Jean-Louis Roux

Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 2013)

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Born: May 18, 1923
Died: November 28, 2013
Zodiac sign: Taurus
Birth year: 1923

About Jean-Louis Roux

Jean-Louis Roux was a Canadian politician, entertainer and playwright who was briefly the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. Jean-Louis Roux (May 18, 1923 – November 28, 2013) was a Canadian politician, entertainer and playwright who was briefly the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. A staunch federalist, Jean-Louis Roux was appointed to the Senate by his longtime friend Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien in 1994. He resigned abruptly and spectacularly barely two months into his five-year mandate shortly after the publication of a cover story, L'Affaire Jean-Louis Roux, in the magazine L'Actualité on 1 November 1996.

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Jean-Louis Roux timeline

1923Jean-Louis Roux (May 18, 1923 – November 28, 2013) was a Canadian politician, entertainer and playwright who was briefly the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
1994A staunch federalist, Jean-Louis Roux was appointed to the Senate by his longtime friend Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien in 1994.
1996He resigned abruptly and spectacularly barely two months into his five-year mandate shortly after the publication of a cover story, L'Affaire Jean-Louis Roux, in the magazine L'Actualité on 1 November 1996.

The world when Jean-Louis Roux was born

Jean-Louis Roux was born in 1923. 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 1923

#1 song"Yes! We Have No Bananas"
Top movieThe Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille)
Best-selling bookBlack Oxen – Gertrude Atherton

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst 24 Hours of Le Mans race
Top headlineTime magazine publishes its first issue
Technology milestoneFirst neon signs appear in the United States
Defining fadDance marathons
Notable inventionFrozen food process (Clarence Birdseye)
World population1.93 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding / Calvin Coolidge
Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
U.S. population111.9M

1923 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jean-Louis Roux's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1923	2026
Gas	$0.22	$3.45/gal
Average home	$5,700	$435,000
Average income	$3,380	$67,500
Movie ticket	$0.15	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.02	$0.73
Population	111.9M	341 million

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