Birthday profile

Stephen Barnett

Stephen Barnett, American scholar and academic (died 2009)

Born
December 25, 1935
Died
October 13, 2009
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1935

About Stephen Barnett

Stephen Roger Barnett (December 25, 1935 – October 13, 2009) was an American law professor and legal scholar who campaigned against the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 and the effects its antitrust exemptions had on newspaper consolidation. He also criticized the California Supreme Court for practices that hid information from the public. At Harvard Law School Barnett served as note editor of the Harvard Law Review; he was awarded his law degree in 1962. Barnett was born on December 25, 1935, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

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Stephen Barnett timeline

  1. Barnett was born on December 25, 1935, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
  2. At Harvard Law School Barnett served as note editor of the Harvard Law Review; he was awarded his law degree in 1962.

The world when Stephen Barnett was born

Stephen Barnett was born in 1935. 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 1935

  • #1 song"Cheek to Cheek" – Fred Astaire
  • Top movieMutiny on the Bounty
  • Best-selling bookGreen Light - Lloyd C. Douglas

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJesse Owens sets 3 world records in 45 minutes at Big Ten meet
  • Top headlineSocial Security Act signed into law by FDR
  • Technology milestoneRadar first demonstrated
  • Defining fadMonopoly officially released by Parker Brothers
  • Notable inventionBeer in cans
  • World population2.23 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championDetroit Tigers (World Series)
  • U.S. population127.3M

1935 versus 2026

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

Measure19352026
Gas$0.19$3.45/gal
Average home$5,000$435,000
Average income$2,700$67,500
Minimum wage$0.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population127.3M341 million

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