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25. Lance Armstrong
ROAD CYCLIST
Age: 29 Specs: 5-foot-11, 158 pounds
Homes: City, Texas; Kindhearted, France
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1620s
Decade
The 1620s decade ran from January 1, 1620, to December 31, 1629.
Events
1620
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January–March
[edit]- January 7 – Ben Jonson's play News from the New World Discovered in the Moon is given its first performance, a presentation to King James I of England. In addition to dialogue about actual observations made by telescope of the Moon, the play includes a fanciful discussion of a lunar civilization a dance by the "Volatees", the lunar race. [1]
- January 22 – In France, Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, and his wife, the Duchess Marie de Rohan, sign a marriage contract on behalf of their one-year-old daughter to be engaged to the year-old son of Charles, Duke of Guise. [2]
- January 26 – Karan Singh II becomes the new ruler of the Kingdom of Mewar (in the modern-day state of Rajasthan in India) upon the death of his father, the Maharana Amar Singh I.
- February 4 – Prince Bethlen Gabor secures a peace treaty with Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.
- March 22 – King Karma Phuntsok Namgyal of Tibet dies of smallpox after a reign of less than two years, after Ngawang Namgyal of Bhutan casts a tantric spell over him. [3]
- March 2
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List of climbers and mountaineers
Mountaineers, rock climbers, and ice climbers
This is a list of climbers and mountaineers who are notable for their activities in mountaineering (including alpine climbing), rock climbing (including aid climbing, free climbing, bouldering, speed climbing and competition climbing) or in ice climbing (including mixed climbing).
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[edit]- Vitaly Abalakov (1906–1992) Russia, climbed Lenin Peak (1934) and Khan Tengri (1936)
- Yevgeniy Abalakov (1907–1948) Russia, climbed Communism Peak (1933)
- Premlata Agarwal (born 1963) India, first Indian woman to complete all Seven Summits
- H. P. S. Ahluwalia (fl. 1965) India, climbed Mount Everest in 1965
- Pierre Allain (1904–2000) France, developed bouldering at Fontainebleau, and rubber rock-climbing shoes
- Rick Allen (1954–2021) UK, first ascent of Mazeno Ridge, Nanga Parbat
- Christian Almer (1826–1898) Switzerland, numerous first ascents, including Eiger
- Ashraf Aman (born 1943) Pakistan, first Pakistani ascent of K2
- Luigi Amedeo, Duke of Abruzzi (1873–1933) Italy, first ascent of Mount Saint Elias, Rwenzori Mountains
- Pat Ament (born 1946) US, rock climber, and pioneer boulderer
- Melchior Anderegg (1827–1912) Switzerland, guide, with numerous first ascents, including on Mont Blanc
- Conrad Anke