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Aung Khin

Aung Khin, Burmese painter (died 1996)

Born
February 13, 1921
Died
April 13, 1996
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1921

About Aung Khin

Aung Khin was a Burmese painter who became prominent in the Mandalay art world. He is well known as one of the foremost and earliest of modernistic painters in Burma. Aung Khin (Burmese: အောင်ခင်, 13 February 1921 – 14 May 1996) was a Burmese painter who became prominent in the Mandalay art world. In 1952 Aung Khin won first prize for an oil painting in a USIS-sponsored All Burma Competition, and in 1960-61 he had several one-man shows in Mandalay and Yangon, one of which was sponsored by the Burma-America Institute.

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Aung Khin timeline

  1. Aung Khin (Burmese: အောင်ခင်, 13 February 1921 – 14 May 1996) was a Burmese painter who became prominent in the Mandalay art world.
  2. In 1952 Aung Khin won first prize for an oil painting in a USIS-sponsored All Burma Competition, and in 1960-61 he had several one-man shows in Mandalay and Yangon, one of which was sponsored by the Burma-America Institute.

The world when Aung Khin was born

Aung Khin was born in 1921. 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 1921

  • #1 song"My Man" – Fanny Brice
  • Top movieThe Kid (Charlie Chaplin)
  • Best-selling bookMain Street – Sinclair Lewis

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJack Dempsey vs Georges Carpentier — first million-dollar gate
  • Top headlineWarren G. Harding inaugurated as 29th President
  • Technology milestoneAlbert Einstein wins the Nobel Prize in Physics
  • Defining fadOuija boards
  • Notable inventionLie detector (polygraph)
  • World population1.88 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding
  • Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
  • U.S. population108.5M

1921 versus 2026

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

Measure19212026
Gas$0.26$3.45/gal
Average home$5,500$435,000
Average income$3,010$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population108.5M341 million

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