Updated at December 14, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Brett Halliday |
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Birthdate | July 31, 1904 |
Birth Place | Illinois |
Age (in 2024) | 120 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Occupation | Novelist |
Brett Halliday is best known as Novelist who has born on July 31, 1904 in Illinois. Currently, Brett Halliday is 120 years, 4 months and 14 days old. Brett Halliday will celebrate 121st birthday on Thursday, 31st of July 2025. Below the countdown to Brett Halliday upcoming birthday.
An American mystery writer, he published a series of novels focusing on the character of Detective Michael Shayne. Writing under several pseudonyms, he also published western and romance novels.
He held several odd jobs, including farm hand, freighter deckhand, and California oilfield worker.
He lost an eye in a barbed wire accident when he was a boy.
He married Kathleen Rollins in 1940.
He was the recipient of an Edgar award, an honor named after Edgar Allan Poe.
Brett Halliday is 120 years old today.
Brett Halliday was born on July 31, 1904 in Illinois.
Brett Halliday zodiac sign is Leo.
Brett Halliday was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Brett Halliday's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1973 | A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723 crashes while landing in fog at Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89. |
1975 | The Troubles: Three members of a popular cabaret band and two gunmen are killed during a botched paramilitary attack in Northern Ireland. |
1987 | A tornado occurs in Edmonton, Alberta, killing 27 people. |
1988 | Thirty-two people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia. |
1991 | The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles. |
1992 | The nation of Georgia joins the United Nations. |
1992 | Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board. |
1992 | China General Aviation Flight 7552 crashes during takeoff from Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport, killing 108. |
1997 | FedEx Express Flight 14 crashes at Newark International Airport, injuring five. |
1999 | Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector: NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the Moon's surface. |
2006 | Fidel Castro hands over power to his brother, Raúl. |
2007 | Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end. |
2008 | East Coast Jets Flight 81 crashes near Owatonna Degner Regional Airport in Owatonna, Minnesota, killing all eight people on board. |
2012 | Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics. |
2014 | Gas explosions in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung kill at least 20 people and injure more than 270. |
1982 | The birth of DeMarcus Ware, American football player |
1985 | The birth of Daniel Ciofani, Italian footballer |
1985 | The birth of Rémy Di Gregorio, French cyclist |
1986 | The birth of Evgeni Malkin, Russian ice hockey player |
1986 | The birth of Brian Orakpo, American football player |
1987 | The birth of Michael Bradley, American soccer player |
1988 | The birth of Alex Glenn, New Zealand rugby league player |
1989 | The birth of Victoria Azarenka, Belorussian tennis player |
1991 | The birth of Réka Luca Jani, Hungarian tennis player |
1992 | The birth of José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball player (d. 2016) |
1992 | The birth of Ryan Johansen, Canadian ice hockey player |
1992 | The birth of Kyle Larson, American race car driver |
1995 | The birth of Lil Uzi Vert, American hip hop artist |
1998 | The birth of Rico Rodriguez, American actor |
2002 | The birth of João Gomes, Brazilian singer |
2014 | The death of Jeff Bourne, English footballer (b. 1948) |
2014 | The death of Wilfred Feinberg, American lawyer and judge (b. 1920) |
2015 | The death of Alan Cheuse, American writer and critic (b. 1940) |
2015 | The death of Howard W. Jones, American surgeon and academic (b. 1910) |
2015 | The death of Billy Pierce, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Roddy Piper, Canadian wrestler and actor (b. 1954) |
2015 | The death of Richard Schweiker, American soldier and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (b. 1926) |
2016 | The death of Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 58th Yokozuna (b. 1955) |
2016 | The death of Seymour Papert, South African mathematician (b. 1928) |
2017 | The death of Jeanne Moreau, French actress (b. 1928) |
2018 | The death of Tony Bullimore, British sailor & businessman (b. 1939) |
2019 | The death of Harold Prince, Broadway producer and director, who received more Tony awards than anyone else in history (b. 1928) |
2020 | The death of Alan Parker, English filmmaker (b. 1944) |
2022 | The death of Fidel V. Ramos, 12th President of the Philippines (b. 1928) |
2022 | The death of Bill Russell, NBA Hall of Fame Player and Coach (b. 1934) |
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