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Louis Le Bailly

Louis Le Bailly, British Royal Navy officer (died 2010)

Born
July 18, 1915
Died
October 3, 2010
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1915

About Louis Le Bailly

Vice-Admiral Sir Louis Edward Stewart Holland Le Bailly was a Royal Navy officer who became director-general of intelligence and later a writer. Vice-Admiral Sir Louis Edward Stewart Holland Le Bailly (18 July 1915 – 3 October 2010) was a Royal Navy officer who became director-general of intelligence and later a writer. After serving at the RN Engineering College, Le Bailly was posted to the battleship HMS Duke of York in 1944, where he served as lieutenant commander and was present at the Japanese surrender. Le Bailly served at the Admiralty from 1946 and aboard HMS Bermuda from 1950.

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Louis Le Bailly timeline

  1. Vice-Admiral Sir Louis Edward Stewart Holland Le Bailly (18 July 1915 – 3 October 2010) was a Royal Navy officer who became director-general of intelligence and later a writer.
  2. After serving at the RN Engineering College, Le Bailly was posted to the battleship HMS Duke of York in 1944, where he served as lieutenant commander and was present at the Japanese surrender.
  3. Le Bailly served at the Admiralty from 1946 and aboard HMS Bermuda from 1950.

The world when Louis Le Bailly was born

Louis Le Bailly was born in 1915. 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 1915

  • Top movieThe Birth of a Nation
  • Best-selling book"The Turmoil" – Booth Tarkington

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJess Willard defeats Jack Johnson for heavyweight title in Havana
  • Top headlineLusitania sunk by German submarine — 1,198 die
  • Technology milestoneFirst transcontinental telephone call (Bell to Watson)
  • World population~1.75B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population98.4M

1915 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Louis Le Bailly's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19152026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Movie ticket$0.10$11.95
Population98.4M341 million

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