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Ivan Supek

Ivan Supek, Croatian physicist, philosopher and writer (died 2007)

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Born
April 8, 1915
Died
March 5, 2007
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1915

About Ivan Supek

Ivan Supek was a Croatian physicist, philosopher, writer, playwright, peace activist and humanist. Supek had many disputes with the first president of independent Croatia, Franjo Tuđman. In 1960 he founded the Institute for the Philosophy of Science and Peace, as a section of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts. He founded a citizen association, Alijansa za treću Hrvatsku (Alliance for the third Croatia).

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The world when Ivan Supek was born

Ivan Supek was born in 1915. 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 1915

  • Top movieThe Birth of a Nation
  • Best-selling book"The Turmoil" – Booth Tarkington

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJess Willard defeats Jack Johnson for heavyweight title in Havana
  • Top headlineLusitania sunk by German submarine — 1,198 die
  • Technology milestoneFirst transcontinental telephone call (Bell to Watson)
  • World population~1.75B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population98.4M

1915 versus 2026

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

Measure19152026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Movie ticket$0.10$11.95
Population98.4M341 million

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