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Rita Dove Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 11, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Rita Dove Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Rita Dove Facts

Full NameRita Dove
BirthdateAugust 28, 1952
Birth PlaceAkron, OH
Age (in 2024)72 Years Old
ZodiacVirgo
OccupationPoet

Rita Dove Age & Birthday

Rita Dove is best known as Poet who has born on August 28, 1952 in Akron, OH. Currently, Rita Dove is 72 years, 3 months and 14 days old. Rita Dove will celebrate 73rd birthday on Thursday, 28th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Rita Dove upcoming birthday.

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Rita Dove Biography

About

African-American poet who served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993-1995. Her best-known works include Sonata Mulattica and The Darker Face of the Earth.

Before Fame

She attended Miami University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Trivia

She received the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for Thomas and Beulah, a collection published in 1986.

Family Life

She and her husband Fred Viebahn became parents to a daughter named Aviva in 1983.

Associated With

During her time as U.S. Poet Laureate, she was interviewed by journalist Bill Moyers.

Top Asked Questions about Rita Dove

How old is Rita Dove in 2024?

Rita Dove is 72 years old today.

When was Rita Dove born?

Rita Dove was born on August 28, 1952 in Akron, OH.

What is Rita Dove zodiac sign?

Rita Dove zodiac sign is Virgo.

What was Rita Dove best known for?

Rita Dove was best known as Poet.

Fun Facts about Rita Dove's Birthday

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

  • Rita Dove was born on Thursday, 241st day / 35th week of 1952
  • Rita Dove has Virgo zodiac sign and Earth element based on western astrology
  • Roman numeral of Rita Dove birthday is XXVIII.VIII.MCMLII
  • Rita Dove's birthstone is Peridot
  • Rita Dove's birth flower is Gladiolus that symbolize moral integrity, remembrance, infatuation & honor
  • Rita Dove age in year is 72 years old
  • Rita Dove age in month is 867 months old
  • Rita Dove age in day is 26403 days old
  • Rita Dove age in hour is 633672 hours old
  • Rita Dove age in minute is 38020320 minutes old
  • Rita Dove age in second is 2281219200 seconds old
  • Next Rita Dove birthday is on Thursday, August 28th 2025
  • Rita Dove age in next birthday (2025) is 73 years old
  • Learn more interesting facts about August 28, 1952 birthday

Historical Events on Rita Dove Birthday (August 28)

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

YearEvent
1968Police and protesters clash during 1968 Democratic National Convention protests as protesters chant "The whole world is watching".
1973Norrmalmstorg robbery: Stockholm police secure the surrenders of hostage-takers Jan-Erik Olsson and Clark Olofsson, defusing the Norrmalmstorg hostage crisis. The behaviours of the hostages later give rise to the term Stockholm syndrome.
1988Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.
1990Gulf War: Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
1990An F5 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Plainfield and Joliet, killing 29 people.
1993NASA's Galileo probe performs a flyby of the asteroid 243 Ida. Astronomers later discover a moon, the first known asteroid moon, in pictures from the flyby and name it Dactyl.
1993Singaporean presidential election: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong is elected President of Singapore. Although it is the first presidential election to be determined by popular vote, the allowed candidates consist only of Ong and a reluctant whom the government had asked to run to confer upon the election the semblance of an opposition.
1993The autonomous Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia in Bosnia and Herzegovina was transformed into the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.
1996Chicago Seven defendant David Dellinger, antiwar activist Bradford Lyttle, Civil Rights Movement historian Randy Kryn, and eight others are arrested by the Federal Protective Service while protesting in a demonstration at the Kluczynski Federal Building in downtown Chicago during that year's Democratic National Convention.
1998Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
1998Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.
1999The Russian space mission Soyuz TM-29 reaches completion, ending nearly 10 years of continuous occupation on the space station Mir as it approaches the end of its life.
2003In "one of the most complicated and bizarre crimes in the annals of the FBI", Brian Wells dies after becoming involved in a complex plot involving a bank robbery, a scavenger hunt, and a homemade explosive device.
2016The first experimental mission of ISRO's Scramjet Engine towards the realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System was successfully conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
2017China-India border standoff: China and India both pull their troops out of Doklam, putting an end to a two month-long stalemate over China’s construction of a road in disputed territory.
1989The birth of César Azpilicueta, Spanish footballer
1989The birth of Valtteri Bottas, Finnish race car driver
1989The birth of Jo Kwon, South Korean singer and dancer
1990The birth of Bojan Krkić, Spanish footballer
1991The birth of Felicio Brown Forbes, German footballer
1991The birth of Andreja Pejić, Bosnian model
1992The birth of Gabriela Drăgoi, Romanian gymnast
1992The birth of Bismack Biyombo, Congolese basketball player
1992The birth of Max Collins, American-Filipino actress and model
1993The birth of Jakub Sokolík, Czech footballer
1994The birth of Manon Arcangioli, French tennis player
1994The birth of Ons Jabeur, Tunisian tennis player
1998The birth of Weston McKennie, American soccer player
2001The birth of Kamilla Rakhimova, Russian tennis player
2003The birth of Quvenzhané Wallis, American actress
2013The death of Lorella Cedroni, Italian political scientist and philosopher (b. 1961)
2013The death of Edmund B. Fitzgerald, American businessman (b. 1926)
2013The death of Frank Pulli, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1935)
2013The death of Barry Stobart, English footballer (b. 1938)
2013The death of Rafael Díaz Ycaza, Ecuadorian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1925)
2014The death of Glenn Cornick, English bass guitarist (b. 1947)
2014The death of Hal Finney, American cryptographer and programmer (b. 1956)
2014The death of John Anthony Walker, American soldier and spy (b. 1937)
2015The death of Al Arbour, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1932)
2015The death of Mark Krasniqi, Kosovan ethnographer, poet, and translator (b. 1920)
2015The death of Nelson Shanks, American painter and educator (b. 1937)
2016The death of Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and songwriter (b. 1950)
2016The death of Mr. Fuji, American professional wrestler and manager (b. 1934)
2017The death of Mireille Darc, French actress and model (b. 1938)
2020The death of Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (b. 1976)

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