Updated at December 22, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Wilfred Thesiger |
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Birthdate | June 03, 1910 |
Birth Place | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
Age (in 2024) | 114 Years Old |
Zodiac | Gemini |
Occupation | Explorer |
Wilfred Thesiger is best known as Explorer who has born on June 03, 1910 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Currently, Wilfred Thesiger is 114 years, 6 months and 19 days old. Wilfred Thesiger will celebrate 115th birthday on Tuesday, 3rd of June 2025. Below the countdown to Wilfred Thesiger upcoming birthday.
British explorer and author who rejected the world of technology for a life with the natives of Africa.
He didn't care much for his studies, and took off traveling on his very first summer vacation from college.
He braved the dangerous natives of Abyssinia (modern day Ethiopia), noting that they were no worse than the chaps he endured in college.
He was born into British royalty. His father was a second baron and a diplomat.
Hugh Clapperton was another famed explorer of Africa.
Wilfred Thesiger is 114 years old today.
Wilfred Thesiger was born on June 03, 1910 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Wilfred Thesiger zodiac sign is Gemini.
Wilfred Thesiger was best known as Explorer.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Wilfred Thesiger's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Wilfred Thesiger's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1980 | The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, causing five deaths and $300 million (equivalent to $987 million in 2021) worth of damage. |
1982 | The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street; he survives but is left paralysed. |
1984 | Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000. |
1989 | The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation. |
1991 | Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists. |
1992 | Aboriginal land rights are recognised in Australia, overturning the long-held colonial assumption of terra nullius, in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Torres Strait Islander Eddie Mabo and leading to the Native Title Act 1993. |
1998 | After suffering a mechanical failure, a high speed train derails at Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people. |
2006 | The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence. |
2012 | A plane carrying 153 people on board crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board and six people on the ground. |
2012 | The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on the River Thames. |
2013 | The trial of United States Army private Chelsea Manning for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks begins in Fort Meade, Maryland. |
2013 | At least 119 people are killed in a fire at a poultry farm in Jilin Province in northeastern China. |
2015 | An explosion at a gasoline station in Accra, Ghana, kills more than 200 people. |
2017 | London Bridge attack: Eight people are murdered and dozens of civilians are wounded by Islamist terrorists. Three of the attackers are shot dead by the police. |
2019 | Khartoum massacre: In Sudan, over 100 people are killed when security forces accompanied by Janjaweed militiamen storm and open fire on a sit-in protest. |
1981 | The birth of Sosene Anesi, New Zealand rugby player |
1982 | The birth of Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter |
1982 | The birth of Manfred Mölgg, Italian skier |
1983 | The birth of Pasquale Foggia, Italian footballer |
1985 | The birth of Papiss Cissé, Senegalese footballer |
1985 | The birth of Łukasz Piszczek, Polish footballer |
1986 | The birth of Al Horford, Dominican basketball player |
1986 | The birth of Micah Kogo, Kenyan runner |
1986 | The birth of Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player |
1986 | The birth of Tomáš Verner, Czech ice skater |
1987 | The birth of Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress |
1989 | The birth of Katie Hoff, American swimmer |
1991 | The birth of Yordano Ventura, Dominican baseball player (d. 2017) |
1992 | The birth of Mario Götze, German footballer |
1998 | The birth of Hwang Eun-bi, South Korean singer and actress |
2011 | The death of Andrew Gold, American singer, songwriter, musician and arranger (b. 1951) |
2011 | The death of Bhajan Lal, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of Haryana (b. 1930) |
2011 | The death of Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, author, and activist (b. 1928) |
2011 | The death of Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (b. 1925) |
2012 | The death of Carol Ann Abrams, American producer, author, and academic (b. 1942) |
2012 | The death of Roy Salvadori, English racing driver and manager (b. 1922) |
2012 | The death of Brian Talboys, New Zealand journalist and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1921) |
2013 | The death of Atul Chitnis, German-Indian technologist and journalist (b. 1962) |
2013 | The death of Józef Czyrek, Polish economist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1928) |
2013 | The death of Frank Lautenberg, American soldier and politician (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1942) |
2014 | The death of Gopinath Munde, Indian politician, 3rd Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1949) |
2015 | The death of Avi Beker, Israeli political scientist and academic (b. 1951) |
2016 | The death of Muhammad Ali, American boxer (b. 1942) |
2021 | The death of F. Lee Bailey, American attorney (b. 1933) |
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