American journalist, actor, and game show host

Pat Sajak

Patrick Leonard Sajak, born October 26, 1946) is an American retired game show host, television personality, and creative consultant. He is best known as the host of the television game show Wheel of Fortune, a position which he held from 1981 to 2024. Sajak also served as a consultant for the show, and hosted Celebrity Wheel of Fortune until 2025. For his work on Wheel, Sajak has received 19 nominations for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host, winning thrice, and twice nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Game Show, winning in 2024.

Born

1946

October 26

Died

Living

Era

1940s

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1946 Born

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1185 The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire.
1341 The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally begins with the proclamation of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor.
1377 Tvrtko I is crowned the first king of Bosnia.
1520 Charles V is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.

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The world in 1946

When Pat arrived

april 1 The 8.6 Mw  Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
april 1 The Malayan Union is established. Protests from locals led to the establishment of the Federation of Malaya two years later.
april 17 The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
april 18 The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.

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Bob Hoskins 1942–2014 English actor (born 1942) Bootsy Collins 1951– American singer-songwriter and bass player Edward Brooke 1919–2015 American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts Attorney General (born 1919) Edward Garnier 1952– English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales Evo Morales 1959– Bolivian soldier and politician, 80th President of Bolivia Ferdinand Georg Frobenius 1849–1917 German mathematician and academic (born 1849) Florence Kasumba 1976– Ugandan-German actress Georges Danton 1759–1794 French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (born 1759) Joey Salceda 1961– Filipino politician

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Also born in 1946

Donald Trump 1946– American businessman, television personality, 45th and 47th President of the United States George W. Bush 1946– American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States Steven Spielberg 1946– American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded DreamWorks Ahmed Zewail 1946–2016 Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1946) Alicia Borinsky 1946– Argentine writer Bettye LaVette 1946– American singer-songwriter Billy Preston 1946–2006 American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1946) Blair Brown 1946– American actress Daryl Hall 1946– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

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