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1964 Olympic Leading Medal Winners (Swimming, Gymnastics, Track)
Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right. Men No Sport G-S-B 4 Don Schollander, USA Swimming 4-0-0 4 Yukio Endo, JPN…Games Participated In
Men No Sport G-S-B 16â Michael Phelps Swimming 14-0-2 11…55 Sad Quotes From Movies
Movies have the power to evoke strong emotions in us, and there's nothing quite like a good tear-jerker to bring on the waterworks. Some of the most heart-wrenching moments in cinema history are…Hooker, John Lee
(Encyclopedia) Hooker, John Lee, 1917–2001, American blues singer and guitarist, b. near Clarksdale, Miss. From a cotton-sharecropping family, he learned the blues from his stepfather and various…Domingo, Plácido
(Encyclopedia) Domingo, PlácidoDomingo, Plácidoplăˈcēdō dōmēˈgō [key], 1941–, Spanish operatic tenor, b. Madrid, Spain. He made his operatic debut in Mexico City in 1961 and his New York debut at the…Donizetti, Gaetano
(Encyclopedia) Donizetti, GaetanoDonizetti, Gaetanogītäˈnō dōnēdzĕtˈtē [key], 1797–1848, Italian composer. He studied music in Bergamo and Bologna and achieved success with his first opera, Enrico di…Kotelawala, Sir John Lionel
(Encyclopedia) Kotelawala, Sir John Lionel, 1895–1980, Sri Lankan political and military leader. After studying at Christ College, Cambridge, he returned to Sri Lanka (then the British colony of…Amadis of Gaul
(Encyclopedia) Amadis of GaulAmadis of Gaulămˈədĭs [key], Fr. Amadis de GauleAmadis of Gaulämädēsˈ də gōl [key], famous prose romance of chivalry, first composed in Spain or Portugal and probably…Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich
(Encyclopedia) Fischer-Dieskau, DietrichFischer-Dieskau, Dietrichdēˈtrĭkh fĭshˈər-dēsˈkou [key], 1925–2012, German baritone. Possessed of a sensitive voice capable of a wide variety of range and…Australian Ballet
(Encyclopedia) Australian Ballet, national ballet company of Australia, founded in Melbourne in 1962; its school was established in 1964. The company drew on the tradition established (1940) by…Trending
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