Updated at December 12, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | May Gibbs |
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Birthdate | January 17, 1877 |
Birth Place | England |
Age (in 2024) | 147 Years Old |
Zodiac | Capricorn |
Occupation | Children's Author |
May Gibbs is best known as Children's Author who has born on January 17, 1877 in England. Currently, May Gibbs is 147 years, 10 months and 26 days old. May Gibbs will celebrate 148th birthday on Friday, 17th of January 2025. Below the countdown to May Gibbs upcoming birthday.
Best remembered for her Snugglepot and Cuddlepie series of children's books, this Australian writer and illustrator created the famous "gumnut babies" characters. Her later works include Bib and Bub: Their Adventures and Scotty in Gumnut Land.
In the early years of the Twentieth Century, she began working for Perth, Australia's Western Mail newspaper. She later lived in the United Kingdom for nearly a decade, devoting herself to the study of art and publishing her debut book, About Us.
She penned two popular Australian comic strips: Bib and Bub (which ran from the 1920s through the late 1960s) and the shorter-lived Tiggy Touchwood (which was published from 1925 until 1931).
Born Cecilia May Gibbs in Kent, England, she spent the majority of her childhood in Western Australia. In 1919, she married miner Bertram James Ossoli Kelly.
Like Alison Lester, she was a popular Australian children's author.
May Gibbs is 147 years old today.
May Gibbs was born on January 17, 1877 in England.
May Gibbs zodiac sign is Capricorn.
May Gibbs was best known as Children's Author.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about May Gibbs's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with May Gibbs's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1991 | Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning as aircraft strike positions across Iraq, it is also the first major combat sortie for the F-117. LCDR Scott Speicher's F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-81 is shot down by a Mig-25 and is the first American casualty of the War. Iraq fires eight Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation. |
1991 | Crown Prince Harald of Norway becomes King Harald V, following the death of his father, King Olav V. |
1992 | During a visit to South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II. |
1994 | The 6.7 Mw Northridge earthquake shakes the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 57 people dead and more than 8,700 injured. |
1995 | The 6.9 Mw Great Hanshin earthquake shakes the southern Hyōgo Prefecture with a maximum Shindo of VII, leaving 5,502-6,434 people dead, and 251,301-310,000 displaced. |
1996 | The Czech Republic applies for membership in the European Union. |
1997 | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad. |
1998 | Clinton-Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair on his Drudge Report website. |
2002 | Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people. |
2007 | The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea's nuclear testing. |
2010 | Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, results in at least 200 deaths. |
2013 | Former cyclist Lance Armstrong confesses to his doping in an airing of Oprah's Next Chapter. |
2016 | President Barack Obama announces the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. |
2017 | The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is announced to be suspended. |
2023 | An avalanche strikes Nyingchi, Tibet, killing 28 people. |
1991 | The birth of Trevor Bauer, American baseball player |
1991 | The birth of Esapekka Lappi, Finnish Rally Driver |
1991 | The birth of Slade Griffin, Australian rugby league player |
1991 | The birth of Alise Post, American BMX rider |
1993 | The birth of Frankie Cocozza, British singer |
1994 | The birth of Mark Steketee, Australian cricketer |
1995 | The birth of Terutsuyoshi Shoki, Japanese sumo wrestler |
1995 | The birth of Indya Moore, American actor and model |
1997 | The birth of Jake Paul, American YouTube personality, actor, rapper, and professional boxer |
1997 | The birth of Kyle Tucker, American baseball player |
1998 | The birth of Jeff Reine-Adelaide, French footballer |
1998 | The birth of Sophie Molineux, Australian cricketer |
1999 | The birth of Isa Briones, American actor and singer |
2000 | The birth of Devlin DeFrancesco, Canadian race car driver |
2000 | The birth of Kang Chan-hee, South Korean singer and actor |
2014 | The death of Sunanda Pushkar, Indian-Canadian businesswoman (b. 1962) |
2014 | The death of Suchitra Sen, Indian film actress (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Ken Furphy, English footballer and manager (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress and producer (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Don Harron, Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1924) |
2016 | The death of Blowfly, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939) |
2016 | The death of Melvin Day, New Zealand painter and historian (b. 1923) |
2016 | The death of V. Rama Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Governor of Sikkim (b. 1935) |
2016 | The death of Sudhindra Thirtha, Indian religious leader (b. 1926) |
2017 | The death of Tirrel Burton, American football player and coach (b. 1929) |
2018 | The death of Jessica Falkholt, Australian actress (b. 1988) |
2019 | The death of S. Balakrishnan, Malayalam movie composer (b. 1948) |
2020 | The death of Derek Fowlds, British actor (b.1937) |
2021 | The death of Rasheed Naz, Pakistani film and television actor (b. 1948) |
2022 | The death of Birju Maharaj, Indian dancer (b. 1937) |
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