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1996 Copeland swimming pool re-opened by Gladiator
1995 Richard Pool, naval Officer, dies at 75 1994 Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool (26.44) 1994 Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool record (58.71) 1986 David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool 1985 Alayson Gibbons sets 24 hour women swim record of 42.05 miles in 25 meter pool 1985 Vic Elliot pocketed 15,780 pool balls in 24 hours in London 1967 Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price 1966 Last British concert by Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley) 1960 Michale Eufemia sinks 625 balls in pool match without a miss 1957 Mrs Nellie McGrail wins $574,658 on a 2 cents soccer pool ticket 1957 Steve Davis, born in Plumstead, London, snooker player, nine-ball pool player, won six World Championships in the 1980's, performed well in Mosconi Cup, World Pool Championships 1943 A[braham] [P] Merritt, author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!), dies at 58 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House 1922 New York City law requires all "pool" rooms to change name to "billiards" 1919 Richard Pool, naval Officer 1913 Willie Mosconi, world champion pool player, 1941-57 1884 A[braham P] Merritt, U.S., sci-fi author, Moon Pool, Creep Shadow! 1875 "Snooker" (variation of pool) invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain 1829 1st U.K. municipal swimming pool outside of London, opens in Liverpool 1742 1st indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London) |
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