Grace Nichols Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts
Updated at December 13, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Grace Nichols Facts
| Full Name | Grace Nichols |
|---|---|
| Birthdate | January 18, 1950 |
| Birth Place | Georgetown, Guyana |
| Age (in 2024) | 74 Years Old |
| Zodiac | Capricorn |
| Occupation | Poet |
Grace Nichols Age & Birthday
Grace Nichols is best known as Poet who has born on January 18, 1950 in Georgetown, Guyana. Currently, Grace Nichols is 74 years, 10 months and 26 days old. Grace Nichols will celebrate 75th birthday on Saturday, 18th of January 2025. Below the countdown to Grace Nichols upcoming birthday.
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About
Poet best known for her first collection, I is a Long-Memoried Woman, which took the 1983 Commonwealth Poetry Prize. She has since published more than a dozen of award winning collections of poems and short stories.
Before Fame
She earned a degree in communications from the University of Guyana and spent the years following working as a teacher and journalist until she moved to the United Kingdom in 1977.
Trivia
Outside of her poetry, she also released a novel in 1986 titled Whole of a Morning Sky.
Family Life
She was born and raised in Georgetown, Guyana but eventually settled in Lewes, England with her partner and fellow poet John Agard.
Associated With
In 2011, she was a judge on the panel of the Anthologise poetry competition, an event captained by poetry contemporary Carol-Ann Duffy.
Top Asked Questions about Grace Nichols
How old is Grace Nichols in 2024?
Grace Nichols is 74 years old today.
When was Grace Nichols born?
Grace Nichols was born on January 18, 1950 in Georgetown, Guyana.
What is Grace Nichols zodiac sign?
Grace Nichols zodiac sign is Capricorn.
What was Grace Nichols best known for?
Grace Nichols was best known as Poet.
Fun Facts about Grace Nichols's Birthday
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Grace Nichols's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
- Grace Nichols was born on Wednesday, 18th day / 03rd week of 1950
- Grace Nichols has Capricorn zodiac sign and Earth element based on western astrology
- Roman numeral of Grace Nichols birthday is XVIII.I.MCML
- Grace Nichols's birthstone is Garnet
- Grace Nichols's birth flower is Carnation that symbolize fascination, distinction & love
- Grace Nichols age in year is 74 years old
- Grace Nichols age in month is 898 months old
- Grace Nichols age in day is 27358 days old
- Grace Nichols age in hour is 656592 hours old
- Grace Nichols age in minute is 39395520 minutes old
- Grace Nichols age in second is 2363731200 seconds old
- Next Grace Nichols birthday is on Saturday, January 18th 2025
- Grace Nichols age in next birthday (2025) is 75 years old
- Learn more interesting facts about January 18, 1950 birthday
Historical Events on Grace Nichols Birthday (January 18)
Below are historical events that coincided with Grace Nichols's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1977 | SFR Yugoslavia's Prime minister, Džemal Bijedić, his wife and six others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| 1978 | The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. |
| 1981 | Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs). |
| 1983 | The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family. |
| 1988 | China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 crashes near Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, killing all 98 passengers and 10 crew members. |
| 1990 | Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting. |
| 1993 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 US states. |
| 2002 | The Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over. |
| 2003 | A bushfire kills four people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia. |
| 2005 | The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France |
| 2007 | The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Cyclone Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe. |
| 2008 | The Euphronios Krater is unveiled in Rome after being returned to Italy by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
| 2018 | A bus catches fire on the Samara-Shymkent road in Yrgyz District, Aktobe, Kazakhstan. The fire kills 52 passengers, with three passengers and two drivers escaping. |
| 2019 | An oil pipeline explosion near Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico, kills 137 people. |
| 2023 | A helicopter crash in Ukraine leaves 14 people dead, including the country's Interior Minister, Denys Monastyrsky. |
| 1990 | The birth of Brett Lawrie, Canadian baseball player |
| 1990 | The birth of Gift Ngoepe, South African baseball player |
| 1990 | The birth of Zeeko Zaki, Egyptian-born American actor |
| 1991 | The birth of Diego Simões, Brazilian footballer |
| 1992 | The birth of Francesco Bardi, Italian footballer |
| 1993 | The birth of Sean Keenan, Australian actor |
| 1994 | The birth of Max Fried, American baseball player |
| 1994 | The birth of Kang Ji-young, South Korean singer |
| 1994 | The birth of Ilona Kremen, Belarusian tennis player |
| 1995 | The birth of Bryce Alford, American basketball player |
| 1995 | The birth of Leonard Fournette, American football player |
| 1998 | The birth of Aitana Bonmatí, Spanish footballer |
| 1999 | The birth of Tee Higgins, American football player |
| 1999 | The birth of Mateus Ward, American actor |
| 2002 | The birth of Anastasia Zakharova, Russian tennis player |
| 2015 | The death of Piet van der Sanden, Dutch journalist and politician (b. 1924) |
| 2015 | The death of Tony Verna, American director and producer, invented instant replay (b. 1933) |
| 2016 | The death of Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924) |
| 2016 | The death of Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1948) |
| 2016 | The death of T. S. Sinnathuray, Judge of the High Court of Singapore (b. 1930) |
| 2016 | The death of Michel Tournier, French journalist and author (b. 1924) |
| 2017 | The death of Peter Abrahams, South African-Jamaican writer (b. 1919) |
| 2017 | The death of David P. Buckson, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Delaware (b. 1920) |
| 2017 | The death of Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, English cricketer, businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1939) |
| 2017 | The death of Roberta Peters, American coloratura soprano (b. 1930) |
| 2019 | The death of John Coughlin, American figure skater (b. 1985) |
| 2022 | The death of Francisco Gento, Spanish football player (b. 1933) |
| 2022 | The death of Yvette Mimieux, American actress (b. 1942) |
| 2022 | The death of André Leon Talley, American fashion journalist (b. 1948) |
| 2023 | The death of David Crosby, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941) |
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