Updated at November 4, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | William Strunk Jr. |
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Birthdate | July 01, 1869 |
Birth Place | Cincinnati, OH |
Age (in 2024) | 155 Years Old |
Zodiac | Cancer |
Occupation | Teacher |
William Strunk Jr. is best known as Teacher who has born on July 01, 1869 in Cincinnati, OH. Currently, William Strunk Jr. is 155 years, 4 months and 3 days old. William Strunk Jr. will celebrate 156th birthday on Tuesday, 1st of July 2025. Below the countdown to William Strunk Jr. upcoming birthday.
An American author, he is best remembered for his literary manual, The Elements of Style. This guide to the English language is familiar to college students throughout the United States.
An expert on English literature, he published analyses of Shakespeare's verse and later worked as a consultant on the MGM film production of Romeo and Juliet.
He initially wrote The Elements of Style for the private use of his students at Cornell University. However, at the suggestion of a former pupil, he decided to publish the now-popular manual.
He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He and his three siblings were the children of William and Ella Garretson Strunk.
Borrowing a phrase from Robert Louis Stevenson, he advised his students to have "one moment of felicity" in their writing.
William Strunk Jr. is 155 years old today.
William Strunk Jr. was born on July 01, 1869 in Cincinnati, OH.
William Strunk Jr. zodiac sign is Cancer.
William Strunk Jr. was best known as Teacher.
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Below are historical events that coincided with William Strunk Jr.'s birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1984 | The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA. |
1987 | The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station. |
1990 | German reunification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany. |
1991 | Cold War: The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague. |
1997 | China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony is attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Charles, Prince of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. |
1999 | The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh. In Wales, the powers of the Welsh Secretary are transferred to the National Assembly. |
2002 | The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression. |
2002 | Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154, and DHL Flight 611, a Boeing 757, collide in mid-air over Ãœberlingen, southern Germany, killing all 71 on board both planes. |
2003 | Over 500,000 people protest against efforts to pass anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong. |
2004 | Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC. |
2006 | The first operation of Qinghai-Tibet Railway is conducted in China. |
2007 | Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces. |
2008 | Riots erupt in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections. |
2013 | Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union. |
2020 | The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement replaces NAFTA. |
1988 | The birth of Aleksander Lesun, Russian modern pentathlete |
1989 | The birth of Kent Bazemore, American basketball player |
1989 | The birth of Daniel Ricciardo, Australian race car driver |
1990 | The birth of Ben Coker, English footballer |
1991 | The birth of Michael Wacha, American baseball player |
1992 | The birth of Aaron Sanchez, American baseball player |
1994 | The birth of Chloé Paquet, French tennis player |
1995 | The birth of Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo, Belgian footballer |
1995 | The birth of Savvy Shields, Miss America 2017 |
1996 | The birth of Adelina Sotnikova, Russian figure skater |
1998 | The birth of Susan Bandecchi, Swiss tennis player |
1998 | The birth of Aleksandra Golovkina, Lithuanian figure skater |
2000 | The birth of Lalu Muhammad Zohri, Indonesian sprinter |
2001 | The birth of Chosen Jacobs, American entertainer |
2003 | The birth of Tate McRae, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer |
2012 | The death of Jack Richardson, American author and playwright (b. 1934) |
2013 | The death of Sidney Bryan Berry, American general (b. 1926) |
2013 | The death of Charles Foley, American game designer, co-creator of Twister (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of William H. Gray, American minister and politician (b. 1941) |
2014 | The death of Jean Garon, Canadian economist, lawyer and politician (b. 1938) |
2014 | The death of Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founder of The Farm (b. 1935) |
2014 | The death of Bob Jones, English lawyer and politician (b. 1955) |
2014 | The death of Anatoly Kornukov, Ukrainian-Russian general (b. 1942) |
2014 | The death of Walter Dean Myers, American author and poet (b. 1937) |
2015 | The death of Val Doonican, Irish singer and television host (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Czesław Olech, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Nicholas Winton, English lieutenant and humanitarian (b. 1909) |
2016 | The death of Robin Hardy, English author and film director (b. 1929) |
2019 | The death of Bogusław Schaeffer, Polish composer (b. 1929) |
2021 | The death of Louis Andriessen, Dutch composer (b. 1939) |
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