1986 Jurgen Schull sets world discus record, 74.07 m
1984 Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record)
1983 Yuri Dumchev of U.S.S.R. throws discus a record 71.86 m
1983 Nina Dumbadze, Russian discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1952), dies at 64
1981 Ben Plucknett of U.S. throws discus 72.34 m, but throw is disqualified
1975 Jason Tunks, London Ontario, discus thrower 1996 Olympics
1974 Beatrice Roini Liua Faumuina, NZ, discus thrower 1996 Olympics
1972 John Godina, born in Fort Sill Oklahoma, shot putter/discus thrower, 1996 Olympics silver
1971 Lisa-Marie Vizaniari, Australian discus/shot putter 1996 Olympics
1966 Edie Boyer, St. Paul, Minnesota, discus thrower
1966 Anthony Washington, Glasgow Montana, discus thrower, Olympics-4th-96
1965 Daniela Costian, Australian discus/shot putter 1996 Olympics
1964 Pamela Dukes, born in Bronx, New York, discus thrower
1964 Lillian Copeland, U.S. discus thrower (Oly-gold-32), dies at 59
1963 Gabriele Reinsch, German DR, discus thrower, world record 1988
1962 Mike Buncic, Patterson, New Jersey, discus thrower
1962 Connie Price-Smith, born in St. Charles, Missouri, discus thrower, Oly-5th-96
1960 Gisela Beyer, German DR, discus thrower, Olympics-4th place-1980
1960 Jurgen Schult, German FR, discus thrower, world record 1986
1957 Luis Mariano Delis Fournier, Cuba, discus thrower, Oly-bronze-1980
1956 Evelin Jahl, born in German DR, discus thrower, Olympic-2 gold-1976
1951 Panuta Rosani, born in Poland, discus, Olympic 1976, drug disqualified
1950 Mac Maurice Wilkins, discus thrower, 1st to break 70m
1945 Faina Myelink, U.S.S.R., discus thrower, Olympics gold 1972
1944 Liesel Westermann, German FR, discus thrower, 1968 Olympics silver
1937 Tamara Press, U.S.S.R., shot putter/discus thrower, Oly-gold-60
1937 L Jay Silvester, U.S., discus thrower 1972 Olympics silver
1936 Alfred A Oerter, Jr., Astoria, New York, discus, Olympics gold 56, 60, 64, 68
1936 Al Oerter, born in Astoria, New York, discus thrower, Olympics gold 56, 60, 64, 68
1932 Olga Connolly-Fikotova, Czechoslovakia, U.S. discus thrower 1956 Olympics gold
1932 Lia Manoliu, Romania, discus thrower, 1968 Olympics gold
1931 Galina Zybina, U.S.S.R., discus thrower, 15 world records between 1952-58
1929 Elizabeta Bagrintseve, U.S.S.R., discus thrower 1952 Olympics silver
1929 Nina Ponomareva Romaschkova, born in U.S.S.R., discus thrower, Oly-gold-1952, 60
1922 Micheline Ostermeyer, France, shot-put/discus thrower, Oly-gold-1948
1919 Nina Dumbadze, U.S.S.R., Discus thrower, Oly-bronze-1952
1913 Gisela Mauermeyer, Germany, discus thrower 1936 Olympics gold
1912 Jadwiga Wajsowna-Marcinkiewicz, discus thrower, Oly-bronze-1932
1904 Lillian Copeland, U.S. discus thrower 1932 Olympics gold
1900 Helena Konopacka, Poland, discus thrower 1928 Olympics gold
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