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Horace Ashenfelter

American athletics competitor (1923-2018)

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Born
January 23, 1923
Died
January 6, 2018
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1923

About Horace Ashenfelter

Horace Ashenfelter III was an American athlete. He competed in international athletics from 1947 to 1956. He won fifteen AAU nationals titles and three collegiate national titles during his career. Since Ashenfelter worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, it led to humorous comments about him being the first American spy who allowed himself to be chased by a Russian KGB agent (Kazantsev was a KGB officer). In addition, Ashenfelter won the Sullivan Award as the outstanding amateur athlete in 1952. Ashenfelter won the Millrose Games two-mile run from 1952 to 1955 and again in 1957.

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Horace Ashenfelter timeline

  1. In addition, Ashenfelter won the Sullivan Award as the outstanding amateur athlete in 1952.
  2. Ashenfelter won the Millrose Games two-mile run from 1952 to 1955 and again in 1957.

The world when Horace Ashenfelter was born

Horace Ashenfelter was born in 1923. 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 1923

  • #1 song"Yes! We Have No Bananas"
  • Top movieThe Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille)
  • Best-selling bookBlack Oxen – Gertrude Atherton

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst 24 Hours of Le Mans race
  • Top headlineTime magazine publishes its first issue
  • Technology milestoneFirst neon signs appear in the United States
  • Defining fadDance marathons
  • Notable inventionFrozen food process (Clarence Birdseye)
  • World population1.93 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding / Calvin Coolidge
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population111.9M

1923 versus 2026

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

Measure19232026
Gas$0.22$3.45/gal
Average home$5,700$435,000
Average income$3,380$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population111.9M341 million

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