Updated at December 15, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Walter Breuning |
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Birthdate | September 21, 1896 |
Birth Place | Melrose, MN |
Age (in 2024) | 128 Years Old |
Zodiac | Virgo |
Occupation | Supercentenarian |
Walter Breuning is best known as Supercentenarian who has born on September 21, 1896 in Melrose, MN. Currently, Walter Breuning is 128 years, 2 months and 24 days old. Walter Breuning will celebrate 129th birthday on Sunday, 21st of September 2025. Below the countdown to Walter Breuning upcoming birthday.
Remembered for being one of the oldest living people, this Minnesota-born supercentenarian died five months short of his 115th birthday. He became one of the world's longest-living human beings in spite of decades of cigar smoking and a colon cancer bout in his sixties.Â
At the age of seventeen, he began a nearly sixty-year career with the Great Northern Railway.
For the last thirty years of his life, he lived in a retirement home in Great Falls, Montana.
His first marriage, to Agnes Twokey Breuning, lasted from 1922 until her death in 1957. He also outlived his second wife, Margaret Vanest Breuning.
In 2009, at the age of 112, he appeared on a special segment of the News Hour with Jim Lehrer, discussing the current political climate and comparing it to the world of his younger years, in which he voted for Woodrow Wilson and lived through The Great Depression.
Walter Breuning is 128 years old today.
Walter Breuning was born on September 21, 1896 in Melrose, MN.
Walter Breuning zodiac sign is Virgo.
Walter Breuning was best known as Supercentenarian.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Walter Breuning's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Walter Breuning's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1981 | Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom. |
1981 | Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice. |
1984 | Brunei joins the United Nations. |
1991 | Armenia gains independence from the Soviet Union. |
1993 | Russian President Boris Yeltsin triggers a constitutional crisis when he suspends parliament and scraps the constitution. |
1996 | The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress. |
1997 | St. Olaf's Church, a stone church from the 16th century in TyrvÀÀ, Finland, was burnt down by a burglar. |
1999 | The Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead. |
2001 | America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200Â million for the victims of the September 11 attacks. |
2001 | Ross Parker is murdered in Peterborough, England, by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths. |
2003 | The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere. |
2012 | Three Egyptian militants open fire on a group of Israeli soldiers in a southern Israel cross-border attack. |
2013 | Al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya, killing at least 67 people. |
2018 | Killing of Zak Kostopoulos, LGBT rights activist beaten to death on a busy street in Athens |
2019 | A 5.6 Mw earthquake shakes the Albanian port of Durrës. Forty-nine people are injured in the capital, Tirana. |
1990 | The birth of Al-Farouq Aminu, American basketball player |
1990 | The birth of Danny Batth, English footballer |
1990 | The birth of Rob Cross, English darts player |
1990 | The birth of Ivan Dorschner, American-Filipino model and actor |
1990 | The birth of Sam Kasiano, New Zealand rugby league player |
1991 | The birth of Anastassia Kovalenko, Estonian motorcycle racer |
1992 | The birth of Kim Jong-dae, South Korean singer-songwriter |
1992 | The birth of Rodrigo GodĂnez, Mexican footballer |
1992 | The birth of Devyn Marble, American basketball player |
1993 | The birth of Kirsty Gilmour, Scottish badminton player |
1993 | The birth of Kwon Mina, South Korean singer and actress |
1993 | The birth of Ante RebiÄ, Croatian footballer |
1998 | The birth of MĂĄscara de Bronce, Mexican wrestler |
1999 | The birth of Wang Junkai, Chinese singer |
1999 | The birth of Alexander Isak, Eritrean-Swedish professional footballer |
2013 | The death of Michel Brault, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928) |
2013 | The death of Harl H. Haas, Jr., American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1932) |
2013 | The death of Walter Wallmann, German lawyer and politician, Minister-President of Hesse (b. 1932) |
2013 | The death of Ko Wierenga, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of Michael Harari, Israeli intelligence officer (b. 1927) |
2014 | The death of Caldwell Jones, American basketball player and coach (b. 1950) |
2014 | The death of Sheldon Patinkin, American director and playwright (b. 1935) |
2015 | The death of Yoram Gross, Polish-Australian director and producer (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Ray Warleigh, Australian-English saxophonist and flute player (b. 1938) |
2015 | The death of Richard Williamson, American footballer and coach (b. 1941) |
2018 | The death of Tráș§n ÄáșĄi Quang, President of Vietnam (b. 1956) |
2018 | The death of Vitaliy Masol, Ukrainian Former Prime Minister (b.1928) |
2020 | The death of Arthur Ashkin, American scientist and Nobel laureate (b. 1922) |
2021 | The death of Willie Garson, American actor (b. 1964) |
2022 | The death of Raju Srivastav, Indian comedian, actor and politician (b. 1963) |
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