Updated at December 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | William Hood Simpson |
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Birthdate | May 19, 1888 |
Birth Place | Texas |
Age (in 2024) | 136 Years Old |
Zodiac | Taurus |
Occupation | War Hero |
William Hood Simpson is best known as War Hero who has born on May 19, 1888 in Texas. Currently, William Hood Simpson is 136 years, 7 months and 4 days old. William Hood Simpson will celebrate 137th birthday on Monday, 19th of May 2025. Below the countdown to William Hood Simpson upcoming birthday.
Army officer who commanded the Ninth Army in WWII, a group that broke the Siegfried Line in 1944.
He served with the 33rd division in WWI.
He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, and led the ninth to be the first American army across the Elbe.
He married Ruth K. Simpson.
He was chosen as part of Omar Bradley's 12th Army Group.
William Hood Simpson is 136 years old today.
William Hood Simpson was born on May 19, 1888 in Texas.
William Hood Simpson zodiac sign is Taurus.
William Hood Simpson was best known as War Hero.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about William Hood Simpson's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with William Hood Simpson's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1963 | The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail. |
1971 | Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union. |
1986 | The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan. |
1991 | Croatians vote for independence in a referendum. |
1993 | SAM Colombia Flight 501 crashes on approach to JosĂ© MarĂa CĂłrdova International Airport in MedellĂn, Colombia, killing 132. |
1996 | Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on mission STS-77. |
1997 | The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts. |
2000 | Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-101 to resupply the International Space Station. |
2007 | President of Romania Traian BÄsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension. |
2010 | The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders. |
2012 | Three gas cylinder bombs explode in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of Brindisi, killing one person and injuring five others. |
2012 | A car bomb explodes near a military complex in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, killing nine people. |
2015 | The Refugio oil spill deposited 142,800 U.S. gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto an area in California considered one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the west coast. |
2016 | EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while traveling from Paris to Cairo, killing all on board. |
2018 | The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is held at St George's Chapel, Windsor, with an estimated global audience of 1.9Â billion. |
1987 | The birth of David Edgar, Canadian soccer player |
1987 | The birth of Mariano Torres, Argentinian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Jayne Wisener, Northern Irish actress |
1991 | The birth of Jordan Pruitt, American singer-songwriter |
1992 | The birth of Michele Camporese, Italian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Ola John, Dutch footballer |
1992 | The birth of Felise Kaufusi, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player |
1992 | The birth of Evgeny Kuznetsov, Russian ice hockey player |
1992 | The birth of Marshmello, American electronic music producer and DJ |
1992 | The birth of Sam Smith, English singer-songwriter |
1992 | The birth of Heather Watson, British tennis player |
1994 | The birth of Carlos GuzmĂĄn, Mexican footballer |
1995 | The birth of Taane Milne, New Zealand rugby league player |
2001 | The birth of Elizabeth Mandlik, American tennis player |
2003 | The birth of Jojo Siwa, American dancer, singer, actress, and YouTube personality |
2014 | The death of Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of Sam Greenlee, American author and poet (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Vincent Harding, American historian and scholar (b. 1931) |
2014 | The death of Gabriel Kolko, American historian and author (b. 1932) |
2014 | The death of Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Polish boxer (b. 1934) |
2015 | The death of Bruce Lundvall, American businessman (b. 1935) |
2015 | The death of Ted McWhinney, Australian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1924) |
2015 | The death of Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, socialite; 31st Second Lady of the United States (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Robert S. Wistrich, English historian, author, and academic (b. 1945) |
2016 | The death of Alan Young, English-born Canadian-American actor (b. 1919) |
2016 | The death of Morley Safer, Canadian-born American journalist (b. 1931) |
2017 | The death of Nawshirwan Mustafa, General coordinator of the Movement for Change (Gorran) (b. 1944) |
2017 | The death of Stanislav Petrov, Lt. Colonel in Soviet Air Defence Forces (b. 1939) |
2018 | The death of Zhengzhang Shangfang, Chinese linguist (b. 1933) |
2021 | The death of Paul Mooney, American comedian (b. 1941) |
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