Updated at November 17, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Sonora Webster Carver |
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Birthdate | February 02, 1904 |
Birth Place | Georgia |
Age (in 2024) | 120 Years Old |
Zodiac | Aquarius |
Occupation | Memoirist |
Sonora Webster Carver is best known as Memoirist who has born on February 02, 1904 in Georgia. Currently, Sonora Webster Carver is 120 years, 9 months and 15 days old. Sonora Webster Carver will celebrate 121st birthday on Sunday, 2nd of February 2025. Below the countdown to Sonora Webster Carver upcoming birthday.
Known for her 1961 memoir A Girl and Five Brave Horses, this early 20th-century entertainer was famous during her lifetime as one of the first women to pursue a career as a circus "horse diver" (the rider of a horse that dives into water).
She became a horse diving sensation after answering a 1923 circus performer job advertisement.
When she was twenty-seven years old, she lost her vision after diving with open eyes on a horse named Red Lips. Though she was blind, she continued her horse diving career for over a decade after her accident.
She married Al Floyd Carter, who was the son of horse diving event creator and sharpshooter William "Doc" Carver. Her sister, Arnette Webster French, also became a well-known horse diver.
She is portrayed by actress Gabrielle Anwar in the 1991 biopic Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken.
Sonora Webster Carver is 120 years old today.
Sonora Webster Carver was born on February 02, 1904 in Georgia.
Sonora Webster Carver zodiac sign is Aquarius.
Sonora Webster Carver was best known as Memoirist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Sonora Webster Carver's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1959 | Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances. |
1966 | Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. |
1971 | Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda. |
1971 | The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran. |
1980 | Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation. |
1982 | Hama massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama. |
1987 | After the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacts a new constitution. |
1989 | Soviet-Afghan War: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul. |
1990 | Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela. |
1998 | Cebu Pacific Flight 387 crashes into Mount Sumagaya in the Philippines, killing all 104 people on board. |
2000 | First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments. |
2004 | Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks. |
2005 | The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act. This legislation would become law on July 20, 2005, legalizing same-sex marriage. |
2007 | Police officer Filippo Raciti is killed when a clash breaks out in the Sicily derby between Catania and Palermo, in the Serie A, the top flight of Italian football. This event led to major changes in stadium regulations in Italy. |
2012 | The ferry MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District, with an estimated 146-165 dead. |
1991 | The birth of Nathan Delfouneso, English footballer |
1991 | The birth of Gregory Mertens, Belgian footballer (d. 2015) |
1991 | The birth of Shohei Nanba, Japanese actor |
1992 | The birth of Lammtarra, American race horse (d. 2014) |
1992 | The birth of Joonas Tamm, Estonian footballer |
1993 | The birth of Ravel Morrison, English footballer |
1993 | The birth of Bobby Decordova-Reid, English born Jamaican international footballer |
1994 | The birth of Caterina Bosetti, Italian volleyball player |
1995 | The birth of Paul Digby, English footballer |
1995 | The birth of Aleksander Jagiełło, Polish footballer |
1995 | The birth of Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer prodigy (d. 2012) |
1996 | The birth of Harry Winks, English international footballer |
1998 | The birth of Shiho Katō, Japanese singer and model |
2000 | The birth of Munetaka Murakami, Japanese baseball player |
2004 | The birth of Eleonore Caburet, French rhythmic gymnast |
2014 | The death of Eduardo Coutinho, Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1967) |
2014 | The death of Luis Raúl, Puerto Rican comedian and actor (b. 1962) |
2014 | The death of Bunny Rugs, Jamaican singer (b. 1948) |
2014 | The death of Nigel Walker, English footballer (b. 1959) |
2015 | The death of Joseph Alfidi, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1949) |
2015 | The death of Dave Bergman, American baseball player (b. 1953) |
2015 | The death of Andriy Kuzmenko, Ukrainian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1968) |
2015 | The death of Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935) |
2015 | The death of Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (b. 1922) |
2015 | The death of The Jacka, American rapper and producer (b. 1977) |
2016 | The death of Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1923) |
2020 | The death of Bernard Ebbers, Canadian businessman, the co-founder and CEO of WorldCom (b. 1941) |
2021 | The death of Captain Sir Tom Moore, British Army officer and charity campaigner (b. 1920) |
2023 | The death of K. Viswanath, Indian actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1930) |
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