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Don Talbot

Don Talbot, Australian swim coach and administrator (died 2020)

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Born
August 23, 1933
Died
November 3, 2020
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1933

About Don Talbot

Donald Malcolm Talbot was an Australian Olympic swimming coach and sport administrator. He won the New South Wales Under 14 backstroke championship and broke the New South Wales Under 14 record for the 165-yard (150 m) individual medley. Talbot's first contact with water involved a near-drowning accident at the age of four and a half at Stanwell Park.

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The world when Don Talbot was born

Don Talbot was born in 1933. 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 1933

  • #1 song"Stormy Weather" – Ethel Waters
  • Top movieKing Kong
  • Best-selling bookLost Horizon – James Hilton

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst MLB All-Star Game played at Comiskey Park
  • Top headlineAdolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
  • Technology milestoneFM radio patented by Edwin Armstrong
  • Defining fadChain letters
  • Notable inventionFM radio
  • World population2.17 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
  • U.S. population125.6M

1933 versus 2026

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

Measure19332026
Gas$0.18$3.45/gal
Average home$4,800$435,000
Average income$2,300$67,500
Minimum wage$0.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.20$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population125.6M341 million

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