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British Open Champions

The following table lists the winners of the British Open Championship golf tournament from 1920 to the present. George Duncan was the first person to win the British Open…

Brewer's: Umbrella

Common in London in 1710. First used in Edinburgh by Dr. Spens. First used in Glasgow in 1780. Mentioned by Drayton in his Muscs Elizium (1630); but Drayton evidently refers to a sort of…

Brewer's: Misers

The most renowned are: (1) Baron Aguilar or Ephraim Lopes Pereira d'Aguilar, born at Vienna and died at Islington, worth 200,000. (1740-1802.) (2) Daniel Dancer. His sister lived with him…

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John NaberBronko NagurskiJames NaismithJoe NamathIlie NastaseMartina NavratilovaCosmas NdetiEarle (Greasy) NealePrimo NebioloByron NelsonLindsey NelsonErnie NeversPaula Newby-FraserJohn…

April 2002

WorldFighting Escalates Between Israelis and Palestinians (April 2): Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon says he would allow Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat to leave his besieged Ramallah…

A Nuclear North Korea

—Borgna Brunner Hamid Karzai, leader of an interim Afghan government after the fall of the Taliban, officially became head of state in June 2002. Karzai's strong international support led to the…

2002 Men's Olympic Speed Skating Medalists

500 meters Times reflected are a combination of two heats with each skater racing once on the inside lane and once on the outside lane.     Time   1 Casey FitzRandolph, USA 69.23…

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Peter UeberrothJohnny UnitasAl Unser Jr.Al Unser Sr.Bobby UnserGene UpshawJim Valvano Norm Van BrocklinAmy Van DykenJohnny Vander MeerHarold S. VanderbiltGlenna Collett VareAndy VaripapaMo…