He was born on 2 May 1942 in Ghent, Belgium. Elected President of the International Olympic Committee in 2001 and served until 2013 when he was made the IOC's Honorary President, a lifetime position, which he held, according to his Wikipedia page, until his death, aged 79 years, on 29 August 2021 in Deinze, Belgium.
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Comte Jacques Jean Marie Rogge
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1908 Olympics
The unveiling was hosted by BBC Director-General Mark Thompson and attended b...
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Downham Health Leisure Centre
A community centre in the Borough of Lewisham, It contains a large swimming pool, gym, library and creche.
Sir Archibald McIndoe
Born Dunedin, New Zealand. Pioneering plastic surgeon who worked for the Royal Air Force during World War II, treating badly burnt aircrew. Appointed C.B.E. in 1944. Knighted 1947. Helped found ...
Women’s Transport Service (FANY)
All-women unit, affiliated to the TA, formed as the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and active in both nursing and intelligence work during WW1 and WW2. The original role was to ride horseback (hence "...
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Sir Robert Bellinger
Lord Mayor in 1967. Born Gloucestershire but brought up in Fulham. Left school aged 14 to work hard and go to college in the evenings. In the picture we think Bellinger is the man with the spade.
Kindertransport - Kent
EC2, Liverpool Street Station, Lower level
This sculpture was first installed in 2003, just outside this station, in what is now named Hope Square, when it looked very different, c...
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