Updated at December 13, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Chaim Potok |
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Birthdate | February 17, 1929 |
Birth Place | Buffalo, NY |
Age (in 2024) | 95 Years Old |
Zodiac | Aquarius |
Occupation | Novelist |
Chaim Potok is best known as Novelist who has born on February 17, 1929 in Buffalo, NY. Currently, Chaim Potok is 95 years, 9 months and 24 days old. Chaim Potok will celebrate 96th birthday on Monday, 17th of February 2025. Below the countdown to Chaim Potok upcoming birthday.
Orthodox Jewish-raised author who wrote The Chosen, a novel that provides a glimpse into the insular world of Hasidim. His other literary works include My Name is Asher Lev (1972) and In the Beginning (1975).
He was ordained as a rabbi after attending the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He later earned a graduate degree in Hebrew literature and subsequently attained a position as a U.S. Army chaplain.
The Chosen, his debut novel, spent more than six months on The New York Times best-seller list and was turned into both a feature film and a short-lived Broadway musical.
He was born in The Bronx, New York, as the oldest of four children in an Orthodox Jewish family. In 1958, he wed social worker Adena Sara Mosevitzsky; together, the couple had three children.
Rod Steiger starred in the 1981 film, The Chosen, which was based on Potok's book of the same name.
Chaim Potok is 95 years old today.
Chaim Potok was born on February 17, 1929 in Buffalo, NY.
Chaim Potok zodiac sign is Aquarius.
Chaim Potok was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Chaim Potok's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1978 | The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30 others, all Protestants. |
1979 | The Sino-Vietnamese War begins. |
1980 | First winter ascent of Mount Everest by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy. |
1991 | Ryan International Airlines Flight 590 crashes during takeoff from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, killing both pilots, the aircraft's only occupants. |
1992 | First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Armenian troops massacre more than 20 Azerbaijani civilians during the Capture of Garadaghly. |
1995 | The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a ceasefire brokered by the UN. |
1996 | In Philadelphia, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match. |
1996 | NASA's Discovery Program begins as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifts off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid, 433 Eros. |
1996 | The 8.2 Mw  Biak earthquake shakes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed, leaving one-hundred sixty-six people dead or missing and 423 injured. |
2006 | A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126. |
2008 | Kosovo declares independence from Serbia. |
2011 | Arab Spring: Libyan protests against Muammar Gaddafi's regime begin. |
2011 | Arab Spring: In Bahrain, security forces launch a deadly pre-dawn raid on protesters in Pearl Roundabout in Manama; the day is locally known as Bloody Thursday. |
2015 | Eighteen people are killed and 78 injured in a stampede at a Mardi Gras parade in Haiti. |
2016 | Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 29 people and injuring 61 others. |
1982 | The birth of Adriano, Brazilian footballer |
1982 | The birth of Brian Bruney, American baseball player |
1983 | The birth of Kevin Rudolf, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer |
1984 | The birth of AB de Villiers, South African cricketer |
1984 | The birth of Katie Hill, Australian 3.0 point wheelchair basketball player |
1984 | The birth of Marcin Gortat, Polish basketball player |
1985 | The birth of Anders Jacobsen, Norwegian ski jumper |
1988 | The birth of Vasyl Lomachenko, Ukrainian boxer |
1989 | The birth of Rebecca Adlington, English swimmer |
1989 | The birth of Chord Overstreet, American actor and singer |
1990 | The birth of Marianne St-Gelais, Canadian speed skater |
1991 | The birth of Ed Sheeran, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer |
1993 | The birth of Nicola Leali, Italian footballer |
1993 | The birth of Marc Márquez, Spanish motorcycle racer |
1997 | The birth of Madison Keys, American tennis player |
2014 | The death of Bob Casale, American guitarist, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1952) |
2014 | The death of Peter Florin, German politician and diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Wayne Smith, Jamaican singer (b. 1965) |
2015 | The death of John Barrow, American-Canadian football player and manager (b. 1935) |
2015 | The death of Cathy Ubels-Veen, Dutch politician (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Liu Yudi, Chinese general and pilot (b. 1923) |
2016 | The death of Andy Ganteaume, Trinidadian cricketer (b. 1921) |
2016 | The death of Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Egyptian journalist (b. 1923) |
2016 | The death of Claude Jeancolas, French historian, author, and journalist (b. 1949) |
2016 | The death of Tony Phillips, American baseball player (b. 1959) |
2016 | The death of Andrzej Żuławski, Polish film director (b. 1940) |
2017 | The death of Robert H. Michel, American politician (b. 1923) |
2017 | The death of Michael Novak, American Roman Catholic theologian (b. 1933) |
2021 | The death of Rush Limbaugh, American talk show host and author (b. 1951) |
2021 | The death of Seif Sharif Hamad, Tanzanian politician (b. 1943) |
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