American professional wrestler (died 2025)

Hulk Hogan

Terry Gene Bollea, better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, was an American professional wrestler and media personality. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most recognized wrestlers of all time, Hogan won multiple championships worldwide, most notably being a six-time WWF/WWE Champion. He is best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Hogan also competed in promotions such as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), the American Wrestling Association (AWA), and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Born

1953

August 11

Died

2025

Era

1950s

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Hulk, in brief

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Key dates

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2025 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

-3114 The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins.
-2492 Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.
106 The south-western part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia.
117 Hadrian is proclaimed Roman emperor, two days after Trajan's death.

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The world in 1953

When Hulk arrived

april 13 CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
april 24 Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
april 25 Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
april 27 Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defects with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on August 11

Brian Azzarello 1962– American author David Brooks 1961– American journalist and author David Rice Atchison 1807–1886 American general, lawyer, and politician (died 1886) Frederick Haldimand 1718–1791 Swiss-English general and politician, 22nd Governor of Quebec (died 1791) Friedrich Ludwig Jahn 1778– Prussian gymnast, educator, and politician (died 1852) Georgios Karatzaferis 1947– Greek journalist and politician Hugh MacDiarmid 1892–1978 Scottish poet and linguist (died 1978) Iván Córdoba 1976– Colombian footballer and manager Lloyd Nolan 1902–1985 American actor (died 1985)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1953

Alex Grey 1953– American visual artist and author Alex Lifeson 1953– Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Alister McGrath 1953– Irish priest, historian, and theologian Andy Partridge 1953– English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer Angélica Aragón 1953– Mexican film, television, and stage actress and singer Arielle Dombasle 1953– French-American actress and model Ben Bernanke 1953– American economist Benazir Bhutto 1953–2007 Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1953) Ciarán Hinds 1953– Irish actor

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