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William Gass Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 22, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

William Gass Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

William Gass Facts

Full NameWilliam Gass
BirthdateJuly 30, 1924
Birth PlaceNorth Dakota
Age (in 2024)100 Years Old
ZodiacLeo
OccupationNovelist

William Gass Age & Birthday

William Gass is best known as Novelist who has born on July 30, 1924 in North Dakota. Currently, William Gass is 100 years, 4 months and 23 days old. William Gass will celebrate 101st birthday on Wednesday, 30th of July 2025. Below the countdown to William Gass upcoming birthday.

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William Gass Biography

About

American novelist, short story writer, and critic who became known for The Tunnel and Omensetter's Luck. He won the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism.

Before Fame

He studied at Kenyon College and Cornell University.

Trivia

He was awarded grants from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.

Family Life

He was born in Fargo, North Dakota. He married Mary Pat O'Kelly in 1952.

Associated With

While at Cornell, he briefly studied under Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Top Asked Questions about William Gass

How old is William Gass in 2024?

William Gass is 100 years old today.

When was William Gass born?

William Gass was born on July 30, 1924 in North Dakota.

What is William Gass zodiac sign?

William Gass zodiac sign is Leo.

What was William Gass best known for?

William Gass was best known as Novelist.

Fun Facts about William Gass's Birthday

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

  • William Gass was born on Wednesday, 212th day / 31st week of 1924
  • William Gass has Leo zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
  • Roman numeral of William Gass birthday is XXX.VII.MCMXXIV
  • William Gass's birthstone is Ruby
  • William Gass's birth flower is Water Lily that symbolize joyful, fickleness, sweet & magic
  • William Gass age in year is 100 years old
  • William Gass age in month is 1204 months old
  • William Gass age in day is 36670 days old
  • William Gass age in hour is 880080 hours old
  • William Gass age in minute is 52804800 minutes old
  • William Gass age in second is 3168288000 seconds old
  • Next William Gass birthday is on Wednesday, July 30th 2025
  • William Gass age in next birthday (2025) is 101 years old
  • Learn more interesting facts about July 30, 1924 birthday

Historical Events on William Gass Birthday (July 30)

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

YearEvent
1971An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Iwate, Japan killing 162.
1974Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States.
1975Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30 p.m. He is never seen or heard from again.
1978The 730: Okinawa Prefecture changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side.
1980Vanuatu gains independence.
1980Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law.
1981As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, took to the streets in Łódź to protest food ration shortages in Communist Poland.
1990Ian Gow, Conservative Member of Parliament, is assassinated at his home by IRA terrorists in a car bombing after he assured the group that the British government would never surrender to them.
2003In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.
2006The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.
2011Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips to former rugby union footballer Mike Tindall.
2012A train fire kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India.
2012A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300 million people without power in northern India.
2014Twenty killed and 150 are trapped after a landslide in Maharashtra, India.
2020NASA's Mars 2020 mission was launched on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
1986The birth of Tiago Alencar, Brazilian footballer
1986The birth of William Zillman, Australian rugby league player
1987The birth of Anton Fink, German footballer
1987The birth of Sam Saunders, American golfer
1988The birth of Wen Chean Lim, Malaysian rhythmic gymnast
1989The birth of Aleix Espargaró, Spanish motorcycle racer
1989The birth of Wayne Parnell, South African cricketer
1990The birth of Chris Maxwell, Welsh footballer
1991The birth of Diana Vickers, English singer-songwriter
1992The birth of Hannah Cockroft, English wheelchair racer
1993The birth of Jacob Faria, American baseball player
1993The birth of André Gomes, Portuguese footballer
1993The birth of Margarida Moura, Portuguese tennis player
1994The birth of Nelydia Senrose, Malaysian actress
1996The birth of Nina Stojanović, Serbian tennis player
2014The death of Peter Hall, English geographer, author, and academic (b. 1932)
2014The death of Dick Smith, American make-up artist (b. 1922)
2014The death of Dick Wagner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
2015The death of Lynn Anderson, American singer (b. 1947)
2015The death of Stuart Baggs, English businessman (b. 1988)
2015The death of Endel Lippmaa, Estonian physicist (b. 1930)
2015The death of Francis Paul Prucha, American historian and academic (b. 1921)
2015The death of Alena Vrzáňová, Czech figure skater (b. 1931)
2016The death of Gloria DeHaven, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1925)
2018The death of Michael A. Sheehan, American author, former government official and military officer (b. 1955)
2020The death of Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician, President (1988-2000), Vice President (1984-1988) and mayor of Taipei (1978-1981) (b.1923)
2020The death of Herman Cain, American businessman and political activist (b. 1945)
2021The death of Shona Ferguson, Botswana-born, South African actor and executive producer (b. 1974)
2022The death of Pat Carroll, American actress and comedian (b. 1927)
2022The death of Nichelle Nichols, American actress, singer and dancer (b. 1932)

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