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Yvon Côté

Yvon Côté, Canadian politician and teacher

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Born
March 16, 1939
Age in 2026
87
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1939

About Yvon Côté

Yvon Côté (16 March 1939 – 27 December 2023) is a former member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993. He was elected in the 1988 federal election at the Richmond—Wolfe electoral district for the Progressive Conservative party. He served in the 34th Canadian Parliament after which he was defeated by Gaston Leroux of the Bloc Québécois in the 1993 federal election. Yvon Côté (born 16 March 1939 in Asbestos, Quebec) is a former member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993. Yvon Côté – Parliament of Canada biography.

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The world when Yvon Côté was born

Yvon Côté was born in 1939. 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 1939

  • #1 song"Over the Rainbow" – Judy Garland
  • Top movieGone with the Wind
  • Best-selling bookThe Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentLou Gehrig delivers his "Luckiest Man" farewell speech
  • Top headlineGermany invades Poland — World War II begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst regular television broadcasts in the US (NBC)
  • Defining fadThe Wizard of Oz mania
  • Notable inventionNylon stockings
  • World population2.30 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population130.9M

1939 versus 2026

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

Measure19392026
Gas$0.19$3.45/gal
Average home$5,200$435,000
Average income$2,900$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population130.9M341 million

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