Updated at November 17, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Amanda Cross |
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Birthdate | January 13, 1926 |
Birth Place | New Jersey |
Age (in 2024) | 98 Years Old |
Zodiac | Capricorn |
Occupation | Novelist |
Amanda Cross is best known as Novelist who has born on January 13, 1926 in New Jersey. Currently, Amanda Cross is 98 years, 10 months and 4 days old. Amanda Cross will celebrate 99th birthday on Monday, 13th of January 2025. Below the countdown to Amanda Cross upcoming birthday.
An American mystery writer, academic, and feminist, she is best known for her Kate Fansler books, which focus on the adventures of an English professor. Her non-fiction works include Reinventing Womanhood and Writing a Woman's Life.
She graduated from Wellesley College in the late 1940s and subsequently taught English at Columbia University for over thirty years.
She was born Carolyn Gold; she published her mystery novels under the pen name of Amanda Cross.
Her husband, James Heilbrun, was a professor at Fordham University. The couple had three children. Sadly, Amanda Cross (Carolyn Heilbrun) committed suicide in 2003.
She taught at Columbia University, where writer Warren St. John once studied.
Amanda Cross is 98 years old today.
Amanda Cross was born on January 13, 1926 in New Jersey.
Amanda Cross zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Amanda Cross was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Amanda Cross's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1982 | Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet, crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists. |
1985 | A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa. |
1986 | A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties. |
1988 | Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China. |
1990 | Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office as Governor of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. |
1991 | Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding around 1,000 others. |
1993 | Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center. |
1993 | The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is signed. |
1993 | Operation Southern Watch: U.S.A.F., U.S.N., R.A.F. and French Air Force jets attack AAA and SAM sites in Southern Iraq. |
1998 | Alfredo Ormando sets himself on fire in St. Peter's Square, protesting against homophobia. |
2001 | An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800. |
2012 | The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy due to the captain Francesco Schettino's negligence and irresponsibility. There are 32 confirmed deaths. |
2018 | A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in Hawaii causes widespread panic in the state. |
2020 | The Thai Ministry of Public Health confirms the first case of COVID-19 outside China. |
2021 | Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump is impeached for a second time on a charge of incitement of insurrection following the January 6 United States Capitol attack one week prior. |
1989 | The birth of Doug Martin, American football player |
1989 | The birth of Beau Mirchoff, Canadian-American actor |
1990 | The birth of Vincenzo Fiorillo, Italian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor |
1991 | The birth of Rob Kiernan, English-Irish footballer |
1992 | The birth of Adam Matthews, Welsh footballer |
1992 | The birth of Dinah Pfizenmaier, German tennis player |
1993 | The birth of Max Whitlock, English artistic gymnast |
1995 | The birth of Natalia Dyer, American actress |
1997 | The birth of Micah Hart, Canadian ice hockey player |
1997 | The birth of Connor McDavid, Canadian ice hockey player |
1997 | The birth of Ivan Provorov, Russian ice hockey player |
1997 | The birth of Egan Bernal, Colombian cyclist, winner of the 2019 Tour de France |
1997 | The birth of Luis DÃaz, Colombian footballer |
2003 | The birth of Oksana Selekhmeteva, Russian tennis player |
2013 | The death of Chia-Chiao Lin, Chinese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1916) |
2014 | The death of Bobby Collins, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1931) |
2014 | The death of Randal Tye Thomas, American journalist and politician (b. 1978) |
2014 | The death of Waldemar von Gazen, German general and lawyer (b. 1917) |
2015 | The death of Mark Juddery, Australian journalist and author (b. 1971) |
2015 | The death of Robert White, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Paraguay (b. 1926) |
2016 | The death of Brian Bedford, English-American actor and director (b. 1935) |
2016 | The death of Giorgio Gomelsky, Georgian-American director, producer, songwriter, and manager (b. 1934) |
2016 | The death of Lawrence Phillips, American football player (b. 1975) |
2017 | The death of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, English photographer and a former member of the British royal family (b. 1930) |
2017 | The death of Dick Gautier, American actor (b. 1931) |
2017 | The death of Magic Alex, Greek electronics engineer (b. 1942) |
2019 | The death of Phil Masinga, South African footballer (b. 1969) |
2020 | The death of Bryan Monroe, American journalist and educator, (b. 1965) |
2020 | The death of Philip Tartaglia, Scottish prelate, Catholic archbishop of Glasgow (b. 1951) |
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Website | Amanda Cross's Webiste |
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