Updated at November 8, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Taylor Branch |
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Birthdate | January 14, 1947 |
Birth Place | Atlanta, GA |
Age (in 2024) | 77 Years Old |
Zodiac | Capricorn |
Occupation | Non-Fiction Author |
Taylor Branch is best known as Non-Fiction Author who has born on January 14, 1947 in Atlanta, GA. Currently, Taylor Branch is 77 years, 9 months and 25 days old. Taylor Branch will celebrate 78th birthday on Tuesday, 14th of January 2025. Below the countdown to Taylor Branch upcoming birthday.
An American historian, he is best known for America in the King Years, a three-part biography of Martin Luther King Jr.. The work won the Pulitzer Prize for History and the National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction.
He earned an M.A. in public affairs from Princeton University in 1970. He later taught history and politics at Goucher College.
He received the Dayton Literary Peace Prize in 2008.
He married Christy Branch in 1978; the couple raised two children, Macy and Franklin.
His historical trilogy, America in the King Years, focuses on the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Taylor Branch is 77 years old today.
Taylor Branch was born on January 14, 1947 in Atlanta, GA.
Taylor Branch zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Taylor Branch was best known as Non-Fiction Author.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Taylor Branch's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1951 | National Airlines Flight 83 crashes during landing at Philadelphia International Airport, killing seven passengers and crew. |
1952 | NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway. |
1953 | Josip Broz Tito is elected the first President of Yugoslavia. |
1954 | The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation. |
1957 | Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. |
1960 | The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority authorized by the 1959 Reserve Bank Act, is established. |
1967 | Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love. |
1969 | USS Enterprise fire: An accidental explosion aboard the USSÂ Enterprise near Hawaii kills 28 people. |
1972 | Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513. |
1973 | Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history. |
1993 | In Poland's worst peacetime maritime disaster, ferry MS Jan Heweliusz sinks off the coast of RĂŒgen, drowning 55 passengers and crew; nine crew-members are saved. |
2004 | The national flag of the Republic of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years. |
2010 | Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda. |
2011 | President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia seeks refuge in Saudi Arabia after a series of demonstrations against his regime, considered to be the birth of the Arab Spring. |
2019 | A Saha Airlines Boeing 707 crashes at Fath Air Base near Karaj in Alborz Province, Iran, killing 15 people. |
1989 | The birth of Frankie Bridge, English singer-songwriter and dancer |
1990 | The birth of Kacy Catanzaro, American athlete and professional wrestler |
1990 | The birth of Lelisa Desisa, Ethiopian runner |
1990 | The birth of Grant Gustin, American actor and singer |
1990 | The birth of Ăron SzilĂĄgyi, Hungarian fencer |
1992 | The birth of Robbie Brady, Irish footballer |
1992 | The birth of Chieh-Yu Hsu, American tennis player |
1992 | The birth of Qiang Wang, Chinese tennis player |
1993 | The birth of Daniel Bessa, Brazilian footballer |
1994 | The birth of Kai, South Korean singer, model, actor and dancer |
1995 | The birth of Georgios Diamantakos, Greek basketball player |
1995 | The birth of Alex Johnston, Australian rugby league player |
1997 | The birth of Francesco Bagnaia, Italian motorcycle racer |
1998 | The birth of Maddison Inglis, Australian tennis player |
1999 | The birth of Declan Rice, English footballer |
2012 | The death of Giampiero Moretti, Italian entrepreneur and race car driver (b. 1940) |
2012 | The death of Rosy Varte, Armenian-French actress (b. 1923) |
2013 | The death of Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (b. 1944) |
2014 | The death of Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Flavio Testi, Italian composer and musicologist (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of Bob Boyd, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930) |
2015 | The death of Zhang Wannian, Chinese general (b. 1928) |
2016 | The death of René Angélil, Canadian music producer, talent manager, and singer (b. 1942) |
2016 | The death of Alan Rickman, English actor (b. 1946) |
2017 | The death of Zhou Youguang, Chinese sociologist, (b. 1906) |
2018 | The death of Spanky Manikan, Filipino veteran actor (b. 1942) |
2018 | The death of Cyrille Regis, French Guianan-English footballer (b. 1958) |
2021 | The death of Joel Robert, Belgian professional motocross racer (b. 1943) |
2023 | The death of Mukarram Jah, 8th Nizam of Hyderabad (b. 1933) |
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