Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Verne Gagne |
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Birthdate | February 26, 1926 |
Birth Place | Robbinsdale, MN |
Age (in 2024) | 98 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Wrestler |
Verne Gagne is best known as Wrestler who has born on February 26, 1926 in Robbinsdale, MN. Currently, Verne Gagne is 98 years, 8 months and 23 days old. Verne Gagne will celebrate 99th birthday on Wednesday, 26th of February 2025. Below the countdown to Verne Gagne upcoming birthday.
Professional for 32 years, he was a 16-time World Heavyweight Champion.
He was selected in the 1947 NFL draft by the Chicago Bears, but, when forced to choose between football and wrestling, opted for the latter.
He was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2004.
He was married to Mary Gagne and he had three children named Donna, Catherine and Greg.
In 1960 he founded AWA, and briefly headlined Hulk Hogan as the promotion's main draw.
Verne Gagne is 98 years old today.
Verne Gagne was born on February 26, 1926 in Robbinsdale, MN.
Verne Gagne zodiac sign is Pisces.
Verne Gagne was best known as Wrestler.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Verne Gagne's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Verne Gagne's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1960 | A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board. |
1966 | Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket. |
1971 | U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day. |
1979 | The Superliner railcar enters revenue service with Amtrak. |
1980 | Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations. |
1987 | Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff. |
1992 | First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead. |
1993 | World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people. |
1995 | The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts. |
2008 | The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea. |
2012 | A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45. |
2012 | Seventeen-year-old African-American student Trayvon Martin is shot to death by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman in an altercation in Sanford, Florida. |
2013 | A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people. |
2019 | Indian Air Force fighter-jets targeted Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camps in Balakot. |
2021 | A total of 279 female students aged between 10 and 17 are kidnapped by bandits in the Zamfara kidnapping in Zamfara State, Nigeria. |
1982 | The birth of Nate Ruess, American singer-songwriter |
1983 | The birth of Jerome Harrison, American football player |
1983 | The birth of Pepe, Brazilian-Portuguese footballer |
1984 | The birth of Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese international footballer |
1984 | The birth of Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican singer-songwriter |
1984 | The birth of Beren Saat, Turkish actress |
1985 | The birth of Fernando Llorente, Spanish international footballer |
1986 | The birth of Hannah Kearney, American skier |
1989 | The birth of Gabriel Obertan, French footballer |
1990 | The birth of Takanoiwa Yoshimori, Mongolian sumo wrestler |
1991 | The birth of Lee Chae-rin, South Korean singer |
1992 | The birth of Mikael Granlund, Finnish professional hockey player |
1992 | The birth of Michael Chee Kam, New Zealand rugby league player |
1993 | The birth of Morgan Gautrat, American soccer player |
1997 | The birth of Reghan Tumilty, Scottish footballer |
2010 | The death of Jun Seba, also known as "Nujabes", Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (b. 1974) |
2011 | The death of Arnošt Lustig, Czech author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1926) |
2012 | The death of Richard Carpenter, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929) |
2013 | The death of Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and educator (b. 1926) |
2013 | The death of Stéphane Hessel, German-French diplomat and author (b. 1917) |
2013 | The death of Simon Li, Hong Kong judge and politician (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of Phyllis Krasilovsky, American author and academic (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Sheppard Frere, English historian and archaeologist (b. 1916) |
2015 | The death of Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, educator, and academic (b. 1917) |
2015 | The death of Earl Lloyd, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Tom Schweich, American lawyer and politician, 36th State Auditor of Missouri (b. 1960) |
2016 | The death of Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1932) |
2016 | The death of Don Getty, Canadian football player and politician, 11th Premier of Alberta (b. 1933) |
2017 | The death of Joseph Wapner, American judge and TV personality (b. 1919) |
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