Etheridge Knight Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Etheridge Knight Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Etheridge Knight Facts

Full Name	Etheridge Knight
Birthdate	April 19, 1931
Birth Place	Mississippi
Age (in 2024)	93 Years Old
Zodiac	Aries
Occupation	Poet

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Etheridge Knight Age & Birthday

Etheridge Knight is best known as Poet who has born on April 19, 1931 in Mississippi. Currently, Etheridge Knight is 93 years, 7 months and 2 days old. Etheridge Knight will celebrate 94th birthday on Saturday, 19th of April 2025. Below the countdown to Etheridge Knight upcoming birthday.

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Etheridge Knight Biography

About

African-American poet associated with the Black Arts Movement and known for Poems from Prison (published in 1968). His other literary works include A Poem for Brother Man, The Idea of Ancestry, and Born of a Woman.

Before Fame

He escaped poverty by working as a United States Army medic. Sadly, he later served time in prison for robbery.

Trivia

He was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and won both a National Endowment for the Arts Grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship between 1972 and 1974.

Family Life

He married Sonia Sanchez, a fellow poet; however, his problems with drug addiction ended this union. Later, he married and had two children with Mary McNally.

Associated With

The Autobiography of Malcolm X inspired Knight to turn his anger over imprisonment and injustice into a passion for writing poetry.

Top Asked Questions about Etheridge Knight

How old is Etheridge Knight in 2024?

Etheridge Knight is 93 years old today.

When was Etheridge Knight born?

Etheridge Knight was born on April 19, 1931 in Mississippi.

What is Etheridge Knight zodiac sign?

Etheridge Knight zodiac sign is Aries.

What was Etheridge Knight best known for?

Etheridge Knight was best known as Poet.

Fun Facts about Etheridge Knight's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Etheridge Knight's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Etheridge Knight was born on Sunday, 109^th day / 16^th week of 1931
Etheridge Knight has Aries zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Etheridge Knight birthday is XIX.IV.MCMXXXI
Etheridge Knight's birthstone is Diamond
Etheridge Knight's birth flower is Sweet pea that symbolize egard, youth & purity
Etheridge Knight age in year is 93 years old
Etheridge Knight age in month is 1123 months old
Etheridge Knight age in day is 34185 days old
Etheridge Knight age in hour is 820440 hours old
Etheridge Knight age in minute is 49226400 minutes old
Etheridge Knight age in second is 2953584000 seconds old
Next Etheridge Knight birthday is on Saturday, April 19th 2025
Etheridge Knight age in next birthday (2025) is 94 years old
Learn more interesting facts about April 19, 1931 birthday

Historical Events on Etheridge Knight Birthday (April 19)

Below are historical events that coincided with Etheridge Knight's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1975	India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia.
1975	South Vietnamese forces withdrew from the town of Xuan Loc in the last major battle of the Vietnam War.
1984	Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.
1985	Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later.
1987	The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with "Good Night".
1989	A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.
1993	The 51-day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian building in Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Seventy-six Davidians, including eighteen children under the age of ten, died in the fire.
1995	Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, USA, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six.
1999	The German Bundestag returns to Berlin.
2000	Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes in Samal, Davao del Norte, killing all 131 people on board.
2005	Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI.
2011	Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961.
2013	Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police. His brother Dzhokhar is later captured hiding in a boat inside a backyard in the suburb of Watertown.
2020	A killing spree in Nova Scotia, Canada, leaves 22 people and the perpetrator dead, making it the deadliest rampage in the country's history.
2021	The Ingenuity helicopter becomes the first aircraft to achieve flight on another planet.
1957	The birth of Mukesh Ambani, Indian businessman, chairman of Reliance Industries
1960	The birth of Ara Gevorgyan, Armenian pianist, composer, and producer
1960	The birth of Frank Viola, American baseball player and coach
1964	The birth of Kim Weaver, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
1966	The birth of Véronique Gens, French soprano and actress
1968	The birth of Mswati III, king (Ngwenyama) of Eswatini (Swaziland)
1970	The birth of Kelly Holmes, English athlete and double Olympic champion
1972	The birth of Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira, a Brazilian footballer
1978	The birth of James Franco, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1978	The birth of Amanda Sage, American-Austrian painter and educator
1981	The birth of Hayden Christensen, Canadian actor
1982	The birth of Samuel C. Morrison, Jr., Liberian-American journalist, producer, and screenwriter
1987	The birth of Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player
1990	The birth of Kim Chiu, Filipino actress, singer, and dancer
2002	The birth of Loren Gray, American singer and internet personality
2004	The death of John Maynard Smith, English biologist and geneticist (b. 1920)
2004	The death of Jenny Pike, Canadian WWII servicewoman and photographer (b. 1922)
2006	The death of Albert Scott Crossfield, American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1921)
2007	The death of Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (b. 1932)
2009	The death of J. G. Ballard, English novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1930)
2011	The death of Elisabeth Sladen, English actress (b. 1946)
2012	The death of Levon Helm, American musician and actor (b. 1940)
2013	The death of François Jacob, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
2013	The death of Al Neuharth, American journalist, author, and publisher, founded USA Today (b. 1924)
2015	The death of Raymond Carr, English historian and academic (b. 1919)
2015	The death of Roy Mason, English miner and politician, Secretary of State for Defence (b. 1924)
2016	The death of Patricio Aylwin, Chilean politician (b. 1918)
2021	The death of Walter Mondale, American politician, 42nd Vice President of the United States (b. 1928)
2021	The death of Jim Steinman, American composer, lyricist (b. 1947)
2022	The death of Kane Tanaka, Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1903)

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