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Ib Melchior

Ib Melchior, Danish-American author and screenwriter (died 2015)

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Born
September 17, 1917
Died
March 13, 2015
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1917

About Ib Melchior

Ib Jørgen Melchior was a Danish-American novelist, short-story writer, film producer, film director, and screenwriter of low-budget American science fiction movies, most of them released by American International Pictures. In 1976, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films awarded Ib Melchior its Golden Scroll Award of Merit for Outstanding Achievement. In 1962, three years before Lost in Space first aired, Melchior's comic, Space Family Robinson, debuted for Gold Key Comics, running for 59 issues until 1982. In 1982, it was awarded the Hamlet Award for best playwriting by the Shakespeare Society of America.

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Ib Melchior timeline

  1. In 1962, three years before Lost in Space first aired, Melchior's comic, Space Family Robinson, debuted for Gold Key Comics, running for 59 issues until 1982.
  2. In 1976, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films awarded Ib Melchior its Golden Scroll Award of Merit for Outstanding Achievement.
  3. In 1982, it was awarded the Hamlet Award for best playwriting by the Shakespeare Society of America.

The world when Ib Melchior was born

Ib Melchior was born in 1917. 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 1917

  • Best-selling book"Mr. Britling Sees It Through" – H.G. Wells

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentProfessional sports curtailed as America enters World War I
  • Top headlineUS enters World War I
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical military use of sonar
  • World population~1.77B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population100.8M

1917 versus 2026

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

Measure19172026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Population100.8M341 million

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