Today in Sports - Spud Webb, 5-foot-7, wins NBA Slam Dunk competition, shortest player ever to win
1986 — Atlanta’s Spud Webb, at 5-foot-7, wins NBA Slam Dunk competition. Webb receives a perfect 50 from the judges in the last two rounds to shock defending dunk champion Dominique Wilkins and the ...
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John L. Sullivan wins the world heavyweight bare-knuckle title by beating Paddy Ryan in a nine-round bout in Mississippi City, Miss. 1942 — At the Millrose Games in New ...
The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims and a philanthropist, dies at 88
The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate ...
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He was widely regarded as a builder of bridges between Muslim societies and the West despite his reticence to become involved ...
1956 Melbourne Olympic torch only one missing from Panathenaic Stadium museum in Athens
Mystery surrounds the absence of Melbourne’s 1956 Olympic torch from a world-renowned display at the birthplace of the Modern ...
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French president Macron pays tribute to 'inspirational' Aga Khan
President Emmanuel Macron of France led the tributes on Wednesday to the Islamic spiritual leader, Aga Khan IV, who died in ...
HH The Aga Khan IV: Legendary owner-breeder dies aged 88
The Aga Khan, one of a golden age of owner-breeders for European racing, has died at the age of 88. Best known for his ...