Birthday profile

Rhéal Cormier

Rhéal Cormier, Canadian baseball player (died 2021)

Born
April 23, 1967
Died
March 8, 2021
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1967

About Rhéal Cormier

Rhéal Paul Cormier was a Canadian-American professional baseball left-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB), for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox (twice), Montreal Expos, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cincinnati Reds for 16 seasons, between 1991 through 2007. The Canadian team did not win a medal during this competition, ending with a 1–2 record. Cormier was the last Phillies pitcher to record a win at Veterans Stadium in 2003 and the first to record one at the new Citizens Bank Park in 2004. At age 41, Cormier was the oldest baseball player in the competition.

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The world when Rhéal Cormier was born

Rhéal Cormier was born in 1967. 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 1967

  • #1 song"To Sir with Love" – Lulu
  • Top movieIn the Heat of the Night
  • Top TV showBonanza
  • Best-selling bookOne Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel García Márquez

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Super Bowl — Green Bay Packers defeat Kansas City Chiefs
  • Top headlineSummer of Love transforms counterculture
  • Technology milestoneFirst heart transplant performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard
  • Defining fadHippie culture and psychedelia
  • Notable inventionFirst handheld calculator
  • World population3.49 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderLyndon B. Johnson
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • Also wonPhiladelphia 76ers (NBA)
  • U.S. population198.7M

1967 versus 2026

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

Measure19672026
Gas$0.33$3.45/gal
Average home$14,800$435,000
Average income$9,800$67,500
Minimum wage$1.40$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.22$11.95
Postage stamp$0.05$0.73
Population198.7M341 million

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