Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Harriette Simpson Arnow |
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Birthdate | July 07, 1908 |
Birth Place | Kentucky |
Age (in 2024) | 116 Years Old |
Zodiac | Cancer |
Occupation | Novelist |
Harriette Simpson Arnow is best known as Novelist who has born on July 07, 1908 in Kentucky. Currently, Harriette Simpson Arnow is 116 years, 3 months and 26 days old. Harriette Simpson Arnow will celebrate 117th birthday on Monday, 7th of July 2025. Below the countdown to Harriette Simpson Arnow upcoming birthday.
A 20th-century fiction writer who set her novels in the Southern Appalachian region of the United States, she is known for such acclaimed works as Hunters Horn (1949) and The Dollmaker (1954). Her later works include The Kentucky Trace (1974) and a memoir entitled Old Burnside (1977).
She was able to publish one of her earliest stories in Esquire magazine by using a pen name and a photo of her brother-in-law. In 1936, she published her debut novel, Mountain Path.
Her novel, Hunter's Horn, beat out George Orwell's famous work, 1984, for the Saturday Review's Best Novel award. Her other work, The Dollmaker, was the runner-up for the 1955 National Book Award.
She was born in Wayne County, Kentucky, and she grew up in nearby Pulaski County. The daughter of two teachers, she attended both Berea College and the University of Louisville.
Actress Jane Fonda starred in the film adaptation of Arnow's 1954 novel, The Dollmaker.
Harriette Simpson Arnow is 116 years old today.
Harriette Simpson Arnow was born on July 07, 1908 in Kentucky.
Harriette Simpson Arnow zodiac sign is Cancer.
Harriette Simpson Arnow was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Harriette Simpson Arnow's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
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1980 | During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre. |
1981 | US President Ronald Reagan nominates Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. |
1983 | Cold War: Samantha Smith, a US schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov. |
1985 | Boris Becker becomes the youngest male player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17. |
1991 | Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. |
1992 | The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to go topless in public. |
1997 | The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War. |
2003 | NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover-B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket. |
2005 | A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers, and injuring over 700 others. |
2007 | The first Live Earth benefit concert was held in 11 locations around the world. |
2012 | At least 172 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia. |
2013 | A De Havilland Otter air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska, killing ten people. |
2016 | Ex-US Army soldier Micah Xavier Johnson shoots fourteen policemen during an anti-police protest in downtown Dallas, Texas, killing five of them. He is subsequently killed by a robot-delivered bomb. |
2019 | The United States women's national soccer team defeated the Netherlands 2-0 at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Final in Lyon, France. |
2022 | Boris Johnson announces his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party following days of pressure from the Members of Parliament (MPs) during the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis. |
1986 | The birth of Sevyn Streeter, American singer-songwriter |
1988 | The birth of Kaci Brown, American singer-songwriter |
1988 | The birth of Lukas Rosenthal, German rugby player |
1989 | The birth of Landon Cassill, American race car driver |
1989 | The birth of Miina Kallas, Estonian footballer |
1989 | The birth of Karl-August Tiirmaa, Estonian skier |
1990 | The birth of Lee Addy, Ghanaian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Pascal Stöger, Austrian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Alesso, Swedish DJ, record producer and musician |
1992 | The birth of Ellina Anissimova, Estonian hammer thrower |
1992 | The birth of Dominik Furman, Polish footballer |
1994 | The birth of Nigina Abduraimova, Uzbekistani tennis player |
1994 | The birth of Timothy Cathcart, Northern Irish race car driver (d. 2014) |
1997 | The birth of Mizuho Habu, Japanese idol |
1999 | The birth of Moussa Diaby, French footballer |
2012 | The death of Doris Neal, American baseball player (b. 1928) |
2012 | The death of Jerry Norman, American sinologist and linguist (b. 1936) |
2012 | The death of Leon Schlumpf, Swiss politician (b. 1927) |
2013 | The death of Artur Hajzer, Polish mountaineer (b. 1962) |
2013 | The death of Robert Hamerton-Kelly, South African-American pastor, theologian, and author (b. 1938) |
2013 | The death of Donald J. Irwin, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut (b. 1926) |
2013 | The death of Ben Pucci, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian general and politician, 2nd President of Georgia (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Peter Underwood, Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (b. 1937) |
2015 | The death of Maria Barroso, Portuguese actress and politician (b. 1925) |
2015 | The death of Bob MacKinnon, American basketball player and coach (b. 1927) |
2021 | The death of Robert Downey Sr., American actor and director. Father of Robert Downey Jr. (b. 1936) |
2021 | The death of Jovenel Moïse, Haitian entrepreneur and politician, President of Haiti (b. 1968) |
2021 | The death of Dilip Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1922) |
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