Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Frank R. Stockton |
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Birthdate | April 05, 1834 |
Birth Place | Philadelphia, PA |
Age (in 2024) | 190 Years Old |
Zodiac | Aries |
Occupation | Children's Author |
Frank R. Stockton is best known as Children's Author who has born on April 05, 1834 in Philadelphia, PA. Currently, Frank R. Stockton is 190 years, 7 months and 16 days old. Frank R. Stockton will celebrate 191st birthday on Saturday, 5th of April 2025. Below the countdown to Frank R. Stockton upcoming birthday.
An American writer of children's fairy tales, he is best remembered for The Lady, or the Tiger? (1882) and The Hundreth Man (1886). His later works include The Captain's Toll-Gate (1903) and The Lost Dryad (1912).
He worked as a wood engraver before writing for a Philadelphia newspaper founded by his brother.
His father, a Methodist minister, discouraged him from pursuing a writing career.
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Following his marriage to Mary Ann Edwards Tuttle, he settled in Nutley, New Jersey.
His stories The Griffin and the Minor Canon (1885) and The Bee-Man of Orn (1887) were illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Frank R. Stockton is 190 years old today.
Frank R. Stockton was born on April 05, 1834 in Philadelphia, PA.
Frank R. Stockton zodiac sign is Aries.
Frank R. Stockton was best known as Children's Author.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Frank R. Stockton's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Frank R. Stockton's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1966 | During the Buddhist Uprising, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ personally attempted to lead the capture of the restive city of Đà Nẵng before backing down. |
1969 | Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities. |
1971 | In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike. |
1976 | In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident. |
1977 | The US Supreme Court rules that congressional legislation that diminished the size of the Sioux people's reservation thereby destroyed the tribe's jurisdictional authority over the area in Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip. |
1991 | An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard including Sen. John Tower and astronaut Sonny Carter. |
1992 | Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force. |
1992 | Peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić are killed on the Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo, becoming the first casualties of the Bosnian War. |
1998 | In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge opens to traffic, becoming the longest bridge span in the world. |
1999 | Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands. |
2007 | The cruise ship MS Sea Diamond strikes a volcanic reef near Nea Kameni and sinks the next day. Two passengers were never recovered and are presumed dead. |
2009 | North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks. |
2010 | Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia. |
2018 | Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid a slaughterhouse in Tennessee, detaining nearly 100 undocumented Hispanic workers in one of the largest workplace raids in the history of the United States. |
2021 | Nguyễn Xuân Phúc took office as President of Vietnam after dismissing the title of Prime Minister. |
1993 | The birth of Laura Feiersinger, Austrian footballer |
1993 | The birth of Benjamin Garcia, French rugby league player |
1993 | The birth of Scottie Wilbekin, American-Turkish basketball player |
1994 | The birth of Mateusz Bieniek, Polish volleyball player |
1994 | The birth of Edem Rjaïbi, Tunisian footballer |
1994 | The birth of Richard Sánchez, Mexican footballer |
1995 | The birth of Viliame Kikau, Fijian rugby league player |
1995 | The birth of Sei Muroya, Japanese footballer |
1995 | The birth of Gleb Rassadkin, Belarusian footballer |
1995 | The birth of Sebastian Starke Hedlund, Swedish footballer |
1996 | The birth of Nicolas Beer, Danish race car driver |
1996 | The birth of Raouf Benguit, Algerian footballer |
1997 | The birth of Borja Mayoral, Spanish footballer |
2000 | The birth of Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Indian actor |
2001 | The birth of Thylane Blondeau, French model and actress |
2016 | The death of Koço Kasapoğlu, Turkish footballer (b. 1936) |
2017 | The death of Attilio Benfatto, Italian cyclist (b. 1943) |
2017 | The death of Arthur Bisguier, American chess Grandmaster (b. 1929) |
2017 | The death of Paul G. Comba, Italian-American computer scientist and astronomer (b. 1926) |
2017 | The death of Makoto Ōoka, Japanese poet and literary critic (b. 1931) |
2017 | The death of Paul O'Neill, American rock composer and producer (b. 1956) |
2017 | The death of Tim Parnell, British race car driver (b. 1932) |
2017 | The death of Memè Perlini, Italian actor and director (b. 1947) |
2017 | The death of Atanase Sciotnic, Romanian sprint canoeist (b. 1942) |
2017 | The death of Ilkka Sinisalo, Finnish ice hockey player (b. 1958) |
2018 | The death of Isao Takahata, Japanese director (b. 1935) |
2019 | The death of Sydney Brenner, South African biologist (b. 1927) |
2021 | The death of Paul Ritter, English actor (b. 1966) |
2022 | The death of Nehemiah Persoff, Israeli-American actor (b. 1919) |
2022 | The death of Jimmy Wang Yu, Taiwanese actor (b.1943) |
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