John Montague Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts
Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
John Montague Facts
| Full Name | John Montague |
|---|---|
| Birthdate | February 28, 1929 |
| Birth Place | New York |
| Age (in 2024) | 95 Years Old |
| Zodiac | Pisces |
| Occupation | Poet |
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John Montague Age & Birthday
John Montague is best known as Poet who has born on February 28, 1929 in New York. Currently, John Montague is 95 years, 8 months and 21 days old. John Montague will celebrate 96th birthday on Friday, 28th of February 2025. Below the countdown to John Montague upcoming birthday.
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About
American-born Irish modernist poet whose best-known works include A Slow Dance and The Dead Kingdom. Also a poetry professor, he taught at Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, and Queen's University Belfast.
Before Fame
He spent his early childhood years in Brooklyn, New York, but moved to his family's native Ireland during The Great Depression era.
Trivia
He was the first recipient of the Ireland Chair of Poetry honor (the Irish equivalent of the Poet Laureate title).
Family Life
He was married twice -- to fellow Fulbright scholar Madeleine Montague, and to Evelyn Robson -- and also had a romantic relationship with writer Elizabeth Wassell.
Associated With
While living in Paris in the early 1960s, he met and befriended playwright Samuel Beckett.
Top Asked Questions about John Montague
How old is John Montague in 2024?
John Montague is 95 years old today.
When was John Montague born?
John Montague was born on February 28, 1929 in New York.
What is John Montague zodiac sign?
John Montague zodiac sign is Pisces.
What was John Montague best known for?
John Montague was best known as Poet.
Fun Facts about John Montague's Birthday
Here's quick list of some fun facts about John Montague's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
- John Montague was born on Thursday, 59th day / 09th week of 1929
- John Montague has Pisces zodiac sign and Water element based on western astrology
- Roman numeral of John Montague birthday is XXVIII.II.MCMXXIX
- John Montague's birthstone is Amethyst
- John Montague's birth flower is Primrose that symbolize modesty, distinction & virtue
- John Montague age in year is 95 years old
- John Montague age in month is 1148 months old
- John Montague age in day is 34965 days old
- John Montague age in hour is 839160 hours old
- John Montague age in minute is 50349600 minutes old
- John Montague age in second is 3020976000 seconds old
- Next John Montague birthday is on Friday, February 28th 2025
- John Montague age in next birthday (2025) is 96 years old
- Learn more interesting facts about February 28, 1929 birthday
Historical Events on John Montague Birthday (February 28)
Below are historical events that coincided with John Montague's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1980 | Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum. |
| 1983 | The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale. |
| 1985 | The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day. |
| 1986 | Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm. |
| 1991 | The first Gulf War ends. |
| 1993 | The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh. Four ATF agents and six Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff. |
| 1995 | Former Australian Liberal party leader John Hewson resigns from the Australian parliament almost two years after losing the 1993 Australian federal election. |
| 1997 | An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths. |
| 1997 | GRB 970228, a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, strikes the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way. |
| 1997 | A Turkish military memorandum resulted with collapse of the government in Turkey. |
| 2001 | The 2001 Nisqually earthquake, having a moment magnitude of 6.8, with epicenter in the southern Puget Sound, damages Seattle metropolitan area. |
| 2002 | During the religious violence in Gujarat, 97 people are killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in the Gulbarg Society massacre. |
| 2004 | Over one million Taiwanese participate in the 228 Hand-in-Hand rally form a 500-kilometre (310 mi) long human chain to commemorate the February 28 Incident in 1947. |
| 2005 | A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127. |
| 2013 | Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to do so since Pope Gregory XII, in 1415. |
| 1980 | The birth of Tayshaun Prince, American basketball player |
| 1981 | The birth of Brian Bannister, American baseball player and scout |
| 1982 | The birth of Natalia Vodianova, Russian-French model and actress |
| 1984 | The birth of Karolína Kurková, Czech model and actress |
| 1985 | The birth of Tim Bresnan, English cricketer |
| 1985 | The birth of Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player |
| 1985 | The birth of Diego Ribas da Cunha, Brazilian footballer |
| 1987 | The birth of Antonio Candreva, Italian footballer |
| 1988 | The birth of Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player |
| 1989 | The birth of Carlos Dunlap, American football player |
| 1989 | The birth of Charles Jenkins, American basketball player |
| 1989 | The birth of Kevin Proctor, New Zealand rugby league player |
| 1990 | The birth of Takayasu Akira, Japanese sumo wrestler |
| 1994 | The birth of Arkadiusz Milik, Polish footballer |
| 1999 | The birth of Luka Dončić, Slovenian basketball player |
| 2004 | The death of Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and librarian (b. 1914) |
| 2005 | The death of Chris Curtis, English singer and drummer (b. 1941) |
| 2006 | The death of Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920) |
| 2007 | The death of Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian and critic (b. 1917) |
| 2009 | The death of Paul Harvey, American radio host (b. 1918) |
| 2011 | The death of Annie Girardot, French actress (b. 1931) |
| 2013 | The death of Donald A. Glaser, American physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926) |
| 2014 | The death of Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch linguist and author (b. 1935) |
| 2015 | The death of Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1923) |
| 2016 | The death of George Kennedy, American actor (b. 1925) |
| 2017 | The death of Pierre Pascau, Mauritian-Canadian journalist (b. 1938) |
| 2019 | The death of André Previn, German-American pianist, conductor, and composer. (b. 1929) |
| 2020 | The death of Joe Coulombe, founder of Trader Joe's (b. 1930) |
| 2020 | The death of Freeman Dyson, British-born American physicist and mathematician (b. 1923) |
| 2020 | The death of Sir Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant (b. 1917) |
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