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October 25, 1938

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Notable Births

Bob Webster

1938Bob Webster, American diver[โ€ ]

Robert David "Bob" Webster is a retired American diver who won the 10 m platform event at every competition he entered between 1960 and 1964, including the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and 1963 Pan American Games. He later became a diving coach at the University of Minnesota, Princeton University, and the University of Alabama. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1970 and the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1989.

Notable Deaths

Alfonsina Storni

1938Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author (born 1892)[โ€ ]

Alfonsina Storni was a Swiss-Argentine poet and playwright of the modernist period.