Updated at November 24, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Diana Wynne Jones |
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Birthdate | August 16, 1934 |
Birth Place | England |
Age (in 2024) | 90 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Occupation | Novelist |
Diana Wynne Jones is best known as Novelist who has born on August 16, 1934 in England. Currently, Diana Wynne Jones is 90 years, 3 months and 8 days old. Diana Wynne Jones will celebrate 91st birthday on Saturday, 16th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Diana Wynne Jones upcoming birthday.
English writer who wrote many fantasy novels for children and adults including the Dalemark series and the novel Howl's Moving Castle.
She studied English at St Anne's College in Oxford and graduated in 1956.
She was the recipient of the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2007.
She married John Burow in 1956 and they had three sons.
She attended lectures by C.S. Lewis at St. Anne's College in Oxford in the 1950s.
Diana Wynne Jones is 90 years old today.
Diana Wynne Jones was born on August 16, 1934 in England.
Diana Wynne Jones zodiac sign is Leo.
Diana Wynne Jones was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Diana Wynne Jones's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1964 | Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Dương Văn Minh with General Nguyễn Khánh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy. |
1966 | Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested. |
1972 | In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat |
1975 | Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam symbolically hands over land to the Gurindji people after the eight-year Wave Hill walk-off, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 song by Paul Kelly and an annual celebration. |
1987 | Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground. |
1989 | A solar particle event affects computers at the Toronto Stock Exchange, forcing a halt to trading. |
1991 | Indian Airlines Flight 257, a Boeing 737-200, crashes during approach to Imphal Airport, killing all 69 people on board. |
2005 | West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board. |
2008 | The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423Â m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level. |
2010 | AIRES Flight 8250 crashes at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport in San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia, killing two people. |
2012 | South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg. |
2013 | The ferry St. Thomas Aquinas collides with a cargo ship and sinks at Cebu, Philippines, killing 61 people with 59 others missing. |
2015 | More than 96 people are killed and hundreds injured following a series of air-raids by the Syrian Arab Air Force on the rebel-held market town of Douma. |
2015 | Trigana Air Flight 267, an ATR 42, crashes in Oksibl, Pegunungan Bintang, killing all 54 people on board. |
2020 | The August Complex fire in California burns more than one million acres of land. |
1986 | The birth of Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player |
1987 | The birth of Carey Price, Canadian ice hockey player |
1987 | The birth of Eri Kitamura, Japanese voice actress and singer. |
1988 | The birth of Ismaïl Aissati, Moroccan footballer |
1989 | The birth of Wang Hao, Chinese race walker |
1989 | The birth of Moussa Sissoko, French footballer |
1990 | The birth of Godfrey Oboabona, Nigerian footballer |
1991 | The birth of José Eduardo de Araújo, Brazilian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Evanna Lynch, Irish actress |
1991 | The birth of Jeffery Lamar Williams, American rapper, singer and songwriter |
1992 | The birth of Diego Schwartzman, Argentinian tennis player |
1993 | The birth of Cameron Monaghan, American actor and model |
1996 | The birth of Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer |
1997 | The birth of Greyson Chance, American musician |
1999 | The birth of Karen Chen, American figure skater |
2014 | The death of Vsevolod Nestayko, Ukrainian author (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, Italian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1960) |
2014 | The death of Peter Scholl-Latour, German journalist, author, and academic (b. 1924) |
2015 | The death of Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-American physicist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1947) |
2015 | The death of Anna Kashfi, British actress (b. 1934) |
2015 | The death of Shuja Khanzada, Pakistani colonel and politician (b. 1943) |
2015 | The death of Mile Mrkšić, Serb general (b. 1947) |
2016 | The death of João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman (b. 1916) |
2016 | The death of John McLaughlin, American television personality (b. 1927) |
2018 | The death of Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942) |
2018 | The death of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian prime minister (b. 1924) |
2018 | The death of Wakako Yamauchi, American-Japanese writer (b. 1924) |
2019 | The death of Peter Fonda, American actor, director, and screenwriter. (b. 1940) |
2019 | The death of Richard Williams, Canadian-British animator (b. 1933) |
2021 | The death of Sean Lock, English comedian and actor (b. 1963) |
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