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Harrison Dillard

Born: July 8, 1923Track & Field only man to win Olympic gold medals in both sprints (100m in 1948) and hurdles (110m in 1952).

Dick Fosbury

Born: Mar. 6, 1947Track & Field revolutionized high jump with back-first “Fosbury Flop”; won gold medal at 1968 Olympics.

(Encyclopedia) NizhnevartovskNizhnevartovsknyēzhˌnyĭvärˈtəfsk [key], city (1989 pop. 241,000), N Siberian Russia. The discovery of a huge oil field at nearby Lake Samotlor in 1965 quickly transformed…

Leduc

(Encyclopedia) LeducLeducləd&oomacr;kˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 13,970), central Alta., Canada, S of Edmonton. It is the center of the Leduc oil field (discovered 1947), which is now mostly…

Beers, Clifford Whittingham

(Encyclopedia) Beers, Clifford Whittingham, 1876–1943, American founder of the mental hygiene movement, b. New Haven, Conn., grad. Sheffield Scientific School, Yale, 1897. After the publication of A…

East Coolgardie Goldfield

(Encyclopedia) East Coolgardie GoldfieldEast Coolgardie Goldfieldk&oomacr;lgärˈdē [key], Western Australia, SW Australia. It is the richest gold field in Australia. The chief mining center is the…

Hansen, William Webster

(Encyclopedia) Hansen, William Webster, 1909–49, U.S. physicist, b. Fresno, Calif. Hansen received his doctorate in physics from Stanford in 1933 and joined the faculty there in 1934. He invented the…

Bastrop

(Encyclopedia) Bastrop Bastrop băsˈtrŏpˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 9,711), seat of Morehouse parish, NE La.; founded…

Lee Evans

Born: Feb. 25, 1947Track & Field dominant quarter-miler in world from 1966-72; world record in 400m set at 1968 Olympics stood 20 years.

Parry O'Brien

Born: Jan. 28, 1932Track & Field in 4 consecutive Olympics, won two gold medals, a silver and placed 4th in the shot put (1952-64).