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Avery Brundage (1887–1975) was the fifth president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the only American to hold that office. In 1912, he competed in the Summer Olympics, contesting the pentathlon and decathlon; both events were won by Jim Thorpe. Brundage became a sports administrator, rising rapidly through the ranks in U.S. sports groups. He fought zealously against a boycott of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Nazi Germany. Although Brundage was successful, the U.S. participation was controversial, and has remained so. Brundage was elected to the IOC that year, and quickly became a major figure in the Olympic movement. Elected IOC president in 1952, Brundage fought strongly for amateurism. On September 6, 1972, at the Munich Olympics, his final as president, when addressing the memorial service following the murder of eleven Israelis by terrorists, Brundage refused to cancel the remainder of the Olympics, declaring that "the Games must go on". (Full article...)
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- ... that no elvers (examples pictured) are eaten during the Elver Eating World Championships?
- ... that Reina Scully has worked with Crunchyroll because of her skill in translating Japanese anime for English dubs?
- ... that the player of a 1990 video game can recreate the 14.5-hour-long Battle of Rorke's Drift in real time, controlling each of the 137 British defenders?
- ... that rhythmic gymnast Gemma Frizelle won a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games performing to her mother's favourite song?
- ... that U.S. regulators determined that a South Carolina radio station broadcast from unauthorized facilities for more than 15 years?
- ... that 11th-century French peasant Leutard of Vertus is said to have preached heresy against the Catholic Church after dreaming his body had been invaded by bees that entered through his genitals?
- ... that nine songs from Mary Lou Williams's Zodiac Suite were composed during a live radio improvisation?
- ... that Chief of the General Staff Zdravko Ponoš began military cooperation between Serbia and Ohio?
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- A magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes China's Sichuan province, leaving at least 65 people dead.
- A stabbing spree in Saskatchewan, Canada, leaves 11 people dead and 19 others injured.
- A UN report concludes that China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, including violence against the Uyghur people.
- Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (pictured) dies at the age of 91.
On this day
September 6: Defence Day in Pakistan (1965)
- 1781 – American Revolutionary War: General Benedict Arnold led British forces to victory at the Battle of Groton Heights.
- 1901 – William McKinley, President of the United States, was fatally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, and died eight days later.
- 1952 – A prototype aircraft crashed at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing the pilot and test observer on board, and 29 spectators.
- 1997 – An estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide watched the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, on television.
- 1999 – The Parliament of Singapore relocated from the Old Parliament House to its current meeting place (pictured).
- Isabella Leonarda (b. 1620)
- Jessie Willcox Smith (b. 1863)
- Geert Wilders (b. 1963)
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The scintillant hummingbird (Selasphorus scintilla) is a species of hummingbird that is endemic to Costa Rica and Panama. It inhabits brushy forest edges, coffee plantations and sometimes gardens at elevations from 900 to 2,000 metres (3,000 to 6,600 ft), and up to 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) when not breeding. It is only 6.5 to 8 centimetres (2.6 to 3.1 in) long, including the bill, making it one of the smallest birds in existence, marginally larger than the bee hummingbird. This female scintillant hummingbird was photographed feeding on an Abutilon flower in the Mount Totumas cloud forest in Panama. Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp
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