Robert A. Roe

Robert A. Roe, American soldier and politician (died 2014)

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Born: February 28, 1924
Died: July 15, 2014
Zodiac sign: Pisces
Birth year: 1924

About Robert A. Roe

Robert Aloysius Roe was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from November 4, 1969 to January 3, 1993. Roe had a mostly liberal voting record, but he was anti-abortion. Roe served as a committeeman of Wayne from 1955 to 1956 and became the Mayor of Wayne Township in 1956, serving in that capacity until 1961.

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The world when Robert A. Roe was born

Robert A. Roe was born in 1924. 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 1924

#1 song"It Had to Be You" – Isham Jones
Top movieThe Thief of Bagdad (Douglas Fairbanks)
Best-selling bookSo Big – Edna Ferber

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst Winter Olympics held in Chamonix, France
Top headlineCalvin Coolidge elected president in a landslide
Technology milestoneIBM founded
Defining fadMah-jongg craze sweeps America
Notable inventionSpiral-bound notebook
World population1.95 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderCalvin Coolidge
Sports championWashington Senators (World Series)
U.S. population114.1M

1924 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Robert A. Roe's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1924	2026
Gas	$0.21	$3.45/gal
Average home	$5,800	$435,000
Average income	$3,520	$67,500
Movie ticket	$0.25	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.02	$0.73
Population	114.1M	341 million

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