Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Richard Brautigan |
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Birthdate | January 30, 1935 |
Birth Place | Tacoma, WA |
Age (in 2024) | 89 Years Old |
Zodiac | Aquarius |
Occupation | Novelist |
Richard Brautigan is best known as Novelist who has born on January 30, 1935 in Tacoma, WA. Currently, Richard Brautigan is 89 years, 9 months and 3 days old. Richard Brautigan will celebrate 90th birthday on Thursday, 30th of January 2025. Below the countdown to Richard Brautigan upcoming birthday.
An American fiction writer and poet known for his frequent use of satire, black comedy, and parody, he is most famous for his 1967 novel, Trout Fishing in America. His other well-known works include In Watermelon Sugar (1968) and The Tokyo-Montana Express (1980).
He grew up in the Pacific Northwest and wrote for his Oregon high school's newspaper during his teenage years. In 1955, he was diagnosed with both clinical depression and paranoid schizophrenia.
He died of a self-inflicted .44 Magnum gunshot wound to the head.
He was born in Tacoma, Washington to a factory worker father and a waitress mother. In 1957, he married Virginia Dionne Alder; together, the couple had one daughter.
He and Susan Eldridge both grew up in the Pacific Northwest.
Richard Brautigan is 89 years old today.
Richard Brautigan was born on January 30, 1935 in Tacoma, WA.
Richard Brautigan zodiac sign is Aquarius.
Richard Brautigan was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Richard Brautigan's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1960 | The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties. |
1964 | In a bloodless coup, General Nguyễn Khánh overthrows General Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam. |
1968 | Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies. |
1969 | The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police. |
1972 | The Troubles: Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained. |
1972 | Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh. |
1974 | Pan Am Flight 806 crashes near Pago Pago International Airport in American Samoa, killing 97. |
1975 | The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary. |
1979 | A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo. |
1982 | Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner". |
1989 | The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is closed. |
1995 | Hydroxycarbamide becomes the first approved preventive treatment for sickle cell disease. |
2000 | Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ivory Coast, killing 169. |
2013 | Naro-1 becomes the first carrier rocket launched by South Korea. |
2020 | The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. |
1982 | The birth of Jorge Cantú, Mexican baseball player |
1984 | The birth of Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro, Japanese sumo wrestler |
1984 | The birth of Kid Cudi, American entertainer |
1985 | The birth of Gisela Dulko, Argentinian tennis player |
1987 | The birth of Becky Lynch, Irish wrestler |
1987 | The birth of Renato Santos, Brazilian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Arda Turan, Turkish footballer |
1989 | The birth of Yoon Bo-ra, South Korean singer |
1990 | The birth of Mitchell Starc, Australian cricketer |
1990 | The birth of Phillip Supernaw, American football player |
1991 | The birth of Stefan Elliott, Canadian ice hockey player |
1993 | The birth of Katy Marchant, English track cyclist |
1993 | The birth of Thitipoom Techaapaikhun, Thai actor |
1995 | The birth of Jack Laugher, English diver |
1996 | The birth of Dafne Navarro, Mexican trampoline gymnast |
2014 | The death of Arthur Rankin, Jr., American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924) |
2015 | The death of Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of Ülo Kaevats, Estonian academic, philosopher, and politician (b. 1947) |
2015 | The death of Geraldine McEwan, English actress (b. 1932) |
2015 | The death of Gerrit Voorting, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgarian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of Bulgaria (b. 1935) |
2016 | The death of Frank Finlay, English actor (b. 1926) |
2016 | The death of Francisco Flores Pérez, Salvadorian politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1959) |
2016 | The death of Georgia Davis Powers, American activist and politician (b. 1923) |
2018 | The death of Mark Salling, American actor and musician (b. 1982) |
2019 | The death of Dick Miller, American actor (b. 1928) |
2021 | The death of Sophie, Scottish musician (b. 1986) |
2022 | The death of Cheslie Kryst, American television presenter and model (b. 1991) |
2023 | The death of Bobby Beathard, American Pro Football Hall of Fame executive (b. 1937) |
2023 | The death of Bobby Hull, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1939) |
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