Navy Commissions Pearl Harbor-Based USS Daniel Inouye
director-general of the WEEE Forum.
In 1982 - 29 years after Thorpes death - the IOC gave duplicate gold medals to his family but his Olympic records were not reinstated.an infringement of the Olympic amateurism rules.
returned to a ticker-tape parade in New York.King Gustav V told Thorpe: Sir.you are the greatest athlete in the world.
a Bright Path Strong petition advocated declaring Thorpe the outright winner of the pentathlon and decathlon in 1912.setting world records at both events at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm.
Thorpe to some remains the greatest all-around athlete ever.
IOC President Thomas Bach said in a statement as part of Fridays announcement.and he generally lives as the boy he is in every aspect of life.
Victor will soon need medical care that is prohibited by the Health Care BanWashington The Senate easily passed a stopgap funding bill late Wednesday night.
and ended up in the same situation as McCarthy needing Democratic votes to pass a bill that did not include spending cuts demanded by conservatives.referred to as an omnibus bill.