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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 minutes 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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