Bob Windle (born 1944) is a former Australian freestyle swimmer. He won the 1500 m freestyle and took bronze in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and silver and bronze in the 4 × 200 m and 4 × 100 m freestyle relays respectively at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He is the only male swimmer to represent Australia at the Olympics in all freestyle distances from 100 m to 1500 m. During his career, Windle set six world records, won six Commonwealth Games gold medals, and won 19 Australian Championships in all distances from 220 yd to 1650 yd. He won his first national title in 1961 and made his international debut at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. After the 1964 Olympics, Windle enrolled at Indiana University, and converted to sprint swimming. He competed in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, winning three competitions, all in world record times. He competed in his second Olympics in Mexico City in 1968, racing the 100 m and 200 m freestyle and the corresponding relays. He retired after the games and worked for Allis-Chalmers in the United States, before being transferred to their Australian division.

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680:

The Sixth Ecumenical Council convened in Constantinople to take a position on the theological positions of monoenergism and monothelitism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Council_of_Constantinople

1619:

Elizabeth Stuart (pictured), a direct ancestor of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, was crowned Queen of Bohemia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Stuart,_Queen_of_Bohemia

1837:

American abolitionist Elijah Parish Lovejoy was murdered by a pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois, during their attack on his warehouse to destroy his printing press and abolitionist materials. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Parish_Lovejoy

1917:

World War I: British forces captured Gaza when the Ottoman garrison abandoned the area. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Gaza

1996:

NASA launched the Mars Global Surveyor from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Global_Surveyor

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Cassandra: A person who makes dire predictions, especially those which are not believed but turn out to be true. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cassandra

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