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Full Name | Joseph Boyden |
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Birthdate | October 31, 1966 |
Birth Place | Canada |
Age (in 2024) | 58 Years Old |
Zodiac | Scorpio |
Occupation | Novelist |
Joseph Boyden is best known as Novelist who has born on October 31, 1966 in Canada. Currently, Joseph Boyden is 58 years, 0 months and 2 days old. Joseph Boyden will celebrate 59th birthday on Friday, 31st of October 2025. Below the countdown to Joseph Boyden upcoming birthday.
Known for works of historical fiction that focus on the lives of members of Canadian First Nations Aboriginal groups, Boyden penned several acclaimed novels, including Through Black Spruce (2008); The Orenda (2013); and Three Day Road (2005).
He attended the creative writing programs at both Canada's York University and America's University of New Orleans and went on to teach at the University of British Columbia and at Northern College.
His literary honors include the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Canada Reads Award, and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.
The son of distinguished Second World War medical officer Raymond Wilfrid Boyden, Joseph Boyden was raised in North York, Ontario, Canada, as a member of a family of Anishinaabe, Scottish, and Irish descent. His wife, Amanda Boyden, also pursued a literary career.
He and fellow Canadian author Tomson Highway both set their novels against primarily Canadian Aboriginal landscapes.
Joseph Boyden is 58 years old today.
Joseph Boyden was born on October 31, 1966 in Canada.
Joseph Boyden zodiac sign is Scorpio.
Joseph Boyden was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Joseph Boyden's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
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1984 | Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and around 3,000 Sikhs are killed. |
1994 | American Eagle Flight 4184 crashes near Roselawn, Indiana killing all 68 people on board. |
1996 | TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 99 people. |
1998 | Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors. |
1999 | Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted. |
1999 | EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board. |
2000 | Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then. |
2000 | Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83. |
2002 | A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer. |
2003 | Mahathir bin Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir's 22 years in power. |
2011 | The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as the Day of Seven Billion. |
2014 | During a test flight, the VSS Enterprise, a Virgin Galactic experimental spaceflight test vehicle, suffers a catastrophic in-flight breakup and crashes in the Mojave Desert, California, |
2015 | Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board. |
2017 | A truck drives into a crowd in Lower Manhattan, New York City, killing eight people. |
2020 | Berlin Brandenburg Airport opens its doors after nearly 10 years of delays due to construction issues and project corruption. |
1987 | The birth of Nick Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player |
1987 | The birth of Jean-Karl Vernay, French race car driver |
1988 | The birth of Cole Aldrich, American basketball player |
1988 | The birth of Sébastien Buemi, Swiss race car driver |
1988 | The birth of Jack Riewoldt, Australian footballer |
1988 | The birth of Lizzy Yarnold, British skeleton racer |
1990 | The birth of JID, American rapper |
1993 | The birth of Nadine Lustre, Filipino actress and singer |
1993 | The birth of Mercedes Arn-Horn, Canadian musician |
1995 | The birth of Joana Valle Costa, Portuguese tennis player |
1997 | The birth of Siobhán Bernadette Haughey, Hong Kong-Irish swimmer |
1997 | The birth of Marcus Rashford, English footballer |
1999 | The birth of Léa Serna, French figure skater |
2000 | The birth of Willow Smith, American singer, actress, and dancer |
2005 | The birth of Leonor, Princess of Asturias |
2012 | The death of John H. Reed, American soldier and politician, 67th Governor of Maine (b. 1921) |
2013 | The death of Chris Chase, American actress and author (b. 1924) |
2013 | The death of Gérard de Villiers, French journalist and author (b. 1929) |
2013 | The death of Trevor Kletz, English chemist and author (b. 1922) |
2013 | The death of Johnny Kucks, American baseball player (b. 1933) |
2013 | The death of Andres Narvasa, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1928) |
2013 | The death of Bobby Parker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937) |
2014 | The death of David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of Michael Alsbury, American engineer and pilot (b. 1975) |
2014 | The death of Brad Halsey, American baseball player (b. 1981) |
2014 | The death of Hitoshi Motoshima, Japanese educator and politician (b. 1922) |
2015 | The death of Gus Savage, American businessman and politician (b. 1925) |
2018 | The death of Willie McCovey, American baseball player (b. 1938) |
2020 | The death of MF Doom, British-American rapper and record producer (b. 1971) |
2020 | The death of Sean Connery, Scottish actor (b. 1930) |
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