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A 101-year-old Canadian woman, Florence Storch, is making history this week as she competes in the javelin throw at a nationwide sporting event. CBC reportd, "The javelin happened by accident when ...
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102 years, 342 days: German: WWII flying ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross [115] Ray Anthony: M: January 20, 1922: 102 years, 328 days: American: Bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor [116] Rhoda Wurtele: F: January 21, 1922: 102 years, 327 days: Canadian: Olympic skier [117] Morton Mintz: M: January 26, 1922: 102 ...
The javelin went through the promising University of Georgia sprinter’s back below his left shoulder blade, punctured and collapsed his left lung and missed his heart by millimeters.
In 1985 he became the first British Javelin thrower to break the 90-meter barrier with the "Old Rule" javelin with a Commonwealth Record of 91.40m / 299 ft 10". The following year, in 1986, he became the first man in the world to surpass the 80m barrier with the "New Rule" javelin with a World Record Throw of 81.74m. [ 4 ]
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Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis worked at the Vienna General Hospital's maternity clinic on a 3-year contract from 1846–1849. There, as elsewhere in European and North American hospitals, puerperal fever, or childbed fever, was rampant, sometimes climbing to 40 percent of admitted patients. He was disturbed by these mortality rates, and eventually ...
NEW YORK (PIX11) - At 102 years young, Miguel Cruz sports a shock of white hair, can dominate a pool table and is in better shape than most people four decades younger. His secret? "Be active."