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Chill Wills

Chill Wills, American actor (died 1978)

Born
July 18, 1902
Died
December 15, 1978
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1902

About Chill Wills

Theodore Childress "Chill" Wills was an American actor and a singer in the Avalon Boys quartet. Wills participated in the first World Series held in 1970, and is seated in the center of a photo taken at the event. The Oscar was won by Peter Ustinov for his role as Lentulus Batiatus in Spartacus.

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The world when Chill Wills was born

Chill Wills was born in 1902. 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 1902

  • Best-selling bookThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Rose Bowl game played in Pasadena, California
  • Top headlineEnd of Philippine-American War
  • Technology milestoneAir conditioning invented by Willis Carrier
  • Notable inventionAir conditioning
  • World population~1.62B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population79.0M

1902 versus 2026

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

Measure19022026
Population79.0M341 million

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