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Otis G. Pike

Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician (died 2014)

Born
August 31, 1921
Died
January 20, 2014
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1921

About Otis G. Pike

Otis Grey Pike was an American lawyer and politician who served nine terms as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York, from 1961 to 1979. Pike was first elected to public office in the Town of Riverhead as a Justice of the Peace. In the present, the Mary Farrell Foundation decided to publish the sections of the final report Pike wanted to make public in the first place. After the Church Committee had begun its investigation, the Nedzi Committee was created, headed by Democratic Congressman Lucien N.

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The world when Otis G. Pike was born

Otis G. Pike was born in 1921. 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 1921

  • #1 song"My Man" – Fanny Brice
  • Top movieThe Kid (Charlie Chaplin)
  • Best-selling bookMain Street – Sinclair Lewis

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJack Dempsey vs Georges Carpentier — first million-dollar gate
  • Top headlineWarren G. Harding inaugurated as 29th President
  • Technology milestoneAlbert Einstein wins the Nobel Prize in Physics
  • Defining fadOuija boards
  • Notable inventionLie detector (polygraph)
  • World population1.88 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding
  • Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
  • U.S. population108.5M

1921 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Otis G. Pike's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19212026
Gas$0.26$3.45/gal
Average home$5,500$435,000
Average income$3,010$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population108.5M341 million

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