Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Thelonious Monk |
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Birthdate | October 10, 1917 |
Birth Place | Rocky Mount, NC |
Age (in 2024) | 107 Years Old |
Zodiac | Libra |
Occupation | Pianist |
Thelonious Monk is best known as Pianist who has born on October 10, 1917 in Rocky Mount, NC. Currently, Thelonious Monk is 107 years, 0 months and 23 days old. Thelonious Monk will celebrate 108th birthday on Friday, 10th of October 2025. Below the countdown to Thelonious Monk upcoming birthday.
One of America's most influential jazz artists, he was known as the High Priest of Bebop, a musical genre he pioneered.
He performed at a Manhattan nightclub called Minton's Playhouse, where he was the house pianist.
He was known to get up and dance briefly in the middle of his sets. He was the second-most recorded jazz composer behind Duke Ellington, in spite of the fact that he wrote only 70 songs compared to Ellington's 1,000.
He married Nellie Monk in 1947. They had two children together.
He was featured on the cover of Time magazine in 2010, becoming one of only a few jazz musicians to appear on the prestigious publication. The others included Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, and Wynton Marsalis.
Thelonious Monk is 107 years old today.
Thelonious Monk was born on October 10, 1917 in Rocky Mount, NC.
Thelonious Monk zodiac sign is Libra.
Thelonious Monk was best known as Pianist.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Thelonious Monk's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Thelonious Monk's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1975 | Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations. |
1979 | The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant began operations in Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland. |
1980 | The 7.1 Mw El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369. |
1980 | The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador. |
1985 | US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy. |
1986 | A 5.7 Mw San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500. |
1997 | Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74. |
1998 | A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises jetliner is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people. |
2002 | Iraq War: The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002. |
2007 | Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11. |
2009 | Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side. |
2010 | The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country. |
2015 | Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+. |
2018 | Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage. |
2022 | Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. |
1991 | The birth of Lali Espósito, Argentinian actress and singer |
1991 | The birth of Mariana Pajón, Colombian cyclist |
1991 | The birth of Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss footballer |
1993 | The birth of Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Cuban baseball player |
1993 | The birth of Jayden Stockley, English footballer |
1994 | The birth of Ilya Mikheyev, Russian ice hockey player |
1994 | The birth of Marquez Valdes-Scantling, American football player |
1994 | The birth of Tereza Smitková, Czech tennis player |
1994 | The birth of Bae Suzy, South Korean singer, actress and model |
1995 | The birth of Brenko Lee, Australian-born Tongan rugby league player |
1995 | The birth of Courtland Sutton, American football player |
1996 | The birth of Sami Niku, Finnish ice hockey player |
1996 | The birth of Genesis Cabrera, Dominican baseball player |
1997 | The birth of Vinnie Pasquantino, American baseball player |
2002 | The birth of Josh Giddey, Australian basketball player |
2013 | The death of Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932) |
2014 | The death of Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (b. 1958) |
2014 | The death of Damiana Eugenio, Filipino author and academic (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Valeri Karpov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1971) |
2014 | The death of Lari Ketner, American football and basketball player (b. 1977) |
2014 | The death of Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (b. 1936) |
2014 | The death of Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (b. 1947) |
2015 | The death of Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (b. 1952) |
2015 | The death of Hilla Becher, German photographer and educator (b. 1934) |
2015 | The death of Manorama, Indian (Tamil) actress (b. 1937) |
2015 | The death of Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949) |
2015 | The death of Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (b. 1924) |
2016 | The death of Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (b. 1926) |
2021 | The death of Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical scientist (b. 1936) |
2022 | The death of Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (b. 1939) |
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