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José Antonio Aguirre

Basque association football player and politician (1904–1960)

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Born
March 6, 1904
Died
March 22, 1960
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1904

About José Antonio Aguirre

José Antonio Aguirre y Lecube was a Basque politician and activist in the Basque Nationalist Party. He was the first president of the Provisional Government of the Basque Country and the executive defense advisor during the Spanish Civil War. Under his mandate, the Provisional Government formed the Basque Army and fought for the Second Spanish Republic. Aguirre was a football player for Athletic Bilbao; he won the Copa del Rey with the club in 1923. Aguirre fled first to France, where he organised camps and services for Basque refugees and the government-in-exile.

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The world when José Antonio Aguirre was born

José Antonio Aguirre was born in 1904. 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 1904

  • Best-selling book"The Crossing" – Winston Churchill

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Olympic Games in the Americas (St. Louis)
  • Top headlineRusso-Japanese War begins
  • Technology milestoneNew York subway opens
  • World population~1.64B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population81.8M

1904 versus 2026

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Measure19042026
Population81.8M341 million

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