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Usain Bolt of Jamaica reacts after breaking the world record with a time of 19.30 to win the gold medal as Churandy Martina (left) of Netherlands Antilles and Brian Dzingai of Zimbabwe come in after him in the Men's 200m Final at the National Stadium during Day 12 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 20, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Summer Olympics, track and field, athletics)
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Joe DiMaggio: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: ESPN Classic - Biography of Joe DiMaggio. Aug 29, 2026
Anniversary information added. Mar 04, 2026
Media added. Jan 12, 2026
Anniversary information added. Nov 21, 2025
Add new Web site: ESPN Classic - Biography of Joe DiMaggio. Apr 19, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 27, 2024
Add new Web site: NPR - Joe DiMaggio, A Star With The Power of Silence. Oct 10, 2023
Add new Web site: Baseball Almanac - Joe DiMaggio. Aug 17, 2023
Add new Web site: Society for American Baseball Research - Joe DiMaggio. Aug 29, 2022
Corrected display issue. Oct 17, 2019
Add new Web site: Official Site of Joe Dimaggio. Apr 17, 2019
Add new Web site: Mr.Nussbaum - Biography of Joe DiMaggio. Feb 22, 2017
Add new Web site: National Baseball Hall of Fame - Biography of Joe DiMaggio. Feb 22, 2017
Add new Web site: MedicineNet.com - Biography of Galen. Jan 27, 2014
Add new Web site: Hickoksports.com - Biography of Joseph P. DiMaggio. Jul 25, 2013
Added photograph. Jun 24, 2011
Lowercased "award" in discussion of his MVP. May 23, 2011
Added photograph. Jul 21, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Entertainment - Biography of Joe DiMaggio. Mar 01, 2009
Added new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Watch Joe Dimaggio: The Hero's Life. Sep 25, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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