Updated at November 5, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Eloise Greenfield |
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Birthdate | May 17, 1929 |
Birth Place | Parmele, NC |
Age (in 2024) | 95 Years Old |
Zodiac | Taurus |
Occupation | Children's Author |
Eloise Greenfield is best known as Children's Author who has born on May 17, 1929 in Parmele, NC. Currently, Eloise Greenfield is 95 years, 5 months and 19 days old. Eloise Greenfield will celebrate 96th birthday on Saturday, 17th of May 2025. Below the countdown to Eloise Greenfield upcoming birthday.
American children's author best known for presenting a realistic and positive view of modern African-American communities.
She attended Miner Teachers College, but did not complete her degree as she realized she did not want to be a teacher. She, instead, worked for the Post Office.
She won the Coretta Scott King Award for her 1976 novel, Africa Dream.
She and her husband, Steve, had one daughter named Monica.
She wrote a notable biography of civil rights leader Rosa Parks.
Eloise Greenfield is 95 years old today.
Eloise Greenfield was born on May 17, 1929 in Parmele, NC.
Eloise Greenfield zodiac sign is Taurus.
Eloise Greenfield was best known as Children's Author.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Eloise Greenfield's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1980 | On the eve of presidential elections, Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path attacks a polling location in Chuschi (a town in Ayacucho), starting the Internal conflict in Peru. |
1983 | The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2Â million pounds ), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request. |
1983 | Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. |
1984 | Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend", sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture. |
1987 | Iran-Iraq War: An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. Navy warship USSÂ Stark, killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew. |
1990 | The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases. |
1992 | Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, hundreds of injuries, many disappearances, and more than 3,500 arrests. |
1994 | Malawi holds its first multi-party elections. |
1995 | Shawn Nelson steals an M60 tank from the California Army National Guard Armory in San Diego and proceeds to go on a rampage. |
1997 | Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
2000 | Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen |
2004 | The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts. |
2006 | The aircraft carrier USSÂ Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef. |
2007 | Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953. |
2014 | A military plane crash in northern Laos kills 17 people. |
1987 | The birth of Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norwegian cyclist |
1987 | The birth of Aleandro Rosi, Italian footballer |
1988 | The birth of Nikki Reed, American actress, singer, and screenwriter |
1989 | The birth of Mose Masoe, New Zealand rugby league player |
1989 | The birth of Rain Raadik, Estonian basketball player |
1989 | The birth of Tessa Virtue, Canadian ice dancer |
1990 | The birth of Will Clyburn, American basketball player |
1990 | The birth of Fabian Giefer, German footballer |
1990 | The birth of Charlie Gubb, New Zealand rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Katrina Hart, English runner |
1990 | The birth of Guido Pella, Argentine tennis player |
1991 | The birth of Johanna Konta, Australian-English tennis player |
1991 | The birth of Adil Omar, Pakistani rapper and music producer |
1991 | The birth of Abigail Raye, Canadian field hockey player |
1994 | The birth of Julie Anne San Jose, Filipina singer-songwriter |
2012 | The death of Patrick Mafisango, Congolese-Rwandan footballer (b. 1980) |
2012 | The death of Donna Summer, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948) |
2013 | The death of Philippe Gaumont, French cyclist (b. 1973) |
2013 | The death of Peter Schulz, German politician, Mayor of Hamburg (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of Ken Venturi, American golfer and sportscaster (b. 1931) |
2013 | The death of Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentine Commander in Chief and dictator (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Gerald Edelman, American biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of C. P. Krishnan Nair, Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Douangchay Phichit, Laotian politician (b. 1944) |
2014 | The death of Thongbanh Sengaphone, Laotian politician (b. 1953) |
2015 | The death of Lionel Pickens, American rapper (b. 1983) |
2017 | The death of Todor VeselinoviÄ, Serbian football player and manager (b. 1930) |
2019 | The death of Herman Wouk, American author (b. 1915) |
2020 | The death of Lucky Peterson, American blues singer, keyboardist and guitarist (b. 1964) |
2022 | The death of Vangelis, Greek musician, composer (b. 1943) |
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