9,126 Visited Whitney House
Date: 29 April 1942
visitors total 9,126; admission fees aid N Y Community Service Soc
Galina Alexeyevna Kulakova (Russian: Галина Алексеевна Кулакова, born 29 April 1942) is a Soviet-Russian former cross-country skier, arguably the best skier on distances shorter than 10 km in the early 1970s. She won four Olympic golds, two individual in 1972 and two relay golds in 1972 and 1976. She was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Winter Olympics, along with Ard Schenk of the Netherlands. Competing in the World Championships, she won three individual golds, two in 1974 and one in 1970, and also two relay golds in those years. Kulakova also won the 10 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1970 and 1979. Galina Kulakova was also 39 times Champion of the USSR between 1969 and 1981.
For her achievements she was awarded the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Badge of Honour. She was also awarded the silver Olympic Order in 1984 by the International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch. Galina Kulakova ended her sports career in 1982.
Read more...The April 29, 1942 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♉. It was the 118 day of the year. President of the United States was Franklin D. Roosevelt.
If you were born on this day, you are 83 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 138 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in 226 days. You have lived for 30,454 days, or about 730,900 hours, or about 43,854,023 minutes, or about 2,631,241,380 seconds.
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Explosion; owner, L V Mendelsohn, killed; 10 hurt; damage
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Mrs Chiang Kai-shek to visit Burma front
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Lehman signs bill allowing N Y S to accept funds gift
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inquiries deluge N Y C office
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Food Supplies Control Bd defines and prohibits waste
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Greek guerrillas open new front on Bulgarian border; bands now organized under 1 Greek Army leader collaborating with Yugoslav Gen Mikhailovitch; rr sabotage reptd