Young author Richard Peck
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Richard Peck
Living place: Decatur
Birthday: 10-4-1934 (90 years old)
Population of US 1934: 126,373,773
Global rank: #40052
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Who is Young author Richard Peck?
Young American writer of adult fiction and 2001 winner of the Newbery Medal. His most famous works include A Year Down Over there, A Long Way from Chicago, and The Ghost Remember Me.
His first novels, Don't Look and It Won't Hurt, were published in 1972. For the first two decades of his career, he usually published one book per year. .
Young American writer of adult fiction and 2001 winner of the Newbery Medal. His most famous works include A Year Down Over there, A Long Way from Chicago, and The Ghost Remember Me.
His first novels, Don't Look and It Won't Hurt, were published in 1972. For the first two decades of his career, he usually published one book per year. .
He graduated from DePauw University with a degree in English and later became a high school and middle school teacher. He credited his students with teaching him how to write novels of interest to young adults.
He grew up in Decatur, Illinois. His father ran a service station, while his mother graduated from Wesleyan University with an economics degree.
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His 1976 novel, Are you in the house alone? , was adapted into a 1978 made-for-TV horror film starring Blythe Danner, Kathleen Beller, and Dennis Quaid.
His 1976 novel, Are you in the house alone? , was adapted into a 1978 made-for-TV horror film starring Blythe Danner, Kathleen Beller, and Dennis Quaid.
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When was Young author Richard Peck born?
Richard Peck birthday 10-4-1934 (at the age of 90).
Where is Young author Richard Peck's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Richard Peck was born in Decatur, Illinois- United States. is a Young author, whose Zodiac is Aries, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Richard Peck's global rank is 40052 and whose rank is 63 in list of famous Young author. Population of US in 1934 is about 126,373,773 persons.
Richard Peck birthday 10-4-1934 (at the age of 90).
Where is Young author Richard Peck's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Richard Peck was born in Decatur, Illinois- United States. is a Young author, whose Zodiac is Aries, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Richard Peck's global rank is 40052 and whose rank is 63 in list of famous Young author. Population of US in 1934 is about 126,373,773 persons.
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Events in 1934 and 10-4
Events in US in the birth year of Richard Peck
- 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 Richard Peck (10-4) in history
- Day 10-4 year 1790: The U.S. patent system was formed.
- Day 10-4 year 1849: The gun's safety pin was patented by mechanic Walter Hunt, in New York.
- Day 10-4 year 1866: The American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was chartered.
- Day 10-4 year 1912: Titanic set sail on its fateful voyage.
- Day 10-4 year 1947: Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers announced that Jackie Robinson had signed with the team.
- Day 10-4 year 1963: The atomic-powered submarine Thresher sank off Cape Cod, Mass.
- Day 10-4 year 1970: Paul McCartney announced the official split of the Beatles.
- Day 10-4 year 1974: Israeli prime minister Golda Meir announced her resignation.
- Day 10-4 year 1998: The Northern Ireland "Good Friday Accord" was reached.
- Day 10-4 year 2003: The U.S. House passed the "Amber Alert" bill. It provided a system for alerting the public about missing or abducted children.
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