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Fernando Alonso (dancer)

Fernando Alonso, Cuban ballet dancer, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet (died 2013)

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Born
December 17, 1914
Died
July 27, 2013
Zodiac sign
Sagittarius
Birth year
1914

About Fernando Alonso (dancer)

Fernando Alonso (17 December 1914 – 27 July 2013) was a Cuban ballet dancer. He is a co-founder of the Cuban National Ballet and was part of the American Ballet Theatre company between 1940 until 1948. He received the Prix Benois de la Danse for lifetime achievement in 2008. Born as Fernando Juan Evangelista Eugenio de Jesús Alonso Rayneri in Havana, Cuba in 1914 to Matías Alonso Reverón and Laura Rayneri Piedra. By 1929, at age 15 both Fernando and his younger brother Alberto were sent to the United States to study at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, due to the country's political instability.

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Fernando Alonso (dancer) timeline

  1. Born as Fernando Juan Evangelista Eugenio de Jesús Alonso Rayneri in Havana, Cuba in 1914 to Matías Alonso Reverón and Laura Rayneri Piedra.
  2. By 1929, at age 15 both Fernando and his younger brother Alberto were sent to the United States to study at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, due to the country's political instability.

The world when Fernando Alonso (dancer) was born

Fernando Alonso (dancer) was born in 1914. 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 1914

  • Best-selling book"The Eyes of the World" – Harold Bell Wright

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports moment"Miracle Braves" complete greatest comeback in baseball history
  • Top headlineWorld War I begins — Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
  • Technology milestonePanama Canal opens
  • World population~1.74B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population97.2M

1914 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Fernando Alonso (dancer)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19142026
Population97.2M341 million

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