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Laurie Taitt

Laurie Taitt, Guyanese-English hurdler (died 2006)

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Born
March 28, 1934
Died
October 18, 2006
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1934

About Laurie Taitt

John Lawrence Taitt was a British sprint hurdler. He was born in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, British Guiana and competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Taitt first competed internationally at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. Taitt won his first of two British AAA Championships titles at the 1963 AAA Championships (his second would come two years later at the 1965 AAA Championships).

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Laurie Taitt timeline

  1. Taitt first competed internationally at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.
  2. Taitt won his first of two British AAA Championships titles at the 1963 AAA Championships (his second would come two years later at the 1965 AAA Championships).

The world when Laurie Taitt was born

Laurie Taitt was born in 1934. 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 1934

  • #1 song"Stars Fell on Alabama"
  • Top movieIt Happened One Night
  • Best-selling bookTender Is the Night – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Masters Tournament held at Augusta National
  • Top headlineFBI kills John Dillinger outside a Chicago theater
  • Technology milestoneFirst streamlined passenger train (Burlington Zephyr)
  • Defining fadShirley Temple mania
  • Notable inventionLaundromat
  • World population2.20 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population126.4M

1934 versus 2026

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

Measure19342026
Gas$0.19$3.45/gal
Average home$4,900$435,000
Average income$2,500$67,500
Minimum wage$0.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.20$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population126.4M341 million

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