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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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