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1985 Alayson Gibbons sets 24 hour women swim record of 42.05 miles in 25 meter pool

1968 Willem A Wagenaar, Dutch journalist/author (3,000 meter), dies

1968 Lee Evans sets world record of 43.8 seconds in 400 meter dash

1968 Lee Evans of U.S. sets 400 meter record at 43.86

1963 1st 200 meter freestyle swum under 2 minutes (Don Schollander 1:58)

1958 1st parking meter installed in England (625 installed)

1956 Willie Williams of U.S. sets 100 meter record at 10.1

1936 Jesse Owens of U.S. sets 100 meter record at 10.2

1935 1st automatic parking meter in U.S. installed, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

1932 Camera exposure meter patented, W. N. Goodwin

1920 1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Connecticut

1834 Johann C F Zollner, German astronoom, astro photo meter


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