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1996-97 Boxing Welterweights (147 lbs)
Welterweights (147 lbs) Date Winner Loser Result Title Site Oct. 10 Meldrick Taylor Tommy Small Wu 10 Non-title Washington, D.C. Oct. 23 Vincent Pettway…CURRENT WORLD CHAMPIONS
(As of Sept. 5, 2006)Weight classWBCWBAHeavyweightOleg Maskaev (Kazakhstan)Nicolay Valuev (Russia)CruiserweightO'Neil Bell (U.S.)O'Neil Bell (U.S.)Light heavyweightTomasz Adamek (Poland)…Colosio Murrieta, Luis Donaldo
(Encyclopedia) Colosio Murrieta, Luis DonaldoColosio Murrieta, Luis Donaldol&oomacr;ēsˈ ᵺônälˈdō kôlôˈsyō m&oobreve;ryāˈtä [key], 1948–94, Mexican politician and government official, b.…Gilberto, João
(Encyclopedia) Gilberto, João (João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira), 1931–2019, Brazilian guitarist, singer, and songwriter. With Carlos Jobim and others, he created the cool, sophisticated…Nicaragua Canal
(Encyclopedia) Nicaragua Canal, proposed waterway between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. One often considered route would be 172.8 mi (278 km) long and would generally follow the San Juan River…Vancouver Island
(Encyclopedia) Vancouver Island (1991 pop. 579,921), 12,408 sq mi (32,137 sq km), SW British Columbia, Canada, in the Pacific Ocean; largest island off W North America. It is c.285 mi (460 km) long…Byron, John
(Encyclopedia) Byron, John, 1723–86, British vice admiral and explorer. Sailing in 1740 with Admiral George Anson on a voyage around the world, he was shipwrecked off Chile. His Narrative of Great…Nobel Prize for Peace
Below find every winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, from 1901 through 2016. For years not listed, no award was made. 1901Henri Dunant (Switzerland); Frederick Passy (France)1902Elie Ducommun…Rogers, Woodes
(Encyclopedia) Rogers, Woodes, 1679?–1732, British privateer and colonial administrator. A romantic figure, Rogers plundered (1708–9) Spanish commerce in the Pacific and rescued Alexander Selkirk…Fernández de Córdoba, Francisco, d. 1518?, Spanish explorer in Mexico
(Encyclopedia) Fernández de Córdoba, FranciscoFernández de Córdoba, Franciscofränthēsˈkō fārnänˈdāth dā kōrˈdōbä [key], d. 1518?, Spanish explorer in Mexico. Sailing from Cuba on a slave hunt, he…Trending
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