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1994 Biggest European clock ever (9100 kg/(237) 2.5 m) at Aarle-Rixtel

1993 1000 kg heavy IRA car bomb explodes in London, killing 1

1991 W Hudson, U.S. "strongest man to the world" (540 kg), dies

1990 Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine

1988 4,200 kg Colombian cocaine in seized at Tarpon Springs Florida

1984 Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of U.S.S.R. snatches a record 211 kg

1984 Peter Yarrall, strongest Englishman/weighed 826 lb (374.7 kg), dies

1983 Weight lifter Sergei Didyk of U.S.S.R. jerks a record 261 kg

1982 Himmy, of Australia, weighs in at domestic cat record 20.7 kg (45 lb)

1982 Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, U.S.S.R.

1982 Urbe Blanca (cow) produces record 110 kg of milk, Cuba (approx date)

1981 Heaviest known orange (2.5 kg) exhibited, Nelspruit, South Africa

1976 1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China

1975 Carolyne Lepage, born in Montreal, Quebec, 48 kg judoka 1996 Olympics

1974 Pete Kelley, 218 lbs, 99 kg, U.S. weightlifter, Olympics-14th-1996

1974 Colin Daynes, Windsor, Ontario, 68 kg Greco Roman wrestler 1996 Olympics

1973 Colin Morgan, Calgary Alberta, 78 kg judoka 1996 Olympics

1973 Keith Morgan, Calgary Alberta, 95 kg judoka 1996 Olympics

1973 Niki Jenkins, born in Selkirk, Manitoba, 72 kg judoka, 1996 Olympics gold

1972 1 million kg heavy meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada

1972 Tom Gough, 200 lbs, 91 kg, U.S. weightlifter, Olympics-14th-1996

1971 Ainsley Robinson, Oshawa Ontario, 62 kg Greco Roman wrestler 1996 Olympics

1971 Heath Sims, Orange California, 149 lbs/68 kg greco-roman wrestler 1996 Olympics

1971 Oleg Ladik, born in Kiev, Ukraine, Canadian 100 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1971 Mark Henry, born in Silsbee, Texas, 238+lbs, 108+kg, weightlift

1971 Paul Ragusa, born in Bulach, Switzerland, Canadian 48 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1971 Mujaahid Maynard, Brooklyn, 105 lbs/48 kg greco-roman wrestler 1996 Olympics

1970 Benedictine, St. Bernard]; becomes heaviest known dog, 137 kg

1970 Greg Woodcroft, Hamilton Ontario, 52 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1970 Tim McRae, born in Daytona, Florida, 154 lbs, 70 kg, weightlifter, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1970 Lou Rosselli, born in New York City, 114 lbs/52 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1970 Vernon Patao, 141 lbs, 64 kg, U.S. weightlifter, alt-Olympics-1996

1970 Yogi Johl, Vancouver BC, 130 kg Greco Roman wrestler 1996 Olympics

1969 Marie-Josee Morneau, Longueuil Quebec, 56 kg judoka 1996 Olympics

1969 Thomas Ingalsbe, 238+ lbs, 108+ kg, U.S. weightlifter 1996 Olympics

1969 Andrew Borodow, Montreal, 130 kg freestyle wrestler, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1969 KG, rocker, Naughty by Nature

1969 Ewan Beaton, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 60 kg judoka, Olympics-9-92, 96

1969 Bryan Jacob, Palatka, Florida, 59 kg, 130 lbs, weightlifter, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1968 Michelle Buckingham, born in Los Angeles, California, Canadian 61 kg judoka, Olympic-20-92, 96

1968 Craig Roberts, born in Everett, Washington, Canadian 68 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1968 Terry Brands, born in Omaha, Nebraska, 125 lbs/57 kg freestyle wrestler, 1996 Olympics

1968 Tom Brands, born in Omaha, Nebraska, 136 lbs/62 kg freestyle wrestler, 1996 Olympics gold

1967 Scott Bianco, Kamloops BC, 90 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1967 Rob Eiter, born in Chicago, Illinois, 105 lbs/48 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1967 Taro Tan, born in Montreal, Quebec, 65 kg judoka 1996 Olympics

1967 Marty Calder, St. Catharine ON, 62 kg freestyle wrestler, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1965 France launches 1st satellite, 92 lb (42 kg) A1-capsule (Asterix)

1964 World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin

1963 Melvin Douglas, Topeka, Kansas, 198 lbs/90 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1960 World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea)

1959 1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg

1958 Robert Earl Hughes, weighed 1,041 lbs (473 kg), dies at 32

1957 Doug Cox, Guelph Ontario, 90 kg Greco Roman wrestler 1996 Olympics

1957 Paul Anderson of U.S. back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs)

1956 Blagoi Blagoyev, Bulgaria, 82.5 kg weightlifer, Olympics-silver-1976

1956 Anatoly Beloglazov, U.S.S.R., 52 kg freestyle wrestler, Gold Medal 1980 Olympics

1956 Sergei Beloglazov, U.S.S.R., 57 kg freestyle wrestler, 1980 Olympics gold

1952 Jan Todd, woman power lifter, once lifted 248 kg in a squat

1948 1st locomotive to carry 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) operates

1945 Every Amsterdammer gets 3 kg sugar beets

1934 World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines

1929 1st clean and jerk of 400 lbs (182 kg), Charles Rigoulet, 402 lbs

1928 400 kg Fournier-albums (forged postage stamps) burn in Geneva

1928 Brooklyn Supreme, born in Belgium, stallion, heaviest known horse, 1450 kg

1926 Robert Earl Hughes, became heaviest known human, 486 kg

1919 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 World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales

1863 Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human, 2.1 kg at 17

1770 Daniel Lambert, born in England, giant, weighed 739 lbs, 334 kg, at death


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