Updated at December 13, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Bernard DeVoto |
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Birthdate | January 11, 1897 |
Birth Place | Utah |
Age (in 2024) | 127 Years Old |
Zodiac | Capricorn |
Occupation | Novelist |
Bernard DeVoto is best known as Novelist who has born on January 11, 1897 in Utah. Currently, Bernard DeVoto is 127 years, 11 months and 2 days old. Bernard DeVoto will celebrate 128th birthday on Saturday, 11th of January 2025. Below the countdown to Bernard DeVoto upcoming birthday.
An author and expert on the American West, he won a Pulitzer Prize for Across the Wide Missouri, a 1947 historical work. His other works include The House of Sun-Goes-Down, The Year of Decision: 1846, and Mark Twain at Work.
He interrupted his studies at Harvard University to fight in World War I. Later, he taught English at Northwestern University.
He received a National Book Award for The Course of Empire, a 1952 non-fiction work.
He grew up in Ogden, Utah. With his wife, Avis DeVoto, he had two sons: Mark and Gordon.
He and Patti Smith were both recipients of the National Book Award for Nonfiction.
Bernard DeVoto is 127 years old today.
Bernard DeVoto was born on January 11, 1897 in Utah.
Bernard DeVoto zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Bernard DeVoto was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Bernard DeVoto's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1959 | 36 people are killed when Lufthansa Flight 502 crashes on approach to Rio de Janeiro/GaleĂŁo International Airport in Brazil. |
1961 | Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic. |
1962 | Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment. |
1962 | An avalanche on HuascarĂĄn in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths. |
1964 | Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts. |
1972 | East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh. |
1973 | Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position. |
1986 | The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened. |
1994 | The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn FĂ©in. |
1995 | 51 people are killed in a plane crash in MarĂa La Baja, Colombia. |
1996 | The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on mission STS-72 to retrieve the Japanese Space Flyer Unit. |
1998 | Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. |
2003 | Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal. |
2013 | One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia. |
2020 | COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei: Municipal health officials in Wuhan announce the first recorded death from COVID-19. |
1988 | The birth of Rodrigo José Pereira, Brazilian footballer |
1989 | The birth of Kane Linnett, Australian rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Ryan Griffin, American football player |
1991 | The birth of Andrea Bertolacci, Italian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Dani Carvajal, Spanish footballer |
1992 | The birth of Lee Seung-hoon, South Korean rapper and dancer |
1993 | The birth of Michael Keane, English footballer |
1993 | The birth of Will Keane, Irish footballer |
1993 | The birth of Park Junghwan, South Korean Go player |
1995 | The birth of Nick Solak, American baseball player |
1996 | The birth of Leroy Sané, German footballer |
1997 | The birth of Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor |
1998 | The birth of Thomas Mikaele, New Zealand rugby league player |
1999 | The birth of Brandon Wakeham, Australian-Fijian rugby league player |
2000 | The birth of Lee Chae-yeon, South Korean singer-songwriter |
2013 | The death of Aaron Swartz, American programmer and activist (b. 1986) |
2014 | The death of Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Chai Trong-rong, Taiwanese educator and politician (b. 1935) |
2014 | The death of Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of JenĆ BuzĂĄnszky, Hungarian footballer and coach (b. 1925) |
2015 | The death of Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Chashi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi director and producer (b. 1941) |
2015 | The death of Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, American neuroscientist and academic (b. 1918) |
2016 | The death of Monte Irvin, American baseball player (b. 1919) |
2016 | The death of David Margulies, American actor (b. 1937) |
2017 | The death of Adenan Satem, Malaysian politician and Chief Minister of Sarawak, Malaysia (b. 1944) |
2018 | The death of Edgar Ray Killen, American murderer (b.1925) |
2019 | The death of Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician (b.1929) |
2023 | The death of Carole Cook, American actress and singer (b. 1924) |
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