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Alejandro de Tomaso

Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentinian-Italian race car driver and businessman, founded De Tomaso (died 2003)

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Born
July 10, 1928
Died
May 21, 2003
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1928

About Alejandro de Tomaso

Alejandro de Tomaso was an Argentine racing driver and businessman. His name is sometimes seen in an Italianised form as Alessandro de Tomaso. He participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 13 January 1957, but scored no championship points. He later founded the Italian sports car company De Tomaso Automobili in 1959. De Tomaso drove in the first race of the Formula One World Championship of Drivers, the 1957 Argentine Grand Prix, driving a Ferrari 500, finishing ninth. In 1959, he founded the car company De Tomaso Automobili Spa (later De Tomaso Modena).

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Alejandro de Tomaso timeline

  1. De Tomaso drove in the first race of the Formula One World Championship of Drivers, the 1957 Argentine Grand Prix, driving a Ferrari 500, finishing ninth.
  2. He later founded the Italian sports car company De Tomaso Automobili in 1959.
  3. In 1959, he founded the car company De Tomaso Automobili Spa (later De Tomaso Modena).

The world when Alejandro de Tomaso was born

Alejandro de Tomaso was born in 1928. 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 1928

  • #1 song"Makin' Whoopee" – Eddie Cantor
  • Top movieSteamboat Willie (first Mickey Mouse)
  • Best-selling bookLady Chatterley's Lover – D.H. Lawrence

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentKnute Rockne's "Win one for the Gipper" speech
  • Top headlineHerbert Hoover elected president
  • Technology milestonePenicillin discovered by Alexander Fleming
  • Defining fadMickey Mouse mania
  • Notable inventionSliced bread
  • World population2.07 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderCalvin Coolidge
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population120.5M

1928 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Alejandro de Tomaso's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19282026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$6,200$435,000
Average income$3,800$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population120.5M341 million

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