1991 Event Brigham Young Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season and 15,031 for career 1986 Event India vs. Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie 1986 Event David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool 1985 Event Hanspeter Beck of South Australia, finishes a 3,875 mile, 51 day trip from Western Australia to Melbourne on a unicycle 1984 Event Matt de Waal finishes 14,290-mi round trip from Salt Lake City (106d) 1982 Event John Sharples of England finishes disco dancing 371 hours 1979 Event Peter Jenkins finishes "A Walk Across America," Florence Oregon 1977 Event Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hours) 1976 Event Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33 1973 Event Tommy Chambers (Scotland) finishes 51 yr cycle tour (799,405 miles) 1967 Event Pink Floyd finishes recordin the single, 'Arnold Layne" at London's EMI Studios 1955 Event Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th 1943 Event Sea battle in Bismarck Sea finishes, U.S. and Australia win 1935 Event James T Farrell finishes his "Studs Lonigan" trilogy 1911 Event MCC tour match vs. Jamaica finishes in a tie 1847 Event Charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre" 1741 Event George Frederick Handel finishes "Messiah" oratorio, after working on it non-stop for 23 days
