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Gérard Filion

Gérard Filion, Canadian businessman and journalist (died 2005)

Born
August 18, 1909
Died
March 26, 2005
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1909

About Gérard Filion

Gérard Filion, Canadian businessman and journalist (died 2005) Working for the Terre de Chez Nous, a paper run by the Catholic Union of Farmers, Filion became a lifelong ally of many Quebec unions. Duplessis was the leader of Quebec’s conservative Union Nationale government and Filion became one of his fiercest opponents.

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The world when Gérard Filion was born

Gérard Filion 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 Gérard Filion's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19092026
Population88.8M341 million

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