Updated at December 11, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Bill Martin Jr. |
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Birthdate | March 20, 1916 |
Birth Place | Hiawatha, KS |
Age (in 2024) | 108 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Children's Author |
Bill Martin Jr. is best known as Children's Author who has born on March 20, 1916 in Hiawatha, KS. Currently, Bill Martin Jr. is 108 years, 8 months and 22 days old. Bill Martin Jr. will celebrate 109th birthday on Thursday, 20th of March 2025. Below the countdown to Bill Martin Jr. upcoming birthday.
An American author of more than three hundred works of children's fiction, he is particularly known for his classic book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II as a newspaper editor. During this period, he also published his first children's book, The Little Squeegy Bug.
He held annual workshops for children's educators, training teachers in his "Pathway to Literacy" program.
His brother, Bernard Martin, provided some of the illustrations for his children's books.
A lifelong admirer of Robert Frost, he named his Texas ranch Woodfrost in the poet's honor.
Bill Martin Jr. is 108 years old today.
Bill Martin Jr. was born on March 20, 1916 in Hiawatha, KS.
Bill Martin Jr. zodiac sign is Pisces.
Bill Martin Jr. was best known as Children's Author.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Bill Martin Jr.'s birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Bill Martin Jr.'s birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1985 | Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research. |
1987 | The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT. |
1988 | Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet. |
1990 | Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering. |
1993 | The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland. |
1995 | The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo carries out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, killing 13 and wounding over 6,200 people. |
1999 | Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US. |
2000 | Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after murdering Georgia sheriff's deputy Ricky Kinchen and critically wounding Deputy Aldranon English. |
2003 | Iraq War: The United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland begin an invasion of Iraq. |
2006 | Over 150 Chadian soldiers are killed in eastern Chad by members of the rebel UFDC. The rebel movement sought to overthrow Chadian president Idriss Déby. |
2010 | Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland begins eruptions that would last for three months, heavily disrupting air travel in Europe. |
2012 | At least 52 people are killed and more than 250 injured in a wave of terror attacks across ten cities in Iraq. |
2014 | Four suspected Taliban members attack the Kabul Serena Hotel, killing at least nine people. |
2015 | A Solar eclipse, equinox, and a supermoon all occur on the same day. |
2015 | Syrian civil war: The Siege of Kobanî is broken by the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Free Syrian Army (FSA), marking a turning point in the Rojava-Islamist conflict. |
1986 | The birth of Román Torres, Panamanian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Jô, Brazilian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Pedro Ken, Brazilian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player |
1989 | The birth of Xavier Dolan, Canadian actor and director |
1989 | The birth of Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi Cricketer |
1990 | The birth of Blake Ferguson, Australian rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Marcos Rojo, Argentine footballer |
1991 | The birth of Mattia Destro, Italian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Michał Kucharczyk, Polish footballer |
1991 | The birth of Ethan Lowe, Australian rugby league player |
1993 | The birth of Sloane Stephens, American tennis player |
1995 | The birth of Jack Bird, Australian rugby league player |
1995 | The birth of Kei, South Korean singer |
2012 | The death of Jim Stynes, Irish-Australian footballer (b. 1966) |
2013 | The death of James Herbert, English author (b. 1943) |
2013 | The death of George Lowe, New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1924) |
2013 | The death of Zillur Rahman, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, 19th President of Bangladesh (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of Hennie Aucamp, South African poet, author, and academic (b. 1934) |
2014 | The death of Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Tonie Nathan, American politician (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author (b. 1915) |
2015 | The death of Eva Burrows, Australian 13th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1930) |
2016 | The death of Anker Jørgensen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1922) |
2017 | The death of David Rockefeller, American billionaire and philanthropist (b. 1915) |
2018 | The death of C. K. Mann, a Ghanaian Highlife musician and producer (b. 1936) |
2019 | The death of Mary Warnock, English philosopher and writer (b. 1924) |
2020 | The death of Kenny Rogers, American singer (b. 1938) |
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