Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Robert Hughes |
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Birthdate | July 28, 1938 |
Birth Place | Australia |
Age (in 2024) | 86 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Occupation | Novelist |
Robert Hughes is best known as Novelist who has born on July 28, 1938 in Australia. Currently, Robert Hughes is 86 years, 3 months and 5 days old. Robert Hughes will celebrate 87th birthday on Monday, 28th of July 2025. Below the countdown to Robert Hughes upcoming birthday.
Most remembered for a bestselling Australian historical study titled The Fatal Shore, he also worked as a Time magazine art critic and hosted an art-themed television program called The Shock of the New.
After studying architecture and art at the University of Sydney, he worked as an art critic and cartoonist for The Observer.
He hosted a 1990s documentary television series titled American Visions that discussed art produced in the United States from the late Eighteenth Century to the modern day.
His first marriage, to Danne Emerson, resulted in a son named Danton. His second marriage, to Victoria Whistler, lasted from 1981 until 1996. A decade prior to his death, he married his third wife, American painter Doris Downes.
He promoted the work of the German-English psychological portrait painter Lucian Freud.
Robert Hughes is 86 years old today.
Robert Hughes was born on July 28, 1938 in Australia.
Robert Hughes zodiac sign is Leo.
Robert Hughes was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Robert Hughes's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1962 | Beginning of the 8th World Festival of Youth and Students |
1965 | Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. |
1973 | Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway. |
1974 | Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed. |
1976 | The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851. |
1984 | Olympic Games: Games of the XXIII Olympiad: The summer Olympics were opened in Los Angeles. |
1996 | The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man. |
2001 | Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting. |
2002 | Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground. |
2002 | Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560 crashes after takeoff from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing 14 of the 16 people on board. |
2005 | The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland. |
2010 | Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321. |
2011 | While flying from Seoul, South Korea to Shanghai, China, Asiana Airlines Flight 991 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold. The Boeing 747-400F freighter attempts to divert to Jeju International Airport, but crashes into the sea South-West of Jeju island, killing both crew members on board. |
2017 | Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption charges. |
2018 | Australian Wendy Tuck becomes the first woman skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. |
1984 | The birth of Zach Parise, American ice hockey player |
1985 | The birth of Mathieu Debuchy, French footballer |
1985 | The birth of Dustin Milligan, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter |
1986 | The birth of Alexandra Chando, American actress |
1986 | The birth of Lauri Korpikoski, Finnish ice hockey player |
1987 | The birth of Yevhen Khacheridi, Ukrainian-Greek footballer |
1987 | The birth of Pedro, Spanish footballer |
1990 | The birth of Soulja Boy, American rapper, producer, and actor |
1990 | The birth of Simone Pizzuti, Italian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Spencer Boldman, American actor |
1993 | The birth of Harry Kane, English footballer |
1993 | The birth of Cher Lloyd, English singer |
1994 | The birth of Choi Hyo-jung, South Korean singer |
1996 | The birth of Harriet Dart, British tennis player |
2000 | The birth of Emile Smith Rowe, English footballer |
2013 | The death of Eileen Brennan, American actress and singer (b. 1932) |
2013 | The death of Rita Reys, Dutch jazz singer (b. 1924) |
2013 | The death of William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1917) |
2013 | The death of Ersilio Tonini, Italian cardinal (b. 1914) |
2014 | The death of Alex Forbes, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Alakbar Mammadov, Azerbaijani footballer and manager (b. 1930) |
2015 | The death of Jan Kulczyk, Polish businessman (b. 1950) |
2015 | The death of Edward Natapei, Vanuatuan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (b. 1954) |
2015 | The death of Clive Rice, South African cricketer and coach (b. 1949) |
2016 | The death of Émile Derlin Zinsou, Beninese politician (b. 1918) |
2016 | The death of Mahasweta Devi, Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (b. 1926) |
2018 | The death of Wanny van Gils, Dutch footballer (b. 1959) |
2020 | The death of Junrey Balawing, Filipino record holder (b. 1993) |
2021 | The death of Dusty Hill, American musician (b. 1949) |
2022 | The death of Bernard Cribbins, British actor (b. 1928) |
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