Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | William Price Fox |
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Birthdate | April 09, 1926 |
Birth Place | Waukegan, IL |
Age (in 2024) | 98 Years Old |
Zodiac | Aries |
Occupation | Novelist |
William Price Fox is best known as Novelist who has born on April 09, 1926 in Waukegan, IL. Currently, William Price Fox is 98 years, 7 months and 12 days old. William Price Fox will celebrate 99th birthday on Wednesday, 9th of April 2025. Below the countdown to William Price Fox upcoming birthday.
An American fiction writer and journalist, he is most famous for novels such as Southern Fried and Doctor Golf. Bruce Springsteen based the song "Darlington County" on Dixiana Moon, another novel by Fox.
He studied with Caroline Gordon at the University of South Carolina. Later, he taught creative writing at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
He wrote for publications such as Sports Illustrated, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and Atlantic Monthly.
He was born in Illinois and raised in South Carolina. With his wife, Sarah Gilbert, he had a daughter.
He and John Irving both studied at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
William Price Fox is 98 years old today.
William Price Fox was born on April 09, 1926 in Waukegan, IL.
William Price Fox zodiac sign is Aries.
William Price Fox was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with William Price Fox's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1969 | The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford. |
1980 | The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture. |
1981 | The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS George Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it and killing two Japanese sailors. |
1989 | Tbilisi massacre: An anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strike in Tbilisi, demanding restoration of Georgian independence, is dispersed by the Soviet Army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries. |
1990 | An IRA bombing in County Down, Northern Ireland, kills three members of the UDR. |
1990 | The Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement is signed for 180,000 square kilometres (69,000 sq mi) in the Mackenzie Valley of the western Arctic. |
1991 | Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union. |
1992 | A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison. |
2003 | Iraq War: Baghdad falls to American forces. |
2009 | In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili. |
2013 | A 6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes Iran killing 32 people and injuring over 850 people. |
2013 | At least 13 people are killed and another three injured after a man goes on a spree shooting in the Serbian village of Velika Ivanča. |
2014 | A student stabs 20 people at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania. |
2017 | The Palm Sunday church bombings at Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt, take place. |
2017 | After refusing to give up his seat on an overbooked United Express flight, Dr. David Dao Duy Anh is forcibly dragged off the flight by aviation security officers, leading to major criticism of United Airlines. |
1990 | The birth of Ryan Williams, American football player |
1991 | The birth of Gai Assulin, Israeli footballer |
1991 | The birth of Ryan Kelly, American basketball player |
1991 | The birth of Mary Killman, American synchronized swimmer |
1992 | The birth of Joshua Ledet, American singer |
1994 | The birth of Joey Pollari, American actor |
1995 | The birth of Domagoj Bošnjak, Croatian basketball player |
1995 | The birth of Robert Bauer, German-Kazakhstani footballer |
1995 | The birth of Demi Vermeulen, Dutch Paralympic equestrian |
1996 | The birth of Jayden Brailey, Australian rugby league player |
1996 | The birth of Giovani Lo Celso, Argentinian international footballer |
1998 | The birth of Elle Fanning, American actress |
1999 | The birth of Montero Lamar Hill, American rapper |
2000 | The birth of Jackie Evancho, American singer |
2004 | The birth of Thomas Simons, British YouTuber and Twitch streamer |
2015 | The death of Margaret Rule, British marine archaeologist (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Nina Companeez, French director and screenwriter (b. 1937) |
2015 | The death of Alexander Dalgarno, English physicist and academic (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Ivan Doig, American journalist and author (b. 1939) |
2015 | The death of Tsien Tsuen-hsuin, Chinese-American academic (b. 1909) |
2016 | The death of Duane Clarridge, American spy (b. 1932) |
2016 | The death of Will Smith, American football player (b. 1981) |
2017 | The death of John Clarke, New Zealand-Australian comedian, writer, and satirist (b. 1948) |
2019 | The death of Charles Van Doren, American writer and editor (b. 1926) |
2021 | The death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (b. 1921) |
2021 | The death of DMX, American rapper and actor (b. 1970) |
2021 | The death of Nikki Grahame, British reality-TV icon (b. 1982) |
2021 | The death of Ian Gibson, British scientist and Labour Party politician (b. 1938) |
2021 | The death of Ramsey Clark, American lawyer (b. 1927) |
2022 | The death of Dwayne Haskins, American football player (b. 1997) |
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