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Lithuania Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Lithuania Index: Geography People Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations GEOGRAPHYThe largest and most populous of the Baltic…

Peter, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Peter, Saint, d. a.d. 64?, most prominent of the Twelve Apostles, listed first in the Gospels, and traditionally the first bishop of Rome. His original name was Simon, but Jesus gave…

1996 Olympics Shooting Medalists

MEN Event   Score Small-Bore Rifle (Prone) Christian Klees, GER 704.8   Sergei Belyayev, KAZ 703.3   Jozef Gonci, SLO 701.9 Small-Bore Rifle (Three positions)…

1992 Olympic Leading Medal Winners

Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right. Men No   Sport G-S-B 4 Bjorn Dählie, NOR X-country 3-1-0 4 Vegard Ulvang, NOR…

Figure Skating: World Champions

Men1960 Alain Giletti, France1961 No competition1962 Donald Jackson, Canada1963 Don McPherson, Canada1964 Manfred Schnelldorfer, West Germany1965 Alain Calmat, France1966–68 Emmerich Danzer,…

Famous Buildings and Structures

Prehistorical and Ancient     The megalithic passage tomb at Newgrange in Ireland covers over an acre and was constructed around 3200 B.C. Buried for centuries, the mound was rediscovered in…

British (Wimbledon) Champions

Singles—Men1877 Spencer Gore 1878 Frank Hadow 1879–80John Hartley 1881–86Willie Renshaw 1887 Herbert Lawford 1888 Ernest Renshaw 1889 Willie Renshaw 1890 William Hamilton 1891–92 Wilfred…