2014 Event Renaud Lavillenie, French champion pole vaulter, breaks the previous height record, held by athlete Sergey Bubka, at the Pole Vault Stars meet in Donetsk, Ukraine; Lavillenie reached 6.16 meters indoors, exceeding Bubka's world record of 6.15 m indoors achieved in 1993 1992 Event Dan O'Brien fails on pole vault and eliminated from Olympics decathlon 1991 Event Sergeo Bubka of U.S.S.R. sets pole vault record (20'") in Malmo Sweden 1986 Event Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV and finds nothing 1967 Event Bob Seagren sets pole vault record at 17'3" 1962 Event 1st pole vault over 16' (4.88m) (John Uelses-16', Melrose Games) 1945 Birthday Mikhail Voronin, born in U.S.S.R., horse vault gymnast, 1968 Olympics gold 1942 Event 1st indoor 15' pole vault (Cornelius Warmerdam 15' 3/8") 1940 Event Cornelious Warmerdam became 1st man to pole vault 15 ft 1935 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt ordersa federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox Kentucky 1934 Birthday Tom Baker, actor, Angels Die Hard, Vault of Horror 1933 Birthday Daniel Massey, London, actress, Vault of Horror 1927 Birthday Michael Craig, Poona India, actor, Escape 2000, Vault of Horror
