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Earle Cabell

Earle Cabell, American banker and politician, Mayor of Dallas (died 1975)

Born
October 27, 1906
Died
September 24, 1975
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1906

About Earle Cabell

Earle Cabell was an American politician who served as the 48th mayor of Dallas from 1961 to 1964. Cabell was mayor at the time of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy and was later a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was a conservative Democrat. He and his brothers founded Cabell's Inc., a chain of dairies and convenience stores. Cabell was the youngest of four sons of the then former Dallas Mayor Ben E. Cabell's wife reported that while riding in Kennedy's motorcade through Dealey Plaza, she observed "a rather long looking thing" sticking out of a window of the Texas School Book Depository immediately after the first shot. In 2017, documents declassified under the JFK Records Act revealed that Cabell had been a CIA asset since 1956.

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The world when Earle Cabell was born

Earle Cabell was born in 1906. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1906

  • Best-selling bookThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports moment"Hitless Wonders" Chicago White Sox upset Cubs in World Series
  • Top headlineSan Francisco earthquake and fire — 3,000+ killed
  • Technology milestoneFirst radio broadcast of voice and music
  • World population~1.66B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population84.6M

1906 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Earle Cabell's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19062026
Population84.6M341 million

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