Stephen King was born on 21 September 1947 in Portland. An American author from Maine, King is among the best-selling novelists in the world, best known for horror and supernatural fiction. His first published novel, Carrie, appeared in 1974, and it was followed by Salem's Lot, The Shining, The Stand, It, Misery and Pet Sematary. He also wrote the Dark Tower fantasy series and the novellas behind The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me, as well as crime fiction. He published some books under the name Richard Bachman and has written a memoir of the craft, On Writing. In 1999 he was seriously injured when hit by a van while walking. He received the National Medal of Arts in 2014.
Before and after
- 15 August 1947Partition of India
- 15 August 1947India and Pakistan become independent
- 24 August 1947Birth of Paulo Coelho
- 3 September 1947Birth of Mario Draghi
- 21 September 1947Birth of Stephen King
- 28 September 1947Birth of Sheikh Hasina
- 4 October 1947Construction of H&M
- 4 October 1947Death of Max Planck
- 14 October 1947Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier
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The era
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