Updated at November 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Sam Greenlee |
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Birthdate | July 13, 1930 |
Birth Place | Illinois |
Age (in 2024) | 94 Years Old |
Zodiac | Cancer |
Occupation | Novelist |
Sam Greenlee is best known as Novelist who has born on July 13, 1930 in Illinois. Currently, Sam Greenlee is 94 years, 4 months and 10 days old. Sam Greenlee will celebrate 95th birthday on Sunday, 13th of July 2025. Below the countdown to Sam Greenlee upcoming birthday.
African-American author who is best known for his controversial novel, The Spook Who Sat by the Door, which focuses on the CIA's training of foreign groups. Greenlee's other works include Baghdad Blues and Ammunition!: Poetry and Other Raps.
After attending the University of Wisconsin and the University of Chicago, he joined the military. He served in the army from 1952 until 1954.
He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his bravery in Iraq.
He grew up in Chicago. With his wife Nienke, he had one daughter.
He and Gwendolyn Brooks were both Poet Laureates of Illinois.
Sam Greenlee is 94 years old today.
Sam Greenlee was born on July 13, 1930 in Illinois.
Sam Greenlee zodiac sign is Cancer.
Sam Greenlee was best known as Novelist.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Sam Greenlee's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Sam Greenlee's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1956 | The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence. |
1962 | In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics. |
1973 | Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee. |
1977 | Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War. |
1977 | New York City: Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting. |
1985 | The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Moscow and Sydney. |
1985 | Vice President George H. W. Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon. |
1990 | Lenin Peak disaster: a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan triggers an avalanche on Lenin Peak, killing 43 climbers in the deadliest mountaineering disaster in history. |
2003 | French DGSE personnel abort an operation to rescue Íngrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia, causing a political scandal when details are leaked to the press. |
2008 | Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001. |
2011 | Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130. |
2011 | United Nations Security Council Resolution 1999 is adopted, which admits South Sudan to member status of United Nations. |
2013 | Typhoon Soulik kills at least nine people and affects more than 160 million in East China and Taiwan. |
2016 | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron resigns, and is succeeded by Theresa May. |
2020 | After a five-day search, the body of American actress and singer Naya Rivera is recovered from Lake Piru, where she drowned in California. |
1985 | The birth of Charlotte Dujardin, English equestrian |
1988 | The birth of Marcos Paulo Gelmini Gomes, Brazilian-Italian footballer |
1988 | The birth of Colton Haynes, American actor, model and singer |
1988 | The birth of Steven R. McQueen, American actor and model |
1988 | The birth of Raúl Spank, German high jumper |
1988 | The birth of Tulisa, English singer-songwriter and actress |
1989 | The birth of Leon Bridges, American soul singer, songwriter and record producer |
1989 | The birth of Charis Giannopoulos, Greek basketball player |
1990 | The birth of Kieran Foran, New Zealand rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Eduardo Salvio, Argentinian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Elise Matthysen, Belgian swimmer |
1993 | The birth of Daniel Bentley, English footballer |
1995 | The birth of Cody Bellinger, American baseball player |
1995 | The birth of Dante Exum, Australian basketball player |
2002 | The birth of Deborah Medrado, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast |
2013 | The death of Henri Julien, French race car driver (b. 1927) |
2013 | The death of Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1982) |
2013 | The death of Ottavio Quattrocchi, Italian businessman (b. 1938) |
2013 | The death of Vernon B. Romney, American lawyer and politician, 14th Attorney General of Utah (b. 1924) |
2013 | The death of Marc Simont, French-American author and illustrator (b. 1915) |
2014 | The death of Thomas Berger, American author and playwright (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist, author, and academic (b. 1919) |
2014 | The death of Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist, short story writer, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Jeff Leiding, American football player (b. 1961) |
2014 | The death of Lorin Maazel, French-American violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1930) |
2015 | The death of Philipp Mißfelder, German historian and politician (b. 1979) |
2015 | The death of Martin Litchfield West, English scholar, author, and academic (b. 1927) |
2017 | The death of Liu Xiaobo, Chinese literary critic, human rights activist (b. 1955) |
2020 | The death of Grant Imahara, American electrical engineer, roboticist, and television host (b. 1970) |
2020 | The death of Zindzi Mandela, South African politician, diplomat, and third daughter of Nelson Mandela (b. 1960). |
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