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1996 Women's Olympic Fencing Medalists

Individual Epée: 1. Laura Flessel, FRA, def. 2. Valerie Barlois, FRA (15-12); 3. Gyoengyi Szalay Horvathne, HUN def. Margherita Zalaffi, ITA, (15-13). Team Epée: 1. France def. 2. Italy (45-33); 3…

Bulat S. Okudzhava Biography

Bulat S. OkudzhavaAge: 73 Russian poet whose works helped create important literature of dissent in Soviet Union in 1950s and '60s. Died: June 12, 1997.Laura Nyro1997 DeathsStanford Opotowsky…

2000 Women's Olympic Fencing Medalists

Individual Epée: 1. Timea Nagy, HUN def. 2. Gianna Habluetzel-Buerki, SWI (15-11); 3. Laura Flessel-Colovic, FRA def. Tatiana Logounova, RUS (15-6). Team Epée: 1. Russia def. 2. Switzerland (45-35…

Pat Paulsen 1997 Deaths

Pat Paulsencomedian Emmy Award-winning, double-talking comedian who gained fame as a comedy editorialist on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. He is also remembered for his tongue-in-cheek…

August 2020 Current Events: Disaster News

Top of Page Science and Technology News | US News | World News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world news…

Roosevelt Brown 2004 Deaths

Roosevelt BrownAge: 71 hall of fame football player who spent 51 years with the New York Giants, playing offensive tackle for 13 years before becoming an assistant coach and a scout. Died:…

Walt Rostow 2003 Deaths

Walt RostowAge: 86 hawkish economist and historian who, as an adviser to presidents Kennedy and Johnson, advocated U.S. aggressive involvement in the Vietnam War. He believed that the fall of…

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan 2003 Deaths

Prince Sadruddin Aga KhanAge: 70 environmentalist and philanthropist who worked with the United Nations for almost 40 years, specializing in disaster relief and human rights. His nephew is…

Charles M. Schulz Biography

Charles M. SchulzcartoonistBorn: 11/26/1922Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota Cartoonist who created “Peanuts,” the most commercially successful syndicated comic strip of all time. Charlie Brown,…

1998 U.S. Championships

at Bend, Oregon (March 28-Apr. 2)Men10-k Classic1Marcus Nash25:18.72John Bauer25:51.83Justin Wadsworth25:56.215-k Freestyle1Marcus Nash32:18.82Justin Wadsworth32:46.43Patrick Weaver32:46.630…