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Swimming
2004 Spalding Gray, actor/writer, Swimming to Cambodia, dies at 62

2003 Gertrude Ederle, swimming celebrity/teacher, first woman, and fifth person, to swim the English Channel, dies at 97

1996 Copeland swimming pool re-opened by Gladiator

1994 Jingyi Le/Ying Shan/Ying Le/Bin Lu swimming 4x100 freestyle (3:37.91)

1991 Fu Mingxia, 12, of China wins World Swimming Championships gold medal

1986 David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool

1983 Vladimir Salnikov (U.S.S.R.) sets 1500m free style swimming record

1983 Vladimir Salnikov (U.S.S.R.) sets 400 m free style swimming record

1982 Tracy Caulkins, 19, wins her 36th U.S. swimming title

1963 Petra Schneider, E German swimming star, world record 400m

1960 USC captures NCAA swimming title

1941 German occupiers forbids Jews access to beach and swimming pools

1940 John Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hours 46 mins in the Mississippi River

1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House

1928 Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming

1924 1st men's college swimming championships begin

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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