Updated at December 22, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Rex Beach |
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Birthdate | September 01, 1877 |
Birth Place | Michigan |
Age (in 2024) | 147 Years Old |
Zodiac | Virgo |
Occupation | Novelist |
Rex Beach is best known as Novelist who has born on September 01, 1877 in Michigan. Currently, Rex Beach is 147 years, 3 months and 21 days old. Rex Beach will celebrate 148th birthday on Monday, 1st of September 2025. Below the countdown to Rex Beach upcoming birthday.
The author of several bestselling adventure novels, he is most known for The Spoilers (1906) and The Silver Horde (1909), both of which were adapted into films. His other works include The Iron Trail (1913) and Heart of the Sunset (1916).
Before beginning his writing career, he competed on the 1904 silver medal-winning U.S. Olympic water polo team. He published his first novel, Pardners, in 1905.
His best-known works were frequently adapted into films: The Silver Horde alone, published in 1909, became the basis of at least five films in the following four decades.
He was born in Atwood, Michigan, and moved with his family to Tampa, Florida, where his father grew fruit trees. He studied at Rollins College, Florida and at the Chicago College of Law.
He was influenced by the work of Jack London.
Rex Beach is 147 years old today.
Rex Beach was born on September 01, 1877 in Michigan.
Rex Beach zodiac sign is Virgo.
Rex Beach was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Rex Beach's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1880 | The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War. |
1894 | Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota. |
1897 | The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America. |
1923 | The Great KantĆ earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people. |
1939 | World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II. |
1961 | TWA Flight 529 crashed shortly after takeoff from Midway Airport in Chicago, killing all 78 people on board. At the time, it was the deadliest single plane disaster in U.S. history. |
1967 | Six-Day War: The Khartoum Resolution is issued at the Arab Summit, and eight countries adopt the "three 'no's against Israel". |
1969 | A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power. |
1973 | A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Celtic Sea resulted in the Rescue of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman. |
1974 | The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353Â km/h). |
1981 | Central African President David Dacko is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General André Kolingba. |
1982 | The United States Air Force Space Command is founded. |
1983 | Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald. |
2004 | The Beslan school siege begins when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia; by the end of the siege, three days later, more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists). |
2008 | Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces. |
1989 | The birth of Astrid Besser, Italian tennis player |
1989 | The birth of Jefferson Montero, Ecuadorian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Stanislav Tecl, Czech footballer |
1991 | The birth of Rhys Bennett, English footballer |
1992 | The birth of Cristiano Biraghi, Italian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Kirani James, Grenadian sprinter |
1992 | The birth of Woo Hye-lim, South Korean singer-songwriter |
1993 | The birth of Mario Lemina, Gabonese footballer |
1994 | The birth of Anna Smolina, Russian tennis player |
1994 | The birth of Carlos Sainz Jr., Spanish Formula One driver |
1996 | The birth of Zendaya, American actress and singer |
1997 | The birth of Jeon Jungkook, South Korean singer, songwriter and record producer |
1997 | The birth of Joan Mir, Spanish motorcycle racer |
2002 | The birth of Diane Parry, French tennis player |
2003 | The birth of An Yu-jin, South Korean singer and actress |
2013 | The death of Ignacio Eizaguirre, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1920) |
2013 | The death of Gordon Steege, Australian soldier (b. 1917) |
2013 | The death of Margaret Mary Vojtko, American linguist and academic (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of Ken Wallis, English commander and pilot (b. 1916) |
2014 | The death of Ahmed Abdi Godane, Somali militant leader (b. 1977) |
2014 | The death of Roger McKee, American baseball player (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (b. 1920) |
2015 | The death of Gurgen Dalibaltayan, Armenian general (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Dean Jones, American actor and singer (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Richard G. Hewlett, American historian and author (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (b. 1917) |
2018 | The death of Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer (b. 1926) |
2020 | The death of Erick Morillo, American disc jockey and music producer (b. 1971) |
2022 | The death of Barbara Ehrenreich, American writer and journalist (b. 1941) |
2022 | The death of Yang Yongsong, Chinese major general (b. 1919) |
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