Joey Smallwood

Joseph Roberts Smallwood was a Newfoundlander and Canadian politician. He was the main force who brought the Dominion of Newfoundland into Canadian Confederation in 1949, becoming the first premier of Newfoundland, serving until 1972. As premier, he vigorously promoted economic development, championed the welfare state, and emphasized modernization of education and transportation. The results of his efforts to promote industrialization were mixed, with the most favourable results in hydroelectricity, iron mining and paper mills.

24 December 1900

Born on the same birth date (24 December 1900): Hawayo Takata

Born on the same birth day (24 December): Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin • Bob Shaw (golfer) • Brigetta Barrett • Caroline Aherne • Colin Cowdrey • Fa'amanu Brown • Galba • Georges Guynemer • Helen Jones • John J. Kelley • Johnny Gruelle • Kaspar Ulenberg • Lennart Skoglund • Liu Dong • Max Miedinger • Michael Ray (trumpeter) • Milan Blagojevic (soccer) • Norman Rossington • Red Sullivan • Sigrid Schauman • Stefan Jaracz • Taylor Zakhar Perez • Valentim Loureiro • Wilhelm Marstrand • Yves Debay

Born in the same month (December 1900): Agnes Moorehead • Albert Weisbord • Ants Oras • Bert Hawke • Elisa Godínez Gómez de Batista • Gabby Hartnett • Hans Stuck • Hermína Týrlová • Jimmy Dimmock • Lissy Arna • Marc Allégret • Marie Bell • Otto Soglow • Richard Kuhn