1998 Steven M. Gluckstern completes sale of New York Islanders
1997 Yahoo completes purchase of Four11
1997 Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight
1995 Boon completes his 21st Test Cricket century (110 vs. SL, MCG)
1995 U.S. space probe Ulyssus completes 2nd passage behind Sun
1995 Lara completes 7th Test Cricket century, 179 at The Oval
1995 Lara completes 6th Test Cricket century, 152 at Trent Bridge
1995 Lara completes 5th Test Cricket century, 145 at Old Trafford
1995 Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians vs. Kent
1995 Steve Fossett completes 1st air balloon over Pacific Ocean (9600 km)
1995 Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria vs. South Australia
1994 Boon completes his 20th Test Cricket century (131 vs. Eng, MCG)
1994 Space probe Ulyssus completes 1st passage behind the Sun
1994 Boon completes his 19th Test century (114 vs. Pak, Karachi)
1993 Boon completes his 18th Test Cricket century (106 vs. NZ, Hobart)
1993 Boon completes 17th Test Cricket century, 107 at Headingley
1993 Boon completes 16th Test Cricket century, 101 at Trent Bridge
1993 Boon completes 15th Test cricket century, 164* vs. England at Lord's
1993 Brian Lara completes 277 vs. Australia at cricket SCG
1992 Boon completes twelfth Test century, 135 vs. India at Adelaide
1992 Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs. Australia at the SCG
1992 Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129* vs. India at Sydney
1991 Boon completes 10th Test Cricket century, 109* vs. WI at Kingston
1991 Boon completes ninth Test century, 121 vs. England at Adelaide
1989 Geoff Marsh completes 355* for WA against South Australia
1989 Boon completes 7th Test century, 149 vs. WI at SCG
1988 Jim Elliott (U.S.) completes 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi
1988 Javed Miandad completes 211, his 5th Test Cricket double, vs. Australia
1987 Joe Montana of 49ers completes NFL record 22 consecutive passes
1986 Border completes twin Test tons (140 and 114*) vs. NZ
1985 Henry G. Perry completes 157 day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia
1985 Michael Secrest (U.S.) completes 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards
1984 Javed Miandad completes twin Test Cricket tons, vs. NZ, Hyderabad
1984 Joe Kittinger completes 1st solo balloon crossing of Atlantic
1983 Graeme Yallop completes 268 vs. Pakistan at cricket MCG
1983 Ron Grant completes a 217 day, 8,316 mile run around Australia
1983 George Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere
1983 Charlos Vieira completes 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria Portugal
1983 Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes
1982 Space Shuttle Columbia completes its 1st operational flight
1982 Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket tons for Sri Lanka vs. India
1982 In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawal
1981 Brit team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest and fastest crossing of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2,500 miles)
1980 Richard Todd of New York Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record)
1980 Jim King completes riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours
1980 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season
1980 Border completes 150 in each inning of Test Cricket vs. Pakistan
1979 D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8
1979 Theodore Coombs completes 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to New York City and back to Yates Center, Ks
1979 Raul Gonzales of Mexico completes 50,000 m walk in record 3:41:38.4
1979 Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka [From May 2]
1978 Arron Marshall completes a record shower of 336 hours
1978 Allen Ginsburg completes "Plutonian Ode," blocks trainload of fissile material headed for Rockwell's nuclear bomb trigger factory, Colorado
1978 Walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida
1978 Frank Herbert completes his novel "Destination: Void"
1977 Chris Old completes a century in 37 mins, Yorks vs. Warwicks
1977 Dr. Allen Bussey completes 20,302 yo-yo loops
1976 John Hathaway completes 50,600 mile bicycle tour of every continent
1975 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes Sonate for alto opus 147
1974 Dmitri Sjotakovitch completes Michelangelo-liederen
1974 Heng Yo and Heng Ju, completes 1,000 mile (SF-Seattle) pilgrimage
1974 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 15th String quartet
1974 Lawrence Rowe completes 302 vs. Eng Bridgetown, 36 fours 1 six
1971 Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes 1st transfer to orbiting Salyut
1970 Graeme Pollock completes 274 vs. Australia at Durban
1969 Rod Laver completes his 2nd grand slam winning U.S. Tennis Open
1969 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 14th Symphony
1968 Chuck Hixson (Southern Methodist) completes 37 of record 69 passes
1968 Zond 5 completes flight
1968 Zond 5 completes circumnavigation of Moon
1968 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 12nd string quartet
1967 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd Violin concert
1966 Sheila Scott completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman
1966 Gemini 9 completes 45 orbits after rendezvous with "angry alligator"
1966 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd cello concert
1966 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 11th string quartet
1965 John Edrich completes 310* vs. NZ in 532 minutes, 52 fours 5 sixes
1965 Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits
1964 Bobby Simpson completes cricket century in each innings vs. Pakistan
1964 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 10th String quartet
1964 Bob Dylan completes U.K. tour
1964 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th String quartet
1964 UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0)
1963 Bob Simpson completes 359 for NSW vs. Qld at Gabba
1963 Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends U.S. Proj Mercury
1962 Savannah, world's 1st nuclear-powered ship, completes maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va, to Savannah, Ga
1962 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 13th Symphony
1962 Mike O'Hara completes record 97th marathon
1961 Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hours 10 min
1961 Kanhai completes twin tons (117 and 115) vs. Aust at Adelaide
1960 Dr. Barbara Moore completes a 3,207 mile walk from Los Angeles to New York City
1960 USS Nautilus completes 1st circumnavigation of globe under water
1959 Shunryu Suzuki completes his historical Japan to San Francisco voyage
1959 Hanif Mohammad completes 499 for Karachi, then 1st class world record
1959 Rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs. India at Calcutta
1958 Marie Ashton completes playing piano a female record 133 hours
1958 Atomic sub USS Nautilus completes 1st trip under North Pole
1958 Sobers completes a century in each innings vs. Pakistan
1958 Sobers completes 446 stand for 2nd wicket with Conrad Hunte, 260
1958 Hanif Mohammad completes 337 in 970 minutes vs. West Indies
1957 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd Piano Concert
1953 Dmitri Sjostakovitch completes his 10th Symphony
1952 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 5th string quartet
1950 Frank Worrell completes 261 vs. England at Trent Bridge
1949 Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop round- the-world flight at Fort Worth, Tx, covering 23,452-mis in 94 hrs
1948 Bradman completes dual Test tons (132 and 127*) vs. India MCG
1945 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th Symphony
1945 Richard Strauss completes his "Metamorphosis"
1944 U.S. 1st Army completes invasion plan
1943 Thomas Mann completes his tetralogy, "Joseph and His Brothers"
1942 During WW II Germany completes their occupation of France
1941 Siberia: Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 7th Symphony
1939 Dixie Clipper completes 1st commercial plane flight to Europe
1938 Don Budge wins U.S. Tennis open and completes Grand Slam
1938 Arthur Fagg completes 244 and 202 in the same cricket game for Kent
1938 "Yankee Clipper" completes 1st passenger flight over Atlantic
1937 O'Reilly completes 14-98 for cricket match, NSW vs. South Aust
1936 Queen Mary completes its maiden voyage, arriving in New York
1936 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 4th Symphony
1935 George Headley completes 270 in cricket vs. England at Kingston
1934 Richard Strauss completes his opera "Die Schweigsame Frau"
1934 Bradman completes 304 at Headingley, 430 mins, 43 fours 2 sixes
1933 Wiley Post completes 1st round-the-world solo flight
1933 House of Representatives completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition
1932 Bradman completes 10000 runs in first-class cricket, 126 innings
1932 Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight
1932 William Faulkner completes his novel "Light in August"
1931 Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game (.3486) Jim Bottomley (.3481)
1931 Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi)
1930 Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minn, to New Orleans
1930 George Headley completes twin tons in Test Cricket vs. England (114 and 112)
1922 White Star Line Majestic completes 5 day maiden voyage
1921 Arthur Mailey completes 9-121 vs. England, Australian Test Cricket rec
1919 NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes 1st crossing of Atlantic
1917 Reds Fred Toney pitches completes doubleheader victories over Pirates
1911 Calbraith Rogers completes 1st crossing of U.S. by airplane (84 days)
1910 Dumitru Dan (Romania) completes a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk
1903 Reg Foster completes 287 England vs. Australia on Test Cricket debut
1903 Roger Casement completes report about abuses in Belgian Congo
1898 Joshua Slocum completes 1st solo circumnavigation of the globe
1896 George Samuelson completes rowing Atlantic (New York to England)
1896 Ranjitsinhji completes 154* on Test Cricket debut vs. Aust, Old Trafford
1895 Archie MacLaren completes cricket 424 for Lancs vs. Somerset at Taunton
1895 W G Grace completes his 100th 100 vs. Somerset at Bristol
1895 Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat
1895 Anaheim completes it's new electric light system
1893 Henry Ford completes his 1st useful gas motor
1892 Phileas Fogg completes around world trip, according to Verne
1882 Fred Spofforth completes 14-90 for match vs. England (7-46 and 7-44)
1882 Richard Wagner completes his opera "Parsifal"
1881 Anton Bruckner completes his 6th Symphony
1878 Edward Pooley completes record 8 stumpings in a cricket match
1877 Bill Midwinter completes Test Crickets' 1st 5-wkt haul, 5-78 vs. Eng
1877 Charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century, 165 vs. Eng
1876 Dan O'Leacy completes 500 mile walk in 139h32m
1876 Tsjaikovsky completes his "Swan Lake" ballet
1876 Daniel O'Leary completes a 500 mile walk in 139 hours 32 min
1869 Golden Spike driven, completes Promontory Pt Ut-Transcontinental RR
1862 JEB Stuart completes his "2nd ride around McClellan"
1862 Gustave Flaubert completes "Salammbo"
1862 Gen JEB Stuart completes his "ride around McClellan"
1858 Cyrus W. Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable
1845 Homing pigeon completes 11,000 km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days
1844 Samuel F.B. Morse completes 1st telegraph line
1818 Lord Byron completes "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (4th canto)
1816 Lord Byron completes "Parisina" and "Siege of Corinth"
1814 Lord Byron completes "The Corsair"
1808 Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam
1790 Robert Gray's Columbia, completes 1st American around world voyage
1787 Wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526
1787 John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton
1787 Mozart completes his "Eine small Nachtmusik"
1785 Mozart completes "Dissonantenkwartet" (opus 10)
1751 Georg Friedrich Handel completes oratorio "Jephtha"
1601 Olivier van Noort completes 1st Dutch exploration of new world
1581 Frances Drake completes circumnavigation of world
1542 Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code
1522 Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returns to Spain, completes 1st circumnavigation of globe, expedition begins under Ferdinand Magellan
1105 Rabbi Nathan ben Yehiel of Rome completes Talmudic dictionary
1079 Omar ibn Ibrahim al-Chajjam completes Jalali-calendar
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