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František Čapek

František Čapek, Czech canoeist (died 2008)

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Born
October 24, 1914
Died
January 31, 2008
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1914

About František Čapek

František Čapek was a Czech sprint canoeist who competed for Czechoslovakia from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. He won a gold medal in the C-1 10000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. František Čapek (24 October 1914 – 31 January 2008) was a Czech sprint canoeist who competed for Czechoslovakia from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s.

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František Čapek timeline

  1. František Čapek (24 October 1914 – 31 January 2008) was a Czech sprint canoeist who competed for Czechoslovakia from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s.
  2. He won a gold medal in the C-1 10000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

The world when František Čapek was born

František Čapek 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 František Čapek's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19142026
Population97.2M341 million

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