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Vernon Kirby

Vernon Kirby, South African tennis player (died 1994)

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Born
June 22, 1911
Died
September 27, 1994
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1911

About Vernon Kirby

Vernon Gordon 'Bob' Kirby was a South African tennis player. Kirby had a Davis Cup match record of 16 wins vs. 8 losses and was more successful in doubles (7–1) than singles (9–7). In July he won against George Lyttleton-Rogers in the final of the Wimbledon Plate, a tournament for players who were defeated in the first or second rounds of the singles competition at the Wimbledon Championships. He also won the North of England Championships in Scarborough, North Yorkshire in singles and doubles. In 1933 he won the Kent Championships and in January 1934 he was victorious in the Estoril tournament.

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The world when Vernon Kirby was born

Vernon Kirby was born in 1911. 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 1911

  • Best-selling book"The Broad Highway" – Jeffery Farnol

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Indianapolis 500 race
  • Top headlineTriangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 workers
  • Technology milestoneFirst transcontinental airplane flight (49 days)
  • World population~1.71B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population93.4M

1911 versus 2026

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

Measure19112026
Population93.4M341 million

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