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Mike O'Dowd

Mike O'Dowd, American boxer (died 1957)

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Born
April 5, 1895
Died
July 28, 1957
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1895

About Mike O'Dowd

Michael Joseph O'Dowd was an American boxer who held the World Middleweight Championship from 1917 to 1920. List of middleweight boxing champions O'Dowd's Record at Cyber Boxing Zone Boxing record for Mike O'Dowd from BoxRec (registration required). O'Dowd won the title on November 14, 1917, by knocking out Al McCoy in the sixth round after dropping him six times. Record with the inclusion of newspaper decisions in the win/loss/draw column.

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The world when Mike O'Dowd was born

Mike O'Dowd was born in 1895. 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 1895

  • Top movieWorkers Leaving the Lumière Factory (first public film)

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineCuban War of Independence begins
  • Technology milestoneLumière brothers hold first public film screening
  • World population~1.55B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population68.0M

1895 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Mike O'Dowd's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18952026
Population68.0M341 million

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