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Harry Payne Whitney

Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and lawyer (died 1930)

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Born
April 29, 1872
Died
October 26, 1930
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1872

About Harry Payne Whitney

Harry Payne Whitney was an American businessman, thoroughbred horse breeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family. Whitney had nineteen horses who ran in the Kentucky Derby, winning it the first time in 1915 with another Broomstick foal, Regret, the first filly ever to capture the race. Whitney won the Kentucky Derby for the second time in 1927 with the colt Whiskery.

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Harry Payne Whitney timeline

  1. Whitney had nineteen horses who ran in the Kentucky Derby, winning it the first time in 1915 with another Broomstick foal, Regret, the first filly ever to capture the race.
  2. Whitney won the Kentucky Derby for the second time in 1927 with the colt Whiskery.

The world when Harry Payne Whitney was born

Harry Payne Whitney was born in 1872. 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 1872

  • Best-selling bookAround the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineYellowstone established as first national park
  • Technology milestoneCelluloid (first plastic) manufacturing begins
  • World population~1.52B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population40.2M

1872 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Harry Payne Whitney's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18722026
Population40.2M341 million

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