Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Sheldon Lee Glashow |
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Birthdate | December 05, 1932 |
Birth Place | New York |
Age (in 2024) | 91 Years Old |
Zodiac | Sagittarius |
Occupation | Physicist |
Sheldon Lee Glashow is best known as Physicist who has born on December 05, 1932 in New York. Currently, Sheldon Lee Glashow is 91 years, 11 months and 16 days old. Sheldon Lee Glashow will celebrate 92nd birthday on Thursday, 5th of December 2024. Below the countdown to Sheldon Lee Glashow upcoming birthday.
For his work on the particle physics theory of electroweak interaction, he was one of three recipients of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics. He taught in the physics departments of Boston University and Harvard University.
After graduating from Cornell University in 1954, he earned his doctorate in physics from Harvard.
He openly expressed his skepticism about superstring theory (supersymmetric string theory).
He grew up in New York City as the son of Russian- Jewish immigrant parents. His marriage to Joan Shirley Alexander began in 1972 and resulted in four children.
His wife's sister, biologist Lynn Margulis, was at one point married to yet another renowned scientist, Carl Sagan.
Sheldon Lee Glashow is 91 years old today.
Sheldon Lee Glashow was born on December 05, 1932 in New York.
Sheldon Lee Glashow zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Sheldon Lee Glashow was best known as Physicist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Sheldon Lee Glashow's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1964 | Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war. |
1964 | Lloyd J. Old discovers the first linkage between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and disease—mouse leukemia—opening the way for the recognition of the importance of the MHC in the immune response. |
1971 | Battle of Gazipur: Pakistani forces stand defeated as India cedes Gazipur to Bangladesh. |
1977 | Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt. |
1983 | Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina. |
1991 | Leonid Kravchuk is elected the first president of Ukraine. |
1995 | Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lanka's government announces the conquest of the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna. |
1995 | Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 56 crashes near Nakhchivan International Airport in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, killing 52 people. |
2005 | The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there. |
2005 | The 6.8 Mw  Lake Tanganyika earthquake shakes the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing six people. |
2006 | Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji. |
2007 | Westroads Mall shooting: Nineteen-year-old Robert A. Hawkins kills nine people, including himself, with a WASR-10 at a Von Maur department store in Omaha, Nebraska. |
2013 | Militants attack a Defense Ministry compound in Sana'a, Yemen, killing at least 56 people and injuring 200 others. |
2014 | Exploration Flight Test 1, the first flight test of Orion, is launched. |
2017 | The International Olympic Committee bans Russia from competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics for doping at the 2014 Winter Olympics. |
1986 | The birth of Justin Smoak, American baseball player |
1988 | The birth of Joanna Rowsell, English cyclist |
1989 | The birth of Jurrell Casey, American football player |
1989 | The birth of Kwon Yu-ri, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress |
1990 | The birth of Montee Ball, American football player |
1991 | The birth of Jacopo Sala, Italian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Christian Yelich, American baseball player |
1992 | The birth of Ilja Antonov, Estonian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Natalie Sourisseau, Canadian field hockey player |
1993 | The birth of Ross Barkley, English footballer |
1994 | The birth of Ondrej Duda, Slovak footballer |
1995 | The birth of Danny Levi, New Zealand rugby league player |
1995 | The birth of Anthony Martial, French footballer |
1995 | The birth of Kaetlyn Osmond, Canadian figure skater |
1997 | The birth of Maddie Poppe, American singer-songwriter and musician |
2014 | The death of Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (b. 1931) |
2014 | The death of Fabiola, Queen of Belgium (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Talât Sait Halman, Turkish poet, translator, and historian (b. 1931) |
2014 | The death of Jackie Healy-Rae, Irish hurdler and politician (b. 1931) |
2014 | The death of Silvio Zavala, Mexican historian and author (b. 1909) |
2015 | The death of Vic Eliason, American clergyman and radio host, founded VCY America (b. 1936) |
2015 | The death of Tibor Rubin, Hungarian-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Chuck Williams, American businessman and author, founded Williams Sonoma (b. 1915) |
2016 | The death of Tyruss Himes ("Big Syke"), American rapper (b. 1968) |
2017 | The death of Michael I of Romania, fifth and last king of Romania (b. 1921) |
2017 | The death of August Ames, Canadian American pornographic actress (b. 1994) |
2019 | The death of Robert Walker, American actor (b. 1940) |
2020 | The death of Peter Alliss, English professional golfer (b. 1931) |
2021 | The death of Bob Dole, American politician (b. 1923) |
2022 | The death of Kirstie Alley, American actress and producer (b. 1951) |
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