Novelist William Wharton

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William Wharton

Living place: Pennsylvania

Birthday: 7-11-1925 (99 years old)

Population of US 1925: 115,829,000

Global rank: #80575

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Who is Novelist William Wharton?
An American author of the twentieth century, he is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-nominated novel, Birdy, which became an Alan Parker-directed film. His other works include Father, A Midnight Clear, and Lost Lovers.
His famous debut novel, Birdy, published when he was fifty years old, won the United States National Book Award.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He fought in World War II and was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge. He later studied psychology at the University of California-Los Angeles.

Family life info

He grew up in a working-class Catholic family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married Rosemary Henry in 1955.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist William Wharton?
His novel, Birdy, was made into a movie starring Nicolas Cage.

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When was Novelist William Wharton born?
William Wharton birthday 7-11-1925 (at the age of 99).
Where is Novelist William Wharton's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
William Wharton was born in Pennsylvania, . is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Scorpius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Ox. William Wharton's global rank is 80575 and whose rank is 944 in list of famous Novelist. Population of US in 1925 is about 115,829,000 persons.
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Events in 1925 and 7-11

Events in US in the birth year of William Wharton

  • Nellie Tayloe Ross takes office as governor of Wyoming (Jan. 5). She is the first woman governor in U.S. history.
  • Tennessee schoolteacher John T. Scopes is arrested (May 5) for teaching the theory of evolution, forbidden by state law.
  • Worst tornado in U.S. history hit Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana: 689 deaths.
  • Al Capone takes over the Chicago bootlegging racket.

Birthday William Wharton (7-11) in history

  • Day 7-11 year 1874: The Republican Party was first symbolized as an elephant in a cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly magazine.
  • Day 7-11 year 1916: Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress.
  • Day 7-11 year 1917: Vladimir Lenin's forces overthrew Alexander Kerensky's government in Russia's Bolshevik Revolution.
  • Day 7-11 year 1944: President Franklin D. Roosevelt won a fourth term in office, defeating Thomas E. Dewey.
  • Day 7-11 year 1962: Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt died in New York City at age 78.
  • Day 7-11 year 1967: Carl Stokes of Cleveland became the first African American mayor of a major U.S. city.
  • Day 7-11 year 1989: L. Douglas Wilder was elected governor of Virginia. He became the nation's first elected black governor.
  • Day 7-11 year 2000: The U.S. went to the polls to choose between George W. Bush and Al Gore. The outcome wouldn't be known for more than a month because of disputed votes in Florida.
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