American sprinter and educator (born 1908)

Eddie Tolan

Thomas Edward Tolan, nicknamed the "Midnight Express", was an American track and field athlete who competed in sprints. He set world records in the 100-yard dash and 100 meters event and Olympic records in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He was the first non-Euro-American to receive the title of the "world's fastest human" after winning gold medals in the 100 and 200 meters events at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In March 1935, Tolan won the 75, 100 and 220-yard events at the World Professional Sprint Championships in Melbourne to become the first man to win both the amateur and professional world sprint championships.

Born

1908

September 29

Died

1967

Era

1900s

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Eddie, in brief

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Key dates

1908 Born
1967 Died

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The world in 1908

When Eddie arrived

april 1 The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
april 11 SMS Blücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
april 14 Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1 m) high downstream.
april 16 Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Silvio Berlusconi 1936–2023 Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (born 1936) Clarence Ashley 1895– American singer, guitarist, and banjo player (died 1967) Enrico Fermi 1901–1954 Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901) Greer Garson 1904–1996 English-American actress (born 1904) Guadalupe Victoria 1786–1843 Mexican general and politician, 1st President of Mexico (born 1786) Jim Baxter 1939–2001 Scottish footballer (born 1939) Kevin Durant 1988– American basketball player Lizabeth Scott 1922–2015 American actress (born 1922) Ludwig von Mises 1881–1973 Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (born 1881)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1908

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. 1908–1972 American pastor and politician (born 1908) Alistair Cooke 1908–2004 English-American journalist and author (born 1908) Annemarie Schwarzenbach 1908–1942 Swiss author and photographer (died 1942) Bette Davis 1908–1989 American actress (died 1989) Bill Bowes 1908–1987 English cricketer (died 1987) Billy Werber 1908–2009 American baseball player (born 1908) Elizabeth Alexander 1908–1958 English geologist, academic, and physicist (died 1958) Enver Hoxha 1908–1985 Albanian educator and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Albania (born 1908) Geo Bogza 1908– Romanian poet and journalist (died 1993)

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