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Women: Running

RunningEvent Time Date Set Location100 meters: World 10.49Florence Griffith Joyner, USA July 16, 1988 Indianapolis Olympic 10.62Florence Griffith Joyner, USA Sept. 24, 1988 Seoul American…

Schwyz

(Encyclopedia) SchwyzSchwyzshvēts [key], canton (1993 pop. 116,100), 351 sq mi (909 sq km), central Switzerland, one of the Four Forest Cantons. Bordering on the Lake of Zürich in the north and the…

bibliography

(Encyclopedia) bibliography. The listing of books is of ancient origin. Lists of clay tablets have been found at Nineveh and elsewhere; the library at Alexandria had subject lists of its books.…

Guillermo Canedo Biography

Guillermo CanedoAge: 76 FIFA senior vice-president was one of the architects of FIFA and football; head of FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee and masterminded two World Cup tournaments;…

Solomon Robert Guggenheim Biography

Solomon Robert Guggenheimbusiness executive, art collectorBorn: 1861Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pa. After studying in Zurich, he became a partner in the Swiss needlework importing business…

Christoph Waltz

Austrian actor Christoph Waltz stole the show and won an Oscar when he played the villain in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 movie Inglourious Basterds. Playing an evil but charming chatterbox -- Nazi…