On This Week in Sport & Leisure History ~ 6-12th May 2019
6th America’s best known horse race, the Kentucky Derby, was first run in 1875. The event is...
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Author: Margaret Roberts
On This Week in Sport & Leisure History
29th April-5th May 2019
29th On this day in 1879 Sir Thomas Beecham, founder of the London Philharmonic was born. The...
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On This Week in Sport & Leisure History
22nd-28th April 2019
22nd Georg Lurich, Estonian Greco-Roman wrestler and strongman of the early 20th century was born...
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On This Week in Sport & Leisure History
15th-21st April 2019
15th Today in 1896 the first modern Olympic Games came to a close in Athens, Greece. On this day...
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On The Week in Sport & Leisure Histsory
8th – 14th April 2019
8th Norwegian ice skater, and later movie star, Sonia Henie was born in 1912. She won the Olympic...
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