Updated at November 17, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Walter Dean Myers |
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Birthdate | August 12, 1937 |
Birth Place | Martinsburg, WV |
Age (in 2024) | 87 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Occupation | Young Adult Author |
Walter Dean Myers is best known as Young Adult Author who has born on August 12, 1937 in Martinsburg, WV. Currently, Walter Dean Myers is 87 years, 3 months and 5 days old. Walter Dean Myers will celebrate 88th birthday on Tuesday, 12th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Walter Dean Myers upcoming birthday.
National Book Award-winning author of young adult novels, he iss best known for Fallen Angels, a book unique among others in its genre for its use of adult language and its realistic portrayal of war.
He began serving in the U.S. Army at the age of seventeen. His first work, The Life of a Harlem Man, was published in 1968.
Fallen Angels, as well as two of his other novels, Hoops (1981) and Fast Sam, Cool Clyde and Stuff (1975), appeared, at one point, on the ALA's list of banned books. He became the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature for the Library of Congress.
He was born in West Virginia and was raised in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. He later settled in New Jersey with his wife and child. His son, Christopher Myers, also became an illustrator and author.
He was mentioned in the poetic novella Love that Dog, by Sharon Creech.
Walter Dean Myers is 87 years old today.
Walter Dean Myers was born on August 12, 1937 in Martinsburg, WV.
Walter Dean Myers zodiac sign is Leo.
Walter Dean Myers was best known as Young Adult Author.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Walter Dean Myers's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1964 | South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies. |
1969 | Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside. |
1976 | Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War. |
1977 | The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise. |
1977 | The Sri Lanka Riots: Targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed. |
1981 | The IBM Personal Computer is released. |
1985 | Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster. |
1990 | Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota. |
1992 | Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). |
1994 | Major League Baseball players go on strike, eventually forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series. |
2000 | The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew. |
2015 | At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China. |
2016 | Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). |
2018 | Thirty-nine civilians, including a dozen children, are killed in an explosion at a weapons depot in Sarmada, Syria. |
2021 | Six people,five victims and the perpetrator are killed in the worst mass shooting in the UK since 2010 in Keyham, Plymouth. |
1991 | The birth of Sam Hoare, Australian rugby league player |
1992 | The birth of Cara Delevingne, English model and actress |
1992 | The birth of Isabella Escobar, Guatemalan tennis player |
1992 | The birth of Jacob Loko, Australian rugby player |
1992 | The birth of Teo Gheorghiu, Swiss pianist and actor |
1993 | The birth of Ewa Farna, Czech singer-songwriter |
1993 | The birth of Luna, South Korean singer, actress and presenter |
1996 | The birth of Choi Yu-jin, South Korean singer and actress |
1996 | The birth of Julio Urías, Mexican baseball player |
1998 | The birth of Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greek tennis player |
1999 | The birth of Matthijs de Ligt, Dutch footballer |
1999 | The birth of Dream (YouTuber), American YouTuber and Minecraft speedrunner |
1999 | The birth of Jule Niemeier, German tennis player |
2000 | The birth of Tristan Charpentier, French racing driver |
2001 | The birth of Dixie D'Amelio, American social media personality and singer |
2013 | The death of Pauline Maier, American historian and academic (b. 1938) |
2013 | The death of David McLetchie, Scottish lawyer and politician (b. 1952) |
2013 | The death of Vasiliy Mihaylovich Peskov, Russian ecologist and journalist (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Lauren Bacall, American model, actress, and singer (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Futatsuryū Jun'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1950) |
2014 | The death of Kongō Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1948) |
2015 | The death of Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and academic (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Stephen Lewis, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Meshulim Feish Lowy, Hungarian-Canadian rabbi and author (b. 1921) |
2015 | The death of John Scott, English organist and conductor (b. 1956) |
2016 | The death of Juan Pedro de Miguel, Spanish handball player (b. 1958) |
2017 | The death of Bryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1942) |
2019 | The death of DJ Arafat, Ivorian DJ and singer (b. 1986) |
2020 | The death of Bill Yeoman, American college football player and coach (b. 1927) |
2021 | The death of Una Stubbs, English actress, TV personality, and dancer (b. 1937) |
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