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Summer Games Gold Medal Winners: 400-Meter Dash
1964 Betty Cuthbert, Australia 52.00 1968 Colette Besson, France 52.00 1972 Monika…Jobert, Michel
(Encyclopedia) Jobert, MichelJobert, Michelmēshĕlˈ zhôbĕrˈ [key], 1921–2002, French diplomat, b. Morocco (then a French colony). In 1963, he joined Georges Pompidou's staff during Pompidou's…Plumb, Sir John Harold
(Encyclopedia) Plumb, Sir John Harold, 1911–2001, British historian. Educated at the universities of Leicester (B.A., 1933) and Cambridge (Ph.D., 1936), he remained at Cambridge as a research fellow…Fouquier-Tinville, Antoine Quentin
(Encyclopedia) Fouquier-Tinville, Antoine QuentinFouquier-Tinville, Antoine QuentinäNtwänˈ käNtăNˈ f&oomacr;kyāˈ-tăNvēlˈ [key], 1746–95, French revolutionary. A lawyer, he was public prosecutor (…400 meters
400 metersYear Time 1964 Betty Cuthbert, AUS 52.0 1968 Colette Besson, FRA 52.03 OR1972 Monika Zehrt, E. Ger 51.08 OR1976 Irena Szewinska, POL 49.29 WR1980 Marita Koch, E. Ger 48.88 OR1984…Deschanel, Paul Eugéne Louis
(Encyclopedia) Deschanel, Paul Eugéne LouisDeschanel, Paul Eugéne Louispôl ûzhĕnˈ lwē [key]Deschanel, Paul Eug dāshänĕlˈ [key], 1855–1922, president of the French republic (1920); son of Émile…Jerne, Niels Kai
(Encyclopedia) Jerne, Niels KaiJerne, Niels Kainēls kī yĕrˈnə [key], 1911–94, British-Danish immunologist, b. London. He worked at the Danish State Serum Institute (1945–55) and was chief medical…Greenbelt
(Encyclopedia) Greenbelt, city (2020 pop. 24,921), Prince Georges co., W central Md., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; chartered 1937.…Bladensburg
(Encyclopedia) Bladensburg Bladensburg blāˈdənzbûrg [key], town (2020 pop. 9,657), Prince Georges co., S central Md.,…Guérin, Maurice de
(Encyclopedia) Guérin, Maurice de (Georges Maurice de Guérin)Guérin, Maurice dezhôrzh mōrēsˈ də gārăNˈ [key], 1810–39, French writer. At his early death he left two fragmentary prose poems, Le…Trending
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