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1983May, 6

Ingrid Jonach

Ingrid Jonach, Australian author
Ingrid Jonach (born 6 May 1983) is a children's and young adult author who lives in Canberra, the national capital of Australia. She graduated from the University of Canberra with a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing (Hon). She has worked as a journalist and in public relations. Her books include children's picture book A Lot of Things and children's novels The Frank Frankie and Frankie goes to France, which are about a young girl who starts her own newspaper.

Her début young adult novel When the World was Flat (and we were in love) was published by global science fiction and fantasy imprint Strange Chemistry on 3 September 2013 in the US and Canada and 5 September 2013 in the UK and rest of world.

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Events on 1983

  • 24Feb

    Japanese American internment

    A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II.
  • 19Jul

    CT scan

    The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
  • 24Jul

    Sri Lankan Civil War

    The Black July anti-Tamil riots begin in Sri Lanka, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
  • 1Sep

    Korean Air Lines Flight 007

    Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
  • 12Sep

    Los Macheteros

    A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million by Los Macheteros.