1991 U.S. sets 400m relay record at 37.67 seconds
1990 Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10
1985 Fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m)
1981 6 English lifeguards set relay swim record English Channel (7:17)
1979 Ashley Whitney, born in Nashville, Tennessee, 800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics
1977 Catherine Fox, 400m freestyle relay, 1996 Olympics gold
1976 Scott Mark Cameron, Dunedin NZ, 4x200m relay swimmer 1996 Olympics
1976 Wilhelmina Von Bremen, 4X100 relay sprinter (Oly-gold-32), dies at 64
1975 Scott Tucker, Birmingham, Alabama, 400m/800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics
1974 Annette Salmeen, 200m butterfly/800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics
1974 Gary Hall, Jr., U.S., 50m/100m/400m free relay, Oly-gold/2 silver-96
1974 Lisa Jacob, 800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics
1973 Ryan Berube, U.S., 800m freestyle relay, 1996 Olympics gold
1973 Joe Hudepohl, U.S., 800m freestyle relay, 1996 Olympics gold
1972 Marianne Limpert, Matagami Quebec, 200m relay swimmer, Oly-silver-96
1966 BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island
1964 American Radio Relay League (organization for hams) founded
1962 Relay 1 communication satellite launched
1961 Alonzo Babers, Montgomery, Alabama, 400m/4X400m relay 1984 Olympics gold
1959 Pascal Barre, France, sprint relay team 1980 Olympics bronze
1958 1st test project of Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equip
1957 Irina Nazariva, born in U.S.S.R., 4 x 400m relay, 1980 Olympics gold
1954 Ruben Guerrero, Mexico, relay swimmer, Olympic-1968
1952 Ludmila Maslakova, U.S.S.R., relay runner 1980 Olympics silver
1949 Ronnie Ray Smith, 4 x 100m relay runner, 1968 Olympics gold
1948 Eddie James Hart, Martinez Cal, 4x100m relay runner, Olympics gold 72
1947 Aleksandr Tikhonova, U.S.S.R., biathalon relay, Oly-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80
1946 Eva Klobukowska, born in Poland, relay sprinter 1964 Olympic gold
1945 1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweasers from a relay and taped into the log
1945 Arthur C. Clark proposes relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit
1938 Brunhilde Hendrix, German FR, relay runner 1960 Olympics silver
1937 Eero Mantyranta, Finland, nordic ski relay 1960 Olympics gold
1932 Dean Smith, U.S. actor/relay runner 1952 Olympics gold
1931 Thelma Kalama, U.S., 4 x 100m relay swimmer, 1948 Olympics gold
1930 Sonja Ruthstrom, Swed, cross country relay skier 1960 Olympics gold
1930 Alevtina Koltschina, U.S.S.R., cross coutry relay skier, Oly-gold-1960
1923 Martin Stokken, Norway, nordic relay 1952 Olympics silver
1922 Herb McKenley, born in Jamaica, 4 x 400m relay runner 1952 Olympics gold
1913 Foy Draper, U.S., relay runner 1936 Olympics gold
1912 Ilse Dorffeldt, Germany, sprint relay, Olympic-1936
1909 Wilhelmina Von Bremen, U.S. 4X100 relay sprinter 1932 Olympics gold
1908 Sulo Nurmela, Finland, 4 x 100K relay skier 1936 Olympics gold
1907 Klaes Karppinen, Findland, 4 x 10K relay 1936 Olympics gold
1904 Hjordis Topel, Sweden, diving and 4 x 100m relay, Olympic-bronze-1924
1889 Irene Steer, England, 4 x 100m relay swimmers, Olympics gold 1912
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