Monthly Archives: July 2012
1952 Helsinki Olympic Games- The Games of the XV Olympiad
The 1952 Helsinki Games took place from July 19th until August 3rd. Helsinki beat out Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Detroit, Chicago and Philadelphia to get the games. It turned out […]
1948 London Olympic Games- Fanny Blankers-Koen
Fanny Blankers-Koen of The Netherlands in 1999 was voted the Female Athlete of the Century by the IAAF. At the 1948 London Games she won 4 gold medals. She […]
Commissioner of Baseball- Allan “Bud” Selig 78 today
Allan “Bud” Selig, the 9th Commissioner of Baseball turns 78 today. There are those who think that Selig is the greatest commissioner that baseball has ever had. There are […]
Daley Thompson-2 Time Decathlon Champion From Great Britain-54 Today
Only two athletes have won the Decathlon {The World’s Greatest Athlete} twice. Bob Mathias from the USA won it in 1948 and 1952 and Daley Thompson in 1980 and […]
Jimmy Hoffa Disappears- Jimmy Hoffa Sleeps With The Fishes- This Day 1975
It was 36 years ago today, I was only 14 but I remember two things that happened today. I was at the Cedar Point Amusement Park in Ohio and […]
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