Shirley Muldowney (Race Car Driver ) was born in Burlington on a Wednesday, June 19, 1940 🎈. Shirley Muldowney is 84 years old. She is a Gemini ♊ and was born in the Year of the Dragon 🐉.
Female racing pioneer who was dubbed the “First Lady of Drag Racing” and nicknamed “Cha Cha”; the first woman given a license by the NHRA.
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| FULL NAME: | Shirley Muldowney |
| BIRTH DATE: | June 19, 1940 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | Burlington |
| AGE: | 84 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | American |
| ETHNICITY: | White |
| ZODIAC: | Gemini |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Dragon |
About
Shirley Muldowney is a Race Car Driver. Shirley was born in the 1940s, in the middle of the Silent Generation generation. Silent Generation are individuals born between 1925 and 1945. This generation is known for Jazz, Martin Luther King, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Malcolm X, Gone With The Wind, Mickey Mouse, Andy Warhol, Clint Eastwood, Bob Dylan. The Silent Generation has experienced critical historical events, including the Korean War, The Cold War, the McCarthy Hearings, and the Space Race.
She married her first husband, 19-year-old Jack Muldowney, when she was 16; he built her first dragster. Find out who is Shirley Muldowney dating right now.
She skipped school to race up and down the streets of Schenectady, New York, saying that’s all she wanted to do growing up.
DID YOU KNOW Her racing career was sidelined in 1984 after a crash left her with injuries to her hands, pelvis, and legs; she eventually returned to the tracks later in the decade and continued racing until 2003.
FACT She was played by Bonnie Bedelia in the 1983 movie about her life, “Heart Like a Wheel.”
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Birthday
Currently, Shirley Muldowney is 84 years old. Her next birthday is away. Shirley will celebrate her 85th birthday on a Wednesday, June 19th. She shares a birthday with everyone who was born on June 19, 1940. Below is the countdown to her upcoming birthday.
Zodiac
Shirley Muldowney’s zodiac sign is Gemini. People born between May 21st and June 20th belong to the third sign in the zodiac, Gemini. Geminis are known for being curious, charismatic, extroverted, and clever. Aries & Leo are the most compatible signs for Geminis.
Famous Gemini celebrities are Kanye West, Angelina Jolie, Kendrick Lamar, Azealia Banks, Iggy Azalea, Natalie Portman, and Prince. Gemini ruling planet is Mercury. Astrologically, Mercury symbolizes communication. It is the closest planet planet to the sun.
Shirley Muldowney was born in the Year of the Dragon. The dragon represents good luck, strength, and health in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Dragon are courageous, intelligent, natural born leaders, charismatic, and lucky. They can also sometimes be impetuous, inflexible, and brash.
This year is the Year of the Dragon.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Shirley Muldowney is a 84 years old Race Car Driver, born in June, in the Year of the Dragon (1940), and is a Gemini. Her life path number is 3. Shirley’s birthstone is Pearl, Moonstone and Alexandrite, and her birth flower is Rose. You may also check out all famous birthdays in June or specifically birthdays on June 19.
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