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1984 Women's Olympic Swimming Medalists

Event   Time   100m Free Nancy Hogshead, USA / Carrie Steinseifer, USA 55.92     Annemarie Verstappen, NED 56.08   200m Free Mary Wayte, USA 1:59.23…

July 2019 Current Events: World News

Top of Page US News | Science & Technology News | Disaster 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…

1996-97 IHL Scoring Leaders

  G A Pts PM Rob Brown, Chi 37 80 117 98 Steve Maltais, Chi 60 54 114 62 Steve Larouche, Que 49 53 102 78 Michel Picard, GR 46 55…

Brewer's: Diavolo

(Fra). Michele Pozza, an insurgent of Calabria (1760-1806). Scribe wrote a libretto on this hero for Auber. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DibsDiaper A B…

Brewer's: Fra Diavolo

(Michele Pozza). A celebrated brigand and renegade monk, who evaded pursuit for many years amidst the mountains of Calabria. (1760-1806.) Auber has made him the subject of an opera.…

Brewer's: Michon

according to Cotgrave, is a “block, dunce, dolt, jobbernol, dullard, loggerhead.” Probably michon, Mike (an ass), mikel, and cousin Michel, are all from the Italian miccio, an ass. (See…

2000 Solheim Cup: Overall Records

Team and Individual match play combinedUnited States W-L-HKelly Robbins3-1-0Pat Hurt2-1-1Becky Iverson2-2-0Brandie Burton1-1-1Dottie Pepper1-1-1Julie Inkster1-2-1Meg Mallon1-2-1Rosie Jones1-…

1976 Olympic Equestrian Medalists

Event     Three-Day Event Edmund Coffin, USA 114.99   John Plumb, USA 125.85   Karl Schultz, FRG 129.45 Three-Day Event (Team) USA 441.00   FRG 584.60…

1956 Olympic Cycling Results

Event     Individual Road Race (116 3/4 miles) Ercole Baldini, ITA 5:21:17.0   Arnaud Geyre, FRA 5:23:16.0   Alan Jackson, GBR 5:23:16.0 Team Road Race France…