Portrait of Dolores Hope

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Dolores Hope

Dolores Hope, American singer and philanthropist (died 2011)

Born
May 27, 1909
Died
September 19, 2011
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1909

About Dolores Hope

Dolores Hope, DC*SG was an American singer, entertainer, philanthropist, and wife of American actor and comedian Bob Hope. At age 83, she recorded her first Compact Disc, Dolores Hope: Now and Then. She followed this with three additional albums and also recorded a Christmas CD with Bob titled Hopes for the Holidays.

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The world when Dolores Hope was born

Dolores Hope was born in 1909. 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 1909

  • Best-selling book"The Inner Shrine" – Basil King

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentHonus Wagner leads Pittsburgh Pirates to World Series victory
  • Top headlineRobert Peary claims to reach the North Pole
  • Technology milestoneBakelite (first fully synthetic plastic) invented
  • Notable inventionBakelite plastic
  • World population~1.69B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population88.8M

1909 versus 2026

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

Measure19092026
Population88.8M341 million

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