Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Wolfgang Unzicker |
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Birthdate | June 26, 1925 |
Birth Place | Germany |
Age (in 2024) | 99 Years Old |
Zodiac | Cancer |
Occupation | Chess Player |
Wolfgang Unzicker is best known as Chess Player who has born on June 26, 1925 in Germany. Currently, Wolfgang Unzicker is 99 years, 4 months and 25 days old. Wolfgang Unzicker will celebrate 100th birthday on Thursday, 26th of June 2025. Below the countdown to Wolfgang Unzicker upcoming birthday.
He was considered by many to be the greatest amateur chess master of the 20th Century.
His father taught him to play chess at the age of 10.
He chose not to become a professional chess player because of his passion for law.
His wife, Freia, was by his side for over 50 years.
He had a first place tie with Boris Spassky in the 1965 Chigorin Memorial tournament.
Wolfgang Unzicker is 99 years old today.
Wolfgang Unzicker was born on June 26, 1925 in Germany.
Wolfgang Unzicker zodiac sign is Cancer.
Wolfgang Unzicker was best known as Chess Player.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Wolfgang Unzicker's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Wolfgang Unzicker's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1988 | The first crash of an Airbus A320 occurs when Air France Flight 296Q crashes at Mulhouse-Habsheim Airfield in Habsheim, France, during an air show, killing three of the 136 people on board. |
1991 | Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav People's Army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia. |
1995 | Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup d'Ă©tat. |
1997 | The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. |
1997 | J. K. Rowling publishes the first of her Harry Potter novel series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in United Kingdom. |
2000 | The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence. |
2003 | The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional. |
2006 | Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest. |
2007 | Pope Benedict XVI reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes. |
2008 | A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people. |
2012 | The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people. |
2013 | Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others. |
2013 | The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. |
2015 | Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occurred on what was dubbed Bloody Friday by international media. Upwards of 750 people were either killed or injured in these uncoordinated attacks. |
2015 | The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. |
1991 | The birth of Houssem Chemali, French footballer |
1991 | The birth of Diego Falcinelli, Italian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Dustin Martin, Australian rules footballer |
1992 | The birth of Joel Campbell, Costa Rican footballer |
1992 | The birth of Rudy Gobert, French basketball player |
1992 | The birth of Jennette McCurdy, American actress and singer-songwriter |
1993 | The birth of Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress |
1994 | The birth of Hollie Arnold, English javelin thrower |
1994 | The birth of Leonard Carow, German actor |
1997 | The birth of Baek Ye-rin, South Korean singer |
1997 | The birth of Callum Taylor, English cricketer |
2000 | The birth of Ann Li, American tennis player |
2002 | The birth of Chandler Smith, American racing driver |
2005 | The birth of Princess Alexia of the Netherlands |
2009 | The birth of Yesha Camile, Filipino child actress |
2013 | The death of Byron Looper, American politician (b. 1964) |
2013 | The death of Justin Miller, American baseball player (b. 1977) |
2013 | The death of Marc Rich, Belgian-American businessman (b. 1934) |
2014 | The death of Howard Baker, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Bill Frank, American-Canadian football player (b. 1938) |
2014 | The death of Rollin King, American businessman, co-founded Southwest Airlines (b. 1931) |
2014 | The death of Bob Mischak, American football player and coach (b. 1932) |
2014 | The death of Julius Rudel, Austrian-American conductor (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Mary Rodgers, American composer and author (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Chris Thompson, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1952) |
2019 | The death of Beth Chapman, American reality Television star, Bounty Hunter (b. 1967) |
2020 | The death of Milton Glaser, American graphic designer (b. 1929) |
2021 | The death of Mike Gravel, American politician (b. 1930) |
2022 | The death of Margaret Keane, American artist (b. 1927) |
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