Updated at November 5, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | William Van Alen |
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Birthdate | August 10, 1883 |
Birth Place | New York |
Age (in 2024) | 141 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Occupation | Architect |
William Van Alen is best known as Architect who has born on August 10, 1883 in New York. Currently, William Van Alen is 141 years, 2 months and 26 days old. William Van Alen will celebrate 142nd birthday on Sunday, 10th of August 2025. Below the countdown to William Van Alen upcoming birthday.
Designer of the Chrysler Building in New York City from 1929 until 1930. His other works included the Hotel Astor in 1902 and other multistory commercial structures.
He studied at the first independent atelier in the United States, Atelier Masqueray, for three years under the famed Emmanuel Louis Masqueray. He was awarded the Paris Prize scholarship in 1908, which allowed him to then study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under the famed Victor Laloux.
His career was negatively impacted by the Great Depression, and he turned to teaching sculpturing.
His family was residing in Brooklyn when he was born. He married Elizabeth Bloodgood.
He and architect Daniel Burnham both became famous architects from New York.
William Van Alen is 141 years old today.
William Van Alen was born on August 10, 1883 in New York.
William Van Alen zodiac sign is Leo.
William Van Alen was best known as Architect.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about William Van Alen'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 Van Alen's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1993 | Two earthquakes affect New Zealand. A 7.0 Mw shock (intensity VI (Strong)) in the South Island was followed nine hours later by a 6.4 Mw event (intensity VII (Very strong)) in the North Island. |
1995 | Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony. |
1997 | Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan. |
1998 | HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation. |
1999 | Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting. |
2001 | The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths. |
2001 | Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-105 to the International Space Station, carrying the astronauts of Expedition 3 to replace the crew of Expedition 2. |
2003 | The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa. |
2009 | Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history. |
2012 | The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people. |
2014 | Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport. |
2018 | Horizon Air employee Richard Russell hijacks and performs an unauthorized takeoff on a Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 plane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington, flying it for more than an hour before crashing the plane and killing himself on Ketron Island in Puget Sound. |
2018 | An anti-government rally turns into a riot when members of the Romanian Gendarmerie attack the 100,000 people protesting in front of the Victoria Palace, leading to 452 recorded injuries. The autorithies alleged that the crowd was infiltrated by hooligans who began attacking law enforcement agents. |
2019 | Thirty-two are killed and one million are evacuated as Typhoon Lekima makes landfall in Zhejiang, China. Earlier it had caused flooding in the Philippines. |
2020 | Derecho in Iowa becomes the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history. |
1987 | The birth of Jim Bakkum, Dutch singer and actor |
1987 | The birth of Ari Boyland, New Zealand actor and singer |
1989 | The birth of Sam Gagner, Canadian ice hockey player |
1989 | The birth of Ben Sahar, Israeli footballer |
1989 | The birth of Brenton Thwaites, Australian actor |
1990 | The birth of Cruze Ah-Nau, Australian rugby player |
1990 | The birth of Lee Sung-kyung, South Korean model, actress, and singer |
1991 | The birth of Marcus Foligno, American-Canadian ice hockey player |
1991 | The birth of Chris Tremain, Australian cricketer |
1991 | The birth of Dagný Brynjarsdóttir, Icelandic footballer |
1991 | The birth of Nikos Korovesis, Greek footballer |
1993 | The birth of Andre Drummond, American basketball player |
1994 | The birth of Bernardo Silva, Portuguese footballer |
1996 | The birth of Lauren Tait, Scottish netball player |
2000 | The birth of Sophia Smith, American soccer player |
2013 | The death of David C. Jones, American general (b. 1921) |
2013 | The death of Jody Payne, American singer and guitarist (b. 1936) |
2013 | The death of Amy Wallace, American author (b. 1955) |
2014 | The death of Jim Command, American baseball player and scout (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Dotty Lynch, American journalist and academic (b. 1945) |
2014 | The death of Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (b. 1912) |
2014 | The death of Bob Wiesler, American baseball player (b. 1930) |
2015 | The death of Buddy Baker, American race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1941) |
2015 | The death of Endre Czeizel, Hungarian physician, geneticist, and academic (b. 1935) |
2015 | The death of Knut Osnes, Norwegian footballer and coach (b. 1922) |
2015 | The death of Eriek Verpale, Belgian author and poet (b. 1952) |
2017 | The death of Ruth Pfau, German-Pakistani doctor and nun (b. 1929) |
2019 | The death of Jeffrey Epstein, American financier (b. 1953) |
2021 | The death of Tony Esposito, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1943) |
2022 | The death of Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish actor, musician and comedian (b. 1945) |
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