Updated at December 11, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Robert Venturi |
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Birthdate | June 25, 1925 |
Birth Place | Philadelphia, PA |
Age (in 2024) | 99 Years Old |
Zodiac | Cancer |
Occupation | Architect |
Robert Venturi is best known as Architect who has born on June 25, 1925 in Philadelphia, PA. Currently, Robert Venturi is 99 years, 5 months and 16 days old. Robert Venturi will celebrate 100th birthday on Wednesday, 25th of June 2025. Below the countdown to Robert Venturi upcoming birthday.
Architect who designed Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. Known for saying, 'Less is a bore,' a take-off on Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's 'Less is more,' a statement with which he adamantly disagreed.
He graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1947 and obtained his M.F.A. in 1950. He spent two years in Europe after winning the American Academy in Rome's Rome Prize Fellowship in 1954.
He received the Pritzker Prize in 1991 and requested that his wife and collaborator, Denise Scott Brown, be included with him, but the Pritzker Prize jury ultimately refused.
He married Denise in 1967; she became a member of his firm in 1969, holding the position of partner in charge of planning. His parents raised him as a Quaker.
He worked for architect Eero Saarinen in 1951.
Robert Venturi is 99 years old today.
Robert Venturi was born on June 25, 1925 in Philadelphia, PA.
Robert Venturi zodiac sign is Cancer.
Robert Venturi was best known as Architect.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Robert Venturi's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1960 | Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union. |
1975 | Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal. |
1975 | Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India. |
1976 | Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
1978 | The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. |
1981 | Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington. |
1991 | The breakup of Yugoslavia begins when Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from Yugoslavia. |
1993 | Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada. |
1996 | The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen. |
1997 | An uncrewed Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir. |
1997 | The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000). |
1998 | In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional. |
2022 | The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the longest bridge of Bangladesh, Padma Bridge. |
2022 | Russo-Ukrainian War: The Battle of Sievierodonetsk ends after weeks of heavy fighting with the Russian capture of the city, leading to the Battle of Lysychansk. |
2022 | Two people are killed and 21 more injured after a gunman opens fire at three sites in Oslo in a suspected Islamist anti-LGBTQ+ attack. |
1981 | The birth of Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper |
1982 | The birth of Rain, South Korean singer and actor |
1982 | The birth of Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player |
1983 | The birth of Marc Janko, Austrian footballer |
1984 | The birth of Lauren Bush, American model and fashion designer |
1985 | The birth of Karim Matmour, Algerian footballer |
1986 | The birth of Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer and actress |
1988 | The birth of Jhonas Enroth, Swedish ice hockey player |
1988 | The birth of Miguel Layún, Mexican footballer |
1988 | The birth of Therese Johaug, Norwegian cross-country skier |
1990 | The birth of Andi Eigenmann, Filipino actress |
1996 | The birth of Pietro Fittipaldi, Brazilian-American race car driver |
1996 | The birth of Sione Mata'utia, Australian rugby league player |
1996 | The birth of Lele Pons, Latina-American Internet personality |
1998 | The birth of Kyle Chalmers, Australian swimmer |
2012 | The death of Edgar Ross, American boxer (b. 1949) |
2013 | The death of George Burditt, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923) |
2013 | The death of Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer (b. 1931) |
2013 | The death of Robert E. Gilka, American photographer and journalist (b. 1916) |
2013 | The death of Harry Parker, American rower and coach (b. 1935) |
2013 | The death of Mildred Ladner Thompson, American journalist (b. 1918) |
2013 | The death of Green Wix Unthank, American soldier and judge (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1931) |
2014 | The death of Ana MarÃa Matute, Spanish author and academic (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Ivan Plyushch, Ukrainian agronomist and politician (b. 1941) |
2015 | The death of Patrick Macnee, English actor (b. 1922) |
2015 | The death of Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (b. 1940) |
2016 | The death of Adam Small, South African writer of apartheid-period (b. 1936) |
2018 | The death of Richard Benjamin Harrison, American businessman and reality television personality (b. 1941) |
2018 | The death of David Goldblatt, South African photographer of apartheid-period (b. 1930) |
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