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Koto Matsudaira

Koto Matsudaira, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations (died 1994)

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Born
February 5, 1903
Died
May 4, 1994
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1903

About Koto Matsudaira

Koto Matsudaira (松平 康東, Matsudaira Kōtō; 5 February 1903 – 4 May 1994) was a Japanese diplomat who served as an ambassador to the United Nations from 1957 to 1961. Matsudaira first joined the League of Nations as a Japanese delegate to Geneva in 1932. Matsudaira then served as the first secretary at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C. where his uncle Saburō Kurusu also worked.

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The world when Koto Matsudaira was born

Koto Matsudaira was born in 1903. 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 1903

  • Top movieThe Great Train Robbery (first narrative film)
  • Best-selling book"Lady Rose's Daughter" – Mrs. Humphry Ward

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst World Series — Boston vs Pittsburgh
  • Top headlineWright brothers achieve first powered flight
  • Technology milestoneFirst powered airplane flight (12 seconds, 120 feet)
  • World population~1.63B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population80.4M

1903 versus 2026

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

Measure19032026
Population80.4M341 million

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