Eugene Houdry

Eugene Houdry, French-American mechanical engineer and inventor (died 1962)

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Born: April 18, 1892
Died: July 18, 1962
Zodiac sign: Aries
Birth year: 1892

About Eugene Houdry

Eugène Jules Houdry was a mechanical engineer who graduated from École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers in 1911. During World War I, Houdry served in the French army, first as a lieutenant in the field artillery. He graduated first in his class in 1911, earning a gold medal from the French government as the highest-ranking scholar in his class. He was later awarded the Croix de Guerre and was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor.

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The world when Eugene Houdry was born

Eugene Houdry was born in 1892. 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

Major sports momentFirst heavyweight boxing title under Queensberry rules
Top headlineEllis Island immigration station opens
Technology milestoneDiesel engine patented by Rudolf Diesel
World population~1.52B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderBenjamin Harrison
U.S. population65.0M

1892 versus 2026

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Measure	1892	2026
Population	65.0M	341 million

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