David Wallechinsky (born 5 February 1948) is an Olympic historian, who worked as commentator for NBC Olympic coverage and is the author of many Olympic reference books and other reference books. His is the author of The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics series. He is also known for his work on The People's Almanac and The Book of Lists series. He splits his time between Santa Monica and the South of France. The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... The Peoples Almanac was a series of books published in the 1970s and 1980s by Irving Wallace, the novelist responsible for co-authoring the The Book of Lists series. ... The Book of Lists actually refers to any one of a series of books compiled by bestselling author Irving Wallace, his son David Wallechinsky, and daughter Amy Wallace. ...
He is the son of Irving Wallace. He was doing genealogical research on the family, and discovered that the family's original last name was "Wallechinsky". It had been anglicized to "Wallace" by an immigration clerk. He was so angered at this, he had his name legally changed to "David Wallechinsky." Irving Wallace (March 19, 1916 - June 29, 1990) was an American bestselling author and screenwriter. ...
He has complied the list of "The World's 10 Worst Dictators" for Parade magazine for the last several years. The Worlds 10 Worst Dictators is a list compiled yearly by Parade magazine. ... United States Marines on parade. ...
DavidWallechinsky: If you were living in Europe, you would be watching all of the events live because Eurosport broadcasts everything! If you don't like the way NBC covers the Olympics, I urge you to write to them and tell them so.
DavidWallechinsky: The 1928 men's 10,000m speedskating event was officially cancelled because of warm weather, after 10 of the skaters had already raced.
DavidWallechinsky: There have only been two competition-related deaths in the Olympics: in 1912, a Portugese runner died during the running of the marathon, and in 1960, a Danish cyclist died during the road race.
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