William Shockley Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 22, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

William Shockley Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

William Shockley Facts

Full Name	William Shockley
Birthdate	February 13, 1910
Birth Place	London, England
Age (in 2024)	114 Years Old
Zodiac	Aquarius
Occupation	Physicist

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William Shockley Age & Birthday

William Shockley is best known as Physicist who has born on February 13, 1910 in London, England. Currently, William Shockley is 114 years, 10 months and 9 days old. William Shockley will celebrate 115th birthday on Thursday, 13th of February 2025. Below the countdown to William Shockley upcoming birthday.

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William Shockley Biography

About

American physicist and co-inventor of the transistor who ushered in the electronics revolution and directly led to the electronics boom in Silicon Valley. He shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work.

Before Fame

After completing his education at Caltech and MIT, he joined Bell Labs in New York, before opening up his own laboratory in Mountain View, California.

Trivia

Although a brilliant man himself, his dictatorial style turned away many of his brightest workers - eight of them went on to start Fairchild Semiconductor, an immediate success, while his own company was sold to Beckman Instruments.

Family Life

He was born in London, England, his father William Hillman Shockley a mining engineer.

Associated With

He also became a strong proponent of Francis Galton's theory of eugenics, arguing that other races were intellectually inferior to whites, and that their high birthrate threatened humanity as a whole.

Top Asked Questions about William Shockley

How old is William Shockley in 2024?

William Shockley is 114 years old today.

When was William Shockley born?

William Shockley was born on February 13, 1910 in London, England.

What is William Shockley zodiac sign?

William Shockley zodiac sign is Aquarius.

What was William Shockley best known for?

William Shockley was best known as Physicist.

Fun Facts about William Shockley's Birthday

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

William Shockley was born on Sunday, 44^th day / 06^th week of 1910
William Shockley has Aquarius zodiac sign and Air element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of William Shockley birthday is XIII.II.MCMX
William Shockley's birthstone is Amethyst
William Shockley's birth flower is Primrose that symbolize modesty, distinction & virtue
William Shockley age in year is 114 years old
William Shockley age in month is 1378 months old
William Shockley age in day is 41951 days old
William Shockley age in hour is 1006824 hours old
William Shockley age in minute is 60409440 minutes old
William Shockley age in second is 3624566400 seconds old
Next William Shockley birthday is on Thursday, February 13th 2025
William Shockley age in next birthday (2025) is 115 years old

Historical Events on William Shockley Birthday (February 13)

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

Year	Event
1983	A cinema fire in Turin, Italy, kills 64 people.
1984	Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1990	German reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.
1991	Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad. Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, but over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed.
1996	The Nepalese Civil War is initiated in the Kingdom of Nepal by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre).
2001	An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter magnitude scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 944.
2004	The Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
2007	Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election.
2008	Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.
2010	A bomb explodes in the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India, killing 17 and injuring 60 more.
2011	For the first time in more than 100 years the Umatilla, an American Indian tribe, are able to hunt and harvest a bison just outside Yellowstone National Park, restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855.
2012	The European Space Agency (ESA) conducted the first launch of the European Vega rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
2017	Kim Jong-nam, brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, is assassinated at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
2021	Former U.S. President Donald Trump is acquitted in his second impeachment trial.
2021	A major winter storm causes blackouts and kills at least 82 people in Texas and northern Mexico.
1983	The birth of Mike Nickeas, Canadian baseball player
1983	The birth of Anna Watkins, English rower
1984	The birth of Hinkelien Schreuder, Dutch swimmer
1985	The birth of Kwak Ji-min, South Korean actress
1986	The birth of Luke Moore, English footballer
1986	The birth of Aqib Talib, American football player
1987	The birth of Eljero Elia, Dutch footballer
1988	The birth of Ryan Goins, American baseball player
1988	The birth of Eddy Pettybourne, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player
1989	The birth of Rodrigo Possebon, Brazilian footballer
1991	The birth of Eliaquim Mangala, French footballer
1991	The birth of Junior Roqica, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
1991	The birth of Vianney, French singer
1994	The birth of Memphis Depay, Dutch footballer
2001	The birth of Kaapo Kakko, Finnish ice hockey player
2014	The death of Balu Mahendra, Sri Lankan-Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)
2014	The death of Richard Møller Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager (b. 1937)
2014	The death of Ralph Waite, American actor and activist (b. 1928)
2015	The death of Faith Bandler, Australian activist and author (b. 1918)
2015	The death of Stan Chambers, American journalist and actor (b. 1923)
2016	The death of O. N. V. Kurup, Indian poet and academic (b. 1931)
2016	The death of Antonin Scalia, American lawyer and judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (b. 1936)
2017	The death of Ricardo Arias Calderón, Panamanian politician (b. 1933)
2017	The death of Aileen Hernandez, American union organizer and activist (b. 1926)
2017	The death of Seijun Suzuki, Japanese filmmaker (b. 1923)
2017	The death of Kim Jong-nam, North Korean politician (b. 1971)
2017	The death of E-Dubble, American rapper (b. 1982)
2018	The death of Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, French-born Danish royal (b. 1934)
2019	The death of Callistus Ndlovu, Zimbabwean academic and politician (b. 1936)
2021	The death of Kadir Topbaş, Turkish politician (b. 1945)

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