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Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting

Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting, English publisher and politician (died 2016)

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Born
August 7, 1941
Died
July 6, 2016
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1941

About Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting

Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting,, was a British Labour Party politician. Evans' father was the writer George Ewart Evans. Evans also served as a governor of the British Film Institute and in 1999 was appointed the first chairman of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. Appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1998 Birthday Honours, Evans was created a Life Peer on 11 May 2000 as Baron Evans of Temple Guiting, of Temple Guiting in the County of Gloucestershire.

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Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting timeline

  1. Appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1998 Birthday Honours, Evans was created a Life Peer on 11 May 2000 as Baron Evans of Temple Guiting, of Temple Guiting in the County of Gloucestershire.
  2. Evans also served as a governor of the British Film Institute and in 1999 was appointed the first chairman of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.

The world when Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting was born

Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting was born in 1941. 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 1941

  • #1 song"Chattanooga Choo Choo" – Glenn Miller
  • Top movieCitizen Kane
  • Best-selling bookThe Keys of the Kingdom – A.J. Cronin

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJoe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak
  • Top headlineJapan bombs Pearl Harbor — United States enters World War II
  • Technology milestoneFirst commercial television broadcasts (CBS, NBC)
  • Defining fadVictory gardens
  • Notable inventionAerosol spray can
  • World population2.30 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population133.4M

1941 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19412026
Gas$0.19$3.45/gal
Average home$5,500$435,000
Average income$3,400$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population133.4M341 million

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