Updated at December 11, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Mark O'Brien |
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Birthdate | July 31, 1949 |
Birth Place | Massachusetts |
Age (in 2024) | 75 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Occupation | Poet |
Mark O'Brien is best known as Poet who has born on July 31, 1949 in Massachusetts. Currently, Mark O'Brien is 75 years, 4 months and 11 days old. Mark O'Brien will celebrate 76th birthday on Thursday, 31st of July 2025. Below the countdown to Mark O'Brien upcoming birthday.
American poet who was the subject of the Academy Award winning film Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien in 1997 and the film The Sessions in 2012.
He contracted polio in 1955 which caused paralysis for the rest of his life, and he attended UC Berkeley in his early years.
He published an autobiography entitled How I Became a Human Being : A Disabled Man's Quest for Independence.
He grew up with family in Boston, Massachusetts.
John Hawkes portrayed him in the film The Sessions.
Mark O'Brien is 75 years old today.
Mark O'Brien was born on July 31, 1949 in Massachusetts.
Mark O'Brien zodiac sign is Leo.
Mark O'Brien was best known as Poet.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Mark O'Brien's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Mark O'Brien's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1973 | A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723 crashes while landing in fog at Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89. |
1975 | The Troubles: Three members of a popular cabaret band and two gunmen are killed during a botched paramilitary attack in Northern Ireland. |
1987 | A tornado occurs in Edmonton, Alberta, killing 27 people. |
1988 | Thirty-two people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia. |
1991 | The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles. |
1992 | The nation of Georgia joins the United Nations. |
1992 | Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board. |
1992 | China General Aviation Flight 7552 crashes during takeoff from Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport, killing 108. |
1997 | FedEx Express Flight 14 crashes at Newark International Airport, injuring five. |
1999 | Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector: NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the Moon's surface. |
2006 | Fidel Castro hands over power to his brother, RaĂșl. |
2007 | Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end. |
2008 | East Coast Jets Flight 81 crashes near Owatonna Degner Regional Airport in Owatonna, Minnesota, killing all eight people on board. |
2012 | Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics. |
2014 | Gas explosions in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung kill at least 20 people and injure more than 270. |
1982 | The birth of DeMarcus Ware, American football player |
1985 | The birth of Daniel Ciofani, Italian footballer |
1985 | The birth of RĂ©my Di Gregorio, French cyclist |
1986 | The birth of Evgeni Malkin, Russian ice hockey player |
1986 | The birth of Brian Orakpo, American football player |
1987 | The birth of Michael Bradley, American soccer player |
1988 | The birth of Alex Glenn, New Zealand rugby league player |
1989 | The birth of Victoria Azarenka, Belorussian tennis player |
1991 | The birth of RĂ©ka Luca Jani, Hungarian tennis player |
1992 | The birth of José Fernåndez, Cuban-American baseball player (d. 2016) |
1992 | The birth of Ryan Johansen, Canadian ice hockey player |
1992 | The birth of Kyle Larson, American race car driver |
1995 | The birth of Lil Uzi Vert, American hip hop artist |
1998 | The birth of Rico Rodriguez, American actor |
2002 | The birth of JoĂŁo Gomes, Brazilian singer |
2014 | The death of Jeff Bourne, English footballer (b. 1948) |
2014 | The death of Wilfred Feinberg, American lawyer and judge (b. 1920) |
2015 | The death of Alan Cheuse, American writer and critic (b. 1940) |
2015 | The death of Howard W. Jones, American surgeon and academic (b. 1910) |
2015 | The death of Billy Pierce, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Roddy Piper, Canadian wrestler and actor (b. 1954) |
2015 | The death of Richard Schweiker, American soldier and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (b. 1926) |
2016 | The death of Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 58th Yokozuna (b. 1955) |
2016 | The death of Seymour Papert, South African mathematician (b. 1928) |
2017 | The death of Jeanne Moreau, French actress (b. 1928) |
2018 | The death of Tony Bullimore, British sailor & businessman (b. 1939) |
2019 | The death of Harold Prince, Broadway producer and director, who received more Tony awards than anyone else in history (b. 1928) |
2020 | The death of Alan Parker, English filmmaker (b. 1944) |
2022 | The death of Fidel V. Ramos, 12th President of the Philippines (b. 1928) |
2022 | The death of Bill Russell, NBA Hall of Fame Player and Coach (b. 1934) |
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