Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Rod Lurie |
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Birthdate | May 15, 1962 |
Birth Place | Israel |
Age (in 2024) | 62 Years Old |
Zodiac | Taurus |
Occupation | Director |
Rod Lurie is best known as Director who has born on May 15, 1962 in Israel. Currently, Rod Lurie is 62 years, 6 months and 6 days old. Rod Lurie will celebrate 63rd birthday on Thursday, 15th of May 2025. Below the countdown to Rod Lurie upcoming birthday.
Film critic and entertainment reporter who directed The Contender and Resurrecting the Champ.
He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1984 and served in the U.S. Army as an Air Defense Artillery Officer.
He had on-air bets as a radio host with stars like Mel Gibson that they would win an Oscar, resulting in them paying up by mentioning him in their Oscar speeches.
His father was renowned cartoonist Ranan Lurie.
His 2000 film The Contender was written for Joan Allen.
Rod Lurie is 62 years old today.
Rod Lurie was born on May 15, 1962 in Israel.
Rod Lurie zodiac sign is Taurus.
Rod Lurie was best known as Director.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Rod Lurie's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Rod Lurie's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1948 | Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. |
1957 | At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple. |
1963 | Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone. |
1970 | President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals. |
1972 | The Ryukyu Islands, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control. |
1974 | Ma'alot massacre: Members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack and take hostages at an Israeli school; a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren. |
1988 | Soviet-Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan. |
1991 | Édith Cresson becomes France's first female Prime Minister. |
1997 | The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans. |
1997 | The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir. |
2001 | A CSX EMD SD40-2 rolls out of a train yard in Walbridge, Ohio, with 47 freight cars, including some tank cars with flammable chemical, after its engineer fails to reboard it after setting a yard switch. It travels south driverless for 66 miles (106Â km) until it was brought to a halt near Kenton. The incident became the inspiration for the 2010 film Unstoppable. |
2004 | Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining Preston North End F.C. with the right to claim the title "The Invincibles". |
2008 | California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional. |
2010 | Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo. |
2013 | An upsurge in violence in Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days. |
1988 | The birth of Scott Laird, English footballer |
1989 | The birth of Susan Soonkyu Lee, Korean-American singer and entertainer |
1989 | The birth of Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, French footballer |
1990 | The birth of Jordan Eberle, Canadian ice hockey player |
1990 | The birth of Lee Jong-hyun, Korean guitarist |
1990 | The birth of Stella Maxwell, New Zealand model |
1993 | The birth of Jeremy Hawkins, New Zealand rugby league player |
1993 | The birth of Tomáš Kalas, Czech international footballer |
1996 | The birth of Birdy, English singer-songwriter |
1997 | The birth of Ousmane Dembélé, French footballer |
1997 | The birth of Scott Drinkwater, Australian rugby league player |
1998 | The birth of Lucrezia Stefanini, Italian tennis player |
1999 | The birth of Anastasia Gasanova, Russian tennis player |
2000 | The birth of Dayana Yastremska, Ukrainian tennis player |
2002 | The birth of Chase Hudson, American internet celebrity, singer, actor |
2010 | The death of Loris Kessel, Swiss race car driver (b. 1950) |
2012 | The death of Carlos Fuentes, Mexican novelist and essayist (b. 1928) |
2012 | The death of Arno Lustiger, German historian and author (b. 1924) |
2012 | The death of Zakaria Mohieddin, Egyptian soldier and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1918) |
2013 | The death of Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1946) |
2014 | The death of Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1940) |
2014 | The death of Noribumi Suzuki, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1933) |
2015 | The death of Elisabeth Bing, German-American physical therapist and author (b. 1914) |
2015 | The death of Jackie Brookner, American sculptor and educator (b. 1945) |
2015 | The death of Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Garo Yepremian, Cypriot-American football player (b. 1944) |
2020 | The death of Fred Willard, American actor, comedian, and writer (b. 1933) |
2021 | The death of Oliver Gillie, British journalist and scientist (b. 1937) |
2022 | The death of Frank Curry, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1950) |
2022 | The death of Kay Mellor, English actress (b. 1951) |
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