Updated at November 1, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | George V. Higgins |
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Birthdate | November 13, 1939 |
Birth Place | Massachusetts |
Age (in 2024) | 84 Years Old |
Zodiac | Scorpio |
Occupation | Novelist |
George V. Higgins is best known as Novelist who has born on November 13, 1939 in Massachusetts. Currently, George V. Higgins is 84 years, 11 months and 18 days old. George V. Higgins will celebrate 85th birthday on Wednesday, 13th of November 2024. Below the countdown to George V. Higgins upcoming birthday.
An American author, attorney, professor, and journalist, he is best known for such crime novels as The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1970) and Cogan's Trade (1974). Also a newspaper columnist, he wrote for such prominent publications as the Wall Street Journal and the Boston Globe.
After graduating from Boston College and Stanford University, he worked as a deputy assistant attorney general in his native Massachusetts.
His full name was George Vincent Higgins II.
Following his 1979 divorce from Elizabeth Mulkerin Higgins, he married Loretta Cubberley Higgins.
His novel Coogan's Trade was made into Killing Them Softly, a film starring Brad Pitt.
George V. Higgins is 84 years old today.
George V. Higgins was born on November 13, 1939 in Massachusetts.
George V. Higgins zodiac sign is Scorpio.
George V. Higgins was best known as Novelist.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about George V. Higgins's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with George V. Higgins's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1991 | The Republic of Karelia, an autonomous republic of Russia, is formed from the former Karelian ASSR. |
1992 | The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented. |
1993 | China Northern Airlines Flight 6901 crashes on approach to Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport in Ürümqi, China, killing 12 people. |
1994 | In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union. |
1995 | Mozambique becomes the first state to join the Commonwealth of Nations without having been part of the former British Empire. |
1995 | A truck-bomb explodes outside of a US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training center in Riyadh, killing five Americans and two Indians. A group called the Islamic Movement for Change claims responsibility. |
1995 | Nigeria Airways Flight 357 crashes at Kaduna International Airport in Kaduna, Nigeria, killing 11 people and injuring 66. |
2000 | Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada. |
2001 | War on Terror: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States. |
2002 | Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441. |
2002 | During the Prestige oil spill, a storm bursts a tank of the oil tanker MV Prestige, which was not allowed to dock and sank on November 19, 2002, off the coast of Galicia, spilling 63,000 metric tons of heavy fuel oil, more than the Exxon Valdez oil spill. |
2012 | A total solar eclipse occurs in parts of Australia and the South Pacific. |
2013 | Hawaii legalizes same-sex marriage. |
2013 | 4 World Trade Center officially opens. |
2015 | Islamic State operatives carry out a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, including suicide bombings, mass shootings and a hostage crisis. The terrorists kill 130 people, making it the deadliest attack in France since the Second World War. |
1984 | The birth of Lucas Barrios, Paraguayan footballer |
1984 | The birth of Kurt Morath, Tongan rugby player |
1984 | The birth of Jamie Soward, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster |
1985 | The birth of Asdrúbal Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player |
1986 | The birth of Kevin Bridges, Scottish comedian and actor |
1987 | The birth of Hatsune Matsushima, Japanese model and actress |
1987 | The birth of Dana Vollmer, American swimmer |
1992 | The birth of Dylan Napa, Australian-Cook Islands rugby league player |
1992 | The birth of Maksim Podholjuzin, Estonian footballer |
1993 | The birth of Julia Michaels, American singer and songwriter |
1994 | The birth of Andrew Tang, Singaporean race car driver |
1994 | The birth of Laurien Leurink, Dutch field hockey midfielder |
1995 | The birth of Oliver Stummvoll, Austrian model |
1999 | The birth of Lando Norris, British racing driver |
2002 | The birth of Emma Raducanu, British tennis player |
2007 | The death of Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player and manager (b. 1937) |
2010 | The death of Luis GarcÃa Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1921) |
2010 | The death of Allan Sandage, American astronomer and cosmologist (b. 1926) |
2012 | The death of Erazm Ciołek, Polish photographer and author (b. 1937) |
2012 | The death of Manuel Peña Escontrela, Spanish footballer (b. 1965) |
2012 | The death of John Sheridan, English rugby player and coach (b. 1933) |
2013 | The death of Hans-Jürgen Heise, German author and poet (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of Chieko Aioi, Japanese actress and voice actress (b. 1934) |
2014 | The death of MarÃa José Alvarado, Honduran model, Señorita Honduras 2014 (b. 1995) |
2014 | The death of Kakha Bendukidze, Georgian economist and politician, Georgian Minister of Economy (b. 1956) |
2014 | The death of Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician and theorist (b. 1928) |
2016 | The death of Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942) |
2017 | The death of Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and manager (b. 1918) |
2020 | The death of Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer (b. 1946) |
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