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Oxford leading Cambridge as they come round the last bend to approach the finish
The Boat Races 2017 took place on 2 April. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-
by-side rowing race between crews from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge
along a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) tidal stretch of the River Thames in south-west London.
For the second time in the history of the event, the men's, the women's and both
reserves' races were all held on the Tideway on the same day. In the men's reserve
race, Cambridge's Goldie were beaten by Oxford's Isis, and in the women's reserve
race, Cambridge's Blondie defeated Oxford's Osiris. In the women's race, Cambridge
won by a large margin following a disastrous start by the Oxford boat. This win,
their second in ten years, took Cambridge's advantage in the overall standings to
42�30. The Oxford men's boat won their race after leading from the start, their
fourth victory in five years, taking the overall record in the event to 82�80 in
Cambridge's favour. The races were watched by around a quarter of a million
spectators live, including, for the first time, on YouTube. (Full article...)

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Moore home after the bombing
Moore home after the bombing
... that Harry T. Moore and his wife Harriette were the only married couple to be
assassinated (bombed house pictured) during the civil rights movement era?
... that Ayaka Fukuhara decided to become a voice actress after listening to a
radio drama adaptation of the manga series Hunter � Hunter?
... that a fan sued Major League Baseball for $10 million after he was filmed
sleeping at a game and the announcers allegedly made unflattering comments about
him?
... that the Easter hymn "Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag" (The glorious day has
appeared) by Nikolaus Herman inspired other hymns and musical settings of the 20th
century?
... that although Zhang Junsheng publicly feuded with Chris Patten, Hong Kong's
last British governor, the latter offered his condolences when Zhang died recently?
... that the basket star Astrobrachion constrictum is always found living in
association with a black coral such as Antipathes fiordensis?
... that Otar Taktakishvili's opera Mindia was based on Vazha-Pshavela's epic poem
The Snake-eater and premiered in 1961, the centenary of the poet's birth?
... that Robert Howard Hodgkin was part of a "Quaker dynasty" that included a
banker, a Marxist historian, a Nobel-winning chemist, a painter, another Nobel
winner, and the namesake of Hodgkin's lymphoma?
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from international and Australian domestic cricket for nine to twelve months over a
ball-tampering scandal.
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Russia and over 20 countries expel each other's diplomats in response to the
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April 2: World Autism Awareness Day

Juan Ponce de Le�n

Juan Ponce de Le�n
1513 � Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Le�n (pictured) sighted Florida, becoming
the first European known to do so, purportedly while searching for the Fountain of
Youth in the New World.
1863 � In Richmond, Virginia, U.S., about 5,000 people, mostly poor women, rioted
in protest of the exorbitant price of bread.
1973 � The Liberal Movement broke away from the Liberal and Country League in South
Australia.
1992 � Bosnian War: At least 48 civilians were killed in the town of Bijeljina.
2002 � Operation Defensive Shield: Approximately 200 Palestinian militants fled the
advancing Israel Defense Forces into the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem,
starting a month-long standoff.
Maria Sibylla Merian (b. 1647) � Cl�ment Ader (b. 1841) � Ranjitsinhji (d. 1933)

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Anthony Marx
Anthony Marx
The President of the New York Public Library serves as the chief executive officer
of the New York Public Library (NYPL) and exercises general supervision over its
affairs. The president is elected yearly by the New York Public Library Board of
Trustees. John Bigelow served as the first president from the library's founding in
1895 to his death in 1911. The current president is Anthony Marx (pictured), who
has served since taking office in 2011. Upon the urging of Bigelow, an executor of
Samuel J. Tilden's will, the NYPL was formed when the Lenox and Astor libraries
merged in 1895. Both the Astor and the Lenox maintained presidents for the duration
of their existence. The three libraries have had a total of twenty presidents.
Historically, presidents of the libraries have been both wealthy and prominent
individuals. Additionally, several prominent lawyers served as President. It was
customary for presidents to serve until their deaths until Morris Hadley resigned
in 1958. Subsequently, all presidents have resigned before their deaths, with the
exception of Timothy S. Healy. (Full list...)

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Eugen Sandow
Eugen Sandow (1867�1925) was a pioneering German bodybuilder. Born in K�nigsberg,
Prussia, he joined a circus to avoid military service. Fellow strongman Ludwig
Durlacher urged Sandow to travel to London and take part in a strongman
competition, which he handily won. Sandow rose rapidly to fame and was soon touring
Europe and the United States, being featured in a short film series that depicted
him flexing. After a bout of ill health, Sandow focused on opening public gyms,
inventing or improving exercise equipment, and training would-be military recruits
as well as King George V. Sandow is now known as the "father of modern
bodybuilding".

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