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Gower Champion

Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (died 1980)

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Born
June 22, 1919
Died
August 25, 1980
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1919

About Gower Champion

Gower Carlyle Champion was an American actor, theatre director, choreographer, and dancer. In 1948, Champion had begun to direct as well, and he won the first of eight Tony Awards for his staging of Lend an Ear, the show that introduced Carol Channing to New York City theater audiences. It ran for 607 performances and won four Tony awards, including Best Musical and two for Champion's direction and choreography. The show won ten Tony Awards, including Best Musical, as well as two for Champion's direction and choreography.

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The world when Gower Champion was born

Gower Champion was born in 1919. 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 1919

  • Best-selling book"The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" – Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBlack Sox scandal — 1919 World Series fixed
  • Top headlineTreaty of Versailles signed — 18th Amendment (Prohibition)
  • Technology milestoneFirst nonstop transatlantic flight (Alcock & Brown)
  • Defining fadOuija boards
  • Notable inventionPop-up toaster
  • World population~1.79B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population103.2M

1919 versus 2026

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

Measure19192026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Average home$5,000$435,000
Average income$2,000$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population103.2M341 million

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