Joe Benton

Joe Benton, English soldier and politician

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Born: September 28, 1933
Age in 2026: 93
Zodiac sign: Libra
Birth year: 1933

About Joe Benton

Joseph Edward Benton is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bootle from 1990 to 2015. Allan Roberts died on 21 March after a long battle with cancer; Benton was on the shortlist to follow him but lost out to Mike Carr who won the by-election on 24 May. Benton won the selection to fight the second by-election in Bootle.

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The world when Joe Benton was born

Joe Benton 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 Joe Benton's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1933	2026
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
Population	125.6M	341 million

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