Updated at December 15, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Charles Portis |
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Birthdate | December 28, 1933 |
Birth Place | Arkansas |
Age (in 2024) | 90 Years Old |
Zodiac | Capricorn |
Occupation | Novelist |
Charles Portis is best known as Novelist who has born on December 28, 1933 in Arkansas. Currently, Charles Portis is 90 years, 11 months and 18 days old. Charles Portis will celebrate 91st birthday on Saturday, 28th of December 2024. Below the countdown to Charles Portis upcoming birthday.
An Arkansas-born author, he is best known for novels such as Norwood and True Grit. The latter work, which was adapted into a popular film, focuses on a young girl's quest for retribution following her father's murder.
He was a sergeant in the US Marine Corps during the Korean War. He later received a degree in journalism from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
He worked for the New York Herald Tribune for several years.
He was the son of Samuel Palmer and Alice Waddell Portis.
His novel, True Grit, was made into a feature film starring Jeff Bridges.
Charles Portis is 90 years old today.
Charles Portis was born on December 28, 1933 in Arkansas.
Charles Portis zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Charles Portis was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Charles Portis's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1941 | World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commences. |
1943 | Soviet authorities launch Operation Ulussy, beginning the deportation of the Kalmyk nation to Siberia and Central Asia. |
1943 | World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona. |
1944 | Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey. |
1948 | The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 80 kilometres (50Â mi) south of Miami. |
1956 | Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation. |
1958 | "Greatest Game Ever Played": The Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium to win the NFL Championship. |
1967 | American businesswoman Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. |
1972 | The last scheduled day for induction into the military by the Selective Service System. Due to the fact that President Richard Nixon declared this day a national day of mourning due to former President Harry S Truman's death, approximately 300 men were not able to report due to most Federal offices being closed. Since the draft was not resumed in 1973, they were never drafted. |
1973 | The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by President Richard Nixon. |
1989 | A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people. |
2006 | War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed. |
2009 | Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura. |
2014 | Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people aboard. |
2014 | Nine people die and another 19 are reported missing, when the MS Norman Atlantic catches fire in the Strait of Otranto, in the Adriatic Sea, in Italian waters. |
1980 | The birth of Ryta Turava, Belarusian race walker |
1981 | The birth of Narsha, South Korean singer and dancer |
1981 | The birth of Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch footballer |
1981 | The birth of Elizabeth Jordan Carr, American journalist |
1981 | The birth of Sienna Miller, American-born British actress and fashion designer |
1981 | The birth of Frank Turner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist |
1981 | The birth of Mika Väyrynen, Finnish footballer |
1982 | The birth of François Gourmet, Belgian decathlete |
1982 | The birth of Curtis Glencross, Canadian hockey player |
1984 | The birth of Martin Kaymer, German golfer |
1984 | The birth of Duane Solomon, American runner |
1986 | The birth of Tom Huddlestone, English footballer |
1990 | The birth of Ayele Abshero, Ethiopian runner |
1990 | The birth of Bastiaan Lijesen, Dutch swimmer |
1994 | The birth of Adam Peaty, English swimmer |
2013 | The death of Alfred Marshall, American businessman, founded Marshalls (b. 1919) |
2013 | The death of Joseph Ruskin, American actor and producer (b. 1924) |
2013 | The death of Ilya Tsymbalar, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (b. 1969) |
2014 | The death of Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian politician (b. 1956) |
2014 | The death of Frankie Randall, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938) |
2014 | The death of Leelah Alcorn, American transgender teenager (b. 1997) |
2015 | The death of John Bradbury, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1953) |
2015 | The death of Eloy Inos, Mariana Islander businessman and politician, 8th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands (b. 1949) |
2015 | The death of Lemmy, English musician, singer, and songwriter (b. 1945) |
2016 | The death of Debbie Reynolds, American actress, singer and dancer (b. 1932) |
2016 | The death of Jean-Christophe Victor, French political scientist (b. 1947) |
2017 | The death of Rose Marie, American actress and comedienne (b. 1923) |
2021 | The death of Grichka Bogdanoff, French television presenter and scientific essayist (b. 1949) |
2021 | The death of John Madden, American football Hall of Fame coach and commentator (b. 1936) |
2021 | The death of Harry Reid, American lawyer, politician, and former Senate majority leader (b. 1939) |
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