Updated at September 7, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Robert Swindells |
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Birthdate | March 20, 1939 |
Birth Place | Bradford, England |
Age (in 2024) | 85 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Young Adult Author |
Robert Swindells is best known as Young Adult Author who has born on March 20, 1939 in Bradford, England. Currently, Robert Swindells is 85 years, 5 months and 18 days old. Robert Swindells will celebrate 86th birthday on Thursday, 20th of March 2025. Below the countdown to Robert Swindells upcoming birthday.
British author of young adult and children's literature and winner of the Carnegie Medal. His best-known works include Stone Cold, Brother in the Land, and Abomination.
He wrote his debut novel, When Darkness Comes, while he was in training as a primary school teacher.
His first Red House Children's Book Award was for Brother in the Land. He went on to receive the same honor for Room 13, Nightmare Stairs, and Blitzed.
He grew up in Yorkshire, England. At the age of fifteen, he dropped out of school to work for a newspaper. His wife's name is Brenda.
Despite the fact that they both wrote for young people, neither he nor Jacqueline Wilson shied away from addressing controversial topics.
Robert Swindells is 85 years old today.
Robert Swindells was born on March 20, 1939 in Bradford, England.
Robert Swindells zodiac sign is Pisces.
Robert Swindells was best known as Young Adult Author.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Robert Swindells's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
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1985 | Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research. |
1987 | The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT. |
1988 | Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet. |
1990 | Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering. |
1993 | The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland. |
1995 | The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo carries out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, killing 13 and wounding over 6,200 people. |
1999 | Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US. |
2000 | Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after murdering Georgia sheriff's deputy Ricky Kinchen and critically wounding Deputy Aldranon English. |
2003 | Iraq War: The United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland begin an invasion of Iraq. |
2006 | Over 150 Chadian soldiers are killed in eastern Chad by members of the rebel UFDC. The rebel movement sought to overthrow Chadian president Idriss Déby. |
2010 | Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland begins eruptions that would last for three months, heavily disrupting air travel in Europe. |
2012 | At least 52 people are killed and more than 250 injured in a wave of terror attacks across ten cities in Iraq. |
2014 | Four suspected Taliban members attack the Kabul Serena Hotel, killing at least nine people. |
2015 | A Solar eclipse, equinox, and a supermoon all occur on the same day. |
2015 | Syrian civil war: The Siege of Kobanî is broken by the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Free Syrian Army (FSA), marking a turning point in the Rojava-Islamist conflict. |
1986 | The birth of Román Torres, Panamanian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Jô, Brazilian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Pedro Ken, Brazilian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player |
1989 | The birth of Xavier Dolan, Canadian actor and director |
1989 | The birth of Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi Cricketer |
1990 | The birth of Blake Ferguson, Australian rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Marcos Rojo, Argentine footballer |
1991 | The birth of Mattia Destro, Italian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Michał Kucharczyk, Polish footballer |
1991 | The birth of Ethan Lowe, Australian rugby league player |
1993 | The birth of Sloane Stephens, American tennis player |
1995 | The birth of Jack Bird, Australian rugby league player |
1995 | The birth of Kei, South Korean singer |
2012 | The death of Jim Stynes, Irish-Australian footballer (b. 1966) |
2013 | The death of James Herbert, English author (b. 1943) |
2013 | The death of George Lowe, New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1924) |
2013 | The death of Zillur Rahman, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, 19th President of Bangladesh (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of Hennie Aucamp, South African poet, author, and academic (b. 1934) |
2014 | The death of Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Tonie Nathan, American politician (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author (b. 1915) |
2015 | The death of Eva Burrows, Australian 13th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1930) |
2016 | The death of Anker Jørgensen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1922) |
2017 | The death of David Rockefeller, American billionaire and philanthropist (b. 1915) |
2018 | The death of C. K. Mann, a Ghanaian Highlife musician and producer (b. 1936) |
2019 | The death of Mary Warnock, English philosopher and writer (b. 1924) |
2020 | The death of Kenny Rogers, American singer (b. 1938) |
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