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1992 Stanley Dudek, U.S. platform diver (watershows), dies
1988 North Sea oil platform Piper Alpha explodes, 166 die 1982 Ocean Ranger oil-drilling platform lost off Newfoundland, 84 die 1964 Wendy Wyland, Jackson, Michigan, platform diver 1984 Olympics bronze 1949 Charley Lupica begins stay on 4' platform atop a 60' pole, vowing to stay until Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, and stays 117 days) 1948 Michael Finneran, diver, 1st perfect 10 on 10m platform 1947 Klaus Dibiasi, Italy, platform diver, Gold Medals 1968, 1972, 1976 Olympics 1940 Eddy [Charles E] du Platform, writer/poet, dies 1924 Victoria Draves, U.S., platform/springboard diver 1948 Olympics gold 1920 Sammy Lee, born in Fresno California, platform diver, 2 Medals 1948, 1952 Olympics 1915 Dorothy Poynton-Hill, U.S., platform diver 1932 Olympics gold 1907 Pete Desjardins, U.S., platform and springboard diver 1928 Olympics gold 1903 Elizabeth Pinkston Becker, U.S., platform diver, Gold Medal 1928 Olympics |
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