Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Roger Bannister |
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Birthdate | March 23, 1929 |
Birth Place | England |
Age (in 2024) | 95 Years Old |
Zodiac | Aries |
Occupation | Runner |
Roger Bannister is best known as Runner who has born on March 23, 1929 in England. Currently, Roger Bannister is 95 years, 7 months and 29 days old. Roger Bannister will celebrate 96th birthday on Sunday, 23rd of March 2025. Below the countdown to Roger Bannister upcoming birthday.
British runner and neurologist who broke the four-minute-mile barrier at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki with a record of 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds.
He pursued his medical degree and studied at the University of Oxford and St. Mary's Hospital Medical School.
Following his running career, he went on to become a renowned neurologist and Master of Pembroke College.
He married Moyra Elver Jacobsson, who was the daughter of a future IMF president. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2011.
Entrepreneur Phil Knight claims Bannister inspired him to start Nike.
Roger Bannister is 95 years old today.
Roger Bannister was born on March 23, 1929 in England.
Roger Bannister zodiac sign is Aries.
Roger Bannister was best known as Runner.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Roger Bannister's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Roger Bannister's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1994 | At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez. |
1994 | A United States Air Force (USAF) F-16 aircraft collides with a USAF C-130 at Pope Air Force Base and then crashes, killing 24 United States Army soldiers on the ground. This later became known as the Green Ramp disaster. |
1994 | Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed into the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, killing 75. |
1996 | Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President. |
1999 | Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña. |
2001 | The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji. |
2003 | Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq. |
2008 | Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India |
2009 | FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, killing both the captain and the co-pilot. |
2010 | The Affordable Care Act becomes law in the United States. |
2018 | President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns from the presidency amid a mass corruption scandal before certain impeachment by the opposition-majority Congress of Peru. |
2019 | The Kazakh capital of Astana was renamed to Nur-Sultan. |
2019 | The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces capture the town of Baghuz in Eastern Syria, declaring military victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant after four years of fighting, although the group maintains a scattered presence and sleeper cells across Syria and Iraq. |
2020 | Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the United Kingdom into its first national lockdown in response to COVID-19. |
2021 | A container ship runs aground and obstructs the Suez Canal for six days. |
1989 | The birth of Luis Fernando Silva, Mexican footballer |
1990 | The birth of Jaime Alguersuari, Spanish race car driver |
1990 | The birth of Robert Zickert, German footballer |
1991 | The birth of Linline Matauatu, Vanuatuan beach volleyball player |
1991 | The birth of Gregg Wylde, Scottish footballer |
1992 | The birth of Tolga Ciğerci, German-Turkish footballer |
1992 | The birth of Kyrie Irving, Australian-American basketball player |
1993 | The birth of Kyle Lovett, Australian rugby league player |
1993 | The birth of Aytaç Kara, Turkish footballer |
1994 | The birth of Nick Powell, English footballer |
1995 | The birth of Kevin Kauber, Estonian footballer |
1995 | The birth of Jan Lisiecki, Canadian pianist |
1995 | The birth of Ozan Tufan, Turkish footballer |
1996 | The birth of Alexander Albon, Thai-British race car driver |
1996 | The birth of Joel Kiviranta, Finnish ice hockey player |
2013 | The death of Boris Berezovsky, Russian-born Soviet-British mathematician and businessman (b. 1946) |
2013 | The death of Onofre Corpuz, Filipino economist, historian, and academic (b. 1926) |
2013 | The death of Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917) |
2013 | The death of Joe Weider, Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (b. 1919) |
2014 | The death of Dave Brockie, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1963) |
2014 | The death of Jaroslav Šerých, Czech painter and illustrator (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Adolfo Suárez, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1932) |
2015 | The death of Gian Vittorio Baldi, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930) |
2015 | The death of Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of Bobby Lowther, American basketball player and lieutenant (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of Lil' Chris, English singer-songwriter, actor, and television personality (b. 1990) |
2016 | The death of Joe Garagiola, Sr., American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1926) |
2016 | The death of Ken Howard, American actor (b. 1944) |
2021 | The death of George Segal, American actor (b. 1934) |
2022 | The death of Madeleine Albright, Czechoslovakian-born American diplomat, 64th United States Secretary of State (b. 1937) |
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