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Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney

Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1992)

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Born
February 20, 1899
Died
December 13, 1992
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1899

About Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney

Cornelius "Sonny" Vanderbilt Whitney was an American businessman, film producer, government official, writer and philanthropist. He was also a polo player who owned a stable of Thoroughbred racehorses. Whitney acquired his father's stable in 1930 and on May 17, his two-year-old colt Equipoise gave him his first stakes race victory when he won the Keene Memorial Stakes at Belmont Park. Although he had fifteen horses compete in the Kentucky Derby, Whitney never won the prestigious race. Since 1979, the Greenwich Polo Club at Conyers Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut, has awarded the C.V. Among other successful horses from his stables, Career Boy won the United Nations Handicap and was voted the Champion Grass Horse for 1956.

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Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney timeline

  1. Whitney acquired his father's stable in 1930 and on May 17, his two-year-old colt Equipoise gave him his first stakes race victory when he won the Keene Memorial Stakes at Belmont Park.
  2. Among other successful horses from his stables, Career Boy won the United Nations Handicap and was voted the Champion Grass Horse for 1956.
  3. Since 1979, the Greenwich Polo Club at Conyers Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut, has awarded the C.V.

The world when Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney was born

Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney was born in 1899. 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.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlinePhilippine-American War begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst magnetic recording of sound
  • World population~1.59B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population72.0M

1899 versus 2026

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Measure18992026
Population72.0M341 million

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