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Hussein Onn

Hussein Onn, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malaysia (died 1990)

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Born
February 12, 1922
Died
May 29, 1990
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1922

About Hussein Onn

Hussein bin Onn was a Malaysian lawyer and politician who served as the third prime minister of Malaysia from 1976 to 1981. When Hussein's father Onn founded UMNO in 1946, he joined it as the head of its youth committee. He stood and won in the Johore Bahru Timor constituency, defeating the Democratic Action Party's Lee Ah Meng in 1969. Hussein's grandfather, Jaafar Haji Muhammad, was the first Menteri Besar of Johor, or Chief Minister, while his grandmother, Rogayah Hanim, is generally understood to have come from the Caucasus region of the Ottoman Empire.

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Hussein Onn timeline

  1. When Hussein's father Onn founded UMNO in 1946, he joined it as the head of its youth committee.
  2. He stood and won in the Johore Bahru Timor constituency, defeating the Democratic Action Party's Lee Ah Meng in 1969.

The world when Hussein Onn was born

Hussein Onn was born in 1922. 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 1922

  • #1 song"Chicago" – Fred Fisher
  • Top movieNosferatu
  • Best-selling bookUlysses – James Joyce

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGene Sarazen wins the U.S. Open at age 20
  • Top headlineMussolini marches on Rome and seizes power in Italy
  • Technology milestoneBBC begins radio broadcasts
  • Defining fadCrossword puzzles
  • Notable inventionWater skiing invented in Minnesota
  • World population1.90 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding
  • Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
  • U.S. population110.0M

1922 versus 2026

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

Measure19222026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Average home$5,600$435,000
Average income$3,270$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population110.0M341 million

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