Updated at December 3, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Wilson Rawls |
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Birthdate | September 24, 1913 |
Birth Place | Scraper, OK |
Age (in 2024) | 111 Years Old |
Zodiac | Libra |
Occupation | Children's Author |
Wilson Rawls is best known as Children's Author who has born on September 24, 1913 in Scraper, OK. Currently, Wilson Rawls is 111 years, 2 months and 9 days old. Wilson Rawls will celebrate 112th birthday on Wednesday, 24th of September 2025. Below the countdown to Wilson Rawls upcoming birthday.
An American author of children's literature, he is best known for such titles as Where the Red Fern Grows (1961) and Summer of the Monkeys (1976). His numerous literary honors include the Sequoyah Children's Book Award and the Golden Archer Award.
He became a carpenter and traveled to South America, Canada, and Alaska. He later worked for the Atomic Energy Commission.
He grew up in the Ozark Mountains, a location that would serve as the setting for many of his books.
He was born in Oklahoma and traveled with his family to New Mexico during the Great Depression years. He married Sophie Ann Styczinski in 1958.
As a child, Rawls read Jack London's work and was greatly inspired by it.
Wilson Rawls is 111 years old today.
Wilson Rawls was born on September 24, 1913 in Scraper, OK.
Wilson Rawls zodiac sign is Libra.
Wilson Rawls was best known as Children's Author.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Wilson Rawls's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1959 | TAI Flight 307 crashes during takeoff from Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, killing 55 people. |
1960 | USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched. |
1972 | Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India. |
1973 | Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal. |
1975 | Southwest Face expedition members become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces, instead of using a ridge route. |
1993 | The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king. |
1996 | Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations. |
2005 | Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas. |
2007 | Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years. |
2008 | Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa. |
2009 | The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance. |
2009 | SA Airlink Flight 8911 crashes near Durban International Airport in Durban, South Africa, killing the captain and injuring the rest of the crew. |
2013 | A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people. |
2014 | The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt. |
2015 | At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. |
1984 | The birth of Taylor Eigsti, American pianist and composer |
1984 | The birth of Senzo Meyiwa, South African footballer (d. 2014) |
1985 | The birth of Eric Adjetey Anang, Ghanaian sculptor and carpenter |
1985 | The birth of Eleanor Catton, Canadian-New Zealand author |
1985 | The birth of Cameron Price, Australian news journalist |
1985 | The birth of Jonathan Soriano, Spanish footballer |
1987 | The birth of Matthew Connolly, English footballer |
1987 | The birth of Gürhan Gürsoy, Turkish footballer |
1988 | The birth of Karl Alzner, Canadian ice hockey player |
1989 | The birth of Pia Wurtzbach, Filipina actress, model, and beauty queen, Miss Universe 2015 |
1991 | The birth of Maximiliano Uggè, Italian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Oriol Romeu, Spanish footballer |
1993 | The birth of Ben Platt, American actor |
1997 | The birth of Tosin Adarabioyo, English footballer |
2002 | The birth of Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro, Spanish tennis player |
2013 | The death of Boris Karvasarsky, Ukrainian-Russian psychiatrist and author (b. 1931) |
2013 | The death of Anthony Lawrence, English-Hong Kong journalist and author (b. 1912) |
2013 | The death of Sagadat Nurmagambetov, Kazakh general and politician (b. 1924) |
2013 | The death of Paul Oliver, American football player (b. 1984) |
2014 | The death of Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, English aristocrat, socialite, and author (b. 1920) |
2014 | The death of Christopher Hogwood, English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (b. 1941) |
2014 | The death of Madis Kõiv, Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator (b. 1914) |
2015 | The death of Wang Zhongshu, Chinese archaeologist and academic (b. 1925) |
2016 | The death of Mel Charles, Welsh footballer (b. 1935) |
2016 | The death of Vladimir Kuzmichyov, Russian footballer (b. 1979) |
2016 | The death of Bill Mollison, Australian researcher, author and biologist (b. 1928) |
2016 | The death of Bill Nunn, American actor (b. 1953) |
2016 | The death of Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordionist and bandleader (b. 1947) |
2020 | The death of Dean Jones, Australian cricketer, coach and commentator (b. 1961) |
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