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Max Kohnstamm

Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat (died 2010)

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Born
May 22, 1914
Died
October 20, 2010
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1914

About Max Kohnstamm

Max Kohnstamm was a Dutch historian and diplomat. Max Kohnstamm was born on May 22, 1914. In 2004, Kohnstamm was awarded the 'Freedom from Fear' Four Freedoms Award by the Roosevelt Stichting. During World War II, Kohnstamm and Kessler were both held hostage by the Germans along with other prominent Dutchmen at Beekvliet in Kamp Sint-Michielsgestel; they became quite close there despite the difference in age.

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The world when Max Kohnstamm was born

Max Kohnstamm was born in 1914. 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 1914

  • Best-selling book"The Eyes of the World" – Harold Bell Wright

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports moment"Miracle Braves" complete greatest comeback in baseball history
  • Top headlineWorld War I begins — Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
  • Technology milestonePanama Canal opens
  • World population~1.74B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population97.2M

1914 versus 2026

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

Measure19142026
Population97.2M341 million

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