Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Welles Crowther |
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Birthdate | May 17, 1977 |
Birth Place | New York City, NY |
Age (in 2024) | 47 Years Old |
Zodiac | Taurus |
Welles Crowther was born on May 17, 1977 in New York City, NY. Currently, Welles Crowther is 47 years, 6 months and 4 days old. Welles Crowther will celebrate 48th birthday on Saturday, 17th of May 2025. Below the countdown to Welles Crowther upcoming birthday.
New York equities trader who lost his own life while rescuing more than ten people during the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Twin Towers.
He became a volunteer firefighter when he was in his mid-teens, and he went on to play lacrosse and study economics at Boston College. After graduation, he began working for Sandler O'Neill and Partners, a financial company that had an office on Floor 104 of the World Trade Center's South Tower.
He aided New York firefighters in safely ushering close to a dozen wounded and terrified people out of the South Tower, repeatedly re-entering the building to help more people. His body was found in March of 2002 along with the bodies of several emergency personnel and firefighters.
He was born to Allison and Jefferson Crowther, and he grew up with two younger sisters in Nyack, New York.
He and businessman Daniel Lewin both died as a result of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Lewin, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11, was also a hero: he attempted to fight the plane's hijacker.
Welles Crowther is 47 years old today.
Welles Crowther was born on May 17, 1977 in New York City, NY.
Welles Crowther zodiac sign is Taurus.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Welles Crowther's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1980 | On the eve of presidential elections, Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path attacks a polling location in Chuschi (a town in Ayacucho), starting the Internal conflict in Peru. |
1983 | The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2 million pounds ), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request. |
1983 | Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. |
1984 | Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend", sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture. |
1987 | Iran-Iraq War: An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. Navy warship USS Stark, killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew. |
1990 | The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases. |
1992 | Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, hundreds of injuries, many disappearances, and more than 3,500 arrests. |
1994 | Malawi holds its first multi-party elections. |
1995 | Shawn Nelson steals an M60 tank from the California Army National Guard Armory in San Diego and proceeds to go on a rampage. |
1997 | Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
2000 | Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen |
2004 | The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts. |
2006 | The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef. |
2007 | Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953. |
2014 | A military plane crash in northern Laos kills 17 people. |
1987 | The birth of Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norwegian cyclist |
1987 | The birth of Aleandro Rosi, Italian footballer |
1988 | The birth of Nikki Reed, American actress, singer, and screenwriter |
1989 | The birth of Mose Masoe, New Zealand rugby league player |
1989 | The birth of Rain Raadik, Estonian basketball player |
1989 | The birth of Tessa Virtue, Canadian ice dancer |
1990 | The birth of Will Clyburn, American basketball player |
1990 | The birth of Fabian Giefer, German footballer |
1990 | The birth of Charlie Gubb, New Zealand rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Katrina Hart, English runner |
1990 | The birth of Guido Pella, Argentine tennis player |
1991 | The birth of Johanna Konta, Australian-English tennis player |
1991 | The birth of Adil Omar, Pakistani rapper and music producer |
1991 | The birth of Abigail Raye, Canadian field hockey player |
1994 | The birth of Julie Anne San Jose, Filipina singer-songwriter |
2012 | The death of Patrick Mafisango, Congolese-Rwandan footballer (b. 1980) |
2012 | The death of Donna Summer, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948) |
2013 | The death of Philippe Gaumont, French cyclist (b. 1973) |
2013 | The death of Peter Schulz, German politician, Mayor of Hamburg (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of Ken Venturi, American golfer and sportscaster (b. 1931) |
2013 | The death of Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentine Commander in Chief and dictator (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Gerald Edelman, American biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of C. P. Krishnan Nair, Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Douangchay Phichit, Laotian politician (b. 1944) |
2014 | The death of Thongbanh Sengaphone, Laotian politician (b. 1953) |
2015 | The death of Lionel Pickens, American rapper (b. 1983) |
2017 | The death of Todor Veselinović, Serbian football player and manager (b. 1930) |
2019 | The death of Herman Wouk, American author (b. 1915) |
2020 | The death of Lucky Peterson, American blues singer, keyboardist and guitarist (b. 1964) |
2022 | The death of Vangelis, Greek musician, composer (b. 1943) |
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