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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…Breslin, Jimmy Concise Biography
journalistBirthplace: Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.Born: 10/17/30Men's Olympic 4x100-meter Relay Through the Years
4x100-meter Relay Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's 4X100m relay race from 1912 to the present. Year Time Record 1912 Great Britain 42.4 1920 United…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…