Will James Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Will James Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Will James Facts

Full Name	Will James
Birthdate	June 06, 1892
Birth Place	Canada
Age (in 2024)	132 Years Old
Zodiac	Gemini
Occupation	Novelist

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Will James Age & Birthday

Will James is best known as Novelist who has born on June 06, 1892 in Canada. Currently, Will James is 132 years, 6 months and 17 days old. Will James will celebrate 133rd birthday on Friday, 6th of June 2025. Below the countdown to Will James upcoming birthday.

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Will James Biography

About

A writer and artist whose works deal with the American West, he is most famous for his Newbery Medal-winning book, Smoky the Cowhorse. His other popular works include Bucking Horse Riders and Lone Cowboy.

Before Fame

He worked as a stuntman and served in the U.S. Army. He also worked as a sketch artist in San Francisco before publishing his first literary work in the early 1920s.

Trivia

His last work, The American Cowboy, was published the year of his death.

Family Life

He was born Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault in Quebec, Canada, and he moved to the United States only after he was accused of stealing cattle in his native country. He married Alice Conradt, the sister of his rodeo partner, in 1920.

Associated With

He and Louis Sachar both won the Newbery Medal.

Top Asked Questions about Will James

How old is Will James in 2024?

Will James is 132 years old today.

When was Will James born?

Will James was born on June 06, 1892 in Canada.

What is Will James zodiac sign?

Will James zodiac sign is Gemini.

What was Will James best known for?

Will James was best known as Novelist.

Fun Facts about Will James's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Will James's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Will James was born on Monday, 158^th day / 23^rd week of 1892
Will James has Gemini zodiac sign and Air element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Will James birthday is VI.VI.MDCCCXCII
Will James's birthstone is Pearl
Will James's birth flower is Rose that symbolize love, gratitude & appreciation
Will James age in year is 132 years old
Will James age in month is 1590 months old
Will James age in day is 48412 days old
Will James age in hour is 1161888 hours old
Will James age in minute is 69713280 minutes old
Will James age in second is 4182796800 seconds old
Next Will James birthday is on Friday, June 6th 2025
Will James age in next birthday (2025) is 133 years old

Historical Events on Will James Birthday (June 06)

Below are historical events that coincided with Will James's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1918	Battle of Belleau Wood in World War I: the U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Château-Thierry (the losses are exceeded at the Battle of Tarawa in November 1943).
1925	The original Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Chrysler from the remains of the Maxwell Motor Company.
1933	The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey.
1934	New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
1942	The United States Navy's victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway is a major turning point in the Pacific Theater of World War II. All four Japanese fleet carriers taking part—Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū and Hiryū—are sunk, as is the heavy cruiser Mikuma. The American carrier Yorktown and the destroyer Hammann are also sunk.
1944	Commencement of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, with the execution of Operation Neptune—commonly referred to as D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops cross the English Channel with about 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers participating. By the end of the day, the Allies have landed on five invasion beaches and are pushing inland.
1971	Soyuz 11 is launched. The mission ends in disaster when all three cosmonauts, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev are suffocated by uncontrolled decompression of the capsule during re-entry on 29 June.
1971	Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collides with a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II of the United States Marine Corps over the San Gabriel Mountains, killing 50.
1975	British referendum results in continued membership of the European Economic Community, with 67% of votes in favour.
1982	The Lebanon War begins. Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
1985	The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death"; Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979.
1993	Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat wins the first presidential election in Mongolia.
1994	China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 crashes near Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, killing all 160 people on board.
2002	Eastern Mediterranean event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
2017	Syrian civil war: The Battle of Raqqa begins with an offensive by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to capture the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
1977	The birth of David Connolly, Irish footballer
1979	The birth of Roberto De Zerbi, Italian football manager
1983	The birth of Michael Krohn-Dehli, Danish footballer
1985	The birth of Sebastian Larsson, Swedish footballer
1985	The birth of Drew McIntyre, Scottish professional wrestler
1985	The birth of Becky Sauerbrunn, American footballer; twice a winner of the FIFA Women's World Cup, also an Olympic gold medallist
1988	The birth of Anthony Pilkington, Irish footballer
1990	The birth of Gavin Hoyte, English born footballer who represented Trinidad and Tobago
1990	The birth of Pape Souaré, Senegalese footballer
1992	The birth of DeAndre Hopkins, American football player
1993	The birth of Vic Mensa, American rapper and singer
1994	The birth of Yvon Mvogo, Swiss footballer
1995	The birth of Julian Green, American soccer player
1998	The birth of Kenny Pickett, American football player
2001	The birth of Rayan Aït-Nouri, French-Algerian footballer
1991	The death of Stan Getz, American saxophonist and jazz innovator (b. 1927)
1994	The death of Mark McManus, Scottish actor (b. 1935)
1994	The death of Barry Sullivan, American film actor (b. 1912)
1996	The death of George Davis Snell, American geneticist and immunologist; awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 for his studies of histocompatibility (b. 1903)
2005	The death of Anne Bancroft, American film actress; winner of the 1963 Academy Award for Best Actress for The Miracle Worker (b. 1931)
2006	The death of Billy Preston, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1946)
2009	The death of Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic; awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his studies of the genetic basis of immunological reaction (b. 1916)
2012	The death of Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player; together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, formed the famed KLM Line. (b. 1960)
2013	The death of Jerome Karle, American crystallographer and academic; awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research into the molecular structure of chemical compounds (b. 1918)
2013	The death of Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (b. 1921)
2014	The death of Lorna Wing, English psychiatrist and physician; pioneered studies of autism (b. 1928)
2015	The death of Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author; prosecuting attorney in the Tate-LaBianca murders case (b. 1934)
2015	The death of Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author; noted for The Two Thousand Words which inspired the Prague Spring (b. 1926)
2016	The death of Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess grandmaster; arguably the best player never to become World Chess Champion (b. 1931)
2016	The death of Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter; works included Equus and Amadeus (b. 1926)

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