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50,000-Meter Walk

1932 Thomas W. Green, Great Britain 4:50:10.00 1936 Harold Whitlock, Great Britain 4:30:41.10…

1976 Olympic Cycling Results

Event     Individual Road Race (108 3/4 miles) Bernt Johansson, SWE 4:46.52   Giuseppe Martinelli, ITA 4:47.23   Mieczyl Nowicki, POL 4:47.23 100 km Road Team Time…

The Civil War Uniform

From blue to gray and many colors in between, the clothing of the Civil War soldier was often far from uniform By Catherine McNiff Confederate general uniform (Atlanta Civil War Museum, By London…

Freemasonry

(Encyclopedia) Freemasonry, teachings and practices of the secret fraternal order officially known as the Free and Accepted Masons, or Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Because of its…

1972 Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Results

Class   Light-Flyweight (-105 3/4 lb) Gheorg Berceanu, ROM   Rahim Ahabadi, IRI   Stefan Anghelov, BUL Flyweight (-114 1/2 lb) Petar Kirov, BUL   Koichiro Hirayama, JPN…

50-kilometer Walk

50-kilometer Walk Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's 50km walking race from 1932 to the present. Year Time Record1932 Thomas Green, GBR 4:50:10 1936 Harold Whitlock,…

John XXIII, Saint, pope

(Encyclopedia) John XXIII, Saint, 1881–1963, pope (1958–63), an Italian (b. Sotto il Monte, near Bergamo) named Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli; successor of Pius XII. He was of peasant stock. Educated at…

Cavour, Camillo Benso, conte di

(Encyclopedia) Cavour, Camillo Benso, conte diCavour, Camillo Benso, conte dikämēlˈlō bānˈsō kônˈtā dē käv&oomacr;rˈ [key], 1810–61, Italian statesman, premier (1852–59, 1860–61) of the Kingdom…

Formula 1/World Grand Prix Driver Champions

1950 Giuseppe Farina, Italy, Alfa Romeo1951 Juan Fangio, Argentina, Alfa Romeo1952–53Alberto Ascari, Italy, Ferrari1954 Juan Fangio, Argentina, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz1955 Juan Fangio,…