Updated at December 3, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Rowland Hussey Macy Sr. |
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Birthdate | August 30, 1822 |
Birth Place | Nantucket, MA |
Age (in 2024) | 202 Years Old |
Zodiac | Virgo |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Rowland Hussey Macy Sr. is best known as Entrepreneur who has born on August 30, 1822 in Nantucket, MA. Currently, Rowland Hussey Macy Sr. is 202 years, 3 months and 4 days old. Rowland Hussey Macy Sr. will celebrate 203rd birthday on Saturday, 30th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Rowland Hussey Macy Sr. upcoming birthday.
Founder of R.H. Macy and Company, the department-store chain.
He worked on the Emily Morgan, a whaling ship, where he received the red-star tattoo that later became a key ingredient in Macy's logo. He opened up a store called R.H. Macy Dry Goods in 1858 in New York City.
He pioneered many innovative ways to draw in customers, including a store Santa Claus, various departments, themed exhibits, and illuminated window displays.
He had two children with Louisa Houghton whom he married in 1844.
He was portrayed by Henry Antrim in the movie Miracle on 34th Street in which Edmund Gwenn starred as Santa.
Rowland Hussey Macy Sr. is 202 years old today.
Rowland Hussey Macy Sr. was born on August 30, 1822 in Nantucket, MA.
Rowland Hussey Macy Sr. zodiac sign is Virgo.
Rowland Hussey Macy Sr. was best known as Entrepreneur.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Rowland Hussey Macy Sr.'s birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1974 | A Belgrade-Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers. |
1974 | A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo. Eight are killed, 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975, by Japanese authorities. |
1974 | The Third World Population Conference ends in Bucharest, Romania. At the end of the ceremony, the UN-Romanian Demographic Centre is inaugurated. |
1981 | President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar of Iran are assassinated in a bombing committed by the People's Mujahedin of Iran. |
1983 | Aeroflot Flight 5463 crashes into Dolan Mountain while approaching Almaty International Airport in present-day Kazakhstan, killing all 90 people on board. |
1984 | STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage. |
1991 | Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Azerbaijan declares independence from Soviet Union. |
1992 | The 11-day Ruby Ridge standoff ends with Randy Weaver surrendering to federal authorities. |
1995 | Bosnian War: NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces. |
1998 | Second Congo War: Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies recapture Matadi and the Inga dams in the western DRC from RCD and Rwandan troops. |
2002 | Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on board. |
2008 | A Conviasa Boeing 737 crashes into Illiniza Volcano in Ecuador, killing all three people on board. |
2014 | Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane flees to South Africa as the army allegedly stages a coup. |
2019 | A huge accident during the 2019 F2 Spa Feature Race caused young driver Anthoine Hubert to die after sustaining major injuries. |
2021 | The last remaining American troops leave Afghanistan, ending U.S. involvement in the war. |
1986 | The birth of Lelia Masaga, New Zealand rugby player |
1986 | The birth of Ryan Ross, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
1986 | The birth of Zafer Yelen, Turkish footballer |
1987 | The birth of Tania Foster, English singer-songwriter |
1988 | The birth of Ernests Gulbis, Latvian tennis player |
1989 | The birth of Simone Guerra, Italian footballer |
1989 | The birth of Ronald Huth, Paraguayan footballer |
1989 | The birth of Bebe Rexha, American singer-songwriter |
1991 | The birth of Seriki Audu, Nigerian footballer (d. 2014) |
1991 | The birth of Jacqueline Cako, American tennis player |
1991 | The birth of Liam Cooper, Scottish footballer |
1992 | The birth of Jessica Henwick, British actress |
1994 | The birth of Monika Povilaitytė, Lithuanian volleyball player |
1994 | The birth of Heo Young-ji, South Korean singer |
1994 | The birth of Kwon So-hyun, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress |
2013 | The death of Leo Lewis, American football player and coach (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of Charles Bowden, American non-fiction author, journalist and essayist (b. 1945) |
2014 | The death of Bipan Chandra, Indian historian and academic (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Igor Decraene, Belgian cyclist (b. 1996) |
2014 | The death of Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer (b. 1920) |
2014 | The death of Felipe Osterling, Peruvian lawyer and politician (b. 1932) |
2015 | The death of Wes Craven, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1939) |
2015 | The death of Edward Fadeley, American lawyer and politician (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of M. M. Kalburgi, Indian scholar, author, and academic (b. 1938) |
2015 | The death of Marvin Mandel, American lawyer and politician, 56th Governor of Maryland (b. 1920) |
2015 | The death of Oliver Sacks, English-American neurologist, author, and academic (b. 1933) |
2017 | The death of Louise Hay, American motivational author (b. 1926) |
2017 | The death of Skip Prokop, Canadian drummer, guitarist and keyboardist (b. 1943) |
2019 | The death of Valerie Harper, American actress and writer (b. 1939) |
2022 | The death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union. (b. 1931) |
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