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, Oly-14th-92, 96
1971 Paul Ragusa, Bulach Switz, 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, Oly-1992, 96
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, Oly-5-92, 96
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, Oly-1992, 96
1968 Michelle Buckingham, born in Los Angeles, California, Canadian 61 kg judoka, Olymp-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, Oly-12-92,96
1965 France launches 1st satellite, 92 lb (42 kg) A1-capsule (Asterix)
1965 Rob Koll, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, 163 lbs/74 kg freestyle wrestler, Olymp-96
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, 1980 Olympics gold
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 Duke of Grafton, KG
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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