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Doris Day was an American actress, singer, and animal rights activist. She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, "Sentimental Journey" and "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" with Les Brown & His Band of Renown. She left Brown to embark on a solo career and recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967.
Jeanne-Paule Marie "Jeannine" Deckers, better known as Sœur Sourire and often called The Singing Nun in English-speaking countries, was a Belgian singer-songwriter and a member of the Dominican Order in Belgium as Sister Luc Gabriel. She acquired widespread fame in 1963 with the release of the Belgian French song "Dominique", which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 and other charts. Owing to confusion over the terms of the recording contract, she was reduced to poverty, and also experienced a crisis of faith, quitting the order, though still remaining a Catholic. She died by suicide with her lifelong partner, Annie Pécher.
Strontium-89 is a radioactive isotope of strontium produced by nuclear fission, with a half-life of 50.57 days. It undergoes β− decay into yttrium-89. Strontium-89 has an application in medicine.
RMB is the name of a German electronic music duo, founded in 1993 by musicians and producers Farid Gharadjedaghi and Rolf Maier-Bode.
Doris de Agostini-Rossetti was a Swiss alpine skier, bronze-medalist in the Alpine World Ski Championships 1978 and winner of the 1982/1983 Downhill World Cup. She also competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics and the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Doris Elaine Brown Heritage is a retired American runner. She won the International Cross Country Championships five times in a row, in 1967–1971. She collected silver medals in the 800 m at the Pan American Games in 1967 and 1971. She placed fifth in the event at the 1968 Mexico Olympics. Brown Heritage briefly held the world record in the 3000 m in 1971. She was the first woman to clock a sub five-minute mile indoors. After retiring from competitions she had a long career as a running coach, and helped prepare the national women's team to the 1984 Summer Olympics. Brown Heritage was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame, National Track Coaches Hall of Fame and National Distance Running Hall of Fame.
Steve Pecher is an American former soccer defender who is currently the Missouri Girls Director of St Louis Scott Gallagher.
Édouard Gustave Charles Marie Pecher was a Belgian lawyer and liberal politician. He was president of the Liberal Party from 1921 until 1926.
Doris Jessie Carter, was an Australian military officer, public servant, and athlete who specialised in the high jump. She was the first Australian female track and field athlete to make an Olympic Games final.
Pierre Pêcher was a Belgian fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Doris Ramseier is a Swiss equestrian. She won a silver medal in team dressage at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, together with Christine Stückelberger and Ulrich Lehmann. She also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Doris Molesworth was a British swimmer. She competed in the women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Doris Thompson was an Australian swimmer. She competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Doris Woods was a British gymnast. She won a bronze medal in the women's team event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Doris M. Batter-Hatton was a British sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics. She married Leonard Hatton in 1951. She represented England and won a silver medal in the 660 yards relay at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.
Charles Pecher was a Belgian pioneer in nuclear medicine. He discovered and introduced strontium-89 in medical therapeutic procedures in 1939.
Pecher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Doris Piché is a Canadian badminton player. She competed in women's singles and women's doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and in women's singles and mixed doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Konrad Pecher is an Austrian former speed skater. He competed in three events at the 1952 Winter Olympics.
Doris Blanc was a Swiss figure skater. She competed in the ladies' singles event at the 1948 Winter Olympics.
References
- ↑ "Doris Pecher". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
