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Jordan, Vernon Eulion, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Jordan, Vernon Eulion, Jr., 1935–2021, African-American civil-rights leader and lawyer, b. Atlanta, Ga., DePauw Univ. (BA, 1957), Howard…

Harris, Joel Chandler

(Encyclopedia) Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848–1908, American short-story writer and humorist, b. Eatonton, Ga., considered one of the great American regionalist writers. As an apprentice to the editor…

1996 Men's Olympic Swimming Medalists

50-meter Freestyle     Time 1 Aleksandr Popov, RUS 22.13 2 Gary Hall Jr., USA 22.26 3 Fernando Scherer, BRA 22.29 100-meter Freestyle     Time 1…

1996 Men's Olympic Archery Winners

Individual: 1. Justin Huish, USA def., 2. Magnus Petersson, SWE (112-107); 3. Oh Kyo-moon, S.KOR def. Paul Vermeiren, BEL (115-110). Team: 1. United States (Justin Huish, Richard Johnson and Rod…

1996 Women's Olympic Archery Winners

Individual: 1. Kim Kyung-wook, S.KOR def., 2. He Ying, CHN (113-107); 3. Olena Sadovnycha def. Elif Altinkaynak, TUR (109-102). Team: 1. South Korea (Kim Jo-sun, Yoon Hye-young and Kim Kyung-wook)…