2002 Earthquake kills at least 1,000 100 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan
2002 Earthquake kills at least 150 100 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan
1997 Tony Williams, jazz drummer (Miles Davis), dies at 51
1996 Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, diplomat, dies at 96
1994 David Miles Bensuan Economist-Butt, dies at 79
1991 Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter, dies of pneumonia at 65
1991 Miles Davis, American Musician
1990 SR-71 sets a transcontinental record, flying 2,404 miles in 1:08:17
1989 Longest Cab Ride Ever: 14,000 miles cost $16,000!
1988 World's Largest Sausage completed at 13 miles long
1988 A Greek pedals self-powered aircraft, 74 miles
1986 Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel and Anne Knabe begin cycling journey of 15,266 miles from Prudhoe Bay Alaska to Argentina
1986 David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool
1986 Ashrita Furman peformed 8,341 somersaults over 12 miles
1985 Uno Lindstron of Sweden, juggles a soccer ball 13.11 miles
1985 Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hr, 30 min
1985 Michael Secrest (U.S.) completes 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards
1985 Michael Secrest (U.S.) begins 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards
1984 Mary Miles Minter, actress (Drums of Fate), die at 82 of heart failure
1984 8 men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours
1982 Cox 4 rowing record set at 12:52 for 99 miles (Geneva, Switzerland)
1982 Colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles
1981 Voyager 2's closest approach to Saturn (63,000 miles/100,000 km)
1981 Brit team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest and fastest crossing of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2,500 miles)
1979 Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) transported 38 miles overland from Palmdale
1979 Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles)
1978 Joie Chitwood drives a Chevette 5.6 miles on just 2 wheels
1977 U.S. extends territorial waters to 200 miles
1975 Iceland moves International boundary from 50 to 200 miles
1975 Veronica and Colin Scargill (England) complete tandem bicycle ride, a record 18,020 miles around the world
1975 Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India
1974 Canadian John Hathaway begins 2-yr ride of 50,600 miles
1974 Miles Joseph, West Springfield Massachusetts, soccer forward, 1996 Olympics gold
1974 Veronica and Colin Scargill (England) begin tandem bicycle ride a record 18,020 miles around the world, completed on August 27, 1975
1973 Tommy Chambers (Scotland) finishes 51 yr cycle tour (799,405 miles)
1973 Yom Kippur War ends, Israel 65 miles from Cairo, 26 from Damascus
1973 Secretariat wins Marlboro Cup in world record 1:45 2/5 for 1 miles
1972 Eddy Merckx (Belgium) covers 30 miles, 1,258 yards in 1 hr
1972 Hans-Werner Grosse glides 907.7 miles (1,461 km) in an AS-W-12
1972 Barron Miles, NFL def back for the Pittsburgh Steelers/WLAF corner, Frankfurt
1970 Wendy Miles, Australia, golfer, 1993 T77 Alpine Aust Ladies Masters
1970 Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109
1970 Miles Davis Bitches Brew released
1969 KYUS TV channel 3 in Miles City, MT (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1969 Mitch McLee, born in Miles, Michigan, drummer, Southgang
1969 Douglas Lee Mitchell, born in Miles, Michigan, heavy metal artist, Southgang
1969 Miles Malleson, actor and writer (Postman's Knock), dies at 80
1968 Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr
1968 Marisa Danisi of W Germany roller skates record 21,995 miles in 1 hr
1966 Belgium's Gaston Roelants runs 12-4/5 miles in 1 hour
1966 Jearl A Miles, born in Gainesville, Florida, 400m/long jumper, 1996 Olympics gold
1965 U.S. Mariner IV, 1st Mars probe, passes at 6,100 miles (9,800 km)
1965 U.S. Ranger 9 strikes Moon, 10 miles (16 km) NE of crater Alphonsus
1964 Miles WL Killearn of Killearn, baron/diplomat (Egypt), dies at 84
1964 Al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor
1963 NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 67 miles (106 km)
1963 SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km))
1963 Thresher, U.S. atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston
1962 Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel and move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida
1961 Antonio Abertondo swims English Channel round trip (44 miles)
1961 Grant Shaud, actor, Miles Silverburg-Murphy Brown
1961 Ham is 1st primate in space (158 miles) aboard Mercury/Redstone 2
1959 River Canyon extending man-made Lake Hebgen by 5 miles. (Montana)
1959 1st aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 M km) in a jet (MC Garlow)
1959 Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles)
1957 Miles Davis Quintet debuts a jazz concert at Carnegie Hall in NY
1957 Maj Johnson, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight to 17.28 miles (27.8 K)
1956 Largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, 1st sighted
1955 Tony Miles, chess player
1954 Miles Chapin, New York City, actor, French Postcards, Get Crazy, Funhouse
1953 James di Donato, twin who swam the butterfly 406 miles
1953 Jonathan di Donato, twin who swam the butterfly 406 miles
1952 George Meegen, England, walked 19,019 miles from Argentina to Alaska
1951 Emile Zatopek runs world record 30,000m, 25,000m and 15 miles
1950 Due to rain, Indy 500 shortened to 345 miles, Johnny Parson wins
1949 Otis Williams, [Otis Miles], Texas, rock vocalist, Temptations
1949 1st Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi)
1949 John Miles, vocal/guitar/keyboards, John Miles Band-Rebel, Zaragon
1947 Lynn Fitzgerald, marathoner, ran 133 miles 939 yards in 24 hrs
1946 Buddy Miles, rocker
1946 India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles
1946 1st U.S. rocket to leave the Earth's atmosphere (50 miles up)
1946 Miles Mander, actor and director (Murder, 3 Musketeers), dies at 57
1943 Lead, South Dakota, temp is 52 degrees F, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16 degrees F
1942 Launch of 1st A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles (85 km)
1941 Sarah Miles, born in Essex, England, actress, Ryan's Hope, Big Sleep, Venom
1941 Germany advances within 60 miles of Moscow
1941 Ricardo Hoffmann, marathon swimmer, 299 miles
1940 Joanna Miles, born in Nice, France, actress, Cross Creek, Delta County USA
1934 Tina Maria Stone, runner, 1 year distance record of 15,472 miles
1932 Sylvia Miles, New York City, actress, Midnight Cowboy, Farewell My Lovely
1930 Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minn, to New Orleans
1930 Stomboli volcano (Sicily) throws 2-ton basaltic rocks 2 miles
1930 Vera Miles, [Ralston], Boise City ID, actress, Psycho
1929 Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (New York to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days)
1929 33rd Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:33:08.6
1928 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10 miles (50:15.0)
1928 Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour
1927 Japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long)
1926 Miles Davis, Alton, Illinois, jazz trumpeter, L'ascenseur pour l'echafaud
1926 30th Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:25:40.4
1925 Nelson A. Miles, American Soldier
1924 Peter Miles, British keeper of privy purse
1923 Miles Wingate, deputy master, Trinity House
1920 8.6 earthquake destroys 15,000 miles (Kansu China); Over 180,000 die
1914 David Miles Bensuan-Butt, economist
1914 1st U.S. motorcycle race (300 miles, Dodge City Ks)
1912 1st running of SF's famed "Bay to Breakers" race (7.63 miles/12.3 km)
1907 Bernard Miles, British actor, In Which We Serve, Mermaid Theatre
1900 Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, diplomat
1899 Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage
1895 America's 1st auto race starts; 6 cars, 55 miles, winner avg 7 MPH
1893 1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges
1892 Dr. Miles V Lynk, physician, publishes 1st Black medical journal
1891 "Empire State Express" train goes from New York City to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M
1888 Miles Malleson, writer and actor, Phantom of Opera, Postman's Knock
1888 Miles Mander, Wolverhampton England, actor, Tower of London
1887 A Miles patents elevator
1885 Malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min, 8 km/min
1882 With 120 miles James Saunders wins New York City's 24 hour race and $100 prize
1880 Miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat
1866 Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long)
1862 R E V Miles, U.S. Union Colonel, killed at Harpers Ferry
1859 Balloon covers a record 809 miles over St. Louis
1839 Nelson Appleton Miles, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1925
1839 Nelson A. Miles, American Soldier
1838 London pedestrian walks 20 miles backward then forward in 8 hours
1653 An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St. Albans to London in less than 90 minutes
1621 Miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony
1569 Miles Coverdale, English bible translator Great bible, dies at 80
1568 Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80
1492 Columbus' fleet about 400 sea miles from Puerto Rico
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