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    John Michael Landy AC CVO MBE FTSE (12 April 1930 – 24 February 2022) was an Australian middle-distance runner and state governor. He was the second man...
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  • Eugene Landy (1929–2006), American psychologist and therapist John Landy (1930–2022), Australian former track athlete and politician; namesake of Landy Field...
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    21 June 1954, at an international meet at Turku, Finland, Australia's John Landy became the second man, after Bannister, to achieve a sub-four-minute mile...
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  • and John Landy of Australia vied to be the first to break the fabled four-minute mile barrier. Roger Bannister did it first on May 6, 1954, and John Landy...
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    mile ever. And at the end of the year, Australian John Landy ran 4:02.0. Then early in 1954, Landy made some more attempts at the distance. On 21 January...
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  • new premier, Steve Bracks, announced that Gobbo's successor would be John Landy, who would take up his post in January 2001. Gobbo immediately made it...
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  • Eugene Ellsworth Landy (November 26, 1934 – March 22, 2006) was an American psychologist known for his controversial 24-hour therapy program and treatment...
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  • Santee, and Australian John Landy. June 21, 1954: Less than six weeks after Bannister’s historic feat, Australian John Landy runs 3:58 at a track meet...
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    John Landy Athletics Field is at the corner of Swanston Street and Barwon Terrace, South Geelong, and was formerly known as Riverside Reserve. It sits...
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  • and John Landy. Nique Needles as John Landy Richard Huw as Roger Bannister John McTernan as Dave Garroway Adrian Rawlings as Christopher Chataway John Philbin...
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  • Southey was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria under Governor John Landy. In 1950, she married Ross Shelmerdine, who died in 1979—they had four...
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    Derek Landy (born 23 October 1974) is an Irish author and screenwriter, known for the Skulduggery Pleasant and Demon Road book series. Since 2018, he...
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  • games that the "Miracle Mile" took place between Roger Bannister and John Landy at Empire Stadium. This was the first time these two (and at that time...
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    The official Escape Room Geelong opened in South Geelong in late 2015. John Landy Athletic Field is located on the corner of Barwon Terrace and Swanston...
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  • South Wales, Australia "Miracle Mile", a race between Roger Bannister and John Landy at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Magnificent Mile, a...
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    after being influenced by middle-distance runners Roger Bannister and John Landy in 1953. Kowalski did not eat meat, dairy or eggs. He has been described...
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    both the gold medallist, Roger Bannister of England and silver medallist John Landy of Australia, run sub-four-minute races in an event that was televised...
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  • when the Governor of Victoria, and former Commonwealth Games medallist, John Landy delivered the baton to Her Majesty the Queen at the Melbourne Cricket...
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    Victoria by Queen Elizabeth II, taking office on 7 April 2006, succeeding John Landy. He left the post on 8 April 2011, and was succeeded by Alex Chernov....
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  • 1929 – Mukhran Machavariani, Georgian poet and educator (d. 2010) 1930 – John Landy, Australian runner and politician, 26th Governor of Victoria (d. 2022)...
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  • Ibbotson won with a new world record time, taking 0.8 of a second off John Landy's time of 3.58 min set in 1954. Ibbotson continued competing in mile races...
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    it burst into flame singeing him further. In the centre of the ground, John Landy, the fastest miler in the world, took the Olympic oath and sculler Merv...
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    After the war, the track fell into disuse and disappeared in many places. John Landy, the long-distance runner, set a record of four days for the crossing...
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    Diamond League. The meeting was highlighted by Stewart McSweyn winning the John Landy namesake mile, beating 2022 world champion Jake Wightman in the process...
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    A moment of sportsmanship when John Landy helped Ron Clarke get up after he had fallen....
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  • Australia. She was chosen by the Olympic Council as one of the recipient for John Landy scholarship program in 2020. Born in Indonesia, and competed for the Indonesian...
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  • The Bourne Supremacy (film) (category Films scored by John Powell)
    Joan Allen joins the cast as Deputy Director and Task Force Chief Pamela Landy. Universal Pictures released the film to theaters in the United States on...
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    (26 February 2016). "Luke Mathews racing to Rio Olympics in front of John Landy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 November 2021. Open Learning...
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    James Lightbody, was the winner. Two 1908 Olympic participants, Britain's John McGough and Sweden's Kristian Hellström were the silver and bronze medalists...
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    Michael Landy CBE RA (born 1963) is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs). He is best known for the performance piece installation Break Down (2001)...
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