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The Origin of the Winter Olympics
Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station, designed by Otto Wagner, operated from 1899 unti l981 when the rail line was converted to a subway. The two identical buildings were repurposed as an art gallery and a cafe with stairs to the newer underground station.
12 Revolutionary Buildings to Visit in Vienna
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Was Santa Claus a Real Person?
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10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time
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11 Banned Books Through Time
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Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?
A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
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Flags That Look Alike

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Born May 17, 1909 • Vienna • Austria-Hungary
Died April 26, 1976 (aged 66) • Austria
Awards And Honors Winter Olympic Games
Sonja Henie
Sonja Henie
American athlete
Pierre Brunet
French figure skater
Andrée Brunet
French figure skater
Lyudmila Belousova
Russian figure skater
Christopher Dean
English figure skater
Yekaterina Gordeeva
Russian figure skater
Oleg Protopopov
Russian figure skater
Jayne Torvill
English figure skater
Chan, Patrick
Patrick Chan
Canadian figure skater
Brian Boitano
American figure skater
Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton
American figure skater
Katarina Witt
Katarina Witt
German figure skater
Tara Lipinski
Tara Lipinski
American figure skater
Peggy Fleming
American figure skater
Tenley Albright
American figure skater
Dick Button
American figure skater
Gillis Grafström
Swedish figure skater
Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaytsev
Irina Rodnina
Soviet figure skater
Madge Cave Syers
British ice skater
Ulrich Salchow
Swedish athlete

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