Antedating of "Decathlon" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Slightly earlier:
_NY Sun_ 26 Jun 1910 sec 3 p 8 col 4
"Then there will be a decathlon, or ten event all around, the list being
given below."
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1910-06-26/ed-1/seq-36
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> decathlon (OED 1912)
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> 1910 _Nashville American_ 10 July A12 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
> The=  International Olympic Committee held its meeting recently at
> Luxembourg, w= here the programme for the Swedish Olympic games was
> discussed. ... Then, t= here will be a decathlon, or ten-event all-
> around.
>
> Fred Shapiro
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