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Men's Olympic 400 Meters Through the Years

400 meters Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's 400 meter race from 1896 to the present. Year   Time   1896 Tom Burke, USA 54.2   1900 Maxey Long, USA 49.…

John Paul II, Saint

(Encyclopedia) John Paul II, Saint 1920–2005, pope (1978–2005), a Pole (b. Wadowice) named Karol Józef Wojtyła; successor of John Paul I. He was the first non-Italian pope elected since the Dutch…

Helleu, Paul César

(Encyclopedia) Helleu, Paul CésarHelleu, Paul Césarpôl sāzärˈ ĕlöˈ [key], 1859–1927, French drypoint etcher and painter. He is best known for his drypoint studies and portraits of fashionable women,…

Heyse, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Heyse, PaulHeyse, Paulpoul hīˈzə [key], 1830–1914, German realistic writer. Besides the 120 novellas on which his reputation rests, he wrote some 50 plays, 6 novels, and many fine…

Paul Knutson

(Encyclopedia) Paul KnutsonPaul Knutsonn&oomacr;tsˈən [key], fl. 1354–64, Norse leader, alleged explorer of America. In 1354 or 1355 King Magnus VII of Norway directed him to conduct an…

Saint Paul's Cathedral

(Encyclopedia) Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, masterpiece of Sir Christopher Wren and one of the finest church designs of the English baroque. It stands at the head of Ludgate Hill, where, according…

John Paul Stapp Biography

John Paul StappAge: 89 Air Force medical researcher, who, in a 1954 experiment to test the limits of human endurance, piloted a rocket-powered sled in excess of 630 miles per hour, becoming…

Paul Hoffman 1998 Deaths

Paul HoffmanAge: 73 an Indiana high school legend and college basketball star at Purdue in the 1940s; Basketball Association of America's first Rookie of the Year; won a BAA championship…

Paul Percy Harris Biography

Paul Percy Harrislawyer, founder of Rotary InternationalBorn: 1868Birthplace: Racine, Wis. Having grown up in Vermont and studied law in Iowa, he set up a practice in Chicago, where he…