Updated at December 22, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Catherine Drinker Bowen |
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Birthdate | January 01, 1897 |
Birth Place | Pennsylvania |
Age (in 2024) | 127 Years Old |
Zodiac | Capricorn |
Occupation | Non-Fiction Author |
Catherine Drinker Bowen is best known as Non-Fiction Author who has born on January 01, 1897 in Pennsylvania. Currently, Catherine Drinker Bowen is 127 years, 11 months and 21 days old. Catherine Drinker Bowen will celebrate 128th birthday on Wednesday, 1st of January 2025. Below the countdown to Catherine Drinker Bowen upcoming birthday.
An esteemed American author, she won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1958. Her numerous biographical works include Free artist: The story of Anton and Nicholas Rubinstein (1939) and The Lion and the Throne: The Life and Times of Sir Edward Coke (1957).
During her youth, she was an accomplished violinist who trained at the Peabody Institute and the Juilliard School of Music. She published her music-themed first biography, Beloved Friend: The Story of Tchaikowsky and Nadejda Von Meck, in 1937.
She became a bestselling author despite her lack of a formal, high-level education.
She was born into a prominent Quaker family and grew up with four brothers. She later married Lehigh University Economics Department Chair, Ezra Bowen; together, the couple had a son and a daughter.
She was working on a biography of Benjamin Franklin before she died in 1973.
Catherine Drinker Bowen is 127 years old today.
Catherine Drinker Bowen was born on January 01, 1897 in Pennsylvania.
Catherine Drinker Bowen zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Catherine Drinker Bowen was best known as Non-Fiction Author.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Catherine Drinker Bowen's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
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1998 | Following a currency reform, Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence. |
1998 | Argentinian physicist Juan Maldacena published a landmark paper initiating the study of AdS/CFT correspondence, which links string theory and quantum gravity. |
1999 | Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden). |
2001 | Greece adopts the Euro |
2004 | In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October 2007. |
2007 | Bulgaria and Romania join the EU. |
2007 | Adam Air Flight 574 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes near the Makassar Strait, Indonesia, killing all 102 people on board. |
2009 | Sixty-six people die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand. |
2010 | A suicide car bomber detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more. |
2011 | A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people. |
2011 | Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the 17th Eurozone country. |
2013 | At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a stampede after celebrations at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. |
2015 | The Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. |
2017 | An attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, during New Year's celebrations, kills at least 39 people and injures more than 60 others. |
2023 | Croatia officially adopts the Euro, becoming the 20th Eurozone country, and becomes the 27th member of the Schengen Area. |
1987 | The birth of Meryl Davis, American ice dancer |
1987 | The birth of Patric Hörnqvist, Swedish ice hockey player |
1988 | The birth of Marcel Gecov, Czech footballer |
1988 | The birth of Dallas Keuchel, American baseball player |
1989 | The birth of Jason Pierre-Paul, American football player |
1990 | The birth of Julia Glushko, Israeli tennis player |
1991 | The birth of Darius Slay, American football player |
1991 | The birth of Xavier Su'a-Filo, American football player |
1992 | The birth of Nathaniel Peteru, New Zealand rugby league player |
1994 | The birth of Brendan Elliot, Australian rugby league player |
1995 | The birth of Poppy, American singer and YouTube personality |
1997 | The birth of Keegan Hipgrave, Australian rugby league player |
1998 | The birth of Cristina Bucșa, Moldovan-Spanish tennis player |
2001 | The birth of Angourie Rice, Australian actress |
2003 | The birth of Daria Trubnikova, Russian rhythmic gymnast |
2016 | The death of Dale Bumpers, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1925) |
2016 | The death of Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer (b. 1930) |
2017 | The death of Tony Atkinson, British economist (b. 1944) |
2017 | The death of Yvon Dupuis, Canadian politician (b. 1926) |
2017 | The death of Derek Parfit, British philosopher (b. 1942) |
2018 | The death of Robert Mann, American violinist (b. 1920) |
2019 | The death of Paul Neville, Australian politician (b. 1940) |
2019 | The death of Pegi Young, American singer, songwriter, environmentalist, educator and philanthropist (b. 1952) |
2020 | The death of Alexander Frater, British travel writer and journalist (b. 1937) |
2020 | The death of Barry McDonald, Australian rugby union player (b. 1940) |
2020 | The death of David Stern, American lawyer and businessman (b. 1942) |
2020 | The death of Elmira Minita Gordon, Belizean educator and psychologist (b.1930) |
2021 | The death of Carlos do Carmo, Portuguese fado singer (b. 1939) |
2022 | The death of Dan Reeves, American football player and coach (b. 1944) |
2023 | The death of Barry Lane, English golfer (b. 1960) |
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