Updated at November 24, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Tom Wolfe |
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Birthdate | March 02, 1931 |
Birth Place | Richmond, VA |
Age (in 2024) | 93 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Journalist |
Tom Wolfe is best known as Journalist who has born on March 02, 1931 in Richmond, VA. Currently, Tom Wolfe is 93 years, 8 months and 22 days old. Tom Wolfe will celebrate 94th birthday on Sunday, 2nd of March 2025. Below the countdown to Tom Wolfe upcoming birthday.
Notable American journalist and author who led the New Journalism movement in the 1960s. His best-selling books include The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and the essay Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers.
In high school, he played baseball and acted as student body president.
His first novel was The Bonfire of the Vanities in 1987. It was adapted into a film of the same name.
He had a daughter and son with his wife Sheila.
One of his books, The Right Stuff, was made into a 1983 film of the same name and directed by Philip Kaufman
Tom Wolfe is 93 years old today.
Tom Wolfe was born on March 02, 1931 in Richmond, VA.
Tom Wolfe zodiac sign is Pisces.
Tom Wolfe was best known as Journalist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Tom Wolfe's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1978 | Czech VladimÃr Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28. |
1978 | The late iconic actor Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from his grave in Switzerland. |
1983 | Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan. |
1989 | Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century. |
1990 | Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress. |
1991 | Establishment of Kuwait Democratic Forum, center-left political organization in Kuwait. |
1991 | Battle at Rumaila oil field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War. |
1992 | Start of the war in Transnistria. |
1992 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, all of which (except San Marino) were former Soviet republics, join the United Nations. |
1995 | Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark. |
1998 | Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice. |
2002 | U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities). |
2004 | War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500. |
2012 | A tornado outbreak occurs over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities. |
2017 | The elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson are officially added to the periodic table at a conference in Moscow, Russia. |
1989 | The birth of Toby Alderweireld, Belgian international footballer |
1989 | The birth of André Bernardes Santos, Portuguese footballer |
1989 | The birth of Marcel Hirscher, Austrian skier |
1989 | The birth of Shane Vereen, American football player |
1989 | The birth of Chris Woakes, English cricketer |
1990 | The birth of Rauno Alliku, Estonian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Malcolm Butler, American football player |
1990 | The birth of Josh McGuire, Australian rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Tiger Shroff, Indian actor |
1991 | The birth of Nick Franklin, American baseball player |
1992 | The birth of Jack Stockwell, Australian rugby league player |
1995 | The birth of Ange-Freddy Plumain, French footballer |
1997 | The birth of Becky G, American singer and actress |
2010 | The birth of Hailey Dawson, American with a 3D-printed robotic hand |
2016 | The birth of Prince Oscar, duke of Skåne and prince of Sweden |
2012 | The death of Van T. Barfoot, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919) |
2012 | The death of Norman St John-Stevas, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1929) |
2012 | The death of James Q. Wilson, American political scientist and academic (b. 1931) |
2013 | The death of Peter Harvey, Australian journalist (b. 1944) |
2013 | The death of Giorgos Kolokithas, Greek basketball player (b. 1945) |
2013 | The death of Shabnam Shakeel, Pakistani poet and author (b. 1942) |
2014 | The death of Ryhor Baradulin, Belarusian poet and translator (b. 1935) |
2015 | The death of Dean Hess, American minister and colonel (b. 1917) |
2015 | The death of Dave Mackay, Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1934) |
2015 | The death of Mal Peet, English author and illustrator (b. 1947) |
2016 | The death of Benoît Lacroix, Canadian priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1915) |
2016 | The death of Aubrey McClendon, American businessman (b. 1959) |
2018 | The death of Billy Herrington, American actor (b. 1969) |
2018 | The death of Lin Hu, Chinese lieutenant general (b. 1927) |
2019 | The death of Mike Oliver, British sociologist, disability rights activist (b. 1945) |
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Website | Tom Wolfe's Webiste |
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