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Pool
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 hr women swim record of 42.05 mi in 25 m 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

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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