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Date: 16 October 1908
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John Kenneth Galbraith Birthday, Date of Birth
John Kenneth Galbraith (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006), also known as Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s. As an economist, he leaned toward post-Keynesian economics from an institutionalist perspective. He served as the deputy director of the powerful Office of Price Administration (OPA) during World War II in charge of stabilizing all prices, wages and rents in the American economy, to combat the threat of inflation and hoarding during a time of shortages and rationing, a task which was successfully accomplished.
Galbraith was a long-time Harvard faculty member and stayed with Harvard University for half a century as a professor of economics. He was a prolific author and wrote four dozen books, including several novels, and published more than a thousand articles and essays on various subjects. Among his works was a trilogy on economics, American Capitalism (1952), The Affluent Society (1958), and The New Industrial State (1967).
Galbraith was active in Democratic Party politics, serving in the administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson. He served as United States Ambassador to India under the Kennedy administration. His political activism, literary output and outspokenness brought him wide fame during his lifetime. Galbraith was one of the few to receive both the World War II Medal of Freedom (1946) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2000) for his public service and contributions to science.
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Thursday, October 15, 1908
- Place of Birth
- Iona Station
- Age
- 116
- Star Sign
- ♎
The October 15, 1908 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♎. It was the 288 day of the year. President of the United States was Theodore Roosevelt.
If you were born on this day, you are 116 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 337 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, in 27 days. You have lived for 42,706 days, or about 1,024,950 hours, or about 61,497,058 minutes, or about 3,689,823,480 seconds.
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15th of October 1908 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on October 15, 1908
SAYS ARNOLD DALY WILL TRY VAUDEVILLE; Percy Williams So Announces, but Mr. Daly Declares He Hasn't Heard of It. STILL, IT WOULDN'T BE BAD He Had Supposed, However, That He Was to Stage "Cameo Kirby" for Nat Goodwin.
Date: 16 October 1908
CONVERTED TO "FANDOM."; Account of the Cubs and Giants Won Him Over.
Date: 16 October 1908
FANETTE
POWERS ARE WARNED AGAINST BULGARIA; Her Military Activity Disturbs Porte -- Czar Ferdinand Takes Cabinet to Turkish Frontier. PEACE PROGRAMME IS ISSUED Great Britain, France, and Russia Propose Recognition of Bulgarian, Cretan, and Bosnian Changes.
Date: 16 October 1908
TOPICS IN WALL STREET.; Surprise for Traders. Call Money Firmer. Contrast in Money Transfers. Optimism in Signs.
Date: 16 October 1908
$5,000 JEWEL THEFT WHILE FAMILY DINED; Thief Plunders Mrs. Howard Morton's Room in Parents' Home at Greenwich. INNOCENT MEN ARRESTED Two Jewelry Salesmen Picked Up on Arrival at Grand Central, but They Are Soon Set Free.
Date: 16 October 1908
$5,000 jewelry theft takes place in Greenwich, Conn, home of Mrs H Morton
A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE DAILY.; The Monitor Will Not Exploit Vice and Crime, It is Announced.
Date: 16 October 1908
New daily to be pub; will not exploit vice and crime
WILL SETTLE WAR TALK.; Every Precaution Will Be Taken to Prevent Friction in Japan.
Date: 16 October 1908
Special to The New York Times
Amers reptdly will take every precaution to prevent friction in Japan