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2007 Mega Millions has the highest lottery jackpot ever, $370 million dollars
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 1975 Tiger Woods, born in Cypress, California, pro golfer, highest paid pro athlete, most successful golfer of all time 1973 Eisenhower Tunnel, world's highest/U.S. longest, opens 1972 Dane Cook, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Dane Jeffrey Cook, comedian, stand up comic, released five comedy albums, 'Retaliation' went double platinum, the highest charting comedy album in 28 years, appeared in 15 films since 1997, including 'My Best Friend's Girl' 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 1955 Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, born in Hokkaido, Japan, sumo wrestler, 58th yokozuna, greatest, highest ranked sumo in recent times, won 31 tournament championships, coming in second to Taiho, noted as lightest yokozuna since Tochinoumi in the 1960's, head coach for Kokonoe stable 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 Mount Washington, New Hampshire, 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 1917 Oswald Chambers, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning, dies from a ruptured appendix 1910 Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mount 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 Philadelphia 1886 W G Grace made his highest Test Cricket score, vs. AuAustraliast, 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 1874 Oswald Chambers born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning 1868 An Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave 1837 1st ascent of Mount Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, New York |
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