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Perrie Mans

Perrie Mans, South African snooker player (died 2023)

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Born
October 14, 1940
Died
September 13, 2023
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1940

About Perrie Mans

Pierre "Perrie" Mans was a South African professional snooker player. He first won the South African Professional Championship in 1965 and lifted the title 20 times. Mans won the Benson & Hedges Masters in 1979 and reached the final of the World Championship in 1978. Mans won the South African Amateur Championship in 1960, the only occasion in which he competed in the event. Mans first entered the World Snooker Championship in 1970.

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Perrie Mans timeline

  1. Mans won the South African Amateur Championship in 1960, the only occasion in which he competed in the event.
  2. He first won the South African Professional Championship in 1965 and lifted the title 20 times.
  3. Mans first entered the World Snooker Championship in 1970.
  4. Mans won the Benson & Hedges Masters in 1979 and reached the final of the World Championship in 1978.

The world when Perrie Mans was born

Perrie Mans was born in 1940. 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 1940

  • #1 song"In the Mood" – Glenn Miller
  • Top movieRebecca
  • Best-selling bookFor Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst televised college basketball game
  • Top headlineWinston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister
  • Technology milestoneFirst McDonald's restaurant opens
  • Defining fadSwing music hits its peak
  • Notable inventionJeep (military vehicle)
  • World population2.30 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championCincinnati Reds (World Series)
  • U.S. population132.2M

1940 versus 2026

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

Measure19402026
Gas$0.18$3.45/gal
Average home$5,300$435,000
Average income$3,100$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population132.2M341 million

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