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Harry Reasoner

Harry Reasoner, American soldier and journalist (died 1991)

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Born
April 17, 1923
Died
August 6, 1991
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1923

About Harry Reasoner

Harry Reasoner was an American journalist for CBS and ABC News. He is known for his adroit use of language as a television commentator and as one of the original hosts of the news magazine 60 Minutes. Over the course of his career, Reasoner won three Emmy Awards and a George Foster Peabody Award in 1967. His novel Tell Me About Women, about a fading marriage, was written partly during his war service and was first published in 1946.

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Harry Reasoner timeline

  1. His novel Tell Me About Women, about a fading marriage, was written partly during his war service and was first published in 1946.
  2. Over the course of his career, Reasoner won three Emmy Awards and a George Foster Peabody Award in 1967.

The world when Harry Reasoner was born

Harry Reasoner was born in 1923. 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 1923

  • #1 song"Yes! We Have No Bananas"
  • Top movieThe Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille)
  • Best-selling bookBlack Oxen – Gertrude Atherton

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst 24 Hours of Le Mans race
  • Top headlineTime magazine publishes its first issue
  • Technology milestoneFirst neon signs appear in the United States
  • Defining fadDance marathons
  • Notable inventionFrozen food process (Clarence Birdseye)
  • World population1.93 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding / Calvin Coolidge
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population111.9M

1923 versus 2026

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

Measure19232026
Gas$0.22$3.45/gal
Average home$5,700$435,000
Average income$3,380$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population111.9M341 million

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