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Emil Breitkreutz

Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (died 1972)

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Born
November 16, 1883
Died
May 3, 1972
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1883

About Emil Breitkreutz

Emil William Breitkreutz was an American middle-distance runner who won a bronze medal in the Olympic 800 meters final in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri. Breitkreutz attended the University of Southern California (USC), where he became the first USC athlete to compete in the Olympics. Breitkreutz was also the first head basketball coach at USC. Emil William Breitkreutz (November 16, 1883, in Wausau, Wisconsin – May 3, 1972, in San Gabriel, California) was an American middle-distance runner who won a bronze medal in the Olympic 800 meters final in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St.

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The world when Emil Breitkreutz was born

Emil Breitkreutz was born in 1883. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineBrooklyn Bridge opens after 14 years of construction
  • Technology milestoneFirst standardized time zones adopted
  • World population~1.43B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderChester A. Arthur
  • U.S. population52.8M

1883 versus 2026

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Measure18832026
Population52.8M341 million

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