that Lewis Fry Richardson's Statistics of Deadly Quarrels suggested that the establishment of a world government might end wars? that Paul Freeman became one of the few Westerners interred at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis, following his death in an experimental propeller-driven Soviet railcar? that the 'You've Got Mail' voice actor was one of dozens of people fired from an Ohio TV station after its takeover by Paxson Communications?

that the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at the University of Notre Dame (pictured) contains two stones originally from the grotto at which Our Lady of Lourdes is said to have appeared to Saint Bernadette? Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to athletics.

Whitbread was named the Sports Writers' Association Sportswoman of the Year in 19.

She has since appeared on several television programmes, including I'm a Celebrity . Her later career was affected by a persistent shoulder injury, and in 1992 she retired from competition. During her career, she had a well-publicised rivalry with another British javelin athlete, Tessa Sanderson. She was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1987. She took the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics and is a two-time Olympic medallist, winning bronze at the 1984 games and silver at the 1988 games. She broke the women's javelin throw world record with a throw of 77.44 metres (254 ft 3⁄ 4 in) at the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, and also won the European title that year. Fatima Whitbread (born 1961) is a retired British javelin thrower.

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