Updated at November 14, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | MacKinlay Kantor |
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Birthdate | December 04, 1904 |
Birth Place | Webster City, IA |
Age (in 2024) | 119 Years Old |
Zodiac | Sagittarius |
Occupation | Novelist |
MacKinlay Kantor is best known as Novelist who has born on December 04, 1904 in Webster City, IA. Currently, MacKinlay Kantor is 119 years, 11 months and 10 days old. MacKinlay Kantor will celebrate 120th birthday on Wednesday, 4th of December 2024. Below the countdown to MacKinlay Kantor upcoming birthday.
The Iowa-born author of more than thirty novels, he is most famous for his 1956, Pulitzer Prize-winning work, Andersonville. His other war-themed works include If the South Had Won the Civil War (1961) and Valley Forge (1975).
While reporting for The Webster City Daily News and the Des Moines Tribune, he published several short stories and gained national recognition for his 1934 historical novel, Long Remember.
His experience of transitioning back to civilian life after serving as an Air Force gunner in World War II informed his novel, Glory for Me.
He grew up with his sister in Webster City, Iowa. His mother was the editor of The Webster City Daily News.
The Oscar-winning film, The Best Years of Our Lives, was based on one of Kantor's novels and starred actor Fredric March.
MacKinlay Kantor is 119 years old today.
MacKinlay Kantor was born on December 04, 1904 in Webster City, IA.
MacKinlay Kantor zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
MacKinlay Kantor was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with MacKinlay Kantor's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1981 | South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa). |
1982 | The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution. |
1983 | US Navy aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy and USS Independence attack Syrian missile sites in Lebanon in response to an F-14 being fired on by an SA-7. One A-6 Intruder and A-7 Corsair are shot down. One American pilot is killed, one is rescued, and one is captured. |
1984 | Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107-150 civilians in Mannar. |
1986 | The MV Amazon Venture oil tanker begins leaking oil while at the port of Savannah in the United States, resulting in an oil spill of approximately 500,000 US gallons (1,900,000Â L). |
1991 | Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut; he is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon. |
1991 | Pan American World Airways ceases its operations after 64 years. |
1992 | Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa. |
1998 | The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched. |
2005 | Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage. |
2006 | Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana. |
2014 | Islamic insurgents kill three state police at a traffic circle before taking an empty school and a "press house" in Grozny. Ten state forces die with 28 injured in gun battles ending with ten insurgents killed. |
2015 | A firebomb is thrown into a restaurant in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing 17 people. |
2017 | The Thomas Fire starts near Santa Paula in California. It eventually became the largest wildfire in modern California history to date after burning 440 square miles (1,140Â km2) in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. |
2021 | Semeru on the Indonesian island of Java erupts, killing at least 68 people. |
1986 | The birth of Martell Webster, American basketball player |
1987 | The birth of Orlando Brown, American actor and rapper |
1988 | The birth of Andriy Pylyavskyi, Ukrainian footballer |
1988 | The birth of Yeng Constantino, Filipina singer and songwriter |
1990 | The birth of Lukman Haruna, Nigerian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Blake Leary, Australian rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Igor Sjunin, Estonian triple jumper |
1991 | The birth of Reality Winner, American intelligence specialist convicted of espionage |
1992 | The birth of Peta Hiku, New Zealand rugby league player |
1992 | The birth of Jean-Claude Iranzi, Rwandan footballer |
1992 | The birth of Kim Seok-Jin, South Korean singer, songwriter and actor |
1996 | The birth of Diogo Jota, Portuguese professional footballer |
1996 | The birth of Sebastián Vegas, Chilean footballer |
1996 | The birth of Ivan Belikov, Russian footballer |
1999 | The birth of Kim Do-yeon, South Korean singer and actress |
2012 | The death of Jack Brooks, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1922) |
2012 | The death of Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer and manager (b. 1971) |
2012 | The death of Anthony Deane-Drummond, English general (b. 1917) |
2013 | The death of Joana Raspall i Juanola, Spanish author and poet (b. 1913) |
2014 | The death of Claudia Emerson, American poet and academic (b. 1957) |
2014 | The death of V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge (b. 1914) |
2014 | The death of Vincent L. McKusick, American lawyer and judge (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Bill Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1932) |
2015 | The death of Robert Loggia, American actor and director (b. 1930) |
2015 | The death of Yossi Sarid, Israeli journalist and politician, 15th Israeli Minister of Education (b. 1940) |
2016 | The death of Patricia Robins, British writer and WAAF officer (b. 1921) |
2017 | The death of Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor (b. 1938) |
2022 | The death of Bob McGrath, American singer and actor (b. 1932) |
2022 | The death of Patrick Tambay, French race car driver (b. 1949) |
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