Updated at December 24, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Shelby Foote |
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Birthdate | November 17, 1916 |
Birth Place | Greenville, MS |
Age (in 2024) | 108 Years Old |
Zodiac | Scorpio |
Occupation | Historian |
Shelby Foote is best known as Historian who has born on November 17, 1916 in Greenville, MS. Currently, Shelby Foote is 108 years, 1 months and 7 days old. Shelby Foote will celebrate 109th birthday on Monday, 17th of November 2025. Below the countdown to Shelby Foote upcoming birthday.
An influential Civil War historian and author, he is best known for his three-volume work, The Civil War: A Narrative. He was one of the primary historians interviewed in the Ken Burns PBS mini-series, The Civil War.
He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and wrote for the university's literary journal. He published his debut novel, Tournament, in 1949.
His detailed historical accounts of the Civil War focus on everything from intimate moments (such as Robert E. Lee's tearful, post-surrender address to his Confederate troops) to large-scale military strategy.
He was born in Greenville, Mississippi, and he died in Memphis, Tennessee. He was married three times-- to Tess Lavery, Peggy Desommes, and Gwyn Rainer-- and had two children.
He considered fellow southern author, William Faulkner, to be his literary mentor.
Shelby Foote is 108 years old today.
Shelby Foote was born on November 17, 1916 in Greenville, MS.
Shelby Foote zodiac sign is Scorpio.
Shelby Foote was best known as Historian.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Shelby Foote's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1973 | The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital. |
1983 | The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico. |
1986 | The flight crew of Japan Airlines Flight 1628 are involved in a UFO sighting incident while flying over Alaska. |
1989 | Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29). |
1990 | Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, becomes active again and erupts. |
1993 | United States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement. |
1993 | In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup. |
1997 | In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre. |
2000 | A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years. |
2000 | Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru. |
2003 | Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s tenure as the governor of California began. |
2012 | At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt. |
2013 | Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia. |
2013 | A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes. |
2019 | The first known case of COVID-19 is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. |
1986 | The birth of Greg Rutherford, English long jumper |
1987 | The birth of Craig Noone, English footballer |
1987 | The birth of Gemma Spofforth, English swimmer |
1987 | The birth of Justine Michelle Cain, English actress |
1988 | The birth of Durratun Nashihin Rosli, Malaysian rhythmic gymnast |
1989 | The birth of Ryan Griffin, American football player |
1989 | The birth of Roman Zozulya, Ukrainian football striker |
1992 | The birth of Katarzyna Kawa, Polish tennis player |
1992 | The birth of Danielle Kettlewell, Australian synchronised swimmer |
1992 | The birth of Alex Sheedy, Australian basketball player |
1993 | The birth of Taylor Gold, American snowboarder |
1995 | The birth of Elise Mertens, Belgian tennis player |
1995 | The birth of Panashe Muzambe, Scottish rugby union player |
2000 | The birth of Joanne Züger, Swiss tennis player |
2004 | The birth of Linda Nosková, Czech tennis player |
2012 | The death of Margaret Yorke, English author (b. 1924) |
2013 | The death of Zeke Bella, American baseball player (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of Alfred Blake, English colonel and lawyer (b. 1915) |
2013 | The death of Syd Field, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1935) |
2013 | The death of Doris Lessing, British novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919) |
2013 | The death of Alex Marques, Portuguese footballer (b. 1993) |
2013 | The death of Mary Nesbitt Wisham, American baseball player (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of John T. Downey, American CIA agent and judge (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Bill Frenzel, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Ray Sadecki, American baseball player (b. 1940) |
2014 | The death of Patrick Suppes, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1922) |
2015 | The death of John Leahy, English lawyer and diplomat, High Commissioner to Australia (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi, Iranian poet and songwriter (b. 1926) |
2019 | The death of Tuka Rocha, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1982) |
2021 | The death of Young Dolph, American rapper (b. 1985) |
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