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1978 Graham Salmon set worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man
1968 Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds 1966 Zola Budd, born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, track and field long distance runner, trained and raced barefoot, politically controversial figure, two-time Women's 5000 meters world record holder, two-time World Cross Country Championships winner 1936 1st parking meters are invented 1926 Robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meters) 1923 Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters 1907 1st cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London 1880 6' (1.8 meters) of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days |
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