Updated at November 4, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Gwen Harwood |
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Birthdate | June 08, 1920 |
Birth Place | Australia |
Age (in 2024) | 104 Years Old |
Zodiac | Gemini |
Occupation | Poet |
Gwen Harwood is best known as Poet who has born on June 08, 1920 in Australia. Currently, Gwen Harwood is 104 years, 4 months and 26 days old. Gwen Harwood will celebrate 105th birthday on Sunday, 8th of June 2025. Below the countdown to Gwen Harwood upcoming birthday.
Renowned Australian poet and librettist known for The Present Tense and other poetry collections. Her numerous literary honors include the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry and the Patrick White Award.
She studied to be a musician and also worked for a time as a typist. She published her debut poetry collection in 1963.
She wrote under several male and female pseudonyms early in her career. These pen names include Walter Lehmann, Francis Geyer, Alan Carvosso, and Miriam Stone.
She married William Harwood in 1945 and had a son, John Harwood, who also became an author.
Her literary work was influenced by the ideas of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Gwen Harwood is 104 years old today.
Gwen Harwood was born on June 08, 1920 in Australia.
Gwen Harwood zodiac sign is Gemini.
Gwen Harwood was best known as Poet.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Gwen Harwood's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1968 | James Earl Ray, the man who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested at London Heathrow Airport. |
1972 | Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running naked down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo. |
1982 | Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: Fifty-six British servicemen are killed by an Argentine air attack on two landing ships, RFAÂ Sir Galahad and RFAÂ Sir Tristram. |
1982 | VASP Flight 168 crashes in Pacatuba, Ceará, Brazil, killing 128 people. |
1984 | Homosexuality is decriminalized in the Australian state of New South Wales. |
1987 | New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987. |
1992 | The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
1995 | Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia. |
2001 | Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan. |
2004 | The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882. |
2007 | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MVÂ Pasha Bulker. |
2008 | At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in a Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse. |
2008 | At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan. |
2009 | Two American journalists are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of penal labour. |
2014 | At least 28 people are killed in an attack at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan. |
1967 | The birth of Russell E. Morris, Welsh chemist and academic |
1968 | The birth of Sharon Shannon, Irish traditional musician |
1969 | The birth of David Barnhill, Australian rugby league player |
1970 | The birth of Steve Renouf, Australian rugby league player |
1975 | The birth of Mark Ricciuto, Australian footballer and sportcaster |
1976 | The birth of Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player |
1977 | The birth of Kanye West, American rapper, producer, director, and fashion designer |
1978 | The birth of Maria Menounos, American television personality, professional wrestler, author, and actress |
1981 | The birth of Rachel Held Evans, American Christian author (d. 2019) |
1982 | The birth of Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player |
1983 | The birth of Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player; winner of six Grand Slam tournament titles. |
1984 | The birth of Javier Mascherano, Argentinian footballer |
1986 | The birth of Keith Gill, American financial analyst and investor |
1989 | The birth of Timea Bacsinszky, Swiss tennis player |
1997 | The birth of Jeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player |
2006 | The death of Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded Rip Off Press (b. 1941) |
2006 | The death of Matta El Meskeen, Egyptian monk, theologian, and author (b. 1919) |
2009 | The death of Omar Bongo, Gabonese captain and politician, President of Gabon (b. 1935) |
2012 | The death of Charles E. M. Pearce, New Zealand-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1940) |
2012 | The death of Ghassan Tueni, Lebanese journalist, academic, and politician (b. 1926) |
2013 | The death of Paul Cellucci, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1948) |
2013 | The death of Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter, journalist, and critic (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of Taufiq Kiemas, Indonesian politician, 5th First Spouse of Indonesia (b. 1942) |
2014 | The death of Alexander Imich, Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (b. 1903) |
2014 | The death of Yoshihito, Prince Katsura of Japan (b. 1948) |
2015 | The death of Chea Sim, Cambodian commander and politician (b. 1932) |
2017 | The death of Sam Panopoulos, Greek cook (b. 1934) |
2018 | The death of Anthony Bourdain, American chef and travel documentarian (b. 1956) |
2019 | The death of Andre Matos, Brazilian heavy metal musician (b. 1971) |
2022 | The death of Paula Rego, Portuguese-British visual artist (b. 1935) |
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