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0763-06-15 BC - Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
0180-07-17 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
1495-06-01 - 1st written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Friar John Cor is the distiller
1639-11-24 - 1st observation of transit of Venus occured (only 2, record event)
1774-01-30 - Capt Cook reaches 71°10' south, 1820km from south pole (record)
1827-09-21 - According to Joseph Smith, Jr., the angel Moroni gave him a record of gold plates, one-third of which Joseph translated into The Book of Mormon.
1834-01-05 - Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell
1837-05-10 - Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.
1859-07-01 - Balloon covers a record 809 miles over St Louis
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
1876-03-17 - 1st record high jump over 6' (Marshall Jones Brooks)
1878-08-21 - Edward Pooley completes record 8 stumpings in a cricket match
1879-01-16 - January record 13" of snow falls in NYC (broken Jan 7, 1996)
1879-09-19 - Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track & field record pole-vaulting 11' 2½" at age 17 years & 198 days
1880-01-06 - Record snow cover in Seattle-120 cm
1881-08-04 - 122°F (50°C), Seville, Spain (European record)
1881-09-27 - Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12
1887-01-21 - Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres (18.3 inches), a record for any Australian capital city.
1887-02-14 - Cubs sell Mike King Kelly to Boston for record $10,000
1887-10-08 - Phillies set club record 16th straight victory
1888-07-03 - NY Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak
1888-07-11 - 118°F (48°C), Bennett, Colorado (state record)
1888-08-10 - NY Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record
1889-01-16 - 128°F (53°C), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record)
1889-06-22 - Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss
1890-01-02 - Record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny
1890-03-02 - Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 5 km (9:19)
1890-05-24 - Geo Train & Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma
1891-02-28 - Oscar Grundén skates world record 500m (50.8 sec)
1891-09-14 - "Empire State Express" train goes from NYC to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M
1892-06-10 - Wilbert Robinson sets record by going 7-for-7 in a 9-inning game
1892-06-28 - Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories
1893-01-11 - Jaap Eden skates world record 1500m (2:35)
1893-01-17 - -17°F (-27°C), Millsboro, Delaware (state record)
1893-02-05 - Alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 sec)
1893-02-26 - 2 Clydesdale horses set record by pulling 48 tons on a sledge, Mich
1893-02-26 - Einar Halvorsen skates world record 500m (48 sec)
1893-05-11 - Henri Desgrange establishes 1st bicycle-world record (35.325 km)
1894-01-09 - "Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze" released in movie theaters
1894-01-21 - Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 500m in 47.8 sec
1894-01-23 - G W Bunbury of Dublin sets shorthand record of 250 wpm for 10 min
1894-04-24 - French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18
1895-01-15 - Albert Trott takes 8-43 on Test debut, then a record
1895-02-03 - Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs)
1895-02-11 - -17°F (-27.2°C) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)
1895-02-23 - Jaap Eden skates world record 10km (17:56)
1895-04-15 - Josephine Blatt (US) makes hip-and-harness lift of 3564 lb (record)
1896-06-12 - J.T. Hearne sets a cricket record for the earliest date of taking 100 first-class wickets in a season.
1897-05-18 - NY Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game
1897-07-26 - 37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record)
1897-07-27 - 14.75" (37.5 cm) of rainfall, Jewell, Maryland (state 24-hr record)
1898-12-18 - Automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph)
1899-02-10 - -39°F (-39°C), Milligan, Ohio (state lowest record temperature)
1899-02-11 - -15°F (-26°C), Washington, DC (district record)
1899-02-11 - -61°F, Montana (record low temperature)
1899-02-12 - -47°F (-44°C), Camp Clarke, Nebraska (state record)
1899-02-13 - -16°F (-27°C), Minden Louisiana (state record)
1899-02-13 - -2°F (-19°C) Tallahassee, Florida (state record)
1900-02-10 - Peter Ostlund skates world record 500m (45.2 sec)
1900-05-31 - Tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074)
1900-07-12 - 114°F (46°C), Basin, Wyoming (state record)
1900-09-10 - 20.3 cm rainfall at Elk Point, South Dakota (state record)
1901-04-28 - Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1
1901-06-09 - NY Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cin Reds 25-13
1901-08-05 - Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4"
1901-08-10 - Chic White Sox Frank Isbell strands record 11 teammate base runners
1902-03-18 - Enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record
1902-03-28 - 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record)
1903-02-16 - -59°F (-51°C), Pokegama Dam, Minnesota (state record)
1903-08-19 - Phillies suffer record 9th straight posponed game
1904-01-05 - -34°F (-36.7°C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record)
1904-01-05 - -42°F (-41.1°C), Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record)
1904-05-27 - NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, NY Giants)
1904-07-21 - Camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH
1904-10-03 - Giants Christy Mathewson strikes out then record 16 Cards
1904-10-07 - NY Highlander Jack Chesbro wins record 41st game of season (41-12)
1904-10-10 - Boston pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record, also record for total complete games AL 1,098, NL 1,089
1905-02-13 - -29°F (-34°C) Pond, Arkansas (state record)
1905-02-13 - -40°F (-40°C) Lebanon, Kansas (state record)
1905-02-13 - -40°F (-40°C) Warsaw, Missouri (state record)
1905-07-07 - 127°F (53°C), Parker Ariz (state record)
1905-08-06 - 26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record)
1905-09-08 - Pitts Pirates strand NL record 18 men on base & lose to Reds 8-3
1905-09-20 - Cleveland makes AL record 7 errors in an inning
1905-12-11 - 120°F (49°C), Rivadavia, Argentina (South American record)
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
1906-08-02 - Chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak
1906-09-21 - Yankee 1st baseman Hal Chase's 22 put-outs ties record
1906-10-11 - White Sox Ed Walsh strikes out then record 12 in a World Series game
1907-01-01 - Pres Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day
1907-03-19 - 18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch, Nevada (state record)
1907-06-01 - -27°F (-33°C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record)
1907-06-28 - Nationals steal a record 13 bases off catcher Branch Rickey
1907-09-12 - Lusitania arrives in NYC after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record)
1907-09-30 - Cards Ed Konetchy steals home twice & Joe Delahanty also steals home for record 3 steals of home (vs Boston)
1908-06-12 - Lusitania crosses Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours (NYC)
1908-07-24 - John Hayes wins 4th olympics marathon (2:55:18.4 world record)
1908-10-08 - NY Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920)
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 100 of 141
1851-05-20 - Emile Berliner, Germany, inventor (flat phonograph record)
1863-12-25 - Charles Pathé, French pioneer of film and record industries (d. 1957)
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))
1901-04-14 - Alfred West, champion cyclist/record hair splitter (17 splits)
1910-08-05 - Nan Gindele, US javelin thrower (World Record 1932-38)
1914-08-14 - Sydney Wooderson, miler (world record 1937)
1916-03-10 - Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill, record producer
1916-12-06 - Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (d. 1986)
1918-01-13 - Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer
1918-08-06 - Norman Granz, American record producer (d. 2001)
1919-09-15 - Fausto Coppi, Italian bicylist (world record 45,798 km)
1922-05-05 - Jay D Miller, record producer
1922-07-27 - Bob Thiele, record producer
1923-01-05 - Sam Phillips, musician/record founder (Sun)
1923-05-12 - Ewart G Abner, record company executive
1923-11-23 - Angelo John Novarese, record company founder
1926-01-03 - George Martin, record producer (The Beatles)
1927-10-10 - Clairmonte Depeiaza, cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955)
1929-04-05 - Joe Meek, English record producer
1929-11-28 - Berry Gordy Jr, Detroit, record company owner (Motown)
1931-01-31 - Christopher Chataway, British MP/athlete (world record 5k)
1932-01-26 - Coxsone Dodd, Jamaican record producer
1932-04-04 - Clive Davis, American record producer
1934-02-05 - Hank Aaron, baseball player (record 755 HRs, 1957 NL MVP)
1934-04-05 - Tina Maria Stone, runner (1 year distance record of 15,472 miles)
1935-04-18 - Paul A Rothchild, record producer
1935-11-15 - Peter John Welding, record producer
1937-05-12 - Beryl Burton, UK, won record (7) women's cycling titles
1938-04-29 - Klaus Voormann, German musician, artist, and record producer
1938-07-03 - Shin Geum Dan, North Korea, 400m/800m runner (1962 world record)
1939-11-29 - Domenico Monardo, American record producer
1939-12-26 - [Harvey] Phil Spector, record producer (Wall of Sound)
1940-05-03 - Konrad "Conny" Plank, German record producer and musician
1940-12-23 - Eugene Record, US singer (Chi Lites-Give it Away)
1941-02-03 - Neil Bogart, American record executive (d. 1982)
1941-06-30 - Mike Leander Farr, record producer
1942-04-03 - Rick Sylvester, parachute ski jumper (world record 3,300')
1943-02-21 - David Geffin, Brooklyn NY, record producer (Geffin, Asylum)
1944-02-29 - David Briggs, record producer
1944-06-09 - 23 puppies, (record litter) born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler Penn
1944-06-09 - record litter of 23 puppies is born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler Penn
1944-12-17 - Ference Bene, Hungary, record 12 soccer goals (Olympic-gold-1964)
1947-01-12 - Tom Dempsey, NFL record-holder (longest field goal, 63 yards)
1947-08-16 - John Howard, (US), speed record (152.284 mph at Bonneville Flats, UT)
1948-01-03 - Manfred Kokot, East German runner (world record 50 m indoor)
1949-07-10 - John Whitehead, American singer and record producer
1950-05-01 - Marina Stepanova, Russian hurdler (world record 1986)
1950-07-29 - Maricica Puica, Romania, 2K runner (world record)
1951-09-19 - Daniel Lanois, Canadian record producer
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)
1953-05-01 - Glen Ballard, American songwriter and record producer
1955-02-12 - Bill Laswell, American bassist and record producer
1956-07-15 - Toshihiko Seko, Japanese runner (world record 25/30 km)
1956-11-08 - Steven Miller, American record producer
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)
1958-08-04 - Mary Decker Tabb Slaney, NJ, olympic track star (mile record 4:16.71)
1959-02-06 - Ken Nelson, English record producer
1959-06-06 - Jimmy Jam, American record producer
1959-07-15 - Shep Pettibone, American record producer
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)
1961-07-26 - Yolanda Chen, Moscow Russia, triple jumper (indoor record)
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)
1962-05-06 - Adam Yellin, American record producer
1962-05-12 - Brett Gurewitz, American songwriter and record producer (Bad Religion) (Epitaph)
1962-06-18 - Jan[ice] Merrill, track star (US record long distance holder 1979)
1962-07-26 - Galina Chistyakova, Russian jumper (world record 1988)
1962-08-03 - Tina Lehtola, Finland, women's ski jumper (world's record holder)
1962-08-26 - Roger Kingdom, US 60m hurdler (world record)
1962-10-01 - Trevor Baxter, record holder for high jumping with a skateboard
1962-12-11 - Kim Linehan, swimmer (1979 1500m World record)
1963-01-11 - Petra Schneider, E German swimming star (world record 400m)
1963-03-01 - Dan Michaels, American musician and record producer
1963-03-10 - Rick Rubin, American record producer
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)
1963-12-11 - Jon Brion, American musician/record producer
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)
1964-10-01 - Max Matsuura, Japanese record producer
1964-10-06 - Thomas "Tom" Hunter, US 50M FREESTYLE swimmer (world record)
1964-12-08 - Sandy Burnett, English record producer
1964-12-16 - Heike Drechsler, Gera German DR, sprinter (1988 world record)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 51 of 51
1930-06-13 - Henry Segrave, British racing driver who held land speed records and the water speed record (b. 1896)
1949-01-01 - Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63
1960-01-02 - Fausto Coppi, Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at 40
1966-02-01 - Nicholas Piantanida, sets balloon flight record & dies in descent
1978-09-06 - Tom Wilson, American record producer (b. 1931)
1978-11-25 - Elaine Esposito, American woman who hold the record for longest coma (b. 1934)
1981-03-26 - Tim Wall, cricketer (SA v NSW 1933 is Sheffield Shield record), dies
1981-04-07 - Kit Lambert, British record producer and manager (The Who) (b. 1935)
1982-05-08 - Neil Bogart, American record executive (b. 1943)
1984-12-30 - Massa, oldest gorilla on record (b. 1930)
1986-05-01 - Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1916)
1986-09-07 - Ruth Polsky, record promoter, dies after being run over by a cab at 30
1986-10-19 - Moses Asch, record founder (Folkways), dies at 81
1986-12-17 - Ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer
1987-02-02 - Alfred Lion, record founder (Blue Note), dies at 78
1987-03-19 - Tony Stratton-Smith, journalist/record co CEO (Charisma), dies at 53
1987-12-18 - Conny Plank, German record producer and musician (b. 1940)
1988-03-10 - Glenn Cunningham, US world record miler, dies at 78
1989-04-15 - Nesuhi Ertegün, American record executive (b. 1917)
1991-04-09 - Martin Hannett, record producer (b. 1948)
1993-03-04 - Art Hodes, Russ/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies
1994-09-12 - Major Bill Smith, record producer, dies at 72
1994-10-31 - Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer, dies at 76
1995-03-21 - Norman Schwartz, record Producer, dies at 66
1995-03-29 - Carl E Jefferson, record company owner, dies at 74
1995-03-30 - Paul A Rothchild, record producer, dies at 59
1995-10-10 - Jimmy Nash, record company owner, dies at 47
1995-10-10 - John Rodolph, wheelchair-race world record holder, hit by truck at 31
1995-11-02 - Florence Greenberg, record company founder, dies at 82
1995-11-15 - Kristian Lundin, record producer, dies at 22
1995-11-17 - Peter John Welding, record producer, dies at 60
1995-11-26 - David Briggs, record producer, dies at 51
1996-01-30 - Bob Thiele, record producer, dies at 73
1996-03-23 - Jay D. Miller, record producer, dies at 73
1996-04-14 - Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill, record producer, dies at 80
1996-04-18 - Michael Leander Farr, record producer, dies at 55
1996-06-23 - Angelo John Novarese, record company founder, dies at 72
1998-01-07 - Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915)
1999-04-01 - Jesse Stone, American record producer (b. 1901)
1999-05-17 - Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian record producer and musician (b. 1949)
2000-08-25 - Jack Nitzsche, American record producer (b. 1937)
2003-05-30 - Mickie Most, English record producer (b. 1938)
2003-07-30 - Sam Phillips, American record producer (b. 1923)
2004-11-19 - Terry Melcher, American musician and record producer (b. 1942)
2005-05-13 - Eddie Barclay, French record producer (b. 1921)
2005-07-22 - Eugene Record American songwriter and singer (The Chi-Lites) (b. 1940)
2007-07-23 - Ron Miller, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1933)
2008-03-24 - Neil Aspinall, British record producer (b. 1941)
2008-08-21 - Jerry Finn, American record producer (b. 1969)
2008-12-17 - Freddy Breck, German schlager singer, composer, record producer and news anchor (b. 1942)
2009-07-04 - Allen Klein, American record label executive (b. 1931)
