#1: Dalton Trumbo is Born in 1905 in Montrose, Colorado
Dalton Trumbo was born on December 9, 1905, in Montrose, Colorado, to Orus Bonham Trumbo, a shoe store clerk, and Maud Tillery Trumbo. The family soon relocated to Grand Junction, where he spent most of his childhood in a modest household shaped by financial uncertainty.
Growing up in a small western town, he was exposed early to class divisions and economic instability. These conditions would later influence both his political views and his writing. His early life fostered a sense of discipline and ambition, along with a lasting awareness of inequality that became central to his work.