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Eric Morley

Eric Morley, English businessman and television host, founded the Miss World (died 2000)

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Born
September 26, 1918
Died
November 9, 2000
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1918

About Eric Morley

Eric Douglas Morley was an English television host and the founder of the Miss World pageant and Come Dancing programme. His widow, Julia Morley, is now head of the pageant and his son, Steve Douglas, is one of its presenters. It was first televised in 1959, and became a popular fixture with Morley's announcement of: "I shall announce the results in reverse order". In 1968, she took over the day-to-day running of Miss World and, following Morley's death in 2000, became chairman of the pageant.

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Eric Morley timeline

  1. It was first televised in 1959, and became a popular fixture with Morley's announcement of: "I shall announce the results in reverse order".
  2. In 1968, she took over the day-to-day running of Miss World and, following Morley's death in 2000, became chairman of the pageant.

The world when Eric Morley was born

Eric Morley was born in 1918. 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 1918

  • Best-selling book"The U.P. Trail" – Zane Grey

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentWorld Series played in September due to WWI
  • Top headlineWorld War I ends — Spanish Flu pandemic begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst regular airmail service
  • World population~1.78B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population102.0M

1918 versus 2026

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

Measure19182026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population102.0M341 million

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