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Eduardo Malapit

Eduardo Malapit, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Kauai (died 2007)

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Born
April 6, 1933
Died
August 27, 2007
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1933

About Eduardo Malapit

Eduardo Enabore Malapit was an American Democratic politician who served as Mayor of Kauaʻi, Hawaii. Elected for four consecutive two-year terms as mayor of Kauaʻi beginning in 1974, he was the first Filipino American mayor of any United States municipality. He was widely respected in Kauaʻi and throughout Hawaii for his belief in community service, and was known as "Mala" by friends and constituents. Eduardo Malapit's first public office was as a councilman on the Kauaʻi County Council for eight years. Malapit was elected as Mayor of Kauaʻi in 1974, becoming the first mayor of Filipino American descent in the United States.

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The world when Eduardo Malapit was born

Eduardo Malapit was born in 1933. 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 1933

  • #1 song"Stormy Weather" – Ethel Waters
  • Top movieKing Kong
  • Best-selling bookLost Horizon – James Hilton

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst MLB All-Star Game played at Comiskey Park
  • Top headlineAdolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
  • Technology milestoneFM radio patented by Edwin Armstrong
  • Defining fadChain letters
  • Notable inventionFM radio
  • World population2.17 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
  • U.S. population125.6M

1933 versus 2026

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

Measure19332026
Gas$0.18$3.45/gal
Average home$4,800$435,000
Average income$2,300$67,500
Minimum wage$0.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.20$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population125.6M341 million

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