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

Updated at March 28, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

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

William D. Coolidge Facts

Full NameWilliam D. Coolidge
BirthdateOctober 23, 1873
Birth PlaceMassachusetts
Age (in 2024)150 Years Old
ZodiacScorpio
OccupationEngineer

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 150 years, 5 months and 5 days old. William D. Coolidge will celebrate 151st birthday on Wednesday, 23rd of October 2024. 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 150 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, 296th day / 43rd 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 150 years old
  • William D. Coolidge age in month is 1805 months old
  • William D. Coolidge age in day is 54943 days old
  • William D. Coolidge age in hour is 1318632 hours old
  • William D. Coolidge age in minute is 79117920 minutes old
  • William D. Coolidge age in second is 4747075200 seconds old
  • Next William D. Coolidge birthday is on Thursday, October 23rd 2025
  • William D. Coolidge age in next birthday (2025) is 151 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.

YearEvent
1989Bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine; the biggest bankruptcy in the Nordic countries up until then.
1989An explosion at the Houston Chemical Complex in Pasadena, Texas, which registered a 3.5 on the Richter magnitude scale, kills 23 and injures 314.
1991Signing of the Paris Peace Accords which ends the Cambodian-Vietnamese War.
1993The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians.
1995Yolanda Saldívar is found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of popular Latin singer Selena.
1998Israel and the Palestinian Authority sign the Wye River Memorandum.
2001Apple Computer releases the iPod.
2002Second Chechen War: Chechen separatist terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage.
2004A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata Prefecture in northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.
2007A 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.
2011A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.
2011The Libyan National Transitional Council deems the Libyan Civil War over.
2015The 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.
2022Xi 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.
2022Myanmar 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.
1988The birth of Carolin Schiewe, German footballer
1989The birth of Viktor Agardius, Swedish footballer
1989The birth of Alain Broja, Venezuelan footballer
1989The birth of Jonita Gandhi, Indo-Canadian singer
1989The birth of Anisya Kirdyapkina, Russian race walker
1989The birth of Andriy Yarmolenko, Ukrainian footballer
1990The birth of Paradise Oskar, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1991The birth of Emil Forsberg, Swedish footballer
1991The birth of Jorge Taufua, Australian rugby league player
1991The birth of Princess Mako of Akishino, member of the Japanese Imperial Family
1993The birth of Josh Ruffels, English footballer
1997The birth of Jaydn Su'A, New Zealand rugby league player
1998The birth of Amandla Stenberg, American actress
1999The birth of Yui Kobayashi, Japanese idol
2002The birth of Shin Eun-soo, South Korean actress
2014The death of John Bramlett, American football player (b. 1941)
2014The death of Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (b. 1929)
2014The death of Joan Quigley, American astrologer and author (b. 1927)
2014The death of Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1931)
2014The death of Alvin Stardust, English singer and actor (b. 1942)
2015The death of Leon Bibb, American-Canadian singer (b. 1922)
2015The death of Roger De Clerck, Belgian businessman (b. 1924)
2015The death of Jim Roberts, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1940)
2015The death of Fred Sands, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Museum of Contemporary Art (b. 1938)
2016The death of Jack Chick, American cartoonist and publisher (b. 1924)
2016The death of Wim van der Voort, Dutch speed skater (b. 1923)
2016The death of Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter (b. 1959)
2017The death of Walter Lassally, German cinematographer (b. 1926)
2018The death of Todd Reid, Australian tennis player (b. 1984)
2022The death of Adriano Moreira, Portuguese politician, Minister of the Overseas Provinces, President of the CDS - People's Party (b. 1922)

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