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): Alexis Mac Allister • Ali Salem Tamek • Baby Dodds • Bob Shaw (golfer) • Carl Georg von Wächter • Caroline Aherne • Ernst Krenkel • Glenn McQueen • Helen Jones • Jean-Louis Pons • John J. Kelley • Libby Larsen • Marleen Renders • Mary Ramsey (musician) • Miguel Castro • Neil Turbin • Nick Kent • Sigrid Schauman • Thomas Murner • William C. Schneider • Đoàn Viết Hoạt

Born in the same month (December 1900): Agnes Moorehead • Albert Weisbord • Ants Oras • Bert Hawke • Evelyn Bark • Gerd Arntz • Hans Stuck • Hawayo Takata • Herta Hammerbacher • Jimmy Dimmock • Karna Maria Birmingham • Kateryna Bilokur • Lissy Arna • Luis Arturo González López • Marc Allégret • Merle Barwis • Sun Li-jen • Ted Lyons