Updated at November 17, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Alfred Leslie Rowse |
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Birthdate | December 04, 1903 |
Birth Place | England |
Age (in 2024) | 120 Years Old |
Zodiac | Sagittarius |
Occupation | Historian |
Alfred Leslie Rowse is best known as Historian who has born on December 04, 1903 in England. Currently, Alfred Leslie Rowse is 120 years, 11 months and 13 days old. Alfred Leslie Rowse will celebrate 121st birthday on Wednesday, 4th of December 2024. Below the countdown to Alfred Leslie Rowse upcoming birthday.
A historian, poet, and literary scholar who focused on Elizabethan England and the plays of William Shakespeare, he published such works as On History, a Study of Present Tendencies (1927) and the controversial Homosexuals in History (1977). He also published a bestselling autobiography entitled A Cornish Childhood (1942).
He attended Christ Church, Oxford on a scholarship and later became a Fellow at All Souls College. He went on to teach at both Merton College and the London School of Economics.
Turning his attention to William Shakespeare, he wrote about the Bard's rivalry with Christopher Marlowe.
He was born in St Austell, Cornwall, to a semi-literate, working-class family.
In one of his poems, he expressed an affection for Adam von Trott, the man who plotted to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
Alfred Leslie Rowse is 120 years old today.
Alfred Leslie Rowse was born on December 04, 1903 in England.
Alfred Leslie Rowse zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Alfred Leslie Rowse was best known as Historian.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Alfred Leslie Rowse's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1981 | South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa). |
1982 | The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution. |
1983 | US Navy aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy and USS Independence attack Syrian missile sites in Lebanon in response to an F-14 being fired on by an SA-7. One A-6 Intruder and A-7 Corsair are shot down. One American pilot is killed, one is rescued, and one is captured. |
1984 | Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107-150 civilians in Mannar. |
1986 | The MV Amazon Venture oil tanker begins leaking oil while at the port of Savannah in the United States, resulting in an oil spill of approximately 500,000 US gallons (1,900,000 L). |
1991 | Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut; he is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon. |
1991 | Pan American World Airways ceases its operations after 64 years. |
1992 | Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa. |
1998 | The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched. |
2005 | Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage. |
2006 | Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana. |
2014 | Islamic insurgents kill three state police at a traffic circle before taking an empty school and a "press house" in Grozny. Ten state forces die with 28 injured in gun battles ending with ten insurgents killed. |
2015 | A firebomb is thrown into a restaurant in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing 17 people. |
2017 | The Thomas Fire starts near Santa Paula in California. It eventually became the largest wildfire in modern California history to date after burning 440 square miles (1,140 km2) in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. |
2021 | Semeru on the Indonesian island of Java erupts, killing at least 68 people. |
1986 | The birth of Martell Webster, American basketball player |
1987 | The birth of Orlando Brown, American actor and rapper |
1988 | The birth of Andriy Pylyavskyi, Ukrainian footballer |
1988 | The birth of Yeng Constantino, Filipina singer and songwriter |
1990 | The birth of Lukman Haruna, Nigerian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Blake Leary, Australian rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Igor Sjunin, Estonian triple jumper |
1991 | The birth of Reality Winner, American intelligence specialist convicted of espionage |
1992 | The birth of Peta Hiku, New Zealand rugby league player |
1992 | The birth of Jean-Claude Iranzi, Rwandan footballer |
1992 | The birth of Kim Seok-Jin, South Korean singer, songwriter and actor |
1996 | The birth of Diogo Jota, Portuguese professional footballer |
1996 | The birth of Sebastián Vegas, Chilean footballer |
1996 | The birth of Ivan Belikov, Russian footballer |
1999 | The birth of Kim Do-yeon, South Korean singer and actress |
2012 | The death of Jack Brooks, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1922) |
2012 | The death of Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer and manager (b. 1971) |
2012 | The death of Anthony Deane-Drummond, English general (b. 1917) |
2013 | The death of Joana Raspall i Juanola, Spanish author and poet (b. 1913) |
2014 | The death of Claudia Emerson, American poet and academic (b. 1957) |
2014 | The death of V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge (b. 1914) |
2014 | The death of Vincent L. McKusick, American lawyer and judge (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Bill Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1932) |
2015 | The death of Robert Loggia, American actor and director (b. 1930) |
2015 | The death of Yossi Sarid, Israeli journalist and politician, 15th Israeli Minister of Education (b. 1940) |
2016 | The death of Patricia Robins, British writer and WAAF officer (b. 1921) |
2017 | The death of Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor (b. 1938) |
2022 | The death of Bob McGrath, American singer and actor (b. 1932) |
2022 | The death of Patrick Tambay, French race car driver (b. 1949) |
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