Richard Peck Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Richard Peck Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Richard Peck Facts

Full Name	Richard Peck
Birthdate	April 10, 1934
Birth Place	Decatur, IL
Age (in 2024)	90 Years Old
Zodiac	Aries
Occupation	Young Adult Author

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Richard Peck Age & Birthday

Richard Peck is best known as Young Adult Author who has born on April 10, 1934 in Decatur, IL. Currently, Richard Peck is 90 years, 8 months and 13 days old. Richard Peck will celebrate 91st birthday on Thursday, 10th of April 2025. Below the countdown to Richard Peck upcoming birthday.

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Richard Peck Biography

About

American writer of young adult fiction and 2001 winner of the Newbery Medal. His best-known works include A Year Down Yonder, A Long Way from Chicago, and The Ghost Belonged to Me.

Before Fame

He graduated from DePauw University with a degree in English and subsequently became a high school and junior high school teacher. He credited his students with teaching him how to write fiction of interest to young adults.

Trivia

His first novel, Don't Look and It Won't Hurt, was published in 1972. For the first two decades of his career, he typically published one book per year.

Family Life

He grew up in Decatur, Illinois. His father ran a service station, while his mother had graduated from Wesleyan University with an economics degree.

Associated With

His 1976 novel, Are You in the House Alone?, was adapted into a 1978 made-for-TV thriller starring Blythe Danner, Kathleen Beller, and Dennis Quaid.

Top Asked Questions about Richard Peck

How old is Richard Peck in 2024?

Richard Peck is 90 years old today.

When was Richard Peck born?

Richard Peck was born on April 10, 1934 in Decatur, IL.

What is Richard Peck zodiac sign?

Richard Peck zodiac sign is Aries.

What was Richard Peck best known for?

Richard Peck was best known as Young Adult Author.

Fun Facts about Richard Peck's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Richard Peck's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Richard Peck was born on Tuesday, 100^th day / 15^th week of 1934
Richard Peck has Aries zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Richard Peck birthday is X.IV.MCMXXXIV
Richard Peck's birthstone is Diamond
Richard Peck's birth flower is Sweet pea that symbolize egard, youth & purity
Richard Peck age in year is 90 years old
Richard Peck age in month is 1088 months old
Richard Peck age in day is 33130 days old
Richard Peck age in hour is 795120 hours old
Richard Peck age in minute is 47707200 minutes old
Richard Peck age in second is 2862432000 seconds old
Next Richard Peck birthday is on Thursday, April 10th 2025
Richard Peck age in next birthday (2025) is 91 years old
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Historical Events on Richard Peck Birthday (April 10)

Below are historical events that coincided with Richard Peck's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1970	Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
1971	Ping-pong diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit.
1972	Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are accidentally discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
1972	Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
1973	Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland, killing 108 people.
1979	Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
1988	The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan.
1991	Italian ferry MS Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy, killing 140.
1991	A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites.
1998	The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.
2009	President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
2010	Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński, his wife, and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries.
2016	The Paravur temple accident in which a devastating fire caused by the explosion of firecrackers stored for Vishu, kills more than one hundred people out of the thousands gathered for seventh day of Bhadrakali worship.
2016	An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham, shakes up India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.
2019	Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announce the first ever image of a black hole, which was located in the centre of the M87 galaxy.
1990	The birth of Alex Pettyfer, English actor
1991	The birth of AJ Michalka, American actress and singer
1992	The birth of Jack Buchanan, Australian rugby league player
1992	The birth of Sadio Mané, Senegalese footballer
1992	The birth of Chaz Mostert - Australian Supercars driver
1992	The birth of Daisy Ridley, English actress
1993	The birth of Sofia Carson, American singer and actress
1994	The birth of Siobhan Hunter, Scottish footballer
1995	The birth of Ian Nelson, American actor
1996	The birth of Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australian tennis player
1996	The birth of Audrey Whitby, American actress
1997	The birth of Claire Wineland, American activist and author (d. 2018)
1998	The birth of Anna Pogorilaya, Russian figure skater
2001	The birth of Ky Baldwin, Australian singer and actor
2001	The birth of Noa Kirel, Israeli singer
2013	The death of Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi activist (b. 1911)
2013	The death of Robert Edwards, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
2013	The death of Olive Lewin, Jamaican anthropologist, musicologist, and author (b. 1927)
2013	The death of Gordon Thomas, English cyclist (b. 1921)
2013	The death of Angela Voigt, German long jumper (b. 1951)
2014	The death of Dominique Baudis, French journalist and politician (b. 1947)
2014	The death of Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1949)
2014	The death of Richard Hoggart, English author and academic (b. 1918)
2014	The death of Sue Townsend, English author and playwright (b. 1946)
2015	The death of Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1930)
2015	The death of Raúl Héctor Castro, Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th Governor of Arizona (b. 1916)
2015	The death of Judith Malina, German-American actress and director, co-founded The Living Theatre (b. 1926)
2015	The death of Rose Francine Rogombé, Gabonese lawyer and politician, President of Gabon (b. 1942)
2015	The death of Peter Walsh, Australian farmer and politician, 6th Australian Minister for Finance (b. 1935)
2016	The death of Howard Marks, Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaigner (b. 1945)

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