Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Thomas Sumter |
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Birthdate | August 14, 1734 |
Birth Place | Virginia |
Age (in 2024) | 290 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Occupation | War Hero |
Thomas Sumter is best known as War Hero who has born on August 14, 1734 in Virginia. Currently, Thomas Sumter is 290 years, 2 months and 19 days old. Thomas Sumter will celebrate 291st birthday on Thursday, 14th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Thomas Sumter upcoming birthday.
War veteran who was nicknamed "The Carolina Gamecock" for his aggressive tactics as a brigadier general during the American Revolutionary War. He later became a member of the United States Senate and the House of Representatives.
He embarked on the famous Timberlake Expedition, meant to verify the end of the Anglo-Cherokee War, in 1761.
The nickname of the University of South Carolina, "Gamecocks," was inspired by him.
He married Mary Jameson in 1767.
He and Strom Thurmond are both former United States Senators from South Carolina.
Thomas Sumter is 290 years old today.
Thomas Sumter was born on August 14, 1734 in Virginia.
Thomas Sumter zodiac sign is Leo.
Thomas Sumter was best known as War Hero.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Thomas Sumter's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Thomas Sumter's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1971 | Bahrain declares independence from Britain. |
1972 | An Ilyushin Il-62 airliner crashes near Königs Wusterhausen, East Germany killing 156 people. |
1980 | Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards. |
1994 | Ilich RamÃrez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured. |
1996 | Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is shot and killed by a Turkish security officer while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus. |
2003 | A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada. |
2005 | Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew. |
2006 | Lebanon War: A ceasefire takes effect three days after the United Nations Security Council’s approval of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, formally ending hostilities between Lebanon and Israel. |
2006 | Sri Lankan Civil War: Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lankan Air Force air strike. |
2007 | The Kahtaniya bombings kills at least 500 people. |
2013 | Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi. |
2013 | UPS Airlines Flight 1354 crashes short of the runway at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, killing both crew members on board. |
2015 | The US Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba-United States relations were broken off. |
2021 | A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes southwestern Haiti, killing at least 2,248 people and causing a humanitarian crisis. |
2022 | An explosion destroys a market in Armenia, killing six people and injuring dozens. |
1984 | The birth of Giorgio Chiellini, Italian footballer |
1984 | The birth of Josh Gorges, Canadian ice hockey player |
1984 | The birth of Nick Grimshaw, English radio and television host |
1984 | The birth of Nicola Slater, Scottish tennis player |
1984 | The birth of Robin Söderling, Swedish tennis player |
1985 | The birth of Christian Gentner, German footballer |
1985 | The birth of Shea Weber, Canadian ice hockey player |
1986 | The birth of Braian RodrÃguez, Uruguayan footballer |
1987 | The birth of Tim Tebow, American football and baseball player and sportscaster |
1989 | The birth of Ander Herrera, Spanish footballer |
1989 | The birth of Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player |
1991 | The birth of Richard Freitag, German ski jumper |
1991 | The birth of Giovanny Gallegos, Mexican baseball player |
1995 | The birth of Léolia Jeanjean, French tennis player |
1997 | The birth of Greet Minnen, Belgian tennis player |
2007 | The death of Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1913) |
2010 | The death of Herman Leonard, American photographer (b. 1923) |
2012 | The death of Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1945) |
2012 | The death of Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian chess player (b. 1923) |
2012 | The death of Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (b. 1919) |
2013 | The death of Jack Germond, American journalist and author (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Leonard Fein, American journalist and academic, co-founded Moment Magazine (b. 1934) |
2014 | The death of George V. Hansen, American politician (b. 1930) |
2015 | The death of Bob Johnston, American songwriter and producer (b. 1932) |
2016 | The death of Fyvush Finkel, American actor (b. 1922) |
2018 | The death of Jill Janus, American singer (b. 1975) |
2019 | The death of Polly Farmer, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1935) |
2020 | The death of Julian Bream, English classical guitarist and lutenist (b. 1933) |
2020 | The death of Angela Buxton, British tennis player (b. 1934) |
2020 | The death of James R. Thompson, American politician, Governor of Illinois (1977-91) (b. 1936) |
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