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Jimmy Carruthers

Jimmy Carruthers, Australian boxer (died 1990)

Born
July 5, 1929
Died
August 15, 1990
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1929

About Jimmy Carruthers

James William Carruthers was an Australian boxer, who became the Undisputed Bantamweight World Champion in 1952. James William Carruthers (5 July 1929 – 15 August 1990) was an Australian boxer, who became the Undisputed Bantamweight World Champion in 1952. Carruthers became Australia's first universally recognised boxing world champion when he knocked out the guy who had been crowned South Africa's first world champion himself, Vic Toweel, in the first round. In his first-round match of the bantamweight competition, he fought Fred Daigle of Canada and won on points. He won the Australian Bantamweight title in 1951 and then the British Commonwealth and Bantamweight Championship of the world the following year.

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Jimmy Carruthers timeline

  1. James William Carruthers (5 July 1929 – 15 August 1990) was an Australian boxer, who became the Undisputed Bantamweight World Champion in 1952.
  2. He won the Australian Bantamweight title in 1951 and then the British Commonwealth and Bantamweight Championship of the world the following year.

The world when Jimmy Carruthers was born

Jimmy Carruthers was born in 1929. 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 1929

  • #1 song"Singin' in the Rain"
  • Top movieThe Broadway Melody (first Best Picture winner)
  • Best-selling bookA Farewell to Arms – Ernest Hemingway

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst baseball All-Star Game proposed
  • Top headlineStock market crashes on Black Tuesday
  • Technology milestoneFirst Academy Awards ceremony held
  • Defining fadYo-yos
  • Notable inventionCar radio
  • World population2.10 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderHerbert Hoover
  • Sports championPhiladelphia Athletics (World Series)
  • U.S. population121.8M

1929 versus 2026

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

Measure19292026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$6,300$435,000
Average income$3,850$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population121.8M341 million

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