2015 Event A rare "blood moon" is visible tonight: the moon is in full moon phase and at its closest distance to Earth for the year, giving it a large 'supermoon' appearance; the concurrent lunar eclipse gives the large orb a red coloration 2014 Event NASA announces that its Kepler space telescope has discovered 715 planets in other solar systems, bringing the instrument's new-planet tally to 961; four of the latest discoveries are thought to have an orbit favorable to habitation, but the distance of these planets makes exploration impossible with current technology 1991 Event Arturo Barrios runs world record one-hour distance (21,096 km) 1990 Death Avis Bunnage, actor (Loneliness of Long Distance Runner), dies at 67 1990 Event AT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch 1986 Event NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule (19 feet 9 inch distance) 1984 Event 8 men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours 1984 Event Frank Aquilera sets world frisbee distance record (168m) Las Vegas 1984 Event Greatest unpaced 1-hour bicycle distance, F Moser (Italy), 51.15 km 1982 Event Indoor distance record for a paper airplane (47m) Tacoma Wash 1981 Event Bear Bryant wins his 315th game to out distance Alonzo Stagg and become college football's winningest coach 1981 Event April Moon sets women's handbow distance record of 1,039 yards and 13" 1979 Event Harry Drake set long distance footbow shot record of 2,006 yards 1'9" 1978 Event Arlyne Rhode sets female footbow distance record (1,113 yards and 30") 1975 Death Vladimir Kutz, Russian distance runner. Gold Medal 1956 Olympics, dies at 48 1975 Event University of California reports galaxy 3C123 at 8 billion light years distance 1975 Event Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m 1974 Event Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hours 1967 Birthday Shaun Creighton, Australian distance runner 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Lisa Lightfoot, Australian middle distance runner 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Zola Budd, born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, track and field long distance runner, trained and raced barefoot, politically controversial figure, two-time Women's 5000 meters world record holder, two-time World Cross Country Championships winner 1965 Birthday Nick Thorpe, rocker, Curiosity Killed the Cat-Keep Your Distance 1965 Birthday Carolyn Schuwalow, Australian distance runner 1996 Olympics 1965 Birthday Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, rocker, Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Distance 1964 Event Frank Rugani sets badminton shuttlecock distance record, 24.3 m 1964 Birthday Migi, Miguel Drummond, rock, Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance 1963 Birthday Julian Brookhouse, rocker, Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance 1962 Birthday Jan[ice] Merrill, track star, U.S. record long distance holder 1979 1956 Birthday Sebastian Coe, born in Chiswick, England, politician, Conservative party, former athlete, Olympic gold medalist 1980 and 1984, considered greatest middle distance runner ever 1953 Birthday David Moorcroft, born in Coventry, England, British athlete, long distance runner, 5,000 meters record holder, Chief Executive of UK Athletics from 1997 to 2007 1951 Birthday Tatyana Kazankina, U.S.S.R., middle distance runner, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 1951 Event 1st long distance telephone call without operator assistance 1934 Birthday Tina Maria Stone, runner, 1 year distance record of 15,472 miles 1928 Event Graf Zeppelin sets airship distance record of 6384 km 1928 Birthday Alan Sillitoe, born in England, writer, Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 1923 Event Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters 1918 Event Czar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria does distance of throne 1912 Event Smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-ctr 1911 Event M Fourny sets world aircraft distance record of 720 km 1909 Birthday Glenn Cunningham, U.S. middle distance runner, 1930's 1891 Event "Empire State Express" train goes from New York City to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M 1846 Death F. W. Bessel, measured distance to 61 Cygni, dies 1792 Event U.S. postal service created; postage 6 cents -12 cents, depending on distance
