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  2. Nicolae Ceaușescu - Wikipedia

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    Nicolae Ceaușescu (/ tʃ aʊ ˈ ʃ ɛ s k uː / chow-SHESK-oo, Romanian: [nikoˈla.e tʃe̯a.uˈʃesku] ⓘ; 26 January [O.S. 13 January] 1918 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian politician who was the second and last communist leader of Romania, serving as the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989.

  3. One hour run - Wikipedia

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    Zátopek also set the 20,000 meters world record in the same race. Since that time, most men's 20,000 m world records were also set en route to one hour world records. The men's world record is 21,330 metres (13.25 mi), set by Mo Farah, while the women's world record is 18,930 metres (11.76 mi), set by Sifan Hassan.

  4. Timeline of Romanian history - Wikipedia

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    On June 19 Evangelis Zappas, one of the richest men in the world at that date dies at the age of 65. Born in the Ottoman Empire in today's Greece he lived in Romania most of his life. Romania becomes the first European country to abolish the death penalty. [160] This, however, did not last, it is now abolished in Romania since 1990. [161] 1866

  5. List of Romanian records in athletics - Wikipedia

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    Bucharest, Romania 100 km (road) 6:41:07 Julian Filipov: 11 September 2021 Netherlands 6-hour run (road) 85.563 km Claudiu Gorgan: 17 April 2021 Bucharest, Romania 12-hour run (road) 132.473 km Vadim Balan: 17 April 2021 Bucharest, Romania 24-hour run (road) 277.476 km Julian Filipov: 17–18 April 2021 Bucharest, Romania 110 m hurdles: 13.34 ...

  6. Treadmill - Wikipedia

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    Example of modern treadmill. A treadmill is a device generally used for walking, running, or climbing while staying in the same place.Treadmills were introduced before the development of powered machines to harness the power of animals or humans to do work, often a type of mill operated by a person or animal treading the steps of a treadwheel to grind grain.

  7. History of Romania - Wikipedia

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    The Romanian First, Second (forming), and what little was left of the Third and the Fourth Armies (one corps) were under orders from the King to defend Romania against any German attacks. King Michael offered to put the Romanian Army, which at that point had a strength of nearly 1,000,000 men, [ 283 ] on the side of the Allies .

  8. Romanian Athletics Championships - Wikipedia

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    A men's 200 metres hurdles was held at earlier championships, but ceased after 1964. The women's programme gradually expanded in the second half of the 20th century. On the track, the women's 1500 m was added in 1969, the 3000 metres in 1973 and the 10,000 metres in 1983. The 3000 m was replaced by the 5000 m in 1995, matching the men's distance.

  9. List of Romanian inventors and discoverers - Wikipedia

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    Mihai Nadin: he founded the world's first program in Computational Design. Costin D. Nenițescu: he found new methods for the synthesis of pirilium salts, of carbenes, tryptamine, serotonin, two new syntheses for the indole nucleus, and a new method of polymerisation of ethylene.