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The 1984 Friendship Games, or Friendship-84 (Russian: Дружба-84, Druzhba-84), was an international multi-sport event held between 2 July and 16 September 1984 in the Soviet Union and eight other Eastern Bloc states which boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Sailing at the Friendship Games was contested in seven events. 470 and Finn classes took place at Lake Balaton , Hungary between 20 and 25 August 1984, while Flying Dutchman , Soling , Star , Tornado and Windglider classes were contested at Pirita Yachting Centre in Tallinn , Soviet Union between 19 and 26 August 1984.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 9: Ali Bakhta Algeria 21.26: 10: Czesław Prądzyński Poland 21.40: 11: Miroslav Púchovský Czechoslovakia 21.41: 12: Leszek Dunecki Poland 21.42: 13: Marco Mautino
The men's 100 metres event at the Friendship Games was held on 17 August 1984 at the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union. Medalists [ edit ]
Dr. America: The Lives of Thomas A. Dooley, 1927–1961 is a book written by James T. Fisher, providing a historical discussion of Thomas Anthony Dooley III, an American medical missionary who worked in Vietnam and Laos in the 1950s and early 1960s. The book itself is viewed not only as a statement on Dooley's "lives" as a medical missionary ...
By the 1960s, the superpowers, the US and the USSR, as well as growing regional power China had had significant influence in Southeast Asia. From 1961 to 1968, the US had had steadily increased its military involvement in Vietnam, providing support for the ostensibly pro-democratic South Vietnam in the form of military advisors (during Kennedy's term [1]) and later ground troops (during ...
The Vietnam Friendship Village has been featured in a number of documentaries and TV programs about Vietnam and the lasting impact of Agent Orange. [ 15 ] The German award-winning documentary „Das Dorf der Freundschaft“, created by Timo Mugele and Marcus Niehaves during the year 2000, was one of the first films showing the story of George ...
For Friendship, Charles collaborated with several established country stars in a series of duets. Whereas the Modern Sounds singles were not explicitly released to country radio , the singles from Friendship were, and the album provided Charles with his highest-charting hits on the country charts, including a number-one country hit with Willie ...