Journalist Westbrook Pegler

Westbrook Pegler

Living place: Minneapolis

Birthday: 2-8-1894

Global rank: #20767

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Who is Journalist Westbrook Pegler?
Writer of the twentieth century and columnist who opposed both the New Deal and labor unions and criticized the Supreme Court and the tax system. His frank and fierce writing style was frequently imitated by The New Yorker and Mad Magazine.
He won a 1941 Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on criminal fraud in Hollywood's labor unions.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He was a World War I-era war correspondent before working as a sports newspaper journalist. In 1925, he accepted a position with The Chicago Tribune.

Family life info

He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to newspaper editor Arthur James Pegler. His first marriage was to crime reporter Julia Harpman. He later married his secretary, Maude Wettje.

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He referred to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt as "The Big Mouth."

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When was Journalist Westbrook Pegler born?
Westbrook Pegler was born in 2-8-1894, death year is , at the age of 130.
Where is Journalist Westbrook Pegler's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Westbrook Pegler was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota- United States. is a Journalist, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Horse. Westbrook Pegler's global rank is 20767 and whose rank is 68 in list of famous Journalist.
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Events in 1894 and 2-8

Birthday Westbrook Pegler (2-8) in history

  • Day 2-8 year 1790: The first U.S. census was completed, showing a population of 3,929,214 people.
  • Day 2-8 year 1876: Wild Bill Hickok was murdered in Deadwood, S.D.
  • Day 2-8 year 1909: The first Lincoln penny was issued.
  • Day 2-8 year 1923: Warren G. Harding, the 29th president of the United States, died in San Francisco.
  • Day 2-8 year 1943: PT-109, a torpedo boat commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy, was sunk off the Solomon Islands by a Japanese destroyer.
  • Day 2-8 year 1945: The Potsdam Conference, in which Allied leaders planned the postwar governance of Germany, ended.
  • Day 2-8 year 1990: The Persian Gulf War broke out when Iraq invaded Kuwait.
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