Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Les Wicks |
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Birthdate | June 15, 1955 |
Birth Place | Australia |
Age (in 2024) | 69 Years Old |
Zodiac | Gemini |
Occupation | Poet |
Les Wicks is best known as Poet who has born on June 15, 1955 in Australia. Currently, Les Wicks is 69 years, 5 months and 6 days old. Les Wicks will celebrate 70th birthday on Sunday, 15th of June 2025. Below the countdown to Les Wicks upcoming birthday.
Australian poet, publisher, and editor known for The Ways of Waves, Nitty Gritty, The Ambrosiacs, and other poetry collections. A performance poet, he toured to many Australian literary festivals.
He studied Industrial Law at the University of Sydney and helped to organize a union for poets.
He was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 1980.
He was drawn to political activism after he witnessed the politically divisive effects of the Vietnam War upon his family members.
He and fellow poet Dorothy Coade Hewett were both born in Australia.
Les Wicks is 69 years old today.
Les Wicks was born on June 15, 1955 in Australia.
Les Wicks zodiac sign is Gemini.
Les Wicks was best known as Poet.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Les Wicks's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Les Wicks's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1944 | In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America. |
1970 | Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders. |
1972 | Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen. |
1972 | Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku, Vietnam (then South Vietnam) kills 81 people. |
1977 | After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections took place in Spain. |
1978 | King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor. |
1985 | Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife. |
1991 | In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, killing over 800 people. |
1992 | The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the United States for trial, without approval from those other countries. |
1996 | The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonates a powerful truck bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, devastating the city centre and injuring 200 people. |
2001 | Leaders of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. |
2007 | The Nokkakivi Amusement Park is opened in Lievestuore, Laukaa, Finland. |
2012 | Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk directly over Niagara Falls. |
2013 | A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others. |
2022 | Microsoft retires its ubiquitous Internet Explorer after 26 years in favor of its new browser, Microsoft Edge. |
1984 | The birth of Tim Lincecum, American baseball player |
1984 | The birth of Edison Toloza, Colombian footballer |
1985 | The birth of Ashley Nicole Black, American comedian, actress, and writer |
1986 | The birth of James Maloney, Australian rugby league player |
1986 | The birth of Trevor Plouffe, American baseball player |
1989 | The birth of Víctor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist (d. 2012) |
1989 | The birth of Bryan Clauson, American race car driver (d. 2016) |
1992 | The birth of Michał Kopczyński, Polish footballer |
1992 | The birth of Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Dafne Schippers, Dutch heptathlete and sprinter |
1993 | The birth of Cooper Kupp, American football player |
1993 | The birth of Irfan Hadžić, Bosnian footballer |
1994 | The birth of Inaki Williams, Basque footballer |
1996 | The birth of Tia-Adana Belle, Barbadian athlete |
1997 | The birth of Madison Kocian, American gymnast |
2012 | The death of Barry MacKay, American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1935) |
2012 | The death of Israel Nogueda Otero, Mexican economist and politician, 10th Governor of Guerrero (b. 1935) |
2012 | The death of Jerry Tubbs, American football player and coach (b. 1935) |
2013 | The death of Heinz Flohe, German footballer and manager (b. 1948) |
2013 | The death of José Froilán González, Argentinian racing driver (b. 1922) |
2013 | The death of Dennis O'Rourke, Australian director and producer (b. 1945) |
2013 | The death of Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1936) |
2014 | The death of Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (b. 1927) |
2014 | The death of Casey Kasem, American radio host, producer, and voice actor, co-created American Top 40 (b. 1932) |
2014 | The death of Daniel Keyes, American short story writer and novelist (b. 1927) |
2014 | The death of Moise Safra, Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Banco Safra (b. 1934) |
2015 | The death of Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation (b. 1917) |
2016 | The death of Lois Duncan, American author (b. 1934) |
2018 | The death of Matt "Guitar" Murphy, American Blues guitarist (b. 1929) |
2019 | The death of Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film director (b. 1923) |
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