Updated at November 17, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Paula Fox |
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Birthdate | April 22, 1923 |
Birth Place | New York |
Age (in 2024) | 101 Years Old |
Zodiac | Taurus |
Occupation | Memoirist |
Paula Fox is best known as Memoirist who has born on April 22, 1923 in New York. Currently, Paula Fox is 101 years, 6 months and 25 days old. Paula Fox will celebrate 102nd birthday on Tuesday, 22nd of April 2025. Below the countdown to Paula Fox upcoming birthday.
An American author of both memoirs and children's books, she is particularly known for The Slave Dancer and A Place Apart. She received the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1978.
She studied at Columbia University. She published Maurice's Room, her first work of children's fiction, in 1966.
She won the National Book Award for Children's Fiction for A Place Apart.
She married her third husband, Martin Greenberg, in 1962. Her second marriage, to Richard Sigerson, produced two sons.
She and Sharon Creech were both recipients of the prestigious Newbery Medal.
Paula Fox is 101 years old today.
Paula Fox was born on April 22, 1923 in New York.
Paula Fox zodiac sign is Taurus.
Paula Fox was best known as Memoirist.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Paula Fox's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Paula Fox's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1945 | World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and around eighty escape. |
1945 | World War II: Sachsenhausen concentration camp is liberated by soldiers of the Red Army and Polish First Army. |
1948 | Arab-Israeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces. |
1951 | Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong. |
1954 | Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army-McCarthy hearings begins. |
1969 | British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world. |
1969 | The formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) is announced at a mass rally in Calcutta. |
1970 | The first Earth Day is celebrated. |
1974 | Pan Am Flight 812 crashes on approach to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, killing all 107 people on board. |
1977 | Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic. |
1992 | A series of gas explosions rip through the streets in Guadalajara, Mexico, killing 206. |
1993 | Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham. |
2005 | Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record. |
2016 | The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming. |
2020 | Four police officers are killed after being struck by a truck on the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne while speaking to a speeding driver, marking the largest loss of police lives in Victoria Police history. |
1962 | The birth of Danièle Sauvageau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
1963 | The birth of Rosalind Gill, English sociologist and academic |
1966 | The birth of Mickey Morandini, American baseball player and manager |
1967 | The birth of David J. C. MacKay, English physicist, engineer, and academic (d. 2016) |
1970 | The birth of Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer and actress |
1976 | The birth of Dan Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
1978 | The birth of Paul Malakwen Kosgei, Kenyan runner and coach |
1979 | The birth of Zoltán Gera, Hungarian international footballer and manager |
1979 | The birth of Daniel Johns, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist |
1980 | The birth of Quincy Timberlake, Kenyan-Australian activist, engineer, and politician |
1982 | The birth of Kaká, Brazilian footballer |
1983 | The birth of Sam W. Heads, English-American entomologist and palaeontologist |
1983 | The birth of Shkëlzen Shala, Albanian entrepreneur and veganism activist |
1990 | The birth of Machine Gun Kelly, American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor |
1991 | The birth of Danni Wyatt, English cricketer |
2006 | The death of Henriette Avram, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1919) |
2006 | The death of Alida Valli, Italian actress (b. 1921) |
2007 | The death of Juanita Millender-McDonald, American educator and politician (b. 1938) |
2009 | The death of Jack Cardiff, British cinematographer, director and photographer (b. 1914) |
2010 | The death of Richard Barrett, American lawyer and activist (b. 1943) |
2012 | The death of George Rathmann, American chemist, biologist, and businessman (b. 1927) |
2013 | The death of Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941) |
2013 | The death of Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist and composer (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of Robert Suderburg, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1936) |
2014 | The death of Oswaldo Vigas, Venezuelan painter (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Dick Balharry, Scottish environmentalist and photographer (b. 1937) |
2017 | The death of Donna Leanne Williams, Australian writer, artist, and activist (b. 1963) |
2020 | The death of Shirley Knight, American actress (b. 1936) |
2021 | The death of Adrian Garrett, American professional baseball player (b. 1943) |
2022 | The death of Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1951) |
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Wikipedia | Paula Fox on Wikipedia |
Website | Paula Fox's Webiste |
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