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1989 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires

1989 South African/British Olympic runner Zola Budd marries

1984 Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run

1966 Zola Budd, born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, track and field long distance runner, trained and raced barefoot, politically controversial figure, two-time Women's 5000 meters world record holder, two-time World Cross Country Championships winner

1902 Emile Zola, writer, dies at 62

1902 Emile Zola, French writer (Nana/Germinal/J'accuse), dies at 62

1898 In France, Emile Zola is imprisoned for writing his "J'accuse" letter accusing government of anti-Semitism and wrongly jailing Alfred Dreyfus

1898 Emile Zola publishes his open letter (J'accuse) in defense of Dreyfus

1840 Emile Zola, born in France, novelist, Nana, J'Accuse


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