Journalist John Humphrys

John Humphrys

Living place: Wales

Birthday: 17-8-1943 (81 years old)

Global rank: #53606

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Journalist John Humphrys profile

Who is Journalist John Humphrys?
Legendary newspaperman who headed the BBC Nine O'Clock News for much of the 1980s.
He openly railed against the dumbing down of television and poor use of the English language.
 
 

Young / Before famous

After many years as a newspaper reporter, he began his career as a broadcast journalist by joining the BBC in 1966.

Family life info

Her two marriages, to Edna Wilding and Valerie Sanderson, produced a total of three children.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Journalist John Humphrys?
Like American journalist Brian Williams, Humphrys had a distinguished career in broadcast journalism and radio journalism.

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When was Journalist John Humphrys born?
John Humphrys birthday 17-8-1943 (at the age of 81).
Where is Journalist John Humphrys's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
John Humphrys was born in . is a Journalist, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Goat. John Humphrys's global rank is 53606 and whose rank is 223 in list of famous Journalist.
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Events in 1943 and 17-8

Events in the world in the birth year of John Humphrys

  • Churchill and Roosevelt hold the Casablanca Conference.
  • Mussolini is deposed and placed under arrest (July).

Birthday John Humphrys (17-8) in history

  • Day 17-8 year 1807: Robert Fulton's steamboat, the Clermont, began its trip up the Hudson River to Albany.
  • Day 17-8 year 1863: Fort Sumter, S.C. was bombarded by Union ships during the Civil War.
  • Day 17-8 year 1896: Prospectors found gold in Alaska, a discovery that set off the Klondike gold rush.
  • Day 17-8 year 1945: Indonesian nationalists proclaimed independence from the Netherlands.
  • Day 17-8 year 1962: 18-year-old Peter Fechter was shot and killed by guards at the Berlin Wall, spurring riots.
  • Day 17-8 year 1969: Hurricane Camille devastated the Gulf Coast, killing 248 people.
  • Day 17-8 year 1978: The first successful trans-Atlantic balloon flight landed outside of Paris.
  • Day 17-8 year 1987: Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler's second in command, committed suicide.
  • Day 17-8 year 2008: U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal, breaking the record set by Mark Spitz in the 1972 Games. Phelps also set the record for the most golds in a single Olympics.
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