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): Dima Bilan • E. Roland Harriman • Ellen Braumüller • Frederick Semple • Ilham Aliyev • Klaus Schnellenkamp • Matthew Arnold • Nicholas Meyer • Émile Nelligan

Born in the same month (December 1900): Agnes Moorehead • Albert Weisbord • Ants Oras • Elisa Godínez Gómez de Batista • Evelyn Bark • Gabby Hartnett • Hawayo Takata • Hermína Týrlová • Herta Hammerbacher • Jimmy Dimmock • Jonel Perlea • Lissy Arna • Luis Arturo González López • Marc Allégret • Margaret Brundage • Merle Barwis