Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Joy Cowley |
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Birthdate | August 07, 1936 |
Birth Place | Levin, New Zealand |
Age (in 2024) | 88 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Occupation | Children's Author |
Joy Cowley is best known as Children's Author who has born on August 07, 1936 in Levin, New Zealand. Currently, Joy Cowley is 88 years, 2 months and 26 days old. Joy Cowley will celebrate 89th birthday on Thursday, 7th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Joy Cowley upcoming birthday.
A children's author, novelist and short story writer, she is best known for such works of children's literature as The Silent One (1981) and Bow Down Shadrach (1991). Her novels for adults, including Man of Straw (1972) and The Growing Season (1979), typically focus on family struggles.
Her birth name was Cassia Joy Summers, and she was born in Levin, New Zealand. She received an honorary doctorate from Massey University.
She published five hundred reading instruction books and was actively involved in teaching reading skills to children and the learning disabled.
She was married three times-- to Ted Cowley, Malcolm Mason, and Terry Coles-- and had two sons and two daughters.
Her first novel, Nest in a Fallen Tree, was made into a 1971 film with a screenplay by the renowned children's author, Roald Dahl.
Joy Cowley is 88 years old today.
Joy Cowley was born on August 07, 1936 in Levin, New Zealand.
Joy Cowley zodiac sign is Leo.
Joy Cowley was best known as Children's Author.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Joy Cowley's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1978 | U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently. |
1981 | The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication. |
1985 | Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts. |
1987 | Cold War: Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing the Bering Strait from Little Diomede Island in Alaska to Big Diomede in the Soviet Union. |
1989 | U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia. |
1990 | First American soldiers arrive in Saudi Arabia as part of the Gulf War. |
1993 | Ada Deer, a Menominee activist, is sworn in as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. |
1995 | The Chilean government declares state of emergency in the southern half of the country in response to an event of intense, cold, wind, rain and snowfall known as the White Earthquake. |
1997 | Space Shuttle Program: The Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-85 from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. |
1997 | Fine Air Flight 101 crashes after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing five people. |
1998 | Bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people. |
1999 | The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades neighboring Dagestan. |
2007 | At AT&T Park, Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run to surpass Hank Aaron's 33-year-old record. |
2008 | The start of the Russo-Georgian War over the territory of South Ossetia. |
2020 | Air India Express Flight 1344 overshoots the runway at Calicut International Airport in the Malappuram district of Kerala, India, and crashes, killing 21 of the 190 people on board. |
1988 | The birth of Beanie Wells, American football player |
1989 | The birth of DeMar DeRozan, American basketball player |
1990 | The birth of Josh Franceschi, English singer-songwriter |
1991 | The birth of Luis Salom, Spanish motorcycle racer (d. 2016) |
1991 | The birth of Mitchell te Vrede, Dutch footballer |
1991 | The birth of Mike Trout, American baseball player |
1992 | The birth of Adam Yates, English cyclist |
1992 | The birth of Simon Yates, English cyclist |
1992 | The birth of E. J. Tackett, American bowler |
1993 | The birth of Martti Nõmme, Estonian ski jumper |
1993 | The birth of Karol Zalewski, Polish sprinter |
1997 | The birth of Matty Cash, Polish footballer |
1997 | The birth of Kyler Murray, American football player |
1998 | The birth of Vladimir Barbu, Italian diver |
1998 | The birth of MarÃa Bazo, Peruvian windsurfer |
2014 | The death of VÃctor Fayad, Argentine lawyer and politician (b. 1955) |
2014 | The death of Perry Moss, American football player and coach (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of Henry Stone, American record producer (b. 1921) |
2015 | The death of Manuel Contreras, Chilean general (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian pharmacologist and physician (b. 1914) |
2015 | The death of Louise Suggs, American golfer, co-founded LPGA (b. 1923) |
2016 | The death of Bryan Clauson, American racing driver (b. 1989) |
2017 | The death of Don Baylor, American baseball player (b. 1949) |
2017 | The death of David Maslanka, American composer (b. 1943) |
2018 | The death of M. Karunanidhi, Indian politician, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and prominent leader of Tamils (b. 1924) |
2018 | The death of Stan Mikita, Slovak hockey player (b. 1940) |
2019 | The death of David Berman, American musician, singer, poet and cartoonist (b. 1967) |
2020 | The death of Lê Khả Phiêu, Vietnamese politician (b. 1931) |
2021 | The death of Markie Post, American actress (b. 1950) |
2022 | The death of David McCullough, American historian and author (b. 1933) |
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