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Miloslav Kříž

Miloslav Kříž, Czech basketball player and coach (died 2013)

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Born
May 29, 1924
Died
May 20, 2013
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1924

About Miloslav Kříž

Miloslav Kříž was a Czech professional basketball player, coach and executive. As a player, he played first for Uncas Praha, and later for Sparta Praha, but he was better known as a head coach and trainer, especially as the head coach of the senior Czechoslovak women's national team. He was awarded the FIBA Order of Merit, for his services to basketball, in 2002. Miloslav Kříž (29 May 1924 – 20 May 2013) was a Czech professional basketball player, coach and executive.

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Miloslav Kříž timeline

  1. Miloslav Kříž (29 May 1924 – 20 May 2013) was a Czech professional basketball player, coach and executive.
  2. He was awarded the FIBA Order of Merit, for his services to basketball, in 2002.

The world when Miloslav Kříž was born

Miloslav Kříž was born in 1924. 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 1924

  • #1 song"It Had to Be You" – Isham Jones
  • Top movieThe Thief of Bagdad (Douglas Fairbanks)
  • Best-selling bookSo Big – Edna Ferber

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Winter Olympics held in Chamonix, France
  • Top headlineCalvin Coolidge elected president in a landslide
  • Technology milestoneIBM founded
  • Defining fadMah-jongg craze sweeps America
  • Notable inventionSpiral-bound notebook
  • World population1.95 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderCalvin Coolidge
  • Sports championWashington Senators (World Series)
  • U.S. population114.1M

1924 versus 2026

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

Measure19242026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$5,800$435,000
Average income$3,520$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population114.1M341 million

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