Updated at November 17, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Frank Yerby |
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Birthdate | September 05, 1916 |
Birth Place | Georgia |
Age (in 2024) | 108 Years Old |
Zodiac | Virgo |
Occupation | Novelist |
Frank Yerby is best known as Novelist who has born on September 05, 1916 in Georgia. Currently, Frank Yerby is 108 years, 2 months and 12 days old. Frank Yerby will celebrate 109th birthday on Friday, 5th of September 2025. Below the countdown to Frank Yerby upcoming birthday.
An African-American author of historical fiction, he is best known for works such as The Foxes of Harrow (1946), The Vixens (1947), and The Golden Hawk (1948). His numerous other works include Gillian (1960) and Goat Song (1967).
He graduated from Paine College and Fisk University. He later taught at both Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Florida A&M University.
He was the first African-American to become a millionaire through his writing.
He grew up in Augusta, Georgia as the son of mixed-race parents. He married Blanca Call-Perez in 1956.
His popular novel, The Foxes of Harrow, was made into a feature film starring Rex Harrison.
Frank Yerby is 108 years old today.
Frank Yerby was born on September 05, 1916 in Georgia.
Frank Yerby zodiac sign is Virgo.
Frank Yerby was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Frank Yerby's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1975 | Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford. |
1977 | Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft. |
1978 | Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland. |
1980 | The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo. |
1981 | The first women arrive at what becomes Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in the UK. |
1984 | STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage. |
1984 | Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment. |
1986 | Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport. |
1990 | Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians. |
1991 | The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force. |
1996 | Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people. |
2012 | An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others. |
2021 | The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé is captured by armed forces during a coup d'état. |
2022 | Liz Truss is declared the winner of the UK Conservative Party leadership election, beating Rishi Sunak |
2022 | At least 93 people die and 25 are missing after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Sichuan, China. |
1990 | The birth of Antonio Esposito, Italian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Francesca Segarelli, Dominican tennis player |
1990 | The birth of Lance Stephenson, American basketball player |
1990 | The birth of Yuna Kim, South Korean figure skater |
1990 | The birth of Franco Zuculini, Argentinian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Zeki Yavru, Turkish footballer |
1993 | The birth of T. J. Warren, American basketball player |
1994 | The birth of Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italian swimmer |
1995 | The birth of Szabina Szlavikovics, Hungarian tennis player |
1996 | The birth of Richairo Zivkovic, Dutch footballer |
1996 | The birth of Sigrid, Norwegian singer |
1997 | The birth of Kyōko Saitō, Japanese idol |
1998 | The birth of Caroline Dolehide, American tennis player |
1998 | The birth of Davion Mitchell, American basketball player |
2001 | The birth of Bukayo Saka, English footballer |
2012 | The death of John Oaksey, English jockey and journalist (b. 1929) |
2013 | The death of Edwin Bideau, American lawyer and politician (b. 1950) |
2013 | The death of Geoffrey Goodman, English pilot, journalist, and author (b. 1922) |
2013 | The death of Isamu Jordan, American journalist and academic (b. 1975) |
2014 | The death of Bruce Morton, American journalist (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Mara Neusel, German mathematician, author, and academic (b. 1964) |
2015 | The death of Goh Eng Wah, Malaysian-Singaporean businessman, founded Eng Wah Global (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of Aadesh Shrivastava, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1964) |
2015 | The death of Chester Stranczek, American baseball player and businessman (b. 1929) |
2016 | The death of Hugh O'Brian, American actor (b. 1925) |
2016 | The death of Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (b. 1924) |
2018 | The death of Bhagwatikumar Sharma, Indian Gujarati writer and journalist (b. 1934) |
2018 | The death of Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (b. 1926) |
2019 | The death of Francisco Toledo, Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist (b. 1940) |
2021 | The death of Sarah Harding, English singer, member of Girls Aloud (b. 1981) |
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