Jamie Benn

Jamie Benn, Canadian ice hockey player

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Born: July 18, 1989
Age in 2026: 37
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Birth year: 1989

About Jamie Benn

Jamie Randolph Benn is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward and captain for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). In the 2014–15 season, Benn was awarded the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leader in points while also being the runner-up for the award the following season. After being named to the WHL West first All-Star team, Benn paced the Rockets with a playoff-leading 33 points en route to the 2009 Ed Chynoweth Cup title. Benn and scored his first NHL goal in his fourth NHL game on October 11 against Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks. After recovering from an emergency appendectomy and missing five games, Benn participated in his first career All-Star game as he was named to team Chara.

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Jamie Benn timeline

2009After being named to the WHL West first All-Star team, Benn paced the Rockets with a playoff-leading 33 points en route to the 2009 Ed Chynoweth Cup title.
2014In the 2014–15 season, Benn was awarded the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leader in points while also being the runner-up for the award the following season.

The world when Jamie Benn was born

Jamie Benn was born in 1989. 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 1989

#1 song"Look Away" – Chicago
Top movieDriving Miss Daisy
Top TV showRoseanne
Best-selling bookThe Joy Luck Club – Amy Tan

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentSan Francisco earthquake interrupts the World Series
Top headlineFall of the Berlin Wall signals end of the Cold War
Technology milestoneWorld Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee
Defining fadGame Boy
Notable inventionGame Boy
World population5.19 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderGeorge H.W. Bush
Sports championOakland Athletics (World Series)
Also wonDetroit Pistons (NBA)
U.S. population246.8M

1989 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jamie Benn's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1989	2026
Gas	$1.02	$3.45/gal
Average home	$93,100	$435,000
Average income	$34,213	$67,500
Minimum wage	$3.35	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$3.97	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.25	$0.73
Population	246.8M	341 million

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