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Harry F. Guggenheim

Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday (died 1971)

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Born
August 23, 1890
Died
January 22, 1971
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1890

About Harry F. Guggenheim

Harry Frank Guggenheim was an American businessman, diplomat, publisher, philanthropist, aviator, and horseman. This fund, totaling $3 million, included an equipment loan for operating the first regularly scheduled commercial airline in the United States. He provided funds for the establishment of the first Guggenheim School of Aeronautics at New York University in 1925. He resumed his education in 1910 at England's Pembroke College at Cambridge University from which he was awarded a B.A. and an M.A., both in 1913.

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Harry F. Guggenheim timeline

  1. He resumed his education in 1910 at England's Pembroke College at Cambridge University from which he was awarded a B.A. and an M.A., both in 1913.
  2. He provided funds for the establishment of the first Guggenheim School of Aeronautics at New York University in 1925.

The world when Harry F. Guggenheim was born

Harry F. Guggenheim was born in 1890. 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.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineWounded Knee Massacre — last major conflict with Native Americans
  • Technology milestoneElectric chair used for first execution
  • Notable inventionElectric chair
  • World population~1.5B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderBenjamin Harrison
  • U.S. population63.0M

1890 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Harry F. Guggenheim's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18902026
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population63.0M341 million

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