Updated at December 24, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Stephen Downes |
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Birthdate | April 06, 1959 |
Birth Place | Canada |
Age (in 2024) | 65 Years Old |
Zodiac | Aries |
Occupation | Teacher |
Stephen Downes is best known as Teacher who has born on April 06, 1959 in Canada. Currently, Stephen Downes is 65 years, 8 months and 18 days old. Stephen Downes will celebrate 66th birthday on Sunday, 6th of April 2025. Below the countdown to Stephen Downes upcoming birthday.
Known for his development of multiple online learning tools, he also served on the National Research Council of Canada and edited the International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning.
In the mid-1990s, while employed by Canada's Assiniboine Community College, he became a New Democratic Party candidate for the office of Mayor of Brandon, Manitoba.
He was the co-teacher of one of the first Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
A native of Montreal, Quebec, he later lived in both Manitoba and New Brunswick.
He and author Jonathan Fast were both interested in the educational uses of technology.
Stephen Downes is 65 years old today.
Stephen Downes was born on April 06, 1959 in Canada.
Stephen Downes zodiac sign is Aries.
Stephen Downes was best known as Teacher.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Stephen Downes's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1984 | Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya. |
1985 | Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiry is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab. |
1992 | The Bosnian War begins. |
1994 | The Rwandan genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down. |
1997 | In Greene County, Tennessee, the Lillelid murders occur. |
1998 | Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India. |
2004 | Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment. |
2005 | Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day. |
2008 | The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists. |
2009 | A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307. |
2010 | Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India. |
2011 | In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several mass graves. |
2012 | Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali. |
2017 | U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties. |
2018 | A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior ice hockey team collides with a semi-truck in Saskatchewan, Canada, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others. |
1988 | The birth of Fabrice Muamba, Congolese-English footballer |
1988 | The birth of Ivonne Orsini, Puerto Rican model and television host, Miss World Puerto Rico 2008 |
1990 | The birth of Lachlan Coote, Australian rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Charlie McDermott, American actor |
1990 | The birth of Andrei Veis, Estonian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Ken, South Korean singer |
1992 | The birth of Julie Ertz, American soccer player |
1994 | The birth of Adrián Alonso, Mexican actor |
1995 | The birth of Darya Lebesheva, Belarusian tennis player |
1998 | The birth of Peyton List, American actress and model |
1998 | The birth of Spencer List, American actor |
2000 | The birth of Shaheen Afridi, Pakistani cricketer |
2002 | The birth of Leyre Romero Gormaz, Spanish tennis player |
2009 | The birth of Shaylee Mansfield, deaf American actress and YouTuber |
2009 | The birth of Valentina Tronel, French child singer, winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 |
2014 | The death of Liv Dommersnes, Norwegian actress (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Mickey Rooney, American soldier, actor, and dancer (b. 1920) |
2014 | The death of Chuck Stone, American soldier, journalist, and academic (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Massimo Tamburini, Italian motorcycle designer, co-founded Bimota (b. 1943) |
2015 | The death of Giovanni Berlinguer, Italian lawyer and politician (b. 1924) |
2015 | The death of James Best, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1918) |
2015 | The death of Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929) |
2016 | The death of Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937) |
2017 | The death of Don Rickles, American actor and comedian (b. 1926) |
2019 | The death of Michael O'Donnell, British physician, journalist, author and broadcaster (b. 1928) |
2020 | The death of Al Kaline, American baseball player, broadcaster and executive (b.1934) |
2021 | The death of Hans Küng, Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author (b. 1928) |
2022 | The death of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian and Soviet politician (b. 1946) |
2022 | The death of Jill Knight, British politician (b. 1923) |
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Wikipedia | Stephen Downes on Wikipedia |
Website | Stephen Downes's Webiste |
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