Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Al Oerter across 5 places, from 1936 to 2007.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Alfred Oerter Jr. (September 19, 1936 – October 1, 2007) was an American athlete and a four-time Olympic champion in the discus throw.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Al Oerter is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Al Oerter was documented, and when
1936year
Astoria, Queensattested“Oerter was born in 1936 in Astoria, Queens, New York City and grew up in New Hyde Park; he attended Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park.”source: Wikipedia: Al Oerter
1936year
New Hyde Park, New Yorkattested“Oerter was born in 1936 in Astoria, Queens, New York City and grew up in New Hyde Park; he attended Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park.”source: Wikipedia: Al Oerter
1936year
Floral Park, New Yorkattested“Oerter was born in 1936 in Astoria, Queens, New York City and grew up in New Hyde Park; he attended Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park.”source: Wikipedia: Al Oerter
1968year
Mexico Cityattested“You die for them." Oerter returned to the Olympics in 1968 at Mexico City; however, teammate Jay Silvester was cast as the favorite.”source: Wikipedia: Al Oerter
1 October 2007exact date
Fort Myers, Floridaattested“"I've had an interesting life," he said, "and I'm going out with what I have." Oerter died on October 1, 2007, of heart failure in Fort Myers, Florida at the age of 71.”source: Wikipedia: Al Oerter
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1954year
University of Kansasmentioned“Oerter continued throwing and eventually earned a scholarship to the University of Kansas in 1954 where he became a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity.”source: Wikipedia: Al Oerter
1956year
Melbournementioned“Oerter began his Olympic career at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.”source: Wikipedia: Al Oerter
1960year
Romementioned“He recovered in time to compete at the 1960 Summer Olympics at Rome, where he was the slight favorite over teammate Rink Babka, who was the world record holder.”source: Wikipedia: Al Oerter
1964year
Tokyomentioned“He was considered a heavy favorite to win a third gold medal at Tokyo in 1964.”source: Wikipedia: Al Oerter
November 2006month
Times Squarementioned“Art of the Olympians also had their work on display on the giant Panasonic Astro-Vision screen in Times Square for the entire month November 2006.”source: Wikipedia: Al Oerter
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explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
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