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Cyrus Vance

Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th United States Secretary of State (died 2002)

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Born
March 27, 1917
Died
January 12, 2002
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1917

About Cyrus Vance

Cyrus Roberts Vance was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the 57th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1980. Prior to serving in that position, he was the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense in the Johnson administration. During the Kennedy administration he was Secretary of the Army and General Counsel of the Department of Defense. Vance first supported the Vietnam War but by the late 1960s changed his views and resigned from office, advising the president to withdraw US troops from South Vietnam. In 1993, Vance was awarded the United States Military Academy's Sylvanus Thayer Award. The hostages were released during the first inauguration of Ronald Reagan, after 444 days in captivity. In 1964, Vance became the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense and now-President Johnson sent him to the Panama Canal Zone after student riots.

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Cyrus Vance timeline

  1. In 1964, Vance became the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense and now-President Johnson sent him to the Panama Canal Zone after student riots.
  2. In 1993, Vance was awarded the United States Military Academy's Sylvanus Thayer Award.

The world when Cyrus Vance was born

Cyrus Vance 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 Cyrus Vance'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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