Updated at December 11, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Michael Dobbs |
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Birthdate | November 14, 1948 |
Birth Place | England |
Age (in 2024) | 76 Years Old |
Zodiac | Scorpio |
Occupation | Novelist |
Michael Dobbs is best known as Novelist who has born on November 14, 1948 in England. Currently, Michael Dobbs is 76 years, 0 months and 27 days old. Michael Dobbs will celebrate 77th birthday on Friday, 14th of November 2025. Below the countdown to Michael Dobbs upcoming birthday.
Best known for his 1989 novel House of Cards (which was adapted into both a BBC miniseries and a Netflix series), he also wrote such acclaimed books as Winston's War and A Ghost at the Door. Also a British Conservative Party politician, he served during the mid 1990s as his party's Deputy Chairman.
After attending Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (in Massachusetts, U.S.A.), he worked as an editor and political writer for the Boston Globe.
During the mid 1980s, he worked for the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi.
His first marriage resulted in two sons. He later became the stepfather of his second wife's two boys.
He began his political career as an advisor to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and soon ascended to the position of Chief of Staff of the Conservative Party.
Michael Dobbs is 76 years old today.
Michael Dobbs was born on November 14, 1948 in England.
Michael Dobbs zodiac sign is Scorpio.
Michael Dobbs was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Michael Dobbs's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1982 | Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border. |
1984 | Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city. |
1990 | After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder-Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland. |
1991 | American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103. |
1991 | Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years in exile. |
1992 | In poor conditions caused by Cyclone Forrest, Vietnam Airlines Flight 474 crashes near Nha Trang, killing 30. |
1995 | A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs. |
2001 | War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul. |
2001 | A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan plateau. It has the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400Â km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake. |
2003 | Astronomers discover 90377 Sedna, the most distant trans-Neptunian object. |
2008 | The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C. |
2012 | Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip in response to an escalation of rocket attacks by Hamas. |
2016 | A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Kaikoura, New Zealand, at a depth of 15Â km (9 miles), resulting in the deaths of two people. |
2017 | A gunman kills four people and injures 12 others during a shooting spree across Rancho Tehama, California. He had earlier murdered his wife in their home. |
2019 | A mass shooting occurs at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, resulting in three deaths, including that of the perpetrator, and three injuries. |
1988 | The birth of Nanase Hoshii, Japanese singer and actress |
1989 | The birth of Vlad ChiricheÈ™, Romanian footballer |
1989 | The birth of Jake Livermore, English footballer |
1990 | The birth of Roman Bürki, Swiss footballer |
1990 | The birth of Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008) |
1991 | The birth of Miriam Brouwer, Canadian cyclist |
1991 | The birth of Taylor Hall, Canadian ice hockey player |
1991 | The birth of Graham Patrick Martin, American actor |
1993 | The birth of Francisco Lindor, Puerto Rican baseball player |
1993 | The birth of Shūhei Nomura, Japanese actor |
1993 | The birth of Samuel Umtiti, French footballer |
1996 | The birth of Borna Ćorić, Croatian tennis player |
1997 | The birth of Axel Tuanzebe, English footballer |
1998 | The birth of Sofia Kenin, American tennis player |
1998 | The birth of DeVonta Smith, American football player |
2012 | The death of Brian Davies, Australian rugby player and manager (b. 1930) |
2012 | The death of Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (b. 1936) |
2012 | The death of Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian commander (b. 1960) |
2012 | The death of Abubakar Olusola Saraki, Nigerian physician and politician (b. 1933) |
2013 | The death of Sudhir Bhat, Indian producer and manager (b. 1951) |
2013 | The death of Hari Krishna Devsare, Indian journalist and author (b. 1938) |
2013 | The death of Bennett Masinga, South African footballer (b. 1965) |
2014 | The death of Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and theorist (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica (b. 1937) |
2014 | The death of Morteza Pashaei, Iranian singer-songwriter (b. 1984) |
2015 | The death of K. S. Gopalakrishnan, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926) |
2016 | The death of Gwen Ifill, American television journalist (b. 1955) |
2020 | The death of Peter Florjancic, Slovene inventor and Olympic athlete (b. 1919) |
2020 | The death of Des O'Connor, English comedian, singer and television presenter (b. 1932) |
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