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Historical Events
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1861-07-31 - 9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam: world record
1861-12-31 - 22,990 mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in 1861, world record
1890-03-02 - Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 5 km (9:19)
1891-02-28 - Oscar Grundén skates world record 500m (50.8 sec)
1893-01-11 - Jaap Eden skates world record 1500m (2:35)
1893-02-05 - Alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 sec)
1893-02-26 - Einar Halvorsen skates world record 500m (48 sec)
1893-05-11 - Henri Desgrange establishes 1st bicycle-world record (35.325 km)
1894-01-21 - Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 500m in 47.8 sec
1894-04-24 - French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18
1895-02-03 - Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs)
1895-02-23 - Jaap Eden skates world record 10km (17:56)
1900-02-10 - Peter Ostlund skates world record 500m (45.2 sec)
1906-01-27 - Rudolf Gundersen skates world record 500m at 44.8 sec
1906-01-29 - Coen de King skates world record time: 32,370 km
1908-07-24 - John Hayes wins 4th olympics marathon (2:55:18.4 world record)
1910-10-02 - Henry Wijnmalen flies to 2,800m altitude (world record)
1911-10-24 - Orville Wright remained in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina setting a new world record that stood for 10 years.
1912-04-01 - The Greek athlete Konstantinos Tsiklitiras breaks the world record -in standing long jump jumping 3.47 meters.
1914-01-10 - Oscar Mathisen skates world record 500 m in 43.7 sec in Oslo
1914-06-01 - Oscar Egg bicycles world record time (44,247 km)
1914-06-18 - Oscar Egg bicycles world record time (44,247 km)
1922-09-13 - 136.4°F (58°C), El Aziziyah, Libya in shade (world record)
1926-07-12 - Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:26.2)
1926-07-17 - Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:11.4)
1928-12-26 - World record 10th wicket stand 307 (Kippax / Hooker) NSW v Vic
1929-01-19 - Clas Thunberg skates world record 500m in 42.8 sec
1933-08-11 - Temp reaches 136°F (57.8°C) at San Luis Potosi, Mex (world record)
1933-08-26 - Jan van Houten bicycles world record time (44,588 km)
1934-07-12 - Willy de Supervise swims world record 400m (5:16.0)
1936-01-04 - Grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 v S Afr
1936-02-27 - Willy den Ouden swims world record 100 m free style (1:04.6)
1937-09-29 - Frans Slaats bicycles world record time (45,563 km)
1937-11-03 - Archambaud bicycles world record time (45,796 km)
1937-11-11 - Messerschmidt ME-109V13 flies world record 610.4 kph
1938-02-05 - Hans Engnestangen skates world record 500m (41.8 sec)
1938-02-26 - Rie Van Veen swims world record 200m free style (2:24.6)
1939-11-29 - Cor Klint swims world record 200 m backstroke (2:38.8)
1939-12-30 - Bradman scores 267 SA v Vic, world record 34th double cricket century
1940-05-29 - Adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 sec)
1942-06-21 - Seinheuer throws female world record spear (47.24m)
1942-08-28 - Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2)
1942-11-07 - Bicyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world record (45,848 km)
1943-09-19 - Fanny Whiteers-Koen breaks jumping world record
1947-04-19 - Suh Yun Buck wins world record marathon (2:25:39)
1952-03-16 - 1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Reunion (world record)
1953-01-25 - Yuri Sergejev skates world record 500m in 40.9 sec
1954-07-01 - Test Cricket debut of Khalid Hassan, 16 yrs 352, then world record
1956-03-03 - Cockie Gastelaars swims world record 100 m freestyle (1:04.2)
1958-06-28 - Nancy Ramey swims world record 100m (1:09.6)
1959-01-11 - Hanif Mohammad completes 499 for Karachi, then 1st class world record
1960-08-24 - -127°F (-88°C), Vostok, Antarctica (world record)
1963-01-27 - Jevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 sec
1966-01-26 - Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2:06.2)
1966-01-30 - Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2:05.2)
1966-03-05 - Bob Seagren pole vaults 5.19m indoor world record
1967-10-30 - Ferdinand Bracke bicycles world record time (48,093 km)
1968-10-18 - Lee Evans sets world record of 43.8 seconds in 400 meter dash
1969-06-21 - John Pennel pole vaults world record (5.45 m)
1969-12-12 - Bill Toomey achieves world record-score (8417 points)
1970-01-18 - Hasse Borjes skates world record 500m in 38.9 sec
1970-01-24 - Valeri Muratov skates world record 500m (38.99 sec)
1971-01-16 - Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (1:58.7)
1971-01-20 - Ard Schenk skates world record 1000m (1:18.8)
1972-03-04 - Erhard Keller (Germany) skates world record 1000m (1:18.5)
1972-07-02 - Bob Seagren pole vaults world record 5.63m
1973-01-13 - Efskind skates world record 1000m (1:17.6)
1973-09-15 - Secretariat wins Marlboro Cup in world record 1:45 2/5 for 1¼ miles
1975-03-15 - Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (37.99 sec)
1975-03-17 - Valeri Muratov skates world record 1000m (1:16.92)
1975-04-21 - Liane Winter wins world record female Boston marathon (2:42:24)
1975-05-09 - Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record)
1976-03-17 - Malikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.76)
1976-03-20 - Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.70)
1976-05-30 - Bobby Unser sets world record for fastest pit stop (4 seconds)
1977-03-19 - Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.33)
1977-08-17 - Thomas Wessinghage/Harald Hudak/Michael Lederer/Karl Fleschen walk world record 4x1500m (14:38.8)
1978-03-12 - Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:14.99)
1979-02-17 - Eric Heiden equals skating world record 1000m (1:14.99)
1980-03-13 - Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:13.60)
1981-01-31 - Gaetan Boucher skates world record 1000m (1:13.39)
1981-02-20 - James Sanford equals 50m indoor world record (5.61 sec)
1981-03-28 - Christa Rothenburger skates ladies world record 500 m 40.18 sec)
1981-03-28 - Gabi Schonbrunn skates ladies world record 3 km (4:21.70)
1981-03-28 - Yevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (36.91 secs)
1981-08-13 - Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 200m butterfly (2:05.96)
1981-08-16 - Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 100m butterfly (57.93)
1982-01-10 - Petra Schneider swims world record 1500 m freestyle (15:43.31)
1982-01-31 - Gustafson skates world record 10 km (14:26.59)
1982-03-07 - Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec)
1982-08-01 - Petra Schneider swims world record 400m medley (4:36.10)
1983-01-23 - Schone skates ladies world record 5 km (7:40.97)
1983-03-25 - Christa Rothenburger skates world record 500 m ladies (39.69 sec)
1983-03-25 - Pavel Pegov skates world record 1000m (1:12.58)
1983-06-11 - Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14
1983-07-22 - -128.6°F (-89.2°C) recorded, Vostok, Antarctica (world record)
1984-01-15 - Schonbrun skates world record 5 km (7:39.44)
1984-01-19 - Francesco Moser bicycles world record time: 50,808 km
1984-02-27 - Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8,675 m)
1984-03-23 - Andrea Schone skates ladies world record 3 km (4:20.91)
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 61 of 61
1872-04-25 - Charles Burgess Fry, cricketer/world record long jumper
1895-07-04 - Walderman Marx, cricketer (S Af, 240 on FC debut (then world record))
1910-08-05 - Nan Gindele, US javelin thrower (World Record 1932-38)
1914-08-14 - Sydney Wooderson, miler (world record 1937)
1919-09-15 - Fausto Coppi, Italian bicylist (world record 45,798 km)
1927-10-10 - Clairmonte Depeiaza, cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955)
1931-01-31 - Christopher Chataway, British MP/athlete (world record 5k)
1938-07-03 - Shin Geum Dan, North Korea, 400m/800m runner (1962 world record)
1942-04-03 - Rick Sylvester, parachute ski jumper (world record 3,300')
1948-01-03 - Manfred Kokot, East German runner (world record 50 m indoor)
1950-05-01 - Marina Stepanova, Russian hurdler (world record 1986)
1950-07-29 - Maricica Puica, Romania, 2K runner (world record)
1952-02-29 - Raul Gonzalez, Mexican 50K speed walker (world record)
1952-06-28 - Pietro Mennea, Italian runner (200m world record)
1953-02-13 - Suleiman Nyambui, Tanzanian runner (world record 5k indoor)
1953-03-26 - Tatyana Providokhina, Russian 1K runner (world record)
1956-07-15 - Toshihiko Seko, Japanese runner (world record 25/30 km)
1956-12-27 - Doina Melinte, Romanian running star (world record 1500 m/mile indoor)
1957-04-06 - Maurizio Damilano, Italian speed walker (30K World Record)
1957-06-09 - Elly van Holly, running star (3k indoor world record)
1957-12-27 - James Sanford, US runner (world record 50m indoor)
1959-07-30 - Petra Felke, German DR, javelin thrower (world record 1988)
1960-05-11 - Jorgen Schult, German FR, discus thrower (world record 1986)
1960-07-06 - Jozef/Josef Pribilinec, Czech, speed walker (world record 10K)
1960-10-14 - Steve Cram, English runner (world record mile/2 km)
1960-10-28 - Landon Curt Noll, Astronomer, Cryptographer and Mathematician: youngest to hold the world record for the largest known prime 3 times
1961-02-21 - Yobes Ondieki, Kenya, 10K runner (world record)
1961-03-14 - Grigoriy Kornev, Russian speed walker (world record 5 km)
1961-09-28 - Yordanka Donkova, Bulgaria, 100 m hurdler (world record)
1961-12-10 - Mark McKoy, Canadian track star (world record 50m indoor)
1962-04-29 - Robert Druppers, runner (world record 1 km indoor)
1962-07-26 - Galina Chistyakova, Russian jumper (world record 1988)
1962-08-26 - Roger Kingdom, US 60m hurdler (world record)
1962-12-11 - Kim Linehan, swimmer (1979 1500m World record)
1963-01-11 - Petra Schneider, E German swimming star (world record 400m)
1963-07-20 - Paula Ivan, Romanian runner (world record mile)
1963-09-23 - Gabriele Reinsch, German DR, discus thrower (world record 1988)
1963-11-10 - Michael Anthony Powell, Phila, long jumper (world record 1991)
1964-04-23 - Martin Lopez-Zubero, Spanish backstroke swimmer (world record 200m)
1964-05-05 - Heike Henkel, German FR, world record indoor high jumper (1992)
1964-05-24 - Elizabeth McColgan, British running star (world record 5 km indoor)
1964-08-08 - Harry Lee "Butch" Reynolds, US, 400m runner (world record)
1964-10-06 - Thomas "Tom" Hunter, US 50M FREESTYLE swimmer (world record)
1964-12-16 - Heike Drechsler, Gera German DR, sprinter (1988 world record)
1965-05-20 - Bruno Marie-Rose, French runner (world record 200 m indoor)
1965-05-25 - Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria high jumper (world record 1987)
1965-09-12 - Silke Horner, German DR, swimmer (world record 100m-breast stroke)
1966-03-03 - Dmitri Volkov, Russian swimmer (world record)
1967-01-22 - Nicholas Gillingham, British swimmer (world record 200m freestyle)
1967-04-11 - Stefan Johnstown, Norwegian speed walker (world record 20 km)
1967-10-13 - Javier Sotomayor, Cuban jumper (world record 1989)
1968-03-27 - Irina Belova, Russian pentathelete (world record 1992)
1968-07-02 - Mark Tewsksbury, Canada swimmer (world record backstroke)
1968-11-12 - Irina Privalova, Russian runner (indoor world record 50/60m)
1968-12-01 - Anders Holmertz, Swedish free style swimmer (world record 400m)
1969-01-13 - Andre Cason, US runner (world record 50 indoor)
1969-01-28 - Giorgio Lamberti, Italian free style swimmer (world record 200m)
1969-06-25 - Alina Ivanova, Ukraine, race walker (indoor 3K world record)
1970-04-18 - Heike Friedrich, East Germany swimmer (world record 200m)
1971-09-01 - Moses Kiptanui, Kenyan 3K runner (world record)
1973-08-14 - Kieren Perkins, Australian free-style 1500m swimmer (world record)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 3 of 3
1960-01-02 - Fausto Coppi, Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at 40
1988-03-10 - Glenn Cunningham, US world record miler, dies at 78
1995-10-10 - John Rodolph, wheelchair-race world record holder, hit by truck at 31
