birth of Shiho, Japanese actress and model |
1993 | The birth of Abby Sunderland, American sailor |
1994 | The birth of Agnė Sereikaitė, Lithuanian speed skater |
1995 | The birth of Sammis Reyes, Chilean basketball and American football player |
1996 | The birth of Bernadeth Pons, Filipino volleyball athlete |
1999 | The birth of Carlotta Truman, German singer-songwriter |
2013 | The death of Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer (b. 1940) |
2013 | The death of Mikihiko Renjō, Japanese author (b. 1948) |
2013 | The death of Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Iranian-American violinist and composer (b. 1920) |
2014 | The death of John Holt, Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1947) |
2014 | The death of Stephen Paulus, American composer (b. 1949) |
2014 | The death of Raphael Ravenscroft, English saxophonist and composer (b. 1954) |
2014 | The death of Serena Shim, Lebanese-American journalist (b. 1984) |
2015 | The death of Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1919) |
2015 | The death of Fleming Mackell, Canadian ice hockey player and singer (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Ali Treki, Libyan politician and diplomat, Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1938) |
2016 | The death of Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (b. 1921) |
2016 | The death of Giovanni Steffè, Italian rower (b. 1928) |
2017 | The death of Umberto Lenzi, Italian film director (b. 1931) |
2019 | The death of Deborah Orr, Scottish journalist (b. 1962) |
2021 | The death of Jack Angel, American voice actor (b. 1930) |
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