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Richard Bradshaw (conductor)

Richard Bradshaw, English conductor (died 2007)

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Born
April 26, 1944
Died
August 15, 2007
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1944

About Richard Bradshaw (conductor)

Richard James Bradshaw was a British opera conductor and the General Director of the Canadian Opera Company (COC) in Toronto. The Richard Bradshaw Fellowship in Opera at the University of Toronto was founded in his name, and Toronto's Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre was named for him. In September of that year, Bradshaw and the COC opened the season with three complete performances of Wagner's Ring, becoming the first conductor since Wagner himself to inaugurate an opera house with a complete Ring.

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The world when Richard Bradshaw (conductor) was born

Richard Bradshaw (conductor) was born in 1944. 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 1944

  • #1 song"Swinging on a Star" – Bing Crosby
  • Top movieGoing My Way
  • Best-selling bookStrange Fruit – Lillian Smith

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGreen Bay Packers win NFL Championship
  • Top headlineD-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6
  • Technology milestoneHarvard Mark I computer begins operations
  • Defining fadBobby socks
  • Notable inventionKidney dialysis machine
  • World population2.39 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population138.4M

1944 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Richard Bradshaw (conductor)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19442026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$5,800$435,000
Average income$4,200$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.27$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population138.4M341 million

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