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1991 Brigham Young Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season and 15,031 for career
1986 India vs. Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie 1986 David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool 1985 Hanspeter Beck of South Australia, finishes a 3,875 mile, 51 day trip from Western Australia to Melbourne on a unicycle 1984 Matt de Waal finishes 14,290-mi round trip from Salt Lake City (106d) 1982 John Sharples of England finishes disco dancing 371 hours 1979 Peter Jenkins finishes "A Walk Across America," Florence Oregon 1977 Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hours) 1976 Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33 1973 Tommy Chambers (Scotland) finishes 51 yr cycle tour (799,405 miles) 1955 Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th 1943 Sea battle in Bismarck Sea finishes, U.S. and Australia win 1935 James T Farrell finishes his "Studs Lonigan" trilogy 1911 MCC tour match vs. Jamaica finishes in a tie 1847 Charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre" 1741 George Frederick Handel finishes "Messiah" oratorio, after working on it non-stop for 23 days |
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