Johannes Sigfrid Edström ( November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 40 days remaining. Events 235 - Anterus is elected Pope. 1783 - In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, the marquis dArlandes, make the first untethered... November 21, 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). Events January - April January 6 - The inauguration of the Musikverein ( Vienna). January 10 - John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil January 15 - A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey (A... 1870- March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). There are 288 days remaining. Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius will and proclaims Caligula emperor. 1229 - Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor declares himself King of Jerusalem during the Sixth Crusade. 1438... March 18, 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. January 3 - Senator Barry Goldwater announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for President. January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the... 1964) was a The Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish: Konungariket Sverige  listen?) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak Strait and the Kattegat Strait on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia on... Swedish industrial and sports official.

Born in the tiny village of Orust is a municipality on the island of Orust in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. It covers an area of 388.4 km². As of the early 2000s, out of the population of 15,023: 7,705 are male, and 7,318 are female. The population density... Morlanda, Edström studied at Chalmers University of Technology Chalmers University of Technology or Chalmers tekniska högskola is a university in Gothenburg, Sweden. History Founded in 1829 following a donation by William Chalmers, a director of the Swedish East India Company, and being run as a private institution until 1937, when the institute became... Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg [jøːtəbɔrj]) is a city and a municipality on the western coast of Sweden, in the County of Västra Götaland. With 478,055 inhabitants in the city and 816,931 in the metropolitan area it is the second largest... Gothenburg and later in The Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in Europe, with neighbours Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. The country has a strong tradition of political and military neutrality, but also of international co-operation, and is home to many international organisations. Confoederatio Helvetica (CH), the Latin version... Switzerland and the The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... United States. In his youth, he was also a top sprinter, capable of finishing the 100 m in 11 seconds. He was director of the electrotechnical company ASEA (Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget) was a Swedish industry company. It merged with the Swiss BBC Brown Boveri in 1988 to form Asea Brown Boveri. ASEA still esists, but only as a holding company owning 50% of ABB. History ASEA was founded 1883 by Ludvig Fredholm in Stockholm as... ASEA from 1903 to 1933, and president of the board from 1934 until 1939.

In the meanwhile, Edström had become involved in Swedish sports administration, and had helped organise the The Games of the V Olympiad were held in 1912 in Sweden. For the first time, competitors in the Games came from all five continents symbolized in the Olympic rings. A winter sports week for the 1912 Games featuring figure skating were rejected by organizers because they wanted to promote... 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm [, ] is the capital and the largest City of Sweden. The City of Stockholm is administratively a municipality within Stockholm County, the population of the city proper is 761,721 (2004), with the suburbs included, the population is 1,695,946 (2004) (Stockholm County except Norrtälje, Nykvarn, Nynäshamn... Stockholm. During those Olympics, the The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics (known in the US as track and field). It was founded in 1912 at its first Congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation... International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) was established, and Edström was elected its first president, which he remained until 1946.

He became a member of the Alternative meanings at IOC (disambiguation) The International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece, and organize this sports event every four years. The IOC receives its operating funds through advertising and merchandising... International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1920, and after a position in the Executive Committee, he became vice-president in 1931. When IOC president Belgian Count Henri de Baillet-Latour (March 1, 1876-January 6, 1942) was the third president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). De Baillet-Latour became a member of the IOC in 1903, later also co-founding the Belgian Olympic Committee. He was one of the organisers of the 1920... Henri de Baillet-Latour died in 1942, Edström was the acting president until the end of Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (60,000 ft) into the air. August 9, 1945 World War II was a global conflict that started in 7 July 1937 in Asia and 1 September 1939 in Europe and lasted until 1945, involving the majority of the... World War II, when he was formally elected president. He played an important role in reviving the Olympic Movement after the war. In 1952, he retired from his position in and was succeeded by Avery Brundage (September 28, 1887 _ May 8, 1975) was an American athlete, sports official, art collector and philanthropist. Born in Detroit, Brundage studied civil engineering at the University of Illinois, graduating in 1909. A few years later, he founded his own company, the Avery Brundage Company, which was active... Avery Brundage.