Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | John Howkins |
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Birthdate | March 08, 1945 |
Birth Place | England |
Age (in 2024) | 79 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Novelist |
John Howkins is best known as Novelist who has born on March 08, 1945 in England. Currently, John Howkins is 79 years, 8 months and 13 days old. John Howkins will celebrate 80th birthday on Saturday, 8th of March 2025. Below the countdown to John Howkins upcoming birthday.
English expert on economic development and media in China. He taught at both the University of Lincoln and the Shanghai Theater Academy.
His first book, Understanding Television, was published in 1976.
He was a consultant for Hotbed Media, HBO, and Time Warner, and he also served as Chairman of the London Film School.
He graduated from Keele University with a degree in International Relations and subsequently studied urban design at an architecture school in London.
He continued the work of communication theory philosopher Marshall McLuhan, who had pioneered the concepts of the "global village" and the "medium as the message."
John Howkins is 79 years old today.
John Howkins was born on March 08, 1945 in England.
John Howkins zodiac sign is Pisces.
John Howkins was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with John Howkins's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1942 | World War II: The Dutch East Indies surrender Java to the Imperial Japanese Army |
1942 | World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces captured Rangoon, Burma from British. |
1950 | The iconic Volkswagen Type 2 "Bus" begins production. |
1963 | The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état |
1965 | Vietnam War: US Marines arrive at Da Nang. |
1966 | Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, destroyed by a bomb. |
1979 | Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time. |
1979 | Images taken by Voyager I proved the existence of volcanoes on Io, a moon of Jupiter. |
1983 | Cold War: While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire". |
1985 | A supposed failed assassination attempt on Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon kills at least 56 and injures 180 others. |
2004 | A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council. |
2014 | In one of aviation's greatest mysteries, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The fate of the flight remains unknown. |
2017 | The Azure Window, a natural arch on the Maltese island of Gozo, collapses in stormy weather. |
2018 | The first Aurat March (social/political demonstration) was held being International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan, since then annually held across Pakistan and feminist slogan Mera Jism Meri Marzi (My body, my choice), in demand for women's right to bodily autonomy and against gender-based violence came into vogue in Pakistan. |
2021 | International Women's Day marches in Mexico become violent with 62 police officers and 19 civilians injured in Mexico City alone. |
1977 | The birth of James Van Der Beek, American actor |
1977 | The birth of Johann Vogel, Swiss footballer |
1982 | The birth of Leonidas Kampantais, Greek footballer |
1982 | The birth of Keemstar, American YouTuber |
1983 | The birth of André Santos, Brazilian footballer |
1983 | The birth of Mark Worrell, American baseball player |
1984 | The birth of Ross Taylor, New Zealand cricketer |
1985 | The birth of Maria Ohisalo, Finnish politician and researcher |
1990 | The birth of Asier Illarramendi, Spanish footballer |
1990 | The birth of Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player |
1991 | The birth of Tom English, Australian rugby player |
1994 | The birth of Claire Emslie, Scottish footballer |
1996 | The birth of Matthew Hammelmann, Australian rules footballer |
1997 | The birth of Tijana Bošković, Serbian volleyball player |
1998 | The birth of Tali Darsigny, Canadian weightlifter |
2005 | The death of Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen commander and politician, President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (b. 1951) |
2007 | The death of John Inman, English actor (b. 1935) |
2007 | The death of John Vukovich, American baseball player and coach (b. 1947) |
2009 | The death of Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918) |
2012 | The death of Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (b. 1921) |
2013 | The death of John O'Connell, Irish politician, Irish Minister of Health (b. 1927) |
2013 | The death of Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, German soldier and publisher (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Leo Bretholz, Austrian-American Holocaust survivor and author (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of William Guarnere, American sergeant (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of Sam Simon, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955) |
2016 | The death of George Martin, English composer, conductor, and producer (b. 1926) |
2018 | The death of Kate Wilhelm, American author (b. 1928) |
2019 | The death of Marshall Brodien, American actor (b. 1934) |
2019 | The death of Cedrick Hardman, American football player and actor (b. 1948) |
2020 | The death of Max von Sydow, Swedish actor (b. 1929) |
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