Cyclist Eddy Merckx

Eddy Merckx

Living place: Belgium

Birthday: 17-6-1945 (79 years old)

Global rank: #41627

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Cyclist Eddy Merckx profile

Who is Cyclist Eddy Merckx?
Racetrack expert who won the Tour de France five times:. in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, and 1974.
He was a three-time world champion as a professional, having also been an amateur.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He won his first race on October 1, 1961, as an amateur racer, not long after he began racing competitively.

Family life info

He married Claudine Acou in 1967.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Cyclist Eddy Merckx?
Although they raced in different eras, he was a friend and supporter of fellow Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong.

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Summary of Eddy Merckx profile

When was Cyclist Eddy Merckx born?
Eddy Merckx birthday 17-6-1945 (at the age of 79).
Where is Cyclist Eddy Merckx's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Eddy Merckx was born in Belgium. is a Cyclist, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. Eddy Merckx's global rank is 41627 and whose rank is 21 in list of famous Cyclist.
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Events in 1945 and 17-6

Events in the world in the birth year of Eddy Merckx

  • Yalta Conference (Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin) plans final defeat of Germany (Feb).
  • Hitler commits suicide (April 30); Germany surrenders (May 7); May 8 is declared V-E Day. Background: World War II
  • San Francisco Conference establishes the United Nations (April–June).
  • Potsdam Conference (Truman, Churchill, Stalin) establishes basis of German reconstruction (July–Aug.).
  • US drops atomic bombs on Japanese cities of Hiroshima (Aug. 6) and Nagasaki (Aug. 9). Background: nuclear weapons
  • Japan signs official surrender on V-J Day (Sept. 2).

Birthday Eddy Merckx (17-6) in history

  • Day 17-6 year 1775: The Battle of Bunker Hill took place during the siege of Boston at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.
  • Day 17-6 year 1885: The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.
  • Day 17-6 year 1928: Amelia Earhart embarked on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman.
  • Day 17-6 year 1944: The Republic of Iceland was established.
  • Day 17-6 year 1963: U.S. Supreme Court ruled that no locality may require recitation of Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools.
  • Day 17-6 year 1972: Burglary of Democratic Party headquarters in Washington, DC, started the Watergate political scandal.
  • Day 17-6 year 1994: O. J. Simpson's slow-speed chase by the police, watched by millions on TV, ended in his arrest.
  • Day 17-6 year 2002: Australian scientists announced that they had "teleported" a laser beam—breaking it up and reconstructing it in another location.
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