INTERESTING PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE LAST 200 YEARS
Transcript of INTERESTING PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE LAST 200 YEARS
INTERESTING PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE LAST 200 YEARS
COMPILED BY HOWIE BAUM
INTRODUCTION
The Presentation is divided into 7 parts, for each of the 7 weeks of our classes.
1) Sports
2) Politics
3) Military
4) Science
5) People Who Made a Difference
6) Art
7) Entertainment
One of the main goal that OLLI wants in as many presentations as possible is the important area of Diversity, which is followed in this presentation.
When each of the presentations are sent to OLLI for posting on their Handouts page, a separate set of pages will also be sent that contains all of the text descriptions about each of the persons.
1) SPORTS
There are over 800 types of sports played around the world.
They include over 200 recognized sports with national or international federations.
You can click on the link in blue above, to see descriptions of all of them and the name of the Federation they belong to.
There are many wonderful Sports stars in every sports field.
They are a big inspiration to all of us, especially those who have had to struggle to succeed because of various issues.
USAIN BOLT
BILLIE JEAN KING
JESSE OWENS
HOPE SOLO U.S. WOMEN'S SOCCER
DEION SANDERS
HULK HOGAN
JEREMY SHU-HOW LIN
JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE
She is one of the most successful
female track and field athletes.
She won Olympic gold in Heptathlon and Long Jump.
PAVEL DATSYUK DETROIT RED WINGS
SKYLAR DIGGINS TULSA SHOCK
PELE
SALLY FITZGIBBONS
“BABE” RUTH
HILLARY KNIGHT
TIM DUNCAN SAN ANTONIO SPURS
CAMILLE LEBLANC-BAZINET
MIGUEL CABRERADETROIT TIGERS
LERYN FRANCO
JIMMIE JOHNSON NASCAR
NADIA COMANECI
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CRISTIANO RONALDO REAL MADRID
ANNA KOURNIKOVA
FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR. BOXING
SONJA HENIE
STAN MAKITA
ROBINSON CANO NEW YORK YANKEES
DANICA PATRICK, NASCAR
RAY ALLEN MIAMI HEAT
STEVE SMITH CAROLINA PANTHERS
GERTRUDE EDERLE
DAVID BECKHAM
LOTTIE DOD
MICHAEL JORDAN
Considered the greatest basketball player of all
time !
JIM THORPE
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