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Carole Stone

Carole Stone, English journalist and author

Born
May 30, 1942
Age in 2026
84
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1942

About Carole Stone

Carole Stone, CBE is a British author and freelance radio and television broadcaster. Stone spent 27 years at the BBC beginning as a newsroom secretary and eventually becoming the producer of Radio 4's flagship discussion programme Any Questions? In 2018, Stone established The Carole Stone Foundation to support her belief that connecting people, exchanging ideas and building friendships around the world is essential to help make a fairer society. The Carole Stone Foundation awarded its first One Young World Scholarships in 2018. Stone is a founding director of the recently launched website The Hippocratic Post, the first global blogging site for medics and other health professionals. In November 2011, Stone was awarded "Britain's Best Connected Woman" by the Institute of Directors and O2. In April 2007, Stone became managing director of YouGovStone, a joint venture with online opinion polling organisation YouGov.

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Carole Stone timeline

  1. In April 2007, Stone became managing director of YouGovStone, a joint venture with online opinion polling organisation YouGov.
  2. In November 2011, Stone was awarded "Britain's Best Connected Woman" by the Institute of Directors and O2.
  3. The Carole Stone Foundation awarded its first One Young World Scholarships in 2018.

The world when Carole Stone was born

Carole Stone was born in 1942. 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 1942

  • #1 song"White Christmas" – Bing Crosby
  • Top movieCasablanca
  • Best-selling bookThe Song of Bernadette – Franz Werfel

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Negro League World Series
  • Top headlineBattle of Midway becomes turning point of WWII in the Pacific
  • Technology milestoneEnrico Fermi achieves first nuclear chain reaction
  • Defining fadRationing and war bonds
  • Notable inventionNapalm
  • World population2.35 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population134.9M

1942 versus 2026

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

Measure19422026
Gas$0.20$3.45/gal
Average home$5,600$435,000
Average income$3,800$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.27$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population134.9M341 million

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