Somi Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at April 19, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Somi Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Somi Facts

Full Name	Somi
Birthdate	June 06, 1979
Birth Place	Champaign, IL
Age (in 2024)	44 Years Old
Zodiac	Gemini
Occupation	Jazz Singer

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Somi Age & Birthday

Somi is best known as Jazz Singer who has born on June 06, 1979 in Champaign, IL. Currently, Somi is 44 years, 10 months and 13 days old. Somi will celebrate 45th birthday on Thursday, 6th of June 2024. Below the countdown to Somi upcoming birthday.

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Somi Biography

About

Singer and cellist known for the innovative musical style she dubbed "New African Jazz." She found success with her albums If The Rains Come First and The Lagos Music Salon.

Before Fame

She moved between Illinois and Zambia growing up, eventually settling Illinois, where she attended high school and college. She attended graduate school at NYU.

Trivia

She's been named a TED fellow and is the founder of the non-profit New Africa Live.

Family Life

She grew up in immigrant parents from Rwanda and Uganda. Her father spent time working for the World Health Organization.

Associated With

She featured Angelique Kidjo on her album The Lagos Music Salon.

Top Asked Questions about Somi

How old is Somi in 2024?

Somi is 44 years old today.

When was Somi born?

Somi was born on June 06, 1979 in Champaign, IL.

What is Somi zodiac sign?

Somi zodiac sign is Gemini.

What was Somi best known for?

Somi was best known as Jazz Singer.

Fun Facts about Somi's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Somi's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Somi was born on Wednesday, 157^th day / 23^rd week of 1979
Somi has Gemini zodiac sign and Air element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Somi birthday is VI.VI.MCMLXXIX
Somi's birthstone is Pearl
Somi's birth flower is Rose that symbolize love, gratitude & appreciation
Somi age in year is 44 years old
Somi age in month is 538 months old
Somi age in day is 16389 days old
Somi age in hour is 393336 hours old
Somi age in minute is 23600160 minutes old
Somi age in second is 1416009600 seconds old
Next Somi birthday is on Friday, June 6th 2025
Somi age in next birthday (2025) is 45 years old
Learn more interesting facts about June 06, 1979 birthday

Historical Events on Somi Birthday (June 06)

Below are historical events that coincided with Somi's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1918	Battle of Belleau Wood in World War I: the U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Château-Thierry (the losses are exceeded at the Battle of Tarawa in November 1943).
1925	The original Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Chrysler from the remains of the Maxwell Motor Company.
1933	The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey.
1934	New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
1942	The United States Navy's victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway is a major turning point in the Pacific Theater of World War II. All four Japanese fleet carriers taking part—Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū and Hiryū—are sunk, as is the heavy cruiser Mikuma. The American carrier Yorktown and the destroyer Hammann are also sunk.
1944	Commencement of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, with the execution of Operation Neptune—commonly referred to as D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops cross the English Channel with about 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers participating. By the end of the day, the Allies have landed on five invasion beaches and are pushing inland.
1971	Soyuz 11 is launched. The mission ends in disaster when all three cosmonauts, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev are suffocated by uncontrolled decompression of the capsule during re-entry on 29 June.
1971	Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collides with a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II of the United States Marine Corps over the San Gabriel Mountains, killing 50.
1975	British referendum results in continued membership of the European Economic Community, with 67% of votes in favour.
1982	The Lebanon War begins. Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
1985	The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death"; Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979.
1993	Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat wins the first presidential election in Mongolia.
1994	China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 crashes near Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, killing all 160 people on board.
2002	Eastern Mediterranean event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
2017	Syrian civil war: The Battle of Raqqa begins with an offensive by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to capture the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
1977	The birth of David Connolly, Irish footballer
1979	The birth of Roberto De Zerbi, Italian football manager
1983	The birth of Michael Krohn-Dehli, Danish footballer
1985	The birth of Sebastian Larsson, Swedish footballer
1985	The birth of Drew McIntyre, Scottish professional wrestler
1985	The birth of Becky Sauerbrunn, American footballer; twice a winner of the FIFA Women's World Cup, also an Olympic gold medallist
1988	The birth of Anthony Pilkington, Irish footballer
1990	The birth of Gavin Hoyte, English born footballer who represented Trinidad and Tobago
1990	The birth of Pape Souaré, Senegalese footballer
1992	The birth of DeAndre Hopkins, American football player
1993	The birth of Vic Mensa, American rapper and singer
1994	The birth of Yvon Mvogo, Swiss footballer
1995	The birth of Julian Green, American soccer player
1998	The birth of Kenny Pickett, American football player
2001	The birth of Rayan Aït-Nouri, French-Algerian footballer
1991	The death of Stan Getz, American saxophonist and jazz innovator (b. 1927)
1994	The death of Mark McManus, Scottish actor (b. 1935)
1994	The death of Barry Sullivan, American film actor (b. 1912)
1996	The death of George Davis Snell, American geneticist and immunologist; awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 for his studies of histocompatibility (b. 1903)
2005	The death of Anne Bancroft, American film actress; winner of the 1963 Academy Award for Best Actress for The Miracle Worker (b. 1931)
2006	The death of Billy Preston, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1946)
2009	The death of Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic; awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his studies of the genetic basis of immunological reaction (b. 1916)
2012	The death of Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player; together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, formed the famed KLM Line. (b. 1960)
2013	The death of Jerome Karle, American crystallographer and academic; awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research into the molecular structure of chemical compounds (b. 1918)
2013	The death of Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (b. 1921)
2014	The death of Lorna Wing, English psychiatrist and physician; pioneered studies of autism (b. 1928)
2015	The death of Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author; prosecuting attorney in the Tate-LaBianca murders case (b. 1934)
2015	The death of Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author; noted for The Two Thousand Words which inspired the Prague Spring (b. 1926)
2016	The death of Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess grandmaster; arguably the best player never to become World Chess Champion (b. 1931)
2016	The death of Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter; works included Equus and Amadeus (b. 1926)

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