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Wee Chong Jin

Wee Chong Jin, Singaporean judge (died 2005)

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Born
September 28, 1917
Died
June 5, 2005
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1917

About Wee Chong Jin

Wee Chong Jin was a Malayan-born Singaporean jurist who served as a chief justice of Singapore for 27 years, from 1963 to 1990, where he was the first Asian lawyer appointed as a judge to head the Supreme Court of Singapore, and the longest-serving chief justice in the Commonwealth. Wee became the first Asian lawyer to be appointed to the position of a judge at the Supreme Court of Singapore on 15 August 1957, and subsequently appointed Chief Justice of Singapore on 5 January 1963. In August 1991, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.

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Wee Chong Jin timeline

  1. Wee became the first Asian lawyer to be appointed to the position of a judge at the Supreme Court of Singapore on 15 August 1957, and subsequently appointed Chief Justice of Singapore on 5 January 1963.
  2. In August 1991, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.

The world when Wee Chong Jin was born

Wee Chong Jin 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 Wee Chong Jin'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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