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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-hour 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 yards and 13" 1979 Harry Drake set long distance footbow shot record of 2,006 yards 1'9" 1978 Arlyne Rhode sets female footbow distance record (1,113 yards and 30") 1975 Vladimir Kutz, Russian distance runner. Gold Medal 1956 Olympics, 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 hours 1967 Shaun Creighton, Australian distance runner 1996 Olympics 1966 Lisa Lightfoot, Australian middle distance runner 1996 Olympics 1966 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 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, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 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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