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400-Meter Dash

1896 Thomas Burke, United States 54.20 1900 Maxwell Long, United States 49.40 1904…

Retired Hurricane Names

When hurricanes are particularly destructive, their names are retired from the list of usable names. Any country affected by a particularly terrible storm can request that the name be retired by…

West Indies

(Encyclopedia) CE5 West Indies, archipelago, between North and South America, curving c.2,500 mi (4,020 km) from Florida to the coast of Venezuela and separating the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of…

Winter Olympics: 2006 Competing Countries

86 countries are participating in the Torino Winter Olympics Related Links 2006 Winter OlympicsTorino Preview2006 Medal Standings by CountryWinter Olympics Through The Years HistoryAll-Time…

200-Meter Dash

1900 John Tewksbury, United States 22.20 1904 Archie Hahn, United States 21.60 1908 Robert Kerr, Canada 22.60 1912 Ralph Craig, United States 21.70 1920 Allan Woodring, United States 22.00…

Robert Bennet Forbes Biography

Robert Bennet Forbesmerchant, authorBorn: 1804Birthplace: Jamaica Plain, Mass. Began his career in his uncles' company, which specialized in trade with China. The company became Russell…

Michael Manley Biography

Michael ManleyAge: 72 former prime minister of Jamaica, socialist-turned-freemarketer, who governed the country during its turbulent period of unrest and poverty in the 1980s. Died: March 6…

Dennis Brown Biography

Dennis BrownAge: 42 Jamaican reggae singer who established his popularity in the 1970s at the age of 12. The “Crown Prince of Reggae” earned a Grammy nomination in 1995 for his album Light My…