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Today in History for Oct. 15: In 1542, the great Mogul emperor Jalaluddin Akbar was born in India. In 1582, the Gregorian calendar was introduced in Catholic countries. As a result, 10 days were lost as the calendar jumped from Oct. 4 to Oct. 15. ....
NEW YORK (AP) Back in 2011, when Rebecca Marino was just 20, everything seemed to come so easily to her on a tennis court. The Canadian reached the third round at the French Open that year; soon after, she rose to No. ....
TORONTO While Tokyo is welcoming the world this week, many still vividly remember the last time the Summer Games were there in 1964. That includes 80-year-old Bill Crothers, a two-time Olympian who has a school named after him in Markham, Ont. That’s where his 1964 silver medal is kept, which he won in the 800 metre race. “You really feel proud you feel proud as a Canadian, you feel proud as an athlete,” he told CTV News. The ’64 Games were the first ever to be held in Asia. Japan was coming out of economic recovery, nearly 20 years after the Second World War. ....