2005 Sumatran earthquake with a magnitude of 8.7, the second largest earthquake since 1965
1999 The London Eye, the world's largest Ferris wheel, opens by the banks of the Thames
1997 South Africa announces it is constructing largest modern day blimp
1995 Indians break 1902 Pirates record for largest lead over 2nd-place team (KC) (27 games)
1995 World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank and Bank of Tokyo merge
1994 Largest U.S. Tennis Open single session (total) 23,618
1994 Cbox is 39'115 long, 20'85 wide, and 8' high in Jacksonville, Florida Largest popcorn container is 6,619.76 cubic feet full of popped corn
1994 In Denmark the largest lollipop, weighing 3,011 pounds, made
1994 Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706
1994 Largest omelet (1,383 ft) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama Japan
1994 Largest milkshake (1,955 gallons of chocolate-Nelspruit South Africa)
1994 Ukraine says it will give up world's 3rd largest nuclear arsenal
1994 10th largest wrestling crowd (58,000-Tokyo Dome)
1993 Largest U.S. Tennis Open 2 sessions (total) daily gate (43,502)
1993 Hassan II mosque opens in Casablanca, 2nd largest mosque in the world
1993 7th largest wrestling crowd (63,500-Tokyo Dome)
1992 Largest wrestling crowd out side of U.S. (75,000) at Wembley Stadium
1992 World's largest environmental summit opens, Rio De Janeiro Brazil
1992 5th Largest wrestling crowd (64,287-Toronto SkyDome)
1992 U.N. officially embarks on its largest peacekeeping operation
1992 8th largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome)
1991 Dow Jones avg drops 120.31 points (5th largest dive)
1991 Browns set club record for largest lead blown (led 23-0), Philadelphia 32-30
1991 World's Largest Burrito created at 1,126 lbs
1991 Largest wrestling crowd in Japan (64,500) at Tokyo Dome
1991 World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait
1991 Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520)
1990 4th largest NBA crowd (45,458) see Orlando play at Minneapolis
1990 World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall in New York City
1990 6th Largest wrestling crowd (63,900-Tokyo Dome)
1989 8th Largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome)
1989 Smith Dairy at Orrville Ohio, makes largest milk shake (1,575.2 gal)
1989 Ground breaking begins in Minnesota on world's largest mall
1989 Largest parade in Bronx history honors 350th anniversary
1989 Then largest lottery in North America ($69M) drawn in Illinois
1989 Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen
1988 Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million
1988 World's Largest Sausage completed at 13 miles long
1988 Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Reds vs. Cards)
1988 Largest NBA crowd-Boston Celtics at Detroit (61,938)
1988 9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago at Detroit
1987 Largest U.S. Tennis Open single night session (total) 21,016
1987 53,745 largest NBA crowd to date-Philadelphia at Detroit
1987 Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL New York Giant Stadium (beat Washington 17-0)
1986 Largest wrestling crowd in Canada (69,300) at Toronto Stadium
1986 Despite losing, Red Sox Wade Boggs gets largest arbitration ($1.35M)
1986 44,180 largest NBA crowd to date - Philadelphia at Detroit
1985 Largest swearing-in ceremony, 38,648 immigrants become U.S. citizens
1985 Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit)
1985 Largest NBA crowd to date, 43,816, sees Philadelphia at Detroit
1984 Largest harness racing purse ($2,161,000-Nihilator wins $1,080,500)
1983 4th largest snowfall in New York City history (18"(46 cm))
1982 Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279
1981 Largest U.S. bank robbery in Tucson, Arizona, more than $33 million stolen
1981 Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, Virginia
1981 Chrysler Corp reports largest corporate losses in U.S. history
1981 Largest Jell-O made (9,246 gallons of watermelon-flavor) in Brisbane
1977 Largest baseball crowd in Penns, 64,924 see Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant)
1977 World's largest crowd-12.7 million-for Indian religious festival
1976 1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China
1976 Largest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Wash-21,130)
1976 World's largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation (U.S.S.R.)
1973 2 bettors win largest U.S. Daily Double ($19,909.60 in Detroit)
1972 "December Giant" largest sinkhole in U.S. collapses (Alabama)
1972 Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie Rhodesia)
1972 Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178)
1971 Largest walk in crowd (31,626) in Baltimore Oriole history
1969 World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st commercial flight
1969 41,163, then largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cin-Det, SD-Bost
1967 Packers' Travis Williams returns 2 kickoffs for TDs against Browns, setting largest margin of Browns defeat (48), winning 55-7
1967 U.S. troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War
1965 Largest newspaper-Sunday New York Times at 946 pages (50 cents )
1964 World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin
1963 7th largest snowfall in New York City history (42.4 cm, 16.7")
1961 6th largest snowfall in New York City history (17.4" (44.2cm))
1961 Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion)
1960 Largest New York Knick 49th St. MSG crowd-18,499
1960 World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea)
1960 9th largest snowfall in New York City history, 14.5"
1959 10th largest snowfall in New York City history (13.7")
1959 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod
1956 Largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, 1st sighted
1955 U.S. Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes Chase National (3rd largest bank) and Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan
1954 Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns and win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Washington 62-3
1954 Indians sweep Yanks at Municipal Stadium; largest AL crowd (86,563)
1954 Largest check: Internal U.S. Treasury check at $4,176,969,623.57
1953 Jerry Page, golfer, largest PGA victory margin
1951 Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle
1951 World's largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville Tx, to 134th St, New York City)
1948 8th largest snowfall in New York City history (15.3")
1947 Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed
1947 Largest group of sunspots on record
1946 Largest solar prominence, 300,000 mi/500,000 km, observed
1945 Largest one-day airborne drop, 600 transports and 1300 gliders
1945 Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 U.S. Navy ships bomb Okinawa
1944 World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum and Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford Conn)
1943 World's largest office building, Pentagon, completed
1941 Largest roller skating rink (outside of New York City) opens in Peekskill NY
1941 3rd largest snowfall in New York City history (18.1")
1940 Largest amount paid for a stamp ($45,000 for 1 cent 1856 British Guiana)
1938 Graf Zeppelin II, world's largest airship, makes maiden flight
1938 American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors)
1937 World's largest flower blooms in New York Botanical Garden, 12' calla lily
1934 World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines
1931 Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe
1928 Worlds largest hailstone 1 lbs (17') falls in Potter Nebraska
1927 Worlds largest gas tank in Pittsburgh Penn explodes; 28 die
1922 Largest U.S. flag displayed (150' X 90') expanded in 1939 (270' X 90')
1922 Largest Polo Grounds crowd see Meusel, Ruth and Gehrig consecutive HRs
1919 Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke and steel operation, dies at 69
1911 Largest baseball crowd ever 38,281 (Polo Grounds) see Giants beat A's, 2-1 (gate is record $77,379)
1910 New Yorks's Penn Station opens as world's largest train station
1909 Largest paid baseball attendance (35,409), A's beat Tigers, 2-0 in Det
1906 Britain's 1st modern and largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched
1905 World's largest diamond, Cullinan - 3106 carets, found in South Africa
1892 John Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies
1888 2nd largest snowfall in New York City history (21")
1872 4th largest snowfall in New York City history (18")
1872 World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales
1863 Battle of Honey Springs - largest battle in Indian Territory
1849 Henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke and steel operation
1815 John Banvard, New York City, painted worlds largest painting, 3 mile canvas
1655 Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite)
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