Edward H. White

Edward H. White bio

Birth Name: Edward H. White

Occupation: Astronaut

Place Of Birth: San Antonio

Date Of Birth: November 14, 1930

Date Of Death: January 27, 1967

Cause Of Death: N/A

Ethnicity: Unknown

Nationality: American


Edward H. White was born on the 14th of November, 1930. He was famous for being a Astronaut. Engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, and NASA astronaut who became the first American to walk in space. He posthumously received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

Edward H. White was born in San Antonio. He was among the nine people selected for NASA Astronaut Group 2 (“The New Nine”) for Project Gemini. He and astronauts Roger B. Chaffee and Virgil “Gus” Grissom perished in 1967 during the prelaunch testing for the first manned Apollo mission.

Edward H. White was a Scorpio and was born in the Silent Generation.


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Childhood

Edward H. White was born in 1930s. The 1930s were called the Great Depression (1929-1939). It was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. Despite the Great Depression, Hollywood and popular film production flourished. Radio was the main source of entertainment, information, and political propaganda, and jazz, blues, gospel, and folk music, became immensely popular. Discover what happened on this day.

Edward H. White is part of the Silent Generation, which followed after the G.I. Generation. As young adults during the McCarthy Era, many members of this generation felt it was dangerous to speak out. They were too young to see action in World War II and too old to participate in the fun of the Summer of Love.

Education

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Family

Edward H. White’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and his father’s name is under review. We will continue to update information on Edward H. White’s parents.

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Personal Life

Like many famous people and celebrities, Edward H. White kept his personal life private. Once more details are available, we will update this section.

Edward H. White was born in the Year of the Horse.

Fast Facts

REAL NAME: Edward H. White
NICKNAME: Edward
RELIGION: Unknown
AGE GENERATION: Silent Generation
BIRTH SIGN: Scorpio
BIRTH DAY: Friday
DEATH DAY: Friday

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Horoscope

Zodiac Sign: Edward H. White was a Scorpio. People of this zodiac sign like truth, being right, longtime friends, teasing, and dislike dishonesty, revealing secrets, passive people. The strengths of this sign are being resourceful, brave, passionate, a true friend, while weaknesses can be distrusting, jealous, secretive and violent. The greatest overall compatibility with Scorpio is Taurus and Cancer.

Chinese Zodiac: Edward H. White was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are seen as warm-hearted and easygoing. Independence is one of their greatest strengths, but sometimes they're overly frank with others.

Ruling Planet: Edward H. White had a ruling planet of Pluto and has a ruling planet of Pluto. Back the early 2,000 B.C. the outer planets, Uranus and Neptune were not yet discovered, since the telescope had not yet been invented. Astrologers and astronomers could only work with planets visible to the eye.

Edward H. White’s birth sign is Scorpio and he had a ruling planet of Pluto.


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