Updated at December 12, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Grace Metalious |
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Birthdate | September 08, 1924 |
Birth Place | New Hampshire |
Age (in 2024) | 100 Years Old |
Zodiac | Virgo |
Occupation | Novelist |
Grace Metalious is best known as Novelist who has born on September 08, 1924 in New Hampshire. Currently, Grace Metalious is 100 years, 3 months and 4 days old. Grace Metalious will celebrate 101st birthday on Monday, 8th of September 2025. Below the countdown to Grace Metalious upcoming birthday.
An American author, she is best known for her controversial 1956 novel, Peyton Place, which was on the New York Times Bestseller list for over a year. Her later works include The Tight White Collar (1961) and No Adam in Eden (1963).
She grew up in poverty in Manchester, New Hampshire. She began writing during her childhood years and pursued a literary career following her graduation from Manchester Central High School.
Her novel Peyton Place sold over 30 million copies.
She was born Marie Grace DeRepentigny in Manchester, New Hampshire. She married George Metalious in 1943.
She and Joe Klein both had books on the New York Times Bestseller list.
Grace Metalious is 100 years old today.
Grace Metalious was born on September 08, 1924 in New Hampshire.
Grace Metalious zodiac sign is Virgo.
Grace Metalious was best known as Novelist.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Grace Metalious's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Grace Metalious's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1970 | Trans International Airlines Flight 863 crashes during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing all 11 aboard. |
1971 | In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass. |
1973 | World Airways Flight 802 crashes into Mount Dutton in King Cove, Alaska, killing six people. |
1974 | Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office. |
1975 | Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, later upgraded to honorable. |
1978 | Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 88 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran. |
1986 | Nicholas Daniloff, a correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, is indicted on charges of espionage by the Soviet Union. |
1988 | Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires. |
1989 | Partnair Flight 394 dives into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been fraudulently sold as aircraft-grade. |
1994 | USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard, resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry. |
2004 | NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open. |
2005 | Two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft from EMERCOM land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America. |
2016 | NASA launches OSIRIS-REx, its first asteroid sample return mission. The probe will visit 101955 Bennu and is expected to return with samples in 2023. |
2017 | Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announce the beginning of the Deir ez-Zor campaign, with the stated aim of eliminating the Islamic State (IS) from all areas north and east of the Euphrates. |
2022 | Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom dies at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after a reign lasting over 70 years. Her son Charles, Prince of Wales, becomes King of the United Kingdom, assuming the regnal name Charles III. |
1991 | The birth of Ignacio González, Mexican footballer |
1991 | The birth of Joe Sugg, British vlogger |
1992 | The birth of Nino Niederreiter, Swiss ice hockey player |
1992 | The birth of Kilian Pruschke, German footballer |
1993 | The birth of Will Bosisto, Australian cricketer |
1993 | The birth of Yoshikazu Fujita, Japanese rugby union player |
1994 | The birth of Marco Benassi, Italian footballer |
1994 | The birth of Cameron Dallas, American internet personality |
1994 | The birth of Bruno Fernandes, Portuguese footballer |
1994 | The birth of Ćamila Mičijević, Croatian-Bosnian handball player |
1995 | The birth of Ellie Black, Canadian gymnast |
1997 | The birth of Lars Nootbaar, American baseball player |
1998 | The birth of Matheus Leist, Brazilian race car driver |
2000 | The birth of Miles McBride, American basketball player |
2002 | The birth of Gaten Matarazzo, American actor and singer |
2015 | The death of Andrew Kohut, American political scientist and academic (b. 1942) |
2015 | The death of Tyler Sash, American football player (b. 1988) |
2015 | The death of Joost Zwagerman, Dutch author and poet (b. 1963) |
2016 | The death of Hannes Arch, Austrian race pilot (b. 1967) |
2016 | The death of Dragiša Pešić, Montenegrin politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1954) |
2016 | The death of Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1938) |
2017 | The death of Pierre Bergé, French businessman (b. 1930) |
2017 | The death of Blake Heron, American actor (b. 1982) |
2017 | The death of Jerry Pournelle, American author and journalist (b. 1933) |
2017 | The death of Ljubiša Samardžić, Serbian actor and director (b. 1936) |
2017 | The death of Don Williams, American musician (b. 1939) |
2018 | The death of Gennadi Gagulia, Prime Minister of Abkhazia (b. 1948) |
2018 | The death of Chelsi Smith, American singer and beauty pageant winner (b. 1973) |
2022 | The death of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms (b. 1926) |
2022 | The death of Gwyneth Powell, English actress (b. 1946) |
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