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John Stuart Hindmarsh

John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (died 1938)

Born
November 25, 1907
Died
September 6, 1938
Zodiac sign
Sagittarius
Birth year
1907

About John Stuart Hindmarsh

John Stuart Hindmarsh (25 November 1907 – 6 September 1938) was an English racing driver and aviator. Hindmarsh also raced Talbot and Lagonda cars; he won the Le Mans 24-Hour Race in 1935 in a 4½ litre Lagonda M45R Rapide with Luis Fontés (222 laps; 3006.797 km; average speed 125.283 km/h). Hindmarsh was educated at Sherborne, Dorset and then attended the Royal Military College.

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The world when John Stuart Hindmarsh was born

John Stuart Hindmarsh was born in 1907. 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 1907

  • Best-selling book"The Lady of the Decoration" – Frances Little

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentChicago Cubs win first of back-to-back World Series titles
  • Top headlinePanic of 1907 — financial crisis leads to Federal Reserve creation
  • Technology milestoneFirst commercial helicopter design
  • World population~1.67B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population86.0M

1907 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in John Stuart Hindmarsh's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19072026
Population86.0M341 million

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