William D. Coolidge Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 18, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

William D. Coolidge Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

William D. Coolidge Facts

Full Name	William D. Coolidge
Birthdate	October 23, 1873
Birth Place	Massachusetts
Age (in 2024)	151 Years Old
Zodiac	Scorpio
Occupation	Engineer

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William D. Coolidge Age & Birthday

William D. Coolidge is best known as Engineer who has born on October 23, 1873 in Massachusetts. Currently, William D. Coolidge is 151 years, 1 months and 26 days old. William D. Coolidge will celebrate 152nd birthday on Thursday, 23rd of October 2025. Below the countdown to William D. Coolidge upcoming birthday.

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William D. Coolidge Biography

About

His improvement on the tungsten filaments helped create the modern light bulbs and the first X-ray tube. He was the Director of the Research Laboratory at General Electric, where he developed ductile tungsten, replacing carbon in light bulbs.

Before Fame

He studied at MIT before going to Germany to reeve his doctorate from the University of Leipzig.

Trivia

His greatest invention, a vacuum tube for easily generating x-rays, became an indispensible part of medical practices everywhere, and is still sometimes called the 'Coolidge tube'.

Family Life

He had two children with his wife Ethel Westcott Woodard.

Associated With

His tungsten filaments made a much more durable incandescent light bulb than Thomas Edison's previous carbon fiber model.

Top Asked Questions about William D. Coolidge

How old is William D. Coolidge in 2024?

William D. Coolidge is 151 years old today.

When was William D. Coolidge born?

William D. Coolidge was born on October 23, 1873 in Massachusetts.

What is William D. Coolidge zodiac sign?

William D. Coolidge zodiac sign is Scorpio.

What was William D. Coolidge best known for?

William D. Coolidge was best known as Engineer.

Fun Facts about William D. Coolidge's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about William D. Coolidge's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

William D. Coolidge was born on Thursday, 296^th day / 43^rd week of 1873
William D. Coolidge has Scorpio zodiac sign and Water element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of William D. Coolidge birthday is XXIII.X.MDCCCLXXIII
William D. Coolidge's birthstone is Opal
William D. Coolidge's birth flower is Calendula that symbolize winning grace, protection, comfort, healing & lovable
William D. Coolidge age in year is 151 years old
William D. Coolidge age in month is 1813 months old
William D. Coolidge age in day is 55208 days old
William D. Coolidge age in hour is 1324992 hours old
William D. Coolidge age in minute is 79499520 minutes old
William D. Coolidge age in second is 4769971200 seconds old
Next William D. Coolidge birthday is on Thursday, October 23rd 2025
William D. Coolidge age in next birthday (2025) is 152 years old

Historical Events on William D. Coolidge Birthday (October 23)

Below are historical events that coincided with William D. Coolidge's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1989	Bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine; the biggest bankruptcy in the Nordic countries up until then.
1989	An explosion at the Houston Chemical Complex in Pasadena, Texas, which registered a 3.5 on the Richter magnitude scale, kills 23 and injures 314.
1991	Signing of the Paris Peace Accords which ends the Cambodian-Vietnamese War.
1993	The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians.
1995	Yolanda Saldívar is found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of popular Latin singer Selena.
1998	Israel and the Palestinian Authority sign the Wye River Memorandum.
2001	Apple Computer releases the iPod.
2002	Second Chechen War: Chechen separatist terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage.
2004	A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata Prefecture in northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.
2007	A storm causes the Mexican Kab 101 oil platform to collide with a wellhead, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the platform.
2011	A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.
2011	The Libyan National Transitional Council deems the Libyan Civil War over.
2015	The lowest sea-level pressure in the Western Hemisphere, and the highest reliably-measured non-tornadic sustained winds, are recorded in Hurricane Patricia, which strikes Mexico hours later, killing at least 13 and causing over $280 million in damages.
2022	Xi Jinping is elected as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party by the Central Committee, beginning a third term of the paramount leader of China.
2022	Myanmar Air Force airstrikes a concert in Hpakant Township, Kachin state killing at least 80 people, including senior Kachin Independence Organisation officials, in the Hpakant massacre.
1988	The birth of Carolin Schiewe, German footballer
1989	The birth of Viktor Agardius, Swedish footballer
1989	The birth of Alain Broja, Venezuelan footballer
1989	The birth of Jonita Gandhi, Indo-Canadian singer
1989	The birth of Anisya Kirdyapkina, Russian race walker
1989	The birth of Andriy Yarmolenko, Ukrainian footballer
1990	The birth of Paradise Oskar, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1991	The birth of Emil Forsberg, Swedish footballer
1991	The birth of Jorge Taufua, Australian rugby league player
1991	The birth of Princess Mako of Akishino, member of the Japanese Imperial Family
1993	The birth of Josh Ruffels, English footballer
1997	The birth of Jaydn Su'A, New Zealand rugby league player
1998	The birth of Amandla Stenberg, American actress
1999	The birth of Yui Kobayashi, Japanese idol
2002	The birth of Shin Eun-soo, South Korean actress
2014	The death of John Bramlett, American football player (b. 1941)
2014	The death of Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (b. 1929)
2014	The death of Joan Quigley, American astrologer and author (b. 1927)
2014	The death of Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1931)
2014	The death of Alvin Stardust, English singer and actor (b. 1942)
2015	The death of Leon Bibb, American-Canadian singer (b. 1922)
2015	The death of Roger De Clerck, Belgian businessman (b. 1924)
2015	The death of Jim Roberts, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1940)
2015	The death of Fred Sands, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Museum of Contemporary Art (b. 1938)
2016	The death of Jack Chick, American cartoonist and publisher (b. 1924)
2016	The death of Wim van der Voort, Dutch speed skater (b. 1923)
2016	The death of Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter (b. 1959)
2017	The death of Walter Lassally, German cinematographer (b. 1926)
2018	The death of Todd Reid, Australian tennis player (b. 1984)
2022	The death of Adriano Moreira, Portuguese politician, Minister of the Overseas Provinces, President of the CDS - People's Party (b. 1922)

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