Events in History Relating to Record
January 9, 1793
Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
January 21, 1887
Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres (18.3 inches), a record for any Australian capital city.
August 5, 1901
Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11¾ins. The record will stand for 20 years.
July 10, 1913
Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C), the highest temperature recorded in the United States.
July 9, 1922
Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
February 17, 1924
In Miami, Florida, Johnny Weissmuller sets a new world record in the 100-yard freestyle swimming competition with a time of 52-2/5 seconds.
July 12, 1932
Hedley Verity establishes a first-class record by taking all ten wickets for only ten runs against Nottinghamshire on a pitch affected by a storm.
November 30, 1934
The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman becomes the first to officially exceed 100mph.
May 25, 1935
Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks five world records and ties a sixth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
January 28, 1938
The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by driver Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph).
January 1, 1939
Sydney, Australia, swelters in 45 ˚C (113 ˚F) heat, a record for the city.
March 30, 1939
The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph.
February 3, 1947
The lowest temperature in North America is recorded in Snag, Yukon.
March 15, 1952
In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870 mm (73 inches) of rain falls in one day, setting a new world record.
March 16, 1952
In Cilaos, Réunion, 1,870 millimetres (74 in) of rain falls in one day, setting a new world record.
March 19, 1954
Willie Mosconi sets the world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio. The record still stands today.
July 16, 1957
United States Marine Major John Glenn flies a F8U Crusader supersonic jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds setting a new transcontinental speed record.
May 18, 1958
An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 2,259.82 km/h (1,404.19 mph).
January 23, 1960
The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 m (35,798 feet) in the Pacific Ocean.
August 16, 1960
Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,330 m), setting three records that still stand today: High-altitude jump, free-fall, and fastest speed by a human without an aircraft.
August 24, 1963
The 200-metre freestyle is swum in less than 2 minutes for the first time by Don Schollander (1:58).
February 9, 1964
The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers.
February 29, 1964
In Sydney, Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets a new world record in the 100-meter freestyle swimming competition (58.9 seconds).
October 14, 1968
Jim Hines of the USA becomes the first man ever to break the ten second barrier in the 100 metres Olympic final at Mexico City with a time of 9.95 sec. He would be the only man to do so until 1983.
November 26, 1970
In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
April 21, 1982
Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
February 28, 1983
The final episode of M*A*S*H is broadcast in the USA, becoming the most watched television episode in history, with 106–125 million viewers in the U.S. (estimate varies by source).
April 29, 1986
Roger Clemens then of the Boston Red Sox sets a major league baseball record with 20 strikeouts in nine innings against the Seattle Mariners.
March 29, 1987
WrestleMania III sets a world indoor attendance record at the Pontiac Silverdome with 93,173 fans.
April 23, 1988
Pink Floyd's album The Dark Side of the Moon leaves the charts for the first time after spending a record of 741 consecutive weeks (over 14 years) on the Billboard 200.
October 15, 1989
Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.
May 15, 1990
Portrait of Doctor Gachet by Vincent van Gogh is sold for a record $82.5 million, the most expensive painting at the time.
May 18, 1990
In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3km/h.
May 1, 1991
Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics steals his 939th base, making him the all-time leader in this category. However, his accomplishment is overshadowed later that evening by Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers, when he pitches his seventh career no-hitter, breaking his own record.
January 8, 1994
Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
March 22, 1995
Cosmonaut Valeriy Polyakov returns after setting a record for 438 days in space.
February 4, 1996
Major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ties all-time record low temperature at -26°F (-32.2°C)
October 29, 1998
Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.
November 9, 1998
Brokerage houses are ordered to pay 1.03 billion USD to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for their price-fixing. This is the largest civil settlement in United States history.
November 19, 1998
Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells at auction for $71.5 million USD.
June 6, 1999
In Australian Rules Football, Tony Lockett breaks the record for career goals, previously 1299 by Gordon Coventry and which had stood since 1937.
December 19, 2001
A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia.
May 26, 2003
Only three days after a previous record, Sherpa Lakpa Gelu climbs Mount Everest in 10 hours 56 minutes. The tourism ministry of Nepal confirms this record in July that year.
May 21, 2004
Sherpa Pemba Dorjie climbs Mount Everest in 8 hours 10 minutes, breaking his rival Sherpa Lakpa Gelu's record from the previous year.
June 2, 2004
Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy!
January 1, 2006
Sydney, Australia swelters through its hottest New Years Day on record. The thermometer peaked at 45 degrees celsius, sparking bushfires and power outages.
April 3, 2007
Conventional-Train World Speed Record: a French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.
August 22, 2007
The Storm botnet, a botnet created by the Storm Worm, sends out a record 57 million e-mails in one day
December 16, 2007
Ron Paul raises a record amount of money online in a single day "money bomb": over six million dollars in 24 hours.
July 5, 2009
Roger Federer wins a record 15th Grand Slam (tennis) in tennis, winning a five set match against Andy Roddick at Wimbledon.
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