1994 Event Biggest European clock ever (9100 kg/(237) 2.5 m) at Aarle-Rixtel 1993 Event 1000 kg heavy IRA car bomb explodes in London, killing 1 1991 Death W Hudson, U.S. "strongest man to the world" (540 kg), dies 1990 Event Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine 1988 Event 4,200 kg Colombian cocaine in seized at Tarpon Springs Florida 1984 Event Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of U.S.S.R. snatches a record 211 kg 1984 Death Peter Yarrall, strongest Englishman/weighed 826 lb (374.7 kg), dies 1983 Event Weight lifter Sergei Didyk of U.S.S.R. jerks a record 261 kg 1982 Event Himmy, of Australia, weighs in at domestic cat record 20.7 kg (45 lb) 1982 Event Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, U.S.S.R. 1982 Event Urbe Blanca (cow) produces record 110 kg of milk, Cuba (approx date) 1981 Event Heaviest known orange (2.5 kg) exhibited, Nelspruit, South Africa 1976 Event 1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China 1975 Birthday Carolyne Lepage, born in Montreal, Quebec, 48 kg judoka 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Pete Kelley, 218 lbs, 99 kg, U.S. weightlifter, Olympics-14th-1996 1974 Birthday Colin Daynes, Windsor, Ontario, 68 kg Greco Roman wrestler 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Colin Morgan, Calgary Alberta, 78 kg judoka 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Keith Morgan, Calgary Alberta, 95 kg judoka 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Niki Jenkins, born in Selkirk, Manitoba, 72 kg judoka, 1996 Olympics gold 1972 Event 1 million kg heavy meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada 1972 Birthday Tom Gough, 200 lbs, 91 kg, U.S. weightlifter, Olympics-14th-1996 1971 Birthday Ainsley Robinson, Oshawa Ontario, 62 kg Greco Roman wrestler 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Heath Sims, Orange California, 149 lbs/68 kg greco-roman wrestler 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Oleg Ladik, born in Kiev, Ukraine, Canadian 100 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Mark Henry, born in Silsbee, Texas, 238+lbs, 108+kg, weightlift 1971 Birthday Paul Ragusa, born in Bulach, Switzerland, Canadian 48 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Mujaahid Maynard, Brooklyn, 105 lbs/48 kg greco-roman wrestler 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Benedictine, a St. Bernard, full name Benedictine Daily Double, becomes heaviest known dog, 367 lbs (166.4 kg), lived until the age of 14 1970 Birthday Greg Woodcroft, Hamilton Ontario, 52 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Tim McRae, born in Daytona, Florida, 154 lbs, 70 kg, weightlifter, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Lou Rosselli, born in New York City, 114 lbs/52 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Vernon Patao, 141 lbs, 64 kg, U.S. weightlifter, alt-Olympics-1996 1970 Birthday Yogi Johl, Vancouver BC, 130 kg Greco Roman wrestler 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Marie-Josee Morneau, Longueuil Quebec, 56 kg judoka 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Thomas Ingalsbe, 238+ lbs, 108+ kg, U.S. weightlifter 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Andrew Borodow, Montreal, 130 kg freestyle wrestler, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Ewan Beaton, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 60 kg judoka, Olympics-9-92, 96 1969 Birthday Bryan Jacob, Palatka, Florida, 59 kg, 130 lbs, weightlifter, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Michelle Buckingham, born in Los Angeles, California, Canadian 61 kg judoka, Olympic-20-92, 96 1968 Birthday Craig Roberts, born in Everett, Washington, Canadian 68 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Terry Brands, born in Omaha, Nebraska, 125 lbs/57 kg freestyle wrestler, 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Tom Brands, born in Omaha, Nebraska, 136 lbs/62 kg freestyle wrestler, 1996 Olympics gold 1967 Birthday Scott Bianco, Kamloops BC, 90 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Rob Eiter, born in Chicago, Illinois, 105 lbs/48 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Taro Tan, born in Montreal, Quebec, 65 kg judoka 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Marty Calder, St. Catharine ON, 62 kg freestyle wrestler, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1965 Event France launches 1st satellite, 92 lb (42 kg) A1-capsule (Asterix) 1964 Event World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin 1963 Birthday Melvin Douglas, Topeka, Kansas, 198 lbs/90 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1960 Event World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea) 1959 Event 1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg 1958 Death Robert Earl Hughes, weighed 1,041 lbs (473 kg), dies at 32 1957 Birthday Doug Cox, Guelph Ontario, 90 kg Greco Roman wrestler 1996 Olympics 1957 Event Paul Anderson of U.S. back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs) 1956 Birthday Blagoi Blagoyev, Bulgaria, 82.5 kg weightlifer, Olympics-silver-1976 1956 Birthday Anatoly Beloglazov, U.S.S.R., 52 kg freestyle wrestler, Gold Medal 1980 Olympics 1956 Birthday Sergei Beloglazov, U.S.S.R., 57 kg freestyle wrestler, 1980 Olympics gold 1952 Birthday Jan Todd, woman power lifter, once lifted 248 kg in a squat 1948 Event 1st locomotive to carry 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) operates 1945 Event Every Amsterdammer gets 3 kg sugar beets 1934 Event World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines 1929 Event 1st clean and jerk of 400 lbs (182 kg), Charles Rigoulet, 402 lbs 1928 Event 400 kg Fournier-albums (forged postage stamps) burn in Geneva 1928 Birthday Brooklyn Supreme, born in Belgium, stallion, heaviest known horse, 1450 kg 1926 Birthday Robert Earl Hughes, became heaviest known human, 486 kg 1919 Birthday Hugh FitzRoy, born in Cape Town, South Africa, 11th Duke of Grafton, Deputy Lieutenant, KG, patrilineal descendant of King Charles II's third eldest illegitimate son 1872 Event World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales 1863 Birthday Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human, 2.1 kg at 17 1770 Birthday Daniel Lambert, born in England, giant, weighed 739 lbs, 334 kg, at death
