Author for children Virginia Hamilton

Virginia Hamilton

Living place: Ohio

Birthday: 12-3-1934 (90 years old)

Population of US 1934: 126,373,773

Global rank: #53926

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Author for children Virginia Hamilton profile

Who is Author for children Virginia Hamilton?
Best known for her Newbery Medal children's books and her award-winning American Books MC Higgins, Great, she is also known for her children's mystery The House of Dies headlines, as well as for her writings. like Bruh Rabbit and Tar Baby Girl; Junior Brown's Planets; and The Girl Who Spun Yellow. Her prestigious literary honors include the Ingalls Wilder Laura Award and the Hans Christian Andersen Award.
 
 

Young / Before famous

A few years after attending Antioch College and Ohio State University, she published her literary debut, Zeely. The novel received the Bloch Nancy Award and the American Library Association for Notable Bookmarks.

Family life info

One of five children born to Kenneth and Etta Hamilton, she spent her childhood in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Arnold Adoff's marriage to young poet produced two children.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Author for children Virginia Hamilton?
In 2010, the American Library Association introduced a literary honor called the Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Coretta Prize in recognition of the exceptional work of African American children's writers.

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When was Author for children Virginia Hamilton born?
Virginia Hamilton birthday 12-3-1934 (at the age of 90).
Where is Author for children Virginia Hamilton's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Virginia Hamilton was born in Ohio, . is a Author for children, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Virginia Hamilton's global rank is 53926 and whose rank is 165 in list of famous Author for children. Population of US in 1934 is about 126,373,773 persons.
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Events in 1934 and 12-3

Events in US in the birth year of Virginia Hamilton

  • Securities Exchange Act is passed, establishing the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  • Federal Communications Commission is established to regulate communications.
  • Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker ambushed by lawmen in Louisiana. John Dillinger is shot outside Chicago movie theater.
  • Dust storms ruin about 100 million acres and damage another 200 million acres of cropland in Kansas, Texas, Colorado, and Oklahoma ("Dust Bowl").

Birthday Virginia Hamilton (12-3) in history

  • Day 12-3 year 1912: Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts.
  • Day 12-3 year 1930: Mohandas Gandhi began his 200-mile march to protest the British salt tax.
  • Day 12-3 year 1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave the first of his nation-wide "fireside chats" on radio.
  • Day 12-3 year 1938: "Anschluss" took place when Hitler incorporated his homeland of Austria into the Third Reich.
  • Day 12-3 year 1947: President Truman established the "Truman Doctrine" to aid in the containment of Communism.
  • Day 12-3 year 1993: Janet Reno was sworn in as the first female attorney general of the United States.
  • Day 12-3 year 1994: The Church of England ordained women priests for the first time in 460 years.
  • Day 12-3 year 2002: The color-coded terror alert system was unveiled by Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge.
  • Day 12-3 year 2003: The prime minister of the Serbian state (of Serbia and Montenegro), Zoran Djindjic, was assassinated.
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