1996 Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama)
1996 Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Twins 24, Tigers 11
1994 David Robinson scores ties 7th highest total in the NBA - 71
1993 Highest scoring World Series game Blue Jays 15, Phillies 14 in 4h14m
1992 Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 vs. Australia
1992 Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract - $4.7 mil
1991 Dolphin Dan Marino surpasses Joe Montana as the highest paid NFL player with a 5-year extension for $25 million
1990 Highest combined CFL score (111), Toronto Argonauts beat BC 68-43
1990 95.5 degrees F (35.3 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands (highest Aug temp in Neth)
1989 93 degrees F, highest overnight low ever recorded in Phoenix, Arizona
1988 Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103 degrees F (39 degrees C)
1988 104 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June
1988 Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115
1987 Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka)
1987 Don Mattingly wins highest salary arbitration ($1,975,000 per year)
1985 Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score
1983 Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs. WI
1983 Elmer Trettr sets record for highest terminal velocity at 201.34 mph
1983 Highest price paid for painting by a living artist 960,200 pounds - Miro
1982 77 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in December
1982 Movie "ET the Extra-Terrestrial" released (highest grossing film)
1982 NBA highest scoring game: San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 (3 OT)
1981 Highest score in World Cup soccor match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0)
1980 Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, USN hovercraft
1979 Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford, Texas
1978 Phillies Pete Rose becomes highest paid baseball player
1978 David Thompson scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA - 73
1976 Lance Gibbs becomes highest Test wicket-taker at 308
1973 Eisenhower Tunnel, world's highest/U.S. longest, opens
1970 NY World Trade Center reaches highest point (411 m)
1970 Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1970 Donald Boyles sets record for highest parachute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado
1970 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world
1967 Highest tower to the world finished, 537m (U.S.S.R.)
1966 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year
1964 Dick Weber rolls highest bowling game in air (Boeing 707)
1961 Wilt Chamberlain scores the 2nd highest total in the NBA - 78
1961 Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black
1958 Ted Williams signs with Red Sox for $135,000, making him highest paid
1953 101 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept
1950 82 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Nov
1950 Cleveland Browns' Marion Motley sets record for highest avg gain in a game with 17.1 (10 attempts), Cleveland 45, Pittsburgh 7
1950 73 degrees F (23 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January
1950 Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history
1948 102 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August
1946 Highest ridership in New York City subway history (8.8 million passengers)
1946 90 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct
1946 Marilyn Vos Savant, born in St. Louis, Missouri, writer/world's highest IQ, 228
1945 Baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest)
1941 103 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July
1941 100 degrees F (38 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash
1938 Highest temperature for December in U.S. recorded in La Mesa California
1938 Virgil Trucks strikes out his 418th batter, highest season total in organized ball-for Andalusia in an Alabama-Florida League game
1934 Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mt Washington, NH, 231 mph
1933 Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 m, in Pacific hurricane
1932 73 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February
1927 Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year)
1922 Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in highest scoring major-league game
1910 Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mt McKinley climbed
1910 83 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March
1900 Highest scoring opening game, Phils beat Braves 19-17 in 10
1891 61 degrees F, highest temp for July 1891, in Baltimore and Phila
1886 W G Grace made his highest Test Cricket score, vs. Aust, The Oval
1885 Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set
1879 92 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May
1868 An Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave
1837 1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, New York
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