Updated at December 11, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Dorothy Coade Hewett |
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Birthdate | May 21, 1923 |
Birth Place | Australia |
Age (in 2024) | 101 Years Old |
Zodiac | Gemini |
Occupation | Poet |
Dorothy Coade Hewett is best known as Poet who has born on May 21, 1923 in Australia. Currently, Dorothy Coade Hewett is 101 years, 6 months and 21 days old. Dorothy Coade Hewett will celebrate 102nd birthday on Wednesday, 21st of May 2025. Below the countdown to Dorothy Coade Hewett upcoming birthday.
Poet, librettist, playwright, and novelist known for works such as The Toucher, Wild Card, and Hidden Journey. Her over a dozen stage plays include The Chapel Perilous and The Old Man Comes Rolling Home.
She grew up on an Australian wheat and sheep farm and later attended Perth College and the University of Western Australia.
She became a member of the Communist Party in 1946 but rescinded her membership in 1968.
She married Lloyd Davies in 1944 and divorced him soon after the death of their young son. Later, she had three more sons with Les Flood before marrying Merv Lilley and giving birth to two daughters.
She and Lola Ridge were fellow Australian poets and feminists.
Dorothy Coade Hewett is 101 years old today.
Dorothy Coade Hewett was born on May 21, 1923 in Australia.
Dorothy Coade Hewett zodiac sign is Gemini.
Dorothy Coade Hewett was best known as Poet.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Dorothy Coade Hewett's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1994 | The Democratic Republic of Yemen unsuccessfully attempts to secede from the Republic of Yemen; a war breaks out. |
1996 | The ferry MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000. |
1998 | In Miami, five abortion clinics are attacked by a butyric acid attacker. |
1998 | President Suharto of Indonesia resigns following the killing of students from Trisakti University earlier that week by security forces and growing mass protests in Jakarta against his ongoing corrupt rule. |
2000 | Nineteen people are killed in a plane crash in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. |
2001 | French Taubira law is enacted, officially recognizing the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity. |
2003 | The 6.8 Mw Boumerdès earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). More than 2,200 people were killed and a moderate tsunami sank boats at the Balearic Islands. |
2005 | The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey. |
2006 | The Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro; 55% of Montenegrins vote for independence. |
2010 | JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launches the solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS aboard an H-IIA rocket. The vessel would make a Venus flyby late in the year. |
2011 | Radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the world would end on this date. |
2012 | A bus accident near Himara, Albania kills 13 people and injures 21 others. |
2012 | A suicide bombing kills more than 120 people in Sana'a, Yemen. |
2014 | Random killings occurred on the Bannan Line of the Taipei MRT, killing four and injuring 24. |
2017 | Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performed their final show at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. |
1992 | The birth of Philipp Grüneberg, German footballer |
1992 | The birth of Olivia Olson, American singer and actress |
1993 | The birth of Grete Gaim, Estonian biathlete |
1993 | The birth of Luke Garbutt, English footballer |
1993 | The birth of Lynn Williams, American soccer player |
1994 | The birth of Tom Daley, English diver |
1995 | The birth of Diego Loyzaga, Filipino actor |
1996 | The birth of Josh Allen, American football player |
1996 | The birth of Indy de Vroome, Dutch tennis player |
1996 | The birth of Karen Khachanov, Russian tennis player |
1997 | The birth of Ivan De Santis, Italian footballer |
1997 | The birth of Sisca Folkertsma, Dutch footballer |
1997 | The birth of Viktoria Petryk, Ukrainian singer-songwriter |
1997 | The birth of Kevin Quinn, American actor and singer |
2002 | The birth of Elena Huelva, Spanish cancer activist and influencer (d. 2023) |
2013 | The death of Bob Thompson, American pianist and composer (b. 1924) |
2013 | The death of Dominique Venner, French journalist and historian (b. 1935) |
2014 | The death of Tunku Annuar, Malaysian son of Badlishah of Kedah (b. 1939) |
2014 | The death of Johnny Gray, American baseball player (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Alireza Soleimani, Iranian wrestler (b. 1956) |
2015 | The death of Annarita Sidoti, Italian race walker (b. 1969) |
2015 | The death of Twinkle, English singer-songwriter (b. 1948) |
2015 | The death of Jassem Al-Kharafi, Kuwaiti businessman and politician, 8th Kuwaiti Speaker of the National Assembly (b. 1940) |
2015 | The death of Fred Gladding, American baseball player and coach (b. 1936) |
2015 | The death of Louis Johnson, American bass player and producer (b. 1955) |
2016 | The death of Nick Menza, American drummer and songwriter (b. 1964) |
2019 | The death of Rik Kuypers, Belgian film director (b. 1925) |
2019 | The death of Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan writer (b. 1971) |
2020 | The death of Alan Merten, fifth President of George Mason University (b. 1941) |
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