Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1967)

Harold Holt

Harold Edward Holt was an Australian politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Australia from 1966 until his disappearance and presumed death in 1967. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and held various ministerial positions from 1949 to 1966 in the governments of Robert Menzies and Arthur Fadden.

Born

1908

August 5

Died

1967

Era

1900s

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Harold, in brief

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Key dates

1908 Born
1967 Died

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The world in 1908

When Harold arrived

april 1 The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
april 11 SMS Blücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
april 14 Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1 m) high downstream.
april 16 Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.

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Angry Anderson 1947– Australian singer and actor Antonio Barberini 1607– Italian cardinal (died 1671) Claude Autant-Lara 1901–2000 French director, screenwriter, and politician (died 2000) Deodoro da Fonseca 1827–1892 Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (born 1827) Edmund of Woodstock 1301–1330 1st Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (died 1330) Harry Trott 1866–1917 Australian cricketer (died 1917) Ilya Repin 1844–1930 Russian painter and sculptor (died 1930) Ingmar De Vos 1963– Belgian sports administrator Kendo Kashin 1968– Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1908

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. 1908–1972 American pastor and politician (born 1908) Alistair Cooke 1908–2004 English-American journalist and author (born 1908) Annemarie Schwarzenbach 1908–1942 Swiss author and photographer (died 1942) Bette Davis 1908–1989 American actress (died 1989) Bill Bowes 1908–1987 English cricketer (died 1987) Billy Werber 1908–2009 American baseball player (born 1908) Eddie Tolan 1908–1967 American sprinter and educator (born 1908) Elizabeth Alexander 1908–1958 English geologist, academic, and physicist (died 1958) Enver Hoxha 1908–1985 Albanian educator and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Albania (born 1908)

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