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Richard Carleton

Richard Carleton, Australian journalist (died 2006)

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Born
July 11, 1943
Died
May 7, 2006
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1943

About Richard Carleton

Richard George Carleton was a multiple Logie Award–winning Australian television journalist. Carleton is probably most famously known for a comment made to the incoming federal Australian Labor Party leader Bob Hawke in 1983: "Mr. Carleton was greatly relieved by the ruling. (However, the judge also found Media Watch was entitled to express the views it formed and eventually awarded costs against Channel Nine and to the ABC.). Carleton won five Penguin Awards and three Logie Awards during his time with 60 Minutes and at the ABC. Carleton had experienced a number of health scares; the first was in 1988 when he underwent heart bypass surgery, which was filmed for 60 Minutes, and another in 2003 when he suffered a heart attack.

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Richard Carleton timeline

  1. Carleton is probably most famously known for a comment made to the incoming federal Australian Labor Party leader Bob Hawke in 1983: "Mr.
  2. Carleton had experienced a number of health scares; the first was in 1988 when he underwent heart bypass surgery, which was filmed for 60 Minutes, and another in 2003 when he suffered a heart attack.

The world when Richard Carleton was born

Richard Carleton was born in 1943. 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 1943

  • #1 song"As Time Goes By" – Dooley Wilson
  • Top movieFor Whom the Bell Tolls
  • Best-selling bookThe Robe – Lloyd C. Douglas

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentAll-American Girls Professional Baseball League founded
  • Top headlineAllies invade Italy
  • Technology milestoneLSD accidentally discovered by Albert Hofmann
  • Defining fadZoot suits
  • Notable inventionSlinky
  • World population2.38 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population136.7M

1943 versus 2026

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

Measure19432026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$5,700$435,000
Average income$4,100$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.27$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population136.7M341 million

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