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Dick Reynolds
1915Jun, 20

Dick Reynolds

Dick Reynolds, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2002)
Richard Sylvannus Reynolds (20 June 1915 – 2 September 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Reynolds is one of four footballers to have won three Brownlow Medals, the others being Haydn Bunton Sr., Bob Skilton and Ian Stewart. Revered by Essendon supporters, he was often referred to simply as "King Richard".

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    The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
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    United States Coast Guard

    An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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    Battle of Gallipoli

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    General relativity

    Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
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