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1991 Arturo Barrios runs world record one-hour distance (21,096 km)

1990 Avis Bunnage, actor (Loneliness of Long Distance Runner), dies at 67

1990 AT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch

1986 NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule (19 feet 9 inch distance)

1984 8 men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours

1984 Frank Aquilera sets world frisbee distance record (168m) Las Vegas

1984 Greatest unpaced 1-hr bicycle distance, F Moser (Italy), 51.15 km

1982 Indoor distance record for a paper airplane (47m) Tacoma Wash

1981 Bear Bryant wins his 315th game to out distance Alonzo Stagg and become college football's winningest coach

1981 April Moon sets women's handbow distance record of 1,039 yds and 13"

1979 Harry Drake set long distance footbow shot record of 2,006 yds 1'9"

1978 Arlyne Rhode sets female footbow distance record (1,113 yds and 30")

1975 Vladimir Kutz, Russian distance runner (Olympic-gold-56) dies at 48

1975 University of California reports galaxy 3C123 at 8 billion light years distance

1975 Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m

1974 Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs

1967 Shaun Creighton, Australian distance runner 1996 Olympics

1966 Lisa Lightfoot, Australian middle distance runner 1996 Olympics

1965 Nick Thorpe, rocker, Curiosity Killed the Cat-Keep Your Distance

1965 Carolyn Schuwalow, Australian distance runner 1996 Olympics

1965 Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, rocker, Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Distance

1964 Frank Rugani sets badminton shuttlecock distance record, 24.3 m

1964 Migi, [Miguel Drummond] rock, Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance

1963 Julian Brookhouse, rocker, Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance

1962 Jan[ice] Merrill, track star, U.S. record long distance holder 1979

1951 Tatyana Kazankina, U.S.S.R., middle distance runner, Olympics gold 1976

1951 1st long distance telephone call without operator assistance

1934 Tina Maria Stone, runner, 1 year distance record of 15,472 miles

1928 Graf Zeppelin sets airship distance record of 6384 km

1928 Alan Sillitoe, born in England, writer, Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

1923 Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters

1918 Czar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria does distance of throne

1912 Smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-ctr

1911 M Fourny sets world aircraft distance record of 720 km

1909 Glenn Cunningham, U.S. middle distance runner, 1930's

1891 "Empire State Express" train goes from New York City to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M

1846 F. W. Bessel, measured distance to 61 Cygni, dies

1792 U.S. postal service created; postage 6 cents -12 cents, depending on distance



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