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Record - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
763 |
Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. |
BC AD | |
180-07-17 |
6 inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians. Earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world. |
1455-03-12 |
First record of Johann Gutenberg's Bible, letter dated this day by Enea Silvio Piccolomini refers to the bible printed a year before |
1495-06-01 |
First written record of Scotch Whisky appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Friar John Cor is the distiller |
1774-01-30 |
Captain Cook reaches 71°10' south, 1820km from south pole (record) |
1780-10-27 |
Samuel Williams and the first U.S. astronomical expedition to record an eclipse of the sun observes the event at Penobscot Bay |
1799-11-12 |
Andrew Ellicott makes the first known record of a meteor shower observation in the U.S, from a ship off the coast of Florida Keys |
1827-09-21 |
According to Joseph Smith Jr., the angel Moroni gave him a record of gold plates, one-third of which Joseph translated into The Book of Mormon |
1834-01-05 |
Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell |
1837-05-10 |
Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels. |
1859-07-01 |
Balloon covers a record 809 miles over St Louis |
1861-07-31 |
9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam: world record |
1861-12-31 |
22,990mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in India in 1861, a world record |
1876-03-17 |
1st record high jump over 6' (Marshall Jones Brooks) |
1877-11-21 |
Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention (phonograph) - first machine to play and record sound |
1878-08-21 |
Edward Pooley completes record 8 stumpings in a cricket match |
1879-01-16 |
January record 13" of snow falls in NYC (broken Jan 7, 1996) |
1879-09-19 |
Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track & field record pole-vaulting 11' 2½" at age 17 years & 198 days |
1880-01-06 |
Record snow cover in Seattle - 120 cm |
1881-08-04 |
122°F (50°C), Seville, Spain (European record) |
1881-09-27 |
Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12 |
1887-01-21 |
Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres (18.3 inches), a record for any Australian capital city. |
1887-02-14 |
Cubs sell Mike King Kelly to Boston for record $10,000 |
1887-10-08 |
Phillies set club record 16th straight victory |
1888-07-11 |
118°F (48°C), Bennett, Colorado (state record) |
1888-08-10 |
NY Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record |
1889-01-16 |
128°F (53°C), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record) |
1889-06-22 |
Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss |
1890-01-02 |
Record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny |
1890-03-02 |
Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 5 km (9:19) |
1890-05-24 |
Geo Train & Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma |
1891-02-28 |
Oscar Grundén skates world record 500m (50.8 sec) |
1891-09-14 |
"Empire State Express" train goes from NYC to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M |
1892-06-10 |
Wilbert Robinson sets record by going 7-for-7 in a 9-inning game |
1892-06-28 |
Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories |
1893-01-11 |
Jaap Eden skates world record 1500m (2:35) |
1893-01-17 |
-17°F (-27°C), Millsboro, Delaware (state record) |
1893-02-05 |
Alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 sec) |
1893-02-26 |
2 Clydesdale horses set record by pulling 48 tons on a sledge, Mich |
1893-02-26 |
Einar Halvorsen skates world record 500m (48 sec) |
1893-05-11 |
Henri Desgrange establishes 1st bicycle-world record (35.325 km) |
1894-01-09 |
"Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze" released in movie theaters |
1894-01-21 |
Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 500m in 47.8 sec |
1894-01-23 |
G W Bunbury of Dublin sets shorthand record of 250 wpm for 10 min |
1894-04-24 |
French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18 |
1895-01-15 |
Albert Trott takes 8-43 on Test debut, then a record |
1895-02-03 |
Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs) |
1895-02-11 |
-17°F (-27.2°C) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record) |
1895-02-23 |
Jaap Eden skates world record 10km (17:56) |
1895-04-15 |
Josephine Blatt (US) makes hip-and-harness lift of 3564 lb (record) |
1896-06-06 |
Frank Samuelsen and George Harbo leave NY harbor to row across Atlantic; their 55 day record for rowing was not broken for 114 year |
1896-06-12 |
J.T. Hearne sets a cricket record for the earliest date of taking 100 first-class wickets in a season. |
1897-05-18 |
American baseball NY Giant William (Bill) Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game |
1897-07-26 |
37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record) |
1897-07-27 |
14.75" (37.5 cm) of rainfall, Jewell, Maryland (state 24-hr record) |
1898-12-18 |
Automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph) |
1899-02-10 |
-39°F (-39°C), Milligan, Ohio (state lowest record temperature) |
1899-02-11 |
-15°F (-26°C), Washington, DC (district record) |
1899-02-11 |
-61°F, Montana (record low temperature) |
1899-02-12 |
-47°F (-44°C), Camp Clarke, Nebraska (state record) |
1899-02-13 |
-16°F (-27°C), Minden Louisiana (state record) |
1899-02-13 |
-2°F (-19°C) Tallahassee, Florida (state record) |
1900-02-10 |
Peter Ostlund skates world record 500m (45.2 sec) |
1900-05-31 |
Tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074) |
1900-07-12 |
114°F (46°C), Basin, Wyoming (state record) |
1900-09-10 |
20.3 cm rainfall at Elk Point, South Dakota (state record) |
1901-04-28 |
Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1 |
1901-06-09 |
NY Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cin Reds 25-13 |
1901-08-05 |
Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4" |
1901-08-10 |
Chicago White Sox Frank Isbell strands record 11 teammate base runners |
1902-03-18 |
Enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record |
1902-03-28 |
27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record) |
1903-02-16 |
-59°F (-51°C), Pokegama Dam, Minnesota (state record) |
1903-08-19 |
Phillies suffer record 9th straight posponed game |
1904-01-05 |
-34°F (-36.7°C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record) |
1904-01-05 |
-42°F (-41.1°C), Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record) |
1904-05-27 |
NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, NY Giants) |
1904-07-21 |
Camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH |
1904-10-03 |
Giants Christy Mathewson strikes out then record 16 Cards |
1904-10-07 |
NY Highlander Jack Chesbro wins record 41st game of season (41-12) |
1904-10-10 |
Boston pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record, also record for total complete games AL 1,098, NL 1,089 |
1905-02-13 |
-29°F (-34°C) Pond, Arkansas (state record) |
1905-02-13 |
-40°F (-40°C) Lebanon, Kansas (state record) |
1905-02-13 |
-40°F (-40°C) Warsaw, Missouri (state record) |
1905-07-07 |
127°F (53°C), Parker Ariz (state record) |
1905-08-06 |
26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record) |
1905-09-08 |
Pittsburgh Pirates strand NL record 18 men on base & lose to Reds 8-3 |
1905-09-20 |
Cleveland makes AL record 7 errors in an inning |
1905-12-11 |
120°F (49°C), Rivadavia, Argentina (South American record) |
1906-01-27 |
Rudolf Gundersen skates world record 500m at 44.8 sec |
1906-01-29 |
Coen de King skates world record time: 32,370 km |
1906-08-02 |
Chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak |
1906-09-21 |
Yankee 1st baseman Hal Chase's 22 put-outs ties record |
1906-10-11 |
White Sox Ed Walsh strikes out then record 12 in a World Series game |
1907-01-01 |
Pres Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day |
1907-03-19 |
18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch, Nevada (state record) |
1907-06-01 |
-27°F (-33°C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record) |
1907-06-28 |
Nationals steal a record 13 bases off catcher Branch Rickey |
1907-09-12 |
Lusitania arrives in NYC after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record) |
1907-09-30 |
Cards Ed Konetchy steals home twice & Joe Delahanty also steals home for record 3 steals of home (vs Boston) |
1908-06-12 |
Lusitania crosses Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours (NYC) |
1908-07-24 |
John Hayes wins 4th olympics marathon (2:55:18.4 world record) |
1908-10-08 |
NY Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920) |
1909-01-01 |
Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4) |
1909-01-09 |
Ernest Shackleton as part of the British Nimrod Expedition reaches a record farthest South latitude (88°23' south) |
1909-02-12 |
Robert Fowler runs world record marathon (2:46:52.6) |
1909-05-08 |
Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6) |
1909-05-08 |
Frederick Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31) |
1909-08-29 |
AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m |
1909-10-18 |
Comte de Lambert of France sets airplane altitude record of 300 m |
1910-08-23 |
Fred Clarke makes a record 4 outfield assists for Pittsburgh |
1910-08-27 |
Wash Red Killefer sacrifices record 4 times against Detroit |
1910-09-05 |
Jack Coombs begins a record streak of 53 shutout innings |
1910-10-02 |
Henry Wijnmalen flies to 2,800m altitude (world record) |
1910-10-29 |
Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game |
1911-04-15 |
Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning |
1911-06-26 |
Nieuport sets an aircraft speed record of 83 mph (133 kph) |
1911-07-04 |
105°F (41°C) at Vernon, Vermont (state record) |
1911-07-04 |
106°F (41°C) at Nashua, New Hampshire (state record) |
1911-07-07 |
Dorothea Lambert Chambers beats Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0 in a record |
1911-07-10 |
105°F (41°C) at North Bridgton, Maine (state record) |
1911-08-28 |
45.7 cm rainfall at St George, Georgia (state record) |
1911-09-01 |
M Fourny sets world aircraft distance record of 720 km |
1911-09-04 |
Garros sets world altitude record of 4,250 m (13,944 ft) |
1911-09-20 |
Yanks set team record 12 errors in a double header |
1911-09-29 |
Yanks steal 15 bases & get 13 walks, beating Browns 16-12; with a major-league record 6 stolen bases in 1 inning |
1911-10-14 |
Largest baseball crowd ever 38,281 (Polo Grounds) see Giants beat A's, 2-1 (gate is record $77,379) |
1911-10-24 |
Orville Wright remained in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina setting a new world record that stood for 10 years. |
1911-11-11 |
Many cities in the U.S. Midwest broke their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through. (see The 11/11/11 cold wave). |
1912-01-12 |
-47°F (-44°C), Washta, Iowa (state record) |
1912-01-13 |
-40°F (-40°C), Oakland, Maryland (state record) |
1912-04-01 |
Greek athlete Konstantinos Tsiklitiras breaks the world record -in standing long jump jumping 3.47 metres. |
1912-04-17 |
1st unofficial gold record (Al Jolson's "Ragging The Baby To Sleep") |
1912-04-29 |
108°F (42°C), Tuguegarao, Philippines (Oceania record) |
1912-07-03 |
NY Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak |
1912-07-06 |
Donald Lippincott runs world record 100m (10.6) |
1912-07-10 |
Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record 5000m (14:36.6) |
1912-07-14 |
Kenneth McArthur runs Olympic record marathon (2:36:54.8) |
1912-08-15 |
Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game |
1912-09-07 |
Eddie Collins steals record 6 bases in 9-7 Athletics win over Detroit |
1912-09-15 |
Red Sox pitcher Joe Wood ties then record of 16 straight wins |
1912-09-22 |
Eddie Collins repeats record of stealing 6 bases in a game (9/7/12) |
1912-10-05 |
Red Sox defeat A's 3-0 for then AL record 105th win |
1912-10-06 |
Pirates Owen "Chief" Wilson hits record 36th triple of season |
1912-10-20 |
Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record marathon (2:29:39.2) |
1913-05-12 |
Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2) |
1913-05-14 |
Wash Senator Walter Johnson ends record scorless streak at 56 innings |
1913-05-31 |
Alexis Ahlgren runs world record maraton (2:36:06.6) |
1913-06-20 |
3 of 1st 4 Yankees hit-by-pitch en route to a record 6 hit batsman |
1913-07-10 |
134°F (57°C), Greenland Ranch, California (US record) |
1913-09-05 |
Phillies & Braves tie record of only 1 run in a double header, Phillies win 1st game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th |
1913-09-14 |
Cubs Larry Cheney hurls record 14-hit shutout against Giants (7-0) |
1914-01-10 |
Oscar Mathisen skates world record 500 m in 43.7 sec in Oslo |
1914-08-18 |
Oscar Egg sets new cycling hour record (44,247 km) |
1914-08-31 |
24.8 cm rainfall at Bloomingdale, Michigan (state record) |
1915-05-24 |
Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations |
1915-06-23 |
Yanks get record 16 walks & 3 wild pitches beat A's Bruno Hass, 15-0 |
1915-06-27 |
100°F (38°C), Fort Yukon, Alaska (state record) |
1915-07-19 |
Wash Nationals steal record 8 bases vs Cleve Indians in the 1st inning |
1915-10-09 |
Gil Anderson races auto (165.1 km record) in Sheepshead Bay, NY |
1915-12-21 |
10.17" (25.83 cm) of rainfall, Glenora, Oregon (state record) |
1916-07-14 |
33.6 cm rainfall at Effingham SC (state record) |
1916-07-15 |
22.22" (56.4 cm) of rain falls in Altapass NC (state record) |
1916-08-08 |
A's set AL record with 19th consecutive loss on road |
1916-09-07 |
Giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch NY's record 26-game winning streak |
1917-01-27 |
Coen de Koning wins 2nd official 11 cities race (9:53) (record) |
1917-03-07 |
1st jazz record record released on a 78 by Original Dixieland Jass Band for the Victor Talking Machine Company ("Dixie Jazz Band One Step," one side "Livery Stable Blues" other) |
1917-08-22 |
Pittsburgh Pirates play 4th straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee sets record of 11 at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Dodgers |
1917-08-27 |
Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game |
1917-12-30 |
-32°F (-36°C) in Mountain City, Tennessee (state record) |
1917-12-30 |
-37°F (-38°C) in Lewisburg, WV (state record) |
1918-04-29 |
Tris Speaker ties career outfield record of 4 unassisted double plays |
1918-05-04 |
Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4 |
1918-05-24 |
Cleveland Indians Stan Coveleski sets club record for most innings pitched (19) |
1918-10-21 |
Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min |
1919-02-18 |
Cy Denneny of NHL Ottawa Senators scores record 52nd goals |
1919-07-07 |
Phillies tie major league record of 8 steals in 9 inn game |
1919-08-14 |
White Sox Happy Felsch ties record of 4 outfield assists in a game |
1919-09-27 |
Pitcher Bob Shawkey sets then Yank record with 15 strike-outs |
1920-01-10 |
Mont Canadiens (14) & Tor St Patricks (7) score NHL record 21 goals |
1920-01-10 |
Silver reaches record $1.37 an ounce |
1920-01-31 |
Joe Malone, Quebec Bulldogs, sets NHL record with 7 goals in a game |
1920-03-03 |
Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating Quebec Bulldogs |
1920-07-15 |
Ruth ties his record of 29 HRs in a season |
1920-07-16 |
Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54 |
1920-09-17 |
Cards set a record of 12 consecutive hits in 4th (10) & 5th (2) innings |
1920-09-29 |
Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54 |
1920-10-03 |
Browns 1st baseman George Sisler gets his record 257th hit of season |
1921-04-23 |
Charles Paddock runs world record 100m (10.4 secs) |
1921-06-20 |
11.5" (29.2 cm) of rainfall, Circle, Montana (state record) |
1921-06-22 |
Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:40.2) |
1921-07-12 |
Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs |
1921-07-12 |
Indians (9) & Yankees (7) combine for an AL record 16 doubles |
1921-07-21 |
Indians (9) & Yankees (7) hit a record 16 doubles |
1921-07-23 |
Edward Gourdin of US sets long jump record at 25' 2 3/4" |
1921-08-25 |
Yankee pitcher Harry Harper hits 3 batters in an inning tying record |
1921-10-02 |
NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th HR |
1922-01-24 |
-54°F (-48°C), Danbury, Wisconsin (state record) |
1922-04-16 |
Annie Oakley sets women's record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row |
1922-05-24 |
Record temperature in Netherlands for May (35.6°C) |
1922-06-12 |
St Louis gets record 10 hits in a row & beats Phillies 14-8 |
1922-06-19 |
Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:28.2) |
1922-07-17 |
Ty Cobb gets 5 hits in a game for record 4th time in a year |
1922-08-08 |
Pirates set record of 46 hits in a doubleheader (against Phillies) |
1922-08-27 |
Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:28.6) |
1922-09-04 |
Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000m (5:26.3) |
1922-09-12 |
Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:35.4) |
1922-09-13 |
136.4°F (58°C), El Aziziyah, Libya in shade (world record) |
1923-03-31 |
1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs |
1923-04-14 |
Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters |
1923-08-22 |
Paavo Nurmi runs world record mile (4:10.4) |
1923-08-23 |
Capt. Lowell Smith and Lt. John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours. |
1923-08-24 |
Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3 mile (14:11.2) |
1923-09-09 |
Albin Stenroos runs world record 20 km (1:07:11.2) |
1923-10-06 |
US lt Al Williams fly 392.2 KPH (record) |
1924-02-17 |
Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard freestyle record (52.4 seconds) |
1924-02-24 |
Johnny Weissmuller, swims 100m record (57 2/5 secs) |
1924-06-19 |
Paavo Nurmi runs world record 1500m (3:52.6) |
1924-07-07 |
Robert LeGendre of US, sets then long jump record at 25' 5½" |
1924-08-02 |
Joe Hauser sets record of 14 total bases in a game |
1924-08-31 |
Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:06.2) |
1924-09-25 |
Malcolm Campbell sets world auto speed record at 146.16 MPH |
1924-10-01 |
Paavo Nurmi runs world record 4 mile (19:15.4) & 5 mile (24:06.2) |
1924-11-16 |
Cleveland Bulldogs lose to Frankford Yellowjackets, ends 31-game undefeated streak (NFL & major-league football record) |
1925-01-06 |
Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4:13.6 mile & 14:44.6 5,000m |
1925-01-19 |
-48°F (-44°C), Van Buren, Maine (state record) |
1925-01-28 |
-46°F (-43°C), Pittsburgh, New Hampshire (state record) |
1925-05-06 |
Ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884 |
1925-06-01 |
Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp (1st of record 2130 consec games) |
1925-06-12 |
William DeHart Hubbard of US, sets long jump record at 25' 10 3/4" |
1925-09-05 |
112 F (44°C), Centerville, Alabama (state record) |
1925-10-12 |
Albert Michelsen runs world record marathon (2:19:01.8) |
1925-12-06 |
Record 73,000 pay to watch Chic Bears beat NY Giants 19-7 |
1925-12-26 |
NHL record 141 shots as NY Americans (73) beat Pitt Pirates (68) 3-1 |
1926-02-01 |
Land at Broadway & Wall Street sold at a record $7 per sq inch |
1926-05-21 |
White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double |
1926-05-24 |
Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000 m (8:25.4) |
1926-07-12 |
Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:26.2) |
1926-07-13 |
Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:20.4) |
1926-07-17 |
Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:11.4) |
1926-07-22 |
105°F (41°C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record) |
1926-07-22 |
108°F (42°C), Troy, NY (state record) |
1926-07-22 |
Cin Red Curt Walker ties record of 2 triples in an inning |
1926-09-11 |
Yanks' Bob Meusel ties record with 3 sacrifice flies |
1926-10-03 |
Violet Percy runs female record marathon (3:40:22) |
1927-03-29 |
Henry O D Seagrave races his Sunbeam to a record 203.79 mph at Daytona |
1927-04-01 |
1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice |
1927-06-05 |
Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard & 200-yard free-style swim record |
1927-06-18 |
Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000 m: 5:24.6 |
1927-09-24 |
Yanks set record of 106 victories |
1927-09-29 |
Babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games |
1927-09-30 |
Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th HR (off Tom Zachary) |
1927-11-03 |
22.3 cm rainfall at Somerset, Vermont (state record) |
1928-03-01 |
Paul Whiteman & orchestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records |
1928-05-24 |
Record 12 future Hall of Famers take the field, as Yanks beat A's 9-7 |
1928-06-25 |
NY Giant Fred Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader |
1928-07-06 |
Worlds largest record hailstone 1.5 lbs (7 inchs in diameter) at the time falls in Potter, Nebraska |
1928-07-07 |
Edward Hamm of US, sets then long jump record at 25' 11" |
1928-07-08 |
Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader |
1928-07-10 |
Senator Milt Gaston hurls record tying 14-hit shutout |
1928-07-29 |
Cleve Indians score 17 in 1st 2 inns to beat Yanks 24-6 at Dunn Field they also set a record with 24 singles in 1 game |
1928-09-09 |
Silvio Cator of Haiti, sets then long jump record at 26' ½" |
1928-09-15 |
Cards set NL record of 18 men left on base beating Phillies 8-6 |
1928-09-29 |
Yanks (17) Tigers (28) set 9 inning hit record (45)-Tigers win 19-10 |
1928-09-30 |
Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium cycles record 76 mi 604 yds in 1 hr |
1928-10-01 |
Paavo Nurmi runs world record 15m (46:49.6) |
1928-10-07 |
Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10 miles (50:15.0) |
1928-11-01 |
Graf Zeppelin sets airship distance record of 6384 km |
1928-12-05 |
England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane |
1928-12-26 |
World record 10th wicket stand 307 (Kippax / Hooker) NSW v Vic |
1929-01-19 |
Clas Thunberg skates world record 500m in 42.8 sec |
1929-02-28 |
Chic Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home |
1929-03-02 |
Chicago Black Hawks shut-out for NHL record 8th straight game |
1929-05-18 |
Dodgers beat Phillies 20-16 & lost 8-6 in 2nd game (record 50 runs) |
1929-08-02 |
Phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a HR |
1929-08-07 |
Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games |
1929-10-08 |
A's Howard Ehmke (7-2) sets World Series record striking out 13 Cubs |
1929-10-14 |
Philadelphia A's set World Series record of 10 runs in an inning |
1929-11-28 |
Ernie Nevers scores all 40 pts for Chic Cards vs Bears (NFL record) |
1929-12-03 |
Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak |
1930-01-09 |
Boston Bruins wins then NHL record 14th straight game |
1930-01-12 |
NHL's Boston Bruins win then-record 14th consecutive game |
1930-01-18 |
-27°F (-33°C), Watts, Oklahoma (state record) |
1930-01-22 |
-35°F (-37°C), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record) |
1930-03-12 |
Stella Walsh sets record for the 220-yard dash (0:26.1) |
1930-03-18 |
Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game |
1930-03-20 |
Clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph |
1930-06-09 |
Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile (29:36.4) |
1930-07-20 |
106°F (41°C), Washington, DC (district record) |
1930-07-21 |
110°F (43°C) at Millsboro, Delaware (state record) |
1930-07-28 |
114°F (46°C), Greensburg, Kentucky (state record) |
1930-07-29 |
115°F (46°C), Holly Springs, Mississippi (state record) |
1930-08-09 |
113°F (45°C) at Perryville, Tennessee (state record) |
1930-08-09 |
Percy Williams runs world record 100m (10.3 sec) |
1930-08-26 |
Hack Wilson hits his 44th HR, breaks Chuck Klein's NL record |
1930-09-13 |
Paavo Nurmi runs world record 20,000m (1:04:38.4) |
1930-09-27 |
Cub's Hack Wilson's 2 HRs give him NL record 56 HRs |
1930-10-19 |
Jules Ladoumègue runs world record 1 km (2:23.6) |
1930-11-24 |
Ruth Nichols sets women's transcontinental air flight record (Mineola, NY to California), in a Lockheed-Vega |
1931-01-03 |
Nels Stewart of Montreal Maroons scores 2 goals in 4 sec (record) |
1931-01-08 |
Phila Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses |
1931-01-10 |
Phila Quakers defeat Montreal, ends NHL-record 15-game losing streak |
1931-01-31 |
NHL's Quebec Bulldogs' Joseph Malone scores a record 7 goals |
1931-03-25 |
Hal Kemp & his orchestra record Whistles, with Skinnay Ennis |
1931-04-27 |
100°F (38°C), Pahala, Hawaii (state record) |
1931-06-29 |
109°F (43°C), Monticello, Florida (state record) |
1931-07-24 |
Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2 mile (8:59.6) |
1931-08-19 |
Lefty Grove wins AL record tying 16th consecutive game |
1931-09-13 |
Capt G H Stainworth flies world speed record (655 kph) |
1931-09-17 |
1st LP record demonstrated (RCA Victor, NYC), venture failed |
1931-09-17 |
Red Sox Earl Webb sets record with 65 en route to 67 doubles |
1931-10-27 |
Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26' 2½" |
1932-01-14 |
1st totalisator (to record racetrack bets) in US installed, Hialeah |
1932-02-24 |
Malcolm Campbell drives record speed (253.96 mph) at Daytona |
1932-05-16 |
Yanks 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland & Boston |
1932-05-23 |
Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman sets 24 hr record of 860 mi, 367 yds |
1932-06-23 |
Lou Gehrig plays 1,103rd successive game in a NY uniform, equaling Joe Sewell's record with one team (Cleveland) |
1932-07-04 |
Bradman scores 260, a North American record, v Western Ontario |
1932-07-09 |
Yanks' Ben Chapman hits 2 inside-the-park HRs, tying record |
1932-07-12 |
Hedley Verity establishes a first-class cricket record by taking all ten wickets for only ten runs against Nottinghamshire on a pitch affected by a storm |
1932-09-07 |
Earl Grace, ends NL catcher record streak of 110 cons errorless games |
1932-09-09 |
Frank Crosetti ties record, striking out twice in 1 inning |
1932-09-10 |
Dodgers Johnny Frederick hits record 6th pinch-hit HR of the season |
1932-09-12 |
Bkln Dodger Johnny Frederick hits his record 6th pinch hit HR |
1932-09-16 |
30.8 cm rainfall at Westerly, Rhode Island (state record) |
1933-02-06 |
-90°F (-68°C), Oymyakon, USSR (Asian record) |
1933-02-08 |
-23°F (-31°C), Seminole, Texas (state record) |
1933-02-09 |
-63°F (-53°C), Moran, Wyoming (state record) |
1933-02-10 |
-54°F (-48°C), Seneca, Oregon (state record) |
1933-08-01 |
Carl Hubbell sets record of consecutive scoreless innings (45 1/3) |
1933-08-11 |
Temp reaches 136°F (57.8°C) at San Luis Potosi, Mex (world record) |
1933-08-14 |
Jimmie Foxx hits for cycle & sets AL record with 9 RBIs |
1933-08-17 |
Lou Gehrig plays record 1,308th consecutive game |
1933-08-26 |
Jan van Houten bicycles world record time (44,588 km) |
1933-12-30 |
-50°F (-46°C) in Bloomfield, Vermont (state record) |
1934-02-09 |
-51°F (-46°C), Vanderbilt, Michigan (state record) |
1934-04-21 |
Moe Berg, Senators catcher, plays AL record 117th cons errorless game |
1934-05-06 |
Red Sox score 12 runs in 4th inning including record 4 consecutive triples hit by Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell, & B Walters |
1934-06-25 |
Yank pitcher John Broaca ties record by striking out 5 times |
1934-07-12 |
Willy de Supervise swims world record 400m (5:16.0) |
1934-07-14 |
116°F (47°C), Orogrande NM (state record, broken on June 27, 1994) |
1934-07-14 |
NY Times erroneously declares Ruth 700 HR record to stand for all time |
1934-07-20 |
118°F (48°C), Keokuk, Iowa (state record) |
1934-07-21 |
113°F (45°C), near Gallipolis, Ohio (state record) |
1934-07-28 |
118°F (48°C), Orofino, Idaho (state record) |
1934-08-04 |
NY Giants Mel Ott sets record of 6 runs in game & beats Phillies 21-4 |
1934-12-22 |
Miss Theo Trowbridge sets female bowling record 702 pins in games |
1935-01-21 |
12.0" (30.5 cm) of rain falls, Quinault RS, Wash (state record) |
1935-02-11 |
-11°F (-24°C), Ifrane, Morocco (African record low) |
1935-03-06 |
Frank Bartell (Czech), cycles record 80.584 mph in LA |
1935-03-31 |
Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:27:49) |
1935-04-03 |
Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44) |
1935-05-05 |
Jesse Owens of US sets long jump record at 26' 8½" |
1935-05-14 |
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club gains (over Somerset at Taunton by 48 runs) what proved to be their last victory for 99 matches, a record in the County Championship. Their next Championship win was not until May 29, 1939. |
1935-06-01 |
Yanks set solo HR record with 6 beat Boston 7-2 |
1935-06-03 |
French liner Normandie sets Atlantic crossing record of 1,077 hours |
1935-06-12 |
Senator Huey Long of Louisiana spoke continually for 15½ hours in Senate's longest speech on record (150,000 words) |
1935-06-26 |
Lloyd Waner sets record of 18 putouts in center in doubleheader |
1935-09-03 |
Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games |
1935-09-08 |
Willy de Supervise swims runs world record 200 m freestyle (2:25.2) |
1935-09-22 |
Boston Braves lose NL record 110th game of year en route to 115 |
1935-11-03 |
Kitei Son runs world record marathon (2:26:42) |
1935-11-11 |
Explorer 2 balloon sets altitude record of 72,000 feet over SD |
1936-01-04 |
Grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 v South Africa |
1936-01-24 |
Benny Goodman & orchestra record "Stompin' at the Savoy" on Victor Records |
1936-02-15 |
-60°F (-51°C), Parshall, North Dakota (state record) |
1936-02-17 |
-58°F (-50°C), McIntosh, South Dakota (state record) |
1936-02-18 |
NHL record 32 points scored, NY Americans (28) & Mont Maroons (24) |
1936-02-27 |
Willy den Ouden swims world record 100 m free style (1:04.6) |
1936-05-15 |
Amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from S Afr in record 4d16h |
1936-05-24 |
Tony Lazerri 2 grand slams (11 RBIs); Ben Chapman sets record by reaching 1st 7 times safely, Yanks beat A's 25-2 |
1936-06-20 |
Jesse Owens of US sets 100 meter record at 10.2 |
1936-07-05 |
120°F (49°C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record) |
1936-07-06 |
114°F (46°C), Moorhead, Minnesota (state record) |
1936-07-06 |
121°F (49°C), Steele, North Dakota (state record) |
1936-07-10 |
109°F (43°C) Cumberland & Frederick, Maryland (state record) |
1936-07-10 |
110°F (43°C) at Runyon, New Jersey (state record) |
1936-07-10 |
111°F (44°C) Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (state record) |
1936-07-10 |
112°F (44°C) at Martinsburg, West Virginia (state record) |
1936-07-13 |
112°F (44°C), Mio, Michigan (state record) |
1936-07-13 |
114°F (46°C), Wisconsin Dells, Wisc (state record) |
1936-07-14 |
116°F (47°C), Collegeville, Indiana (state record) |
1936-07-24 |
118°F (48°C), Minden, Nebraska (state record) |
1936-07-24 |
121°F (49°C), near Alton, Kansas (state record) |
1936-08-10 |
114°F (46°C) at Plain Dealing, Louisiana (state record) |
1936-08-10 |
120°F (49°C) at Ozark, Arkansas (state record) |
1936-08-12 |
120°F (49°C), Seymour, Texas (state record) |
1936-09-13 |
Cleve Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 in a game (vs Phila A's) |
1936-09-14 |
Paul Waner ties Rogers Hornsby's NL record of 200 hits for 7 times |
1936-09-25 |
Joe Medwick sets a still-standing NL record with his 64th double |
1936-10-02 |
NY Yankees score World Series record 18 runs, beating Giants 18-4 |
1936-10-03 |
Yanks set new attendance record of 64,842 in 3rd game of World Series |
1936-10-04 |
Record 66,669 at Yankee Stadium for 4th game of World Series |
1937-01-05 |
Fingleton & Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wkt |
1937-01-08 |
-50°F (-45.6°C), San Jacinto, Nevada (state record) |
1937-01-19 |
Millionaire Howard Hughes sets transcontinental air record (7h28m25s) |
1937-01-20 |
-45°F (-43°C), Boca, California (state record) |
1937-02-10 |
Ragnhild Hveger swims world free style record 400m (5:14.2) |
1937-07-05 |
117°F (47°C), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record) |
1937-08-27 |
George E T Eyston sets world auto speed record at 345.49 MPH |
1937-08-31 |
Det's rookie Rudy York sets record for HRs of 18 HRs in August |
1937-09-29 |
Frans Slaats bicycles world record time (45,563 km) |
1937-11-03 |
Maurice Archambaud bicycles world record for distance in one hour (45.796 km) |
1937-11-11 |
Messerschmidt ME-109V13 flies world record 610.4 kph |
1938-02-05 |
Hans Engnestangen skates world record 500m (41.8 sec) |
1938-02-26 |
Rie Van Veen swims world record 200m free style (2:24.6) |
1938-05-03 |
Lefty Grove defeats Tigers 4-3 for 1st of record 20 consecutive wins at his home field Fenway Park; he doesn't lose there until May 12 1941 |
1938-06-16 |
Boston Red Sox Jimmie Foxx is walked a record 6 consecutive times by St Louis Browns |
1938-08-10 |
119°F (48°C), Pendleton, Oregon (state record) |
1938-08-20 |
Lou Gehrig hits record 23rd & last grand slam |
1938-09-15 |
John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 350.2 MPH (lasts 1 day) |
1938-09-16 |
George E T Eyston sets world auto speed record at 357.5 MPH |
1938-10-02 |
Indian Bob Feller strikes out record 18 Tigers (Chester Laabs 5 times) |
1938-10-06 |
Yanks Lefty Gomez sets record of 6 World Series wins without a loss |
1939-01-01 |
Sydney, Australia, swelters in 45 ˚C (113 ˚F) heat, a record for the city. |
1939-01-19 |
Ernest Hausen of Wisconsin sets chicken-plucking record-4.4 sec |
1939-03-07 |
Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians 1st record "Auld Lang Syne" |
1939-03-16 |
NHL record 10 goals in 1 period-NY Rangers (7), NY Americans (3) & a record 26 points in the 3rd period |
1939-03-30 |
The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets the world airspeed record of 463 mph. |
1939-06-07 |
Cleve Indians sets AL record of 16 inning game without striking out, however lose game 5-4 to NY Yankees |
1939-07-25 |
NY Yankee Atley Donald sets AL rookie record with 12 consecutive win |
1939-08-19 |
37.6 cm rainfall at Tuckerton, NJ (state record) |
1939-08-30 |
NY Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph) |
1939-09-30 |
White Sox reliever Clint Brown sets record of 61st relief appearance |
1939-11-29 |
Cor Klint swims world record 200 m backstroke (2:38.8) |
1939-12-30 |
Bradman scores 267 SA v Vic, world record 34th double cricket century |
1940-01-27 |
-17°F (-27°C), CCC Camp F-16, Georgia (state record) |
1940-02-05 |
Glenn Miller & his Orchestra record "Tuxedo Junction" |
1940-02-20 |
Larry Clinton & his Orchestra record "Limehouse Blues" |
1940-03-07 |
Mont Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home |
1940-05-29 |
Adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 sec) |
1940-07-20 |
Billboard publishes its 1st singles record chart (#1 is "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey) |
1940-09-03 |
39.4 cm rainfall at Sapulpa, Oklahoma (state record) |
1941-02-07 |
Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey orchestra record "Everything Happens to Me" |
1941-02-11 |
1st Gold record presented (Glenn Miller-Chattanooga Choo Choo) |
1941-02-25 |
Boston Bruins set NHL record of 23-game unbeaten streak (15-0-8) |
1941-03-04 |
NHL Chicago goalie Samuel LoPresti stops record 80 of 83 Boston shots |
1941-03-14 |
Xavier Cugat & orchestra record "Babalu" |
1941-03-19 |
Jimmy Dorsey & orchestra record "Green Eyes" & "Maria Elena" |
1941-05-20 |
White Sox Taft Wright sets AL record of RBIs in 13 consecutive games |
1941-05-23 |
Rudolf Harbig runs world record 1k (2:21.5) |
1941-05-31 |
-June 1) 32.0 cm rain falls on Burlington Kansas (state record) |
1941-06-01 |
12.59" (31.98 cm) rainfall, in Burlington, Kansas (state 24-hr record) |
1941-06-29 |
DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 breaking Sisler's record |
1941-09-28 |
Phillies lose club record 111th game |
1942-01-11 |
-23°F (-31°C), Kingston, Rhode Island (state record) |
1942-02-10 |
Glenn Miller awarded 1st ever gold record for selling 1 million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo" |
1942-05-29 |
Bing Crosby records "White Christmas", greatest selling record to date |
1942-06-04 |
Capitol Record Co opens for business |
1942-06-21 |
129°F (54°C), Tirat Zevi, Israel (Asian record) |
1942-06-21 |
Seinheuer throws female world record spear (47.24m) |
1942-07-17 |
Estimated 34.5" (87.5 cm) of rainfall, Smethport, Pa (state record) |
1942-08-28 |
Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2) |
1942-10-26 |
Battle of Santa Cruz: USS SD shoots down a record 32 enemy planes |
1942-11-07 |
Bicyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world record (45,848 km) |
1943-01-16 |
-60°F (-51°C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record) |
1943-01-22 |
66.3 cm precipitation at Hoegees Camp, California (state record) |
1943-01-23 |
66.34 cm (26.12"), Hoegees Camp, California (state record) |
1943-01-23 |
Detroit Red Wings scores NHL record 8 goals in 1 period |
1943-01-28 |
Forward Doug Bentley sets NHL record with 5 points in a game |
1943-02-16 |
-32°F (-36°C), Falls Village, Connecticut (state record) |
1943-06-27 |
Elly Dammers throws Dutch record spear (41,43m) |
1943-06-27 |
Fanny Blankers-Koen runs Dutch record 200m (24.5) |
1943-07-18 |
Giants & Phillies strand record 30 baserunners, NY wins, 10-6 |
1943-07-26 |
120°F (49°C), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record) |
1943-08-24 |
Phila A's drop AL record tying 20th game in a row, win the 2nd game |
1943-09-08 |
NY Giants' pitcher Ace Adams sets record by working in his 62nd game |
1943-09-19 |
Fanny Whiteers-Koen breaks jumping world record |
1944-01-23 |
Det Red Wings score 15 goals against NY Rangers & NHL record 37 points, also most consecutive goals & most lopsided game 15-0 |
1944-07-18 |
Arne Andersson runs world record 1 mile (4:01.6) |
1944-08-17 |
Yanks Johnny Lindell ties record with 4 consecutive doubles in a game |
1944-11-11 |
NY Rangers set NHL record of 25 games without a win (0-21-4) |
1945-01-17 |
Gilbert Dodds, record miler (4:05.3), retires to do gospel work |
1945-03-27 |
Ella Fitzgerald & Delta Rhythm Boys record "It's Only a Paper Moon" |
1945-06-29 |
20.6 cm rainfall at Litchville North Dakota (state record) |
1945-07-06 |
Wash Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games |
1945-09-01 |
Phillies Vince DiMaggio ties NL record with 4th grand slam of season |
1945-09-16 |
Barometric pressure at 856 mb (25.55") off Okinawa (record low) |
1945-10-14 |
Chicago Cardinals end a record 29-game losing streak, beat Bears |
1945-10-15 |
Baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest) |
1945-11-17 |
New world air speed record 606 mph (975 kph) set by HJ Wilson of RAF |
1945-11-22 |
Jim Benton, Cleveland end, gains 303 yards (NFL record) |
1945-11-26 |
Charlie "Bird" Parker leads a record date for the Savoy label, marketed as the "greatest Jazz session ever" |
1946-05-20 |
Cubs Claude Passeau makes his 1st error since September 21, 1941, ending pitcher's fielding record of 273 consecutive errorless chances |
1946-06-24 |
11.72" (29.77 cm) of rainfall at Mellen Wisc (state 24-hr record) |
1946-09-08 |
Bill Kennedy of Rocky Mount (CPL) strikes out minors record 456 |
1946-09-24 |
Yanks set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs |
1946-12-11 |
Hank Williams begins to record on Sterling label |
1947-01-28 |
"Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000 |
1947-02-03 |
-81°F (-63°C), Snag Yukon (North American record) |
1947-02-12 |
Record 100.5-kg sailfish caught, C W Stewart, Galapagos Islands |
1947-03-20 |
180 tonne blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic |
1947-04-04 |
Largest group of sunspots on record |
1947-04-19 |
AAU record for a 25-foot rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds |
1947-04-19 |
Suh Yun Buck wins world record marathon (2:25:39) |
1947-07-03 |
252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, NYC |
1947-07-22 |
-8°F (-13°C), Charlotte Pass, NSW (Australian record) |
1947-07-27 |
Yogi Berri starts record 148 game errorless streak |
1947-08-20 |
Turner Caldwell in D-558-I sets aircraft speed record, 1131 kph |
1947-08-25 |
Marion Carl in D-558-I sets world aircraft speech record, 1,047 kph |
1947-08-31 |
NY Giants set season record for HRs by a club 183 (en route to 221) |
1947-09-12 |
Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games |
1947-09-16 |
John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH |
1947-09-29 |
Record World Series crowd of 73,365 at Yankee Stadium ($325,828) |
1947-12-26 |
Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries NYC under 25.8" of snow in 16 hrs That same day, LA set a record high of 84°F |
1948-03-05 |
US rocket flies record 4800 kph to 126km height |
1948-03-23 |
John Cunningham sets world altitude record (54,492' (18,133 m)) |
1948-05-15 |
Australia scores 721 runs in one day v Essex, world record |
1948-05-20 |
Cleve Indians tie AL record of 18 walks (beat Red Sox 13-4) |
1948-06-20 |
Cleveland draws then record 82,781 for doubleheader |
1948-06-21 |
33 1/3 RPM LP record introduced and 78's planned to be phased out (Dr Peter Goldmark-Columbia Records) |
1948-07-30 |
Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record (10K - 29:59.6) |
1948-08-05 |
Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6) |
1948-08-17 |
Tom Henrich hits his then record tying 4th grand slam of season |
1948-09-15 |
F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speech record of 1080 kph |
1948-10-10 |
Then record 86,288 see game 5 of World Series in Cleveland |
1948-11-20 |
US balloon reaches height of 42.7 km (record) |
1948-12-05 |
NY Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions |
1949-01-10 |
RCA introduces 45 RPM record |
1949-02-01 |
RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm) |
1949-02-05 |
Huaso sets official world equestrian high-jump record, 2.47 m, Chic |
1949-02-25 |
WAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record) |
1949-06-11 |
Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:28.2) |
1949-08-06 |
Luke Appling record of 2,154 (en route to 2,218) games at shortstop |
1949-09-01 |
Viljo Heino runs world record 10k (29:27.2) |
1949-09-18 |
Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit |
1949-09-30 |
Pirates Ralph Kiner hits his 54th HR & NL record 16th in September |
1949-10-22 |
Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:21.2) |
1949-12-04 |
Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run |
1950-03-13 |
General Motors reports net earnings of $656,434,232 (record) |
1950-06-08 |
Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs) |
1950-06-23 |
Yanks & Tigers hit record 11 HRs, Tigers win 10-9 |
1950-07-04 |
Braves Sid Gordon ties season grand slam record with 4 |
1950-07-08 |
33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record) |
1950-07-09 |
13.15" (33.40 cm) of rainfall, York, Nebraska (state 24-hour record) |
1950-07-16 |
Single day 16 team HR record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12) |
1950-09-05 |
98.3 cm rainfall at Yankeetown, Florida (state record) |
1950-09-15 |
For a record 6th time, NY Yankee Johnny Mize hits 3 HRs in one game |
1950-09-26 |
Phils pitcher Jim Konstanty makes record 71st appearance of year |
1950-10-01 |
Browns lose to Giants, setting club record for fewest points scored by both teams (tied in 1979), NY 6, Cleveland 0 |
1950-10-02 |
Bob Shaw of Chicago Cardinals sets NFL record with 5 TD receptions |
1950-10-29 |
Cleveland Browns' Marion Motley sets record for highest avg gain in a game with 17.1 (10 attempts), Cleveland 45, Pittsburgh 7 |
1950-11-05 |
Cleveland Browns' Tommy James intercepts 3 passes, club record |
1950-11-12 |
Gene Roberts sets NFL NY Giant rushing record (218 yds) vs Chic Cards |
1950-12-03 |
Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 12 punts |
1950-12-31 |
Jockeys W Shoemaker & Joe Culmone set record of 388 wins in a year |
1951-01-06 |
Indianapolis beats Rochester 75-73 in NBA-record 6 overtimes |
1951-02-01 |
-50°F (-46°C), Gavilan, New Mexico (state record) |
1951-02-02 |
-35°F (-37°C), Greensburg, Indiana (state record until 1994) |
1951-03-03 |
Bill Mikvy (Temple) scores NCAA basketball record 73 pts |
1951-05-03 |
Gil McDougald ties major league record with 6 RBIs in 1 inning |
1951-08-07 |
US viking rocket reaches 210 km height (record) |
1951-09-15 |
Emile Zatopek runs world record 20k (1:01:15.8) |
1951-09-21 |
Emil Zatopek runs 15,000m in record 44 min, 54.6 sec |
1951-09-28 |
Norm Van Brocklin of Rams passes for NFL-record 554 yards |
1951-09-29 |
Emile Zatopek runs world record 20,000 m & 10 mile |
1951-10-26 |
Emile Zatopek runs world record 30,000m, 25,000m & 15 miles |
1951-11-25 |
Cleveland Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears |
1951-12-02 |
Phila sets NFL record of 25 1st-downs rushing |
1952-02-16 |
Ian Craig makes NSW cricket debut aged 16 years 249 days (NSW record) |
1952-03-16 |
1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Reunion (world record) |
1952-06-14 |
Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:20:42.2) |
1952-06-14 |
Braves Warren Spahn ties NL record of Jim Whitney with 18 strikeouts against the Cubs in 15-inning, 3-1 loss |
1952-07-07 |
SS United States cross Atlantic in record 82:40 |
1952-07-14 |
SS United States crosses Atlantic in 84:12 (record westward) |
1952-07-20 |
Emile Zatopek runs Olympic Record 10K (29:17.0) |
1952-07-24 |
112°F (44°C), Louisville, Georgia (state record) |
1952-07-24 |
Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record 5K (14:06.6) |
1952-07-27 |
Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record marathon (2:23:03.2) |
1952-09-07 |
Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tenn) |
1952-10-07 |
Yankees tie their own record of 4 consecutive World Series wins |
1952-11-19 |
North American F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record, 1124 KPH |
1953-01-25 |
Yuri Sergejev skates world record 500m in 40.9 sec |
1953-03-21 |
NBA record 106 fouls & 12 players foul out (Boston-Syracuse) |
1953-05-07 |
Record 537-kg swordfish is caught by LE Marron, in Chile |
1953-05-17 |
Yanks & Browns use record 41 players in a game |
1953-05-25 |
Braves Max Surkont strikes out record 8 Reds in a row |
1953-06-13 |
Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:18:40.2) |
1953-08-01 |
Red Sox Ben Flowers sets then record of 8 consecutive games in relief |
1953-08-04 |
Vic Raschi sets pitcher record by driving in 7 runs & wins 15-0 |
1953-08-21 |
Marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m |
1953-08-23 |
Phil Grate sets record for throwing a baseball (443'3") |
1953-09-06 |
Roy Campanella sets record for HRs by a catcher at 38 |
1953-09-07 |
Roy Campanella sets catcher record of 125 (en route to 142) RBIs |
1953-09-30 |
Auguste/Jacques Piccard dives with bathosphere to 3150 m (record) |
1953-10-04 |
Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:17:39.4) |
1953-10-05 |
50th World Series sees NY Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2, as NY Billy Martin's 12 hits set record; Yanks win record 5th consec WS |
1953-10-25 |
Cleveland Browns' QB Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles |
1953-10-28 |
Bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record) |
1953-11-01 |
Emile Zatopek runs world record 10K (29:01.6) & 6 mile (28:08.4) |
1953-12-31 |
Willie Shoemaker shatters record, riding 485 winners in a year |
1954-01-09 |
-87°F (-66°C), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record) |
1954-01-09 |
Bert Olmstead, Mont Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game |
1954-01-20 |
-70°F (-57°C), Rogers Pass, Montana (US 48 state record) |
1954-03-08 |
Herb McKinley sets quarter mile record of 0:46.8 in Melbourne, Australia |
1954-04-03 |
Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record) |
1954-05-30 |
Emile Zatopek runs world record 5K (13:57.2) |
1954-06-01 |
Emile Zatopek runs record 6 mile: (27:59.2)/10,000m (28:54.2) |
1954-06-04 |
Arthur Murray flies X-1A rocket plane to record 27,000 m |
1954-06-21 |
John Landy runs world record mile (3:58.0) |
1954-06-23 |
122°F (50°C), Overton, Nevada (state record until June 29, 1994) |
1954-06-28 |
111°F (44°C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record) |
1954-06-30 |
Yank pitcher Tom Morgan ties record by hitting 3 batters in 1 inning This was also Bobby Brown's last game; he retired to become a doctor |
1954-07-01 |
Cards' Joe Cunningham hits 2 HRs for record 3 HRs in his 1st 2 days |
1954-07-01 |
Test Cricket debut of Khalid Hassan, 16 yrs 352, then world record |
1954-07-14 |
117°F (47°C), East St Louis, Illinois (state record) |
1954-07-14 |
118°F (48°C), Warsaw & Union, Missouri (state record) |
1954-07-15 |
110°F (43°C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record) |
1954-07-31 |
Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 hrs, 1 double) |
1954-08-10 |
Sir Gordon Richards retires as a jockey with record 4,870 wins |
1954-08-31 |
Indians beat Yanks 6-1 for record tying 26 wins in August (1931 A's) |
1954-09-06 |
Yankees use a record 10 pinch hitters |
1954-09-10 |
Attempting to handle Hoyt Wilhelm's knuckleball catcher Ray Katt of Giants sets a major league record with 4 passed balls |
1954-09-11 |
20.4 cm rainfall at Brunswick, Maine (state record) |
1954-09-13 |
Reds Ted Kluszewski scores a run in record 17 consecutive games |
1954-09-14 |
Giants' Willie Mays gets 82nd extra-base hit, breaks Mel Ott's record |
1954-09-24 |
Yanks tie a record, 3 of their pinch hitters strike out in 1 inning |
1954-09-25 |
Indians win AL record 111 games |
1954-11-07 |
Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns & win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Wash 62-3 |
1954-11-28 |
Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 80-yard punt |
1954-12-02 |
Frank Selvy of Milwaukee sets then NBA record of 24 of 26 free throws |
1955-01-08 |
Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 pt |
1955-02-17 |
Mike Souchak sets PGA 72-hole record of 257 |
1955-03-26 |
"Ballad of Davy Crockett" becomes the #1 record in US |
1955-04-13 |
20.33" (51.64 cm) of rainfall, Axis, Alabama (state record) |
1955-04-21 |
Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season |
1955-05-18 |
28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya New Mexico (state record) |
1955-07-18 |
280 mm rain in Martinstown, Dorset (UK-record) |
1955-07-26 |
Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers |
1955-08-03 |
Roger Moens runs world record 800 m (1:45.7) |
1955-08-13 |
Larry Doby's ends AL record of 167 errorless games in outfield |
1955-08-18 |
46.1 cm rainfall at Westfield, Massachusetts (state record) |
1955-08-19 |
32.4 cm precipitation at Burlington, Connecticut (state record) |
1955-08-27 |
Sandy Koufax fans 14 Reds, both teams combine for record 23 strikeouts |
1955-09-05 |
Dodger Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th HR of season |
1955-09-14 |
Herb Score sets rookie record of 235 strikeouts (en route 245) |
1955-09-18 |
Willie Mays hits record tying 9th HR at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock) |
1955-09-19 |
Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits record 5th grand slam of season |
1955-10-29 |
Emile Zatopek runs world record 15 mile (1:14:01) & 25,000m (1:16:36) |
1955-10-30 |
Imtiaz Ahmed scores 209 v NZ, the record for a no 8 batsman |
1956-01-08 |
Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog," single goes to #1 & stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single) |
1956-01-24 |
96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record) |
1956-01-25 |
96.5 cm (38.0") of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, HI (state record) |
1956-03-03 |
Cockie Gastelaars swims world record 100 m freestyle (1:04.2) |
1956-03-10 |
Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph) |
1956-04-21 |
Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel", becomes #1 |
1956-05-05 |
Jim Bailey (US) runs mile a record 3:58.6 in LA Calif |
1956-05-18 |
Mickey Mantle hits HR from both sides of plate for record 3rd time |
1956-07-15 |
Iharos runs world record 10k (28:42.8) |
1956-07-16 |
Detroit Tigers & Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million |
1956-07-20 |
Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs |
1956-07-23 |
Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft speed record of 3,050 kph |
1956-07-29 |
Jacques Cousteau's Calypso anchors in 7,500 m of water (record) |
1956-08-03 |
Willie Williams of US sets 100 meter record at 10.1 |
1956-09-07 |
Bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000'+ |
1956-09-11 |
Cin Red Frank Robinson ties rookie record with his 38th HR |
1956-09-11 |
Vladimir Kuts runs world record 10k (28:42.8) |
1956-09-11 |
Yanks Yogi Berra ties career record for HRs (236) by a catcher |
1956-09-21 |
Yanks set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway |
1956-09-30 |
Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th HR |
1956-10-15 |
Pyotr Bolotnikov runs world record 10k (28:42.8) |
1956-10-20 |
58°F (15°C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high) |
1956-11-17 |
Syracuse fullback Jim Brown, scores NCAA record of 43 pts (vs Colgate) |
1957-01-18 |
3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hr 19 min |
1957-02-25 |
Buddy Holly & Crickets record "That'll Be the Day" |
1957-03-16 |
Toronto Maple Leafs tie NHL record 37 points beating NY Rangers 14-1 |
1957-04-12 |
Jim Spalding set a 2088 pin nine-game bowling record |
1957-04-24 |
Chic Cub pitchers walk NL record 9 Reds in 5th inning |
1957-05-22 |
Red Sox set AL record by smashing 4 HRs in 6th inning in 11-0 win |
1957-06-12 |
Paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs) |
1957-06-14 |
42.0 cm rain falls on East St Louis, Illinois (state record) |
1957-06-15 |
42.01 cm (16.54") of rainfall, East St Louis, Ill (state record) |
1957-07-16 |
Marine Maj John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (03:28:08) |
1957-08-01 |
Gil Hodges hits his NL record 13th career grand slam (Last by Bkln) |
1957-08-01 |
Glen Gorbous throws a baseball a record 136 m (445'10") |
1957-08-18 |
Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4½") |
1957-08-20 |
USAAF balloon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m) |
1957-09-03 |
Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shut-out |
1957-09-19 |
Dalida is the first artist to be awarded a gold record in France for 300,000 sales of "Bambino". |
1957-11-10 |
NFL record crowd (102,368), '49ers vs Rams in LA |
1957-11-10 |
Cleveland Browns' Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburgh 24-0 |
1957-11-16 |
Celtic Bill Russell sets NBA record of 49 rebounds beat Phila 111-89 |
1957-11-24 |
Cleveland Browns' fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yds rushing |
1958-01-01 |
BOAC Britannia flies London to NY in a record 7h57m |
1958-01-12 |
Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points |
1958-03-14 |
RIAA certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star) |
1958-03-15 |
Oscar Robertson of Cin scores a NCAA midwest region-record 56 pts |
1958-04-02 |
Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record) |
1958-04-18 |
NL single-game record of 78,682, Giants lose to Dogers 6-5, in LA |
1958-05-07 |
US Air Force Major Howard Johnson sets world aircraft altitude record in a Lockhead F-104 Starfighter at 27,810 m |
1958-05-16 |
Maj Irwin, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight F-104 A to a record 1,404.18 MPH |
1958-06-02 |
Brooks Robinson hits into 1st of record 4 triple plays |
1958-06-02 |
Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford fans 6 in a row to tie an AL record |
1958-06-27 |
Harry Burrell flies KC-135 record (5:27:42.8) NY to London |
1958-06-28 |
Nancy Ramey swims world record 100m (1:09.6) |
1958-08-06 |
Glenn Davis sets record of 49.2 in 400-meter hurdles |
1958-08-22 |
Argos' Boyd Carter, Dave Mann combine for record 131-yd punt return |
1958-08-23 |
Marie Ashton completes playing piano a female record 133 hours |
1958-08-28 |
Nellie Fox sets record for consecutive games without striking out (98) |
1958-09-01 |
St Louis Card Vinegar Bend Mizell walks a record 9 men in a shutout |
1958-09-09 |
Pirate Roberto Clemente ties record of 3 triples in a game |
1958-09-22 |
US nuclear subne USS Skate remains 31 days under Pole (record) |
1958-10-06 |
US nuclear sub USS Seawolf remains record 60 days under pole |
1958-10-08 |
Braves Eddie Mathews strikes out for World Series record 11th time |
1958-11-06 |
AL announces that KC will play AL record 52 night games in 1959 |
1958-11-11 |
AL announces Kansas City will play AL record 52 night games in 1959 |
1959-01-05 |
Buddy Holly releases his last record "It Doesn't Matter" |
1959-01-11 |
Hanif Mohammad completes 499 for Karachi, then 1st class world record |
1959-02-27 |
Boston Celtic Bob Cousy sets NBA record with 28 assists Boston Celtics score 173 points against Minneapolis Lakers |
1959-03-15 |
Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 m 42.5 s |
1959-03-18 |
Boston Celtic's Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throws |
1959-04-09 |
Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot |
1959-04-16 |
Phils' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit |
1959-05-17 |
Sam Snead sets PGA record for 36 holes at 122 |
1959-08-05 |
42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record) |
1959-09-29 |
Little Anthony & the Imperials record "Shimmy Shimmy Koko Bop" |
1959-10-04 |
Cleveland Browns' Jim Brown makes club record 37 rushing attempts |
1959-10-04 |
LA Dodgers set World Series attendance record at 92,394 |
1959-10-06 |
Single game World Series attendence record set (92,706 in LA) |
1959-11-15 |
Cleveland Browns' halfback Bobby Mitchell sets club record for longest run from scrimmage (90-yards), beat Wash 31-17 |
1959-12-14 |
J B Jordan in F-104C sets world altitude record, 31,513m |
1959-12-15 |
Everly Brothers record "Let It Be Me" |
1960-01-11 |
Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts |
1960-03-14 |
Wilt Chamberlain (Phila) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points |
1960-04-24 |
Record 4 grand slams hit today |
1960-05-25 |
George Crowe's record 11th pinch-hit HR |
1960-06-21 |
Armin Hary runs world record 100m (10.0) |
1960-06-28 |
10.40" (26.42 cm) of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour record) |
1960-07-16 |
205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer |
1960-07-16 |
George Crowe sets record of 12 pinch hit HRs with a runner on |
1960-07-21 |
Francis Chichester arrive in NY aboard Gypsy Moth II, setting record of 40 days for a solo Atlantic crossing |
1960-08-04 |
Rocket propelled USAF research aircraft sets record at 2,150 MPH |
1960-08-12 |
Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 8.21m |
1960-08-22 |
Gil Hodges set NL righty HR record with #352 |
1960-08-24 |
-127°F (-88°C), Vostok, Antarctica (world record) |
1960-08-27 |
Anita Lonsbrough swims world/olympic record 200m (2:49.5) |
1960-09-07 |
Ljudmila Shevcova runs female olympic record 800m (2:04.3) |
1960-09-10 |
Abebe Bikila runs Olympic/World record marathon (2:15:16.2) |
1960-09-15 |
Maurice Richard announces his retirement. He finishes his career with 544 goals, an NHL record at the time. |
1960-10-03 |
Yanks win 8-7, ending season on a 15 game win streak, & record 193 HRs |
1960-10-10 |
Ron Stewart of Ottawa rushes for CFL-record 287 yards |
1960-11-24 |
Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record) |
1960-12-11 |
Cleveland's Bernie Parrish sets club record for longest interception return with a 92 yard run |
1961-02-25 |
Paul Bikle in glider climbs from 1208 m at release to record 14,10 |
1961-03-08 |
US nuclear submarine Patrick Henry arrives at Scottish naval base of Holy Loch from SC in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hrs |
1961-03-11 |
Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks & Maple Leafs (20 each) |
1961-03-21 |
Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000) |
1961-05-04 |
Malcolm Ross & Victor Prather reach 34,668 m (record) in balloon |
1961-05-26 |
USAF bomber flies Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours |
1961-05-27 |
Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' ½" |
1961-05-28 |
Record 27 HRs hit in 7 AL games |
1961-06-08 |
Milwaukee sets record of 4 consecutive HRs (Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock & Frank Thomas) |
1961-06-09 |
Ryne Duren sets AL record with 7 straight strikeouts against Red Sox |
1961-06-22 |
Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child & My Bonnie, in Hamburg |
1961-06-24 |
Beatles record "If You Love Me Baby" |
1961-06-25 |
Balt & California use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns |
1961-06-28 |
Phils & SF set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie |
1961-07-16 |
Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 2" |
1961-07-18 |
Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games |
1961-08-05 |
118°F (48°C), Ice Harbor Dam, Washington (state record) |
1961-08-20 |
Phillies set then dubious record of 23 straight loses, beat Braves |
1961-09-22 |
Jim Gentile's ties record of 5 grand slams in a year |
1961-09-26 |
Roger Maris hits HR #60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record |
1961-09-27 |
Sandy Koufax sets NL strikeout season record at 269 |
1961-10-01 |
Roger Maris sets record of 61 HRs (off of Tracy Stallard) |
1961-10-09 |
Yank Whitey Ford breaks Ruth record of 29 2/3 consecutive inning |
1961-11-09 |
The X-15 rocket plane achieved a world record speed of 4,093 mph (Mach 6.04) and reached 101,600 feet (30,970 m or over 19 miles) altitude |
1961-11-22 |
St Louis Hawk Bob Pettit sets NBA record, hitting 19 of 19 free throws |
1961-12-10 |
Houston Oiler Billy Cannon gains record 373 yards against Titans |
1961-12-14 |
Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" is 1st country song to get a gold record |
1961-12-21 |
Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" & "Ready Teddy" |
1962-01-13 |
Wilt Chamberlain of Warriors scores then NBA-record 73 pts vs Chicago |
1962-02-03 |
John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm |
1962-02-10 |
Jim Beatty sets American indoor mile record (3:58.9) in LA |
1962-02-11 |
Beatles record "Please, Please Me" |
1962-02-22 |
Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts |
1962-02-25 |
Mike O'Hara completes record 97th marathon |
1962-03-27 |
Jacques Plante ties record winning 6th NHL Vezina trophy |
1962-04-13 |
Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run, a new NL record |
1962-04-22 |
NY Mets tiea NL record by losing 9 straight to start season |
1962-04-22 |
Pirates tie then record of 10 straight wins to start season |
1962-05-19 |
Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's NL hit record with 3,431 |
1962-05-21 |
3 more Cleveland HR set AL record for most HR (26) over 8 games |
1962-05-22 |
Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inn game |
1962-06-06 |
Beatles meet their producer George Martin for 1st time, they record "Besame Mucho" with Peter Best on drums |
1962-06-08 |
Jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8) |
1962-06-10 |
A record 54 home runs hit in baseball |
1962-06-10 |
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27' 3½" |
1962-07-11 |
Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days |
1962-07-17 |
Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft) |
1962-07-18 |
Minnesota Twins Bob Allison & Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn & Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning |
1962-07-26 |
Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets HR record of 31 by a pitcher |
1962-08-11 |
Bolotnikov runs world record 10km (28:18.2) |
1962-08-28 |
55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record) |
1962-08-28 |
Tony Sheridan & Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)" |
1962-09-04 |
Beatles record "How Do You Do It" at EMI |
1962-09-05 |
Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 & consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th |
1962-09-12 |
Wash Senator Tom Cheney strikes out record 21 Orioles in 16 inn game |
1962-09-15 |
KC A's Bill Fischer sets record of 69 1/3 innings without a walk |
1962-09-16 |
Gerda Kroon runs European record 800 m in 2:02.8 |
1962-09-18 |
Bob Aspromonte sets NL 3rd baseman record of 57 cons errorless games |
1962-09-23 |
LA Dodger Maury Wills steals record setting #97 on his way to 104 |
1962-09-29 |
Indians & Angels set AL record of 40 strikeouts in a doubleheader |
1962-09-30 |
NY Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play & beat NY 5-1 |
1962-10-03 |
Dodgers set major league-record season attendance of 2,755,184 |
1962-10-05 |
Beatles release their 1st record "Love Me Do" |
1962-10-12 |
Infamous Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages |
1962-10-18 |
Tony Sheridan & Beat Brothers record "Let's Dance" |
1962-10-26 |
The Beatles record "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why" |
1962-11-07 |
Glenn Hall set NHL record of 503 consecutive games as goalie |
1962-12-16 |
NY Giant YA Title sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31) |
1963-01-27 |
Jevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 sec |
1963-01-28 |
-34°F (-37°C), Cynthiana, Kentucky (state record) |
1963-01-31 |
Tony Sheridan & Beat Brothers record "What'd I Say" & "Ruby Baby" |
1963-02-16 |
North Carolina forward Billy Cunningham grabs a record 27 rebounds in a game vs Clemson |
1963-02-17 |
Toru Terasawa runs world record marathon (2:15:15.8 |
1963-02-20 |
Willie Mays (SF Giants) signs a record $100,000 per year contract |
1963-03-05 |
Beatles record "From Me to You" & "Thank You Girl" |
1963-03-14 |
SF Guy Rogers ties NBA record with 28 assists |
1963-05-04 |
Pitcher Bob Shaw sets record of 5 balks in a game |
1963-06-15 |
Buddy Nobles runs world record marathon (2:14:28) |
1963-06-27 |
Bill J Kramer & Dakotas record Lennon & McCartney "I Call Your Name" |
1963-06-27 |
Phillies Johnny Callison hits for cycle, but Phillie centerfielder Tony Gonzalez's error ends his record 205 consecutive errorless games |
1963-07-01 |
Beatles record "She Loves You" & "I'll Get You" |
1963-07-16 |
Amazon river carries 190,000 m3/sec of water (record) |
1963-07-31 |
Cleve ties record of 4 consecutive HRS (Held, Ramos, Francona, Brown) |
1963-08-05 |
Craig Breedlove sets world auto speed record at 407.45 MPH |
1963-08-09 |
NY Met Roger Craig's NL record-tying 18-game losing streak ends |
1963-08-21 |
Jerry Lynch's record 15th pinch-hit HR gives Pirates a 7-6 win |
1963-08-22 |
The X-15 rocket plane achieves a world record altitude of 354,200 feet (107,960 m, 67 miles) |
1963-09-28 |
Giuseppe Cantarella roller-skates record 25.78 mph (415 k) for 440 yds |
1963-10-02 |
Dodgers' Sandy Koufax strikes out World Series record 15 Yankees |
1963-10-19 |
Beatles record "I Want to Hold Your Hand" |
1963-10-20 |
Jim Brown sets NFL single-season rushing record, 1,863 yds |
1963-11-11 |
Gordie Howe ties Rocket Richard's lifetime 544 goal record |
1963-11-28 |
1st million copy record prior to release "I Want to Hold Your Hand" |
1963-11-28 |
Beatles "She Loves You" returns to #1 in UK record chart |
1963-12-06 |
Beatles begin a tradition of releasing a Christmas record for fans |
1963-12-18 |
Clarke runs world record 10k (28:15.6) |
1964-01-29 |
Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" & "Sie Liebt Dich" |
1964-02-29 |
Frank Rugani sets badminton shuttlecock distance record, 24.3 m |
1964-03-06 |
Tom O'Hara runs world record mile (3:56.4) |
1964-03-09 |
Creighton's Paul Silas grabs Midwest record 27 rebounds against Okla |
1964-04-03 |
Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts |
1964-04-13 |
New Zealand Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in 1 work day |
1964-05-23 |
Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3:27:45) |
1964-05-30 |
Beatles 1961 record of "Cry for a Shadow" is #1 in Australia |
1964-06-10 |
Rolling Stones record their 12x5 album at Chess Studios in Chicago |
1964-06-11 |
Manfred Mann record Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Do |
1964-06-13 |
Basil Heatley runs world record marathon (2:13:55) |
1964-07-17 |
Don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph) |
1964-07-20 |
1st surfin' record to go #1-Jan & Dean's "Surf City" |
1964-07-21 |
Mildred Simpson runs female world record marathon (3:19:33) |
1964-08-05 |
Beatles record "Leave My Kitten Alone" |
1964-08-12 |
Mickey Mantle switch-hits HR record 10th & final time in a game |
1964-08-15 |
Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 3½" |
1964-08-29 |
On Elston Howard Night, Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth's career strikeout record (1,330) |
1964-09-12 |
Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 4½" |
1964-09-17 |
Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas) |
1964-09-26 |
Braves (25) & Phillies (18) set record by using 43 players in 9 inn |
1964-10-02 |
Phillies tie major league record with season's 3rd triple play (Reds) |
1964-10-13 |
At Plesman airport, Curacao, 125.5 mm rainfalls (record) |
1964-10-15 |
Craig Breedlove sets auto speed record of 846.97 kph |
1964-10-21 |
Abebe Bikila runs Olympic/World record marathon (2:12:11.2) |
1964-11-01 |
George Blanda of Houston throws NFL-record 37 passes in 68 attempts |
1964-11-12 |
Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH |
1964-11-14 |
Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe sets NHL record 627th career goal |
1964-12-12 |
Cleveland Browns' Frank Ryan sets club record of 5 TD passes |
1964-12-22 |
Lockheed SR-71 spy aircraft reaches 3,530 kph (record for a jet) |
1964-12-31 |
Donald Campbell (UK) sets world water speed record (276.33 mph) |
1965-01-20 |
Byrds record "Mr Tambourine Man" |
1965-02-20 |
Beatles record "That Means a Lot" |
1965-03-19 |
Rembrandt's "Titus" sells for then record 7,770,000 guilders |
1965-04-13 |
Beatles record "Help" |
1965-05-04 |
Willie Mays 512th HR breaks Mel Ott's 511th NL record |
1965-05-13 |
Rolling Stones record "Satisfaction" |
1965-06-09 |
Frenchman, Machal Jazy, runs record mile in 3:53.6 |
1965-06-12 |
Morio Shigematsu runs world record marathon (2:12:00) |
1965-06-15 |
Denny McLain in relief strikesout 1st 7 batters faced & record 14 in 6 2/3 innings, Bill Freehan ties catcher record of 19 putouts |
1965-06-17 |
11.08" (28.14 cm) of rainfall, Holly, Colorado (state 24-hour record) |
1965-07-09 |
Senators Frank Howard ties record with 7 strikeouts in DH |
1965-07-14 |
Australian Ronald Clarke runs world record 10k (27:39.4) |
1965-07-20 |
18.18" (46.18 cm) of rainfall, Edgarton, Missouri (state 24-hr record) |
1965-07-23 |
Dick Stuart homers in a major league-record 23rd different park |
1965-07-29 |
Major league record 26 strikeouts, Phillies (16), Pirates (10) |
1965-08-18 |
Orioles' Brooks Robinson hits into his record tying (George Sisler) |
1965-08-29 |
Willie Mays sets NL record for HRs in a month with his 17th of August |
1965-09-03 |
Curt Flood's record of 568 straight chances without an error begins |
1965-09-29 |
Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4" |
1965-09-29 |
Phillies catcher Pat Corrales sets record by reaching base twice on catcher's interference in one game & 6 times in one season |
1965-10-03 |
Cubs tie major league record of 3 triple plays in a season |
1965-10-20 |
Beatles receive a gold record for "Yesterday" |
1965-11-04 |
Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) in Utah |
1965-11-15 |
Craig Breedlove sets land speed record (600.601 mph-966.57 kph) |
1965-11-28 |
Browns' Leroy Kelly sets club record for most punt return yds (109) |
1965-12-12 |
Gale Sayers of Chicago Bears scores 6 TDs, ties NFL record |
1966-01-14 |
David Bowie releases his 1st record (Can't Help Thinking About Me) |
1966-01-26 |
Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2:06.2) |
1966-01-30 |
-19°F (-28°C), Corinth, Mississippi (state record) |
1966-01-30 |
-27°F (-33°C), New Market, Alabama (state record) |
1966-01-30 |
Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2:05.2) |
1966-02-09 |
Dow-Jones Index hits record 995 points |
1966-02-14 |
Wilt Chamberlain breaks NBA career scoring record at 20,884 points |
1966-03-05 |
Bob Seagren pole vaults 5.19m indoor world record |
1966-03-12 |
Bobby Hull's 51st goal of season, sets record |
1966-04-24 |
Atlanta Braves win NL-record 18 straight home games (17 in Milwaukee) |
1966-04-28 |
Cleve ties record with 10th straight win since Opening Day |
1966-06-10 |
Beatles record "Rain" 1st to use reverse tapes |
1966-06-10 |
Mamas & Papas win gold record for "Monday, Monday" |
1966-06-12 |
Dave Clark Five sets record as they appear for 12th time on Ed Sullivan |
1966-07-12 |
10.51" (26.70 cm) of rainfall, Sandusky Ohio (state record) |
1966-07-17 |
Indians set club record by hitting 7 HR in 15-2 win over Detroit |
1966-07-17 |
Jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3) |
1966-07-23 |
John Pennel pole vaults record (5.34 m) |
1966-09-17 |
Cleve pitchers set AL record striking out 19 batters in 1st 9 innings |
1966-11-05 |
Brigham Young QB Virgil Carter sets NCAA record of 599 yards gained |
1966-11-12 |
Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9-8-1 record |
1966-11-20 |
Dallas sacks Pittsburgh QBs an NFL record 12 times |
1966-12-11 |
Al Nelson sets NFL record returning missed field goal, 100 yards |
1967-01-26 |
Chicago Blizzard strikes with a record 23 inches of snow fall causing 800 buses and 50,000 automobiles to be abandoned |
1967-02-15 |
Longest dream (REM sleep) on record, Bill Carskadon, Chicago (2:23) |
1967-02-18 |
Bob Seagren sets pole vault record at 17'3" |
1967-02-28 |
Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal |
1967-04-05 |
'76er Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds |
1967-05-06 |
Maureen Wilton runs female world record marathon (3:15:22) |
1967-05-18 |
Silver hits record $1.60 an ounce in London |
1967-06-04 |
Curt Flood's record 568 straight chances without an error ends (227 straight games) |
1967-06-11 |
Chicago Cubs (7) & NY Mets (4) tie record of 11 HRs in a game |
1967-06-23 |
Jim Ryun sets mile record (3:51.1, Bakersfield CA) |
1967-07-04 |
Phillies Clay Dairymple ties NL record of 6 walks in doubleheader |
1967-07-08 |
Helen Weston of Detroit rolls a record 4,585 in 24 games |
1967-07-18 |
Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY |
1967-07-22 |
Atlanta Braves use a record 5 pitchers in 9th inning |
1967-08-06 |
Oriole Brooks Robinson hits into a record 4th triple play |
1967-09-16 |
Anni Pede runs female world record marathon (3:07:26) |
1967-09-27 |
Phillies Jim Bunning ties NL record of 5, 1-0 losses in a year |
1967-10-11 |
World Series record 3 consecutive HRs (Carl Yastremski, Reggie Smith, & Rico Petrocelli) by Red Sox |
1967-10-12 |
St Louis Cards beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 64th World Series as Lou Brock steals a record 7 bases in 1 World Series |
1967-10-19 |
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4" |
1967-10-30 |
Ferdinand Bracke bicycles world record time (48,093 km) |
1967-11-08 |
Silver hits record $1.951 an ounce in London |
1967-11-21 |
Phillip & Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet |
1967-11-22 |
Silver hits record $2.17 an ounce in New York |
1967-11-26 |
Browns' Carl Ward sets club record with a 104-yd kickoff return |
1967-12-01 |
Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses |
1967-12-03 |
Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:09:36.4) |
1968-01-31 |
Record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb, 32"), at Agata, USSR |
1968-02-16 |
Elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art" |
1968-02-22 |
Rock group Genesis release their 1st record "Silent Sun" |
1968-02-24 |
Gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games |
1968-03-11 |
Otis Redding posthumously receives gold record for " Dock of the Bay" |
1968-03-15 |
Bob Beamon sets indoor long jump record (27'2-3/4") |
1968-05-02 |
Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London |
1968-05-06 |
Giants reliever Lindy McDaniel sets NL record of 225th consecutive errorless game (108 chances consecutively since June 16, 1964) |
1968-05-17 |
Frank Howard belts record 8th HR in 5th straight game |
1968-05-18 |
Frank Howard ties AL record with HR in his 6th consecutive game his 10 home runs in the most in 6 games |
1968-05-21 |
Cubs Billy Williams sets outfielder record of 695 straight game |
1968-06-08 |
Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning |
1968-07-09 |
15.68" (39.83 cm) of rainfall, Columbus, Miss (state 24-hour record) |
1968-07-24 |
Hoyt Wilhelm's 907th breaks Cy Young's record for pitching appearances |
1968-08-30 |
1st record under Apple label (Beatle's Hey Jude) |
1968-08-31 |
Roy Face ties W Johnson's record of 802 pitching appearances with club |
1968-09-03 |
Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 loses by 1 run |
1968-09-28 |
Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr |
1968-09-28 |
Chuck Hixson (Southern Methodist) completes 37 of record 69 passes |
1968-09-28 |
Marisa Danisi of West Germany roller skates record 21.995 miles in 1 hr |
1968-09-29 |
Chuck Latourette, sets NFL record 47.7 yd punt return avg (3 punts) |
1968-10-02 |
Bob Gibson sets a World Series record of 17 strikeouts |
1968-10-10 |
Lee Evans of US sets 400 metre record at 43.86 |
1968-10-14 |
Gruener & Watson (US) set scuba depth record (133 m) in Bahamas |
1968-10-14 |
J R Hines of US runs 100m in world record 9.95 sec |
1968-10-18 |
Bob Beamon of USA sets long jump record (29 ft. 2½ in.) in Mexico City |
1968-10-18 |
Lee Evans sets world record of 43.8 seconds in 400 meter dash |
1968-11-11 |
Ron Hill sets record 10-mile run (46:44) at Leicester England |
1968-12-26 |
Bruin Ted Green sets NHL penalty record of 3 minors, 2 majors & 2 game misconducts in a game against NY Rangers in NY's Madison Square Garden |
1968-12-30 |
-48°F (-44°C), Mazama & Winthrop, Washington (state record) |
1969-02-17 |
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash record an album; it was never released. |
1969-03-05 |
Gold reaches then record high ($47 per ounce) in Paris |
1969-03-16 |
Boston Bruins scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period |
1969-05-12 |
Kenneth H Wallis achieved record speed for an autogiro-179 KPH |
1969-05-30 |
Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:08:33.6) at Antwerp |
1969-05-31 |
John Lennon & Yoko Ono record "Give Peace a Chance" |
1969-06-21 |
John Pennel pole vaults world record (5.45 m) |
1969-06-29 |
On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive games played (896) |
1969-06-30 |
Derek Clayton of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:34 |
1969-07-15 |
Rod Carew ties record with his 7th steal of home in a season |
1969-07-24 |
Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a record 907th major league game |
1969-08-12 |
Boston Celtics sold for an NBA record $6 million |
1969-08-20 |
69 cm rainfall in Nelson County, Virginia (state record) |
1969-08-22 |
Beatles record a video for "Long & Winding Road" |
1969-09-15 |
Cards Steve Carlton sets record by striking out 19 NY Mets in a game |
1969-09-29 |
Jackie DeShannon gets Gold Record for "Put Little Love in Your Heart" |
1969-09-29 |
Red Sox Rico Petrocelli hits shortstop record 40th HR of season |
1969-11-02 |
NFL record of 12 passing touchdowns, New Orleans Billy Kilmer & St L Charlie Johnson pass for 6 touchdowns each |
1969-11-15 |
1st Jackson Five record to enter top 100 (I Want You Back) |
1969-12-12 |
Bill Toomey achieves world record-score (8417 points) |
1969-12-22 |
Pete Marovich sets NCAA record of hitting 30 of 31 foul shots |
1970-01-18 |
Hasse Borjes skates world record 500m in 38.9 sec |
1970-01-24 |
Valeri Muratov skates world record 500m (38.99 sec) |
1970-02-10 |
26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington NH (state record) |
1970-02-28 |
Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53) |
1970-03-04 |
NY Rangers set then NHL record of 126 games without being shut-out |
1970-04-20 |
Ron Hill's 2:10:30 at Boston, sets new US marathon record |
1970-04-22 |
NY Met Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put outs by a catcher |
1970-05-22 |
Mel Stottlemyre sets record by walking 11, but wins 2-0 |
1970-06-21 |
Detroit's Cesar Gutierrez goes 7-for-7 to tie a record set in 1892 |
1970-06-24 |
Bobby Murcer ties record of 4 consecutive HRs |
1970-07-18 |
Ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time |
1970-08-01 |
Willie Stargell (Pirates) ties record of 5 extra base hits in a game |
1970-08-23 |
Roberto Clemente compiles his record 2nd straight 5-hit game |
1970-09-03 |
After NL record 1,117 consec games, Billy Williams asks to sit out |
1970-09-04 |
-5) 29.0 cm rainfall at Workman Creek, Arizona (state record) |
1970-09-05 |
Estimated 15 cm (6") of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record) |
1970-09-07 |
White Sox use record 41 players in doubleheader & lose both games |
1970-09-07 |
Donald Boyles sets record for highest parachute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado |
1970-09-27 |
Ken Boswell sets 2nd baseman record of 85 games without an error |
1970-10-23 |
Gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,001 kph) |
1970-11-08 |
Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal |
1970-11-26 |
In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever on record. |
1970-12-05 |
LA Rams Willie Ellison sets NFL record of 247 yards rushing |
1970-12-23 |
7,511th performance of Agatha Christie's play "The Mousetrap" (record) |
1971-01-07 |
-40°F (-40°C), Hawley Lake, Ariz (state record) |
1971-01-11 |
Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, sufferes a heart attack, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves |
1971-01-16 |
Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (1:58.7) |
1971-01-20 |
Ard Schenk skates world record 1000m (1:18.8) |
1971-01-22 |
John Lennon & Yoko Ono record "Power to the People" |
1971-01-23 |
-80°F (-62°C) in Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska (US record) |
1971-03-08 |
Milwaukee Bucks win their 20th straight NBA game (team record) |
1971-05-09 |
Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3:01:42) |
1971-05-30 |
Willie Mays hits his 638th HR, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored |
1971-06-06 |
Willie Mays hits record 22nd & last extra inning HR |
1971-08-31 |
Adrienne Beames runs female world record marathon (2:46:30) |
1971-09-29 |
Ron Hunt is hit by a pitch for record 50th time in a season |
1971-10-02 |
Homing pigeon averages 133 KPH (record) in 1100-km Australian race |
1971-10-11 |
Brooks Robinson ties Series record, reaches base 5 straight times |
1971-10-28 |
John & Yoko record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in NYC |
1971-11-21 |
NY Rangers scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period |
1972-01-07 |
LA Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record) |
1972-03-04 |
Erhard Keller (Germany) skates world record 1000m (1:18.5) |
1972-03-18 |
Memphis' Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 pts in a game |
1972-03-19 |
LA Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 pts |
1972-03-26 |
LA Lakers broke NBA record by winning 69 of 82 games (69-13) |
1972-06-04 |
Record 8 shutouts pitched in 16 major league games (AL=5, NL=3) |
1972-06-06 |
Gold hits record $60 an ounce in London |
1972-06-09 |
Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia |
1972-06-24 |
Danie Malan, South African athlete, sets a new world record in the 1000m event in Munich |
1972-07-02 |
Bob Seagren pole vaults world record 5.63m |
1972-07-21 |
27.5 cm rainfall at Fort Ripley, Minnesota (state record) |
1972-07-22 |
10.84" (27.53 cm) of rainfall, Fort Ripley, Mn (state 24-hr record) |
1972-08-01 |
Nate Colbert of SD Padres hits record tying 5 HRs in a double header |
1972-08-02 |
Gold hits record $70 an ounce in London |
1972-08-05 |
Detroit shortstop Ed Brinkman errors ends record streak of 72 games & 331 total chances without a miscue |
1972-08-06 |
Hank Aaron hits 660th & 661st HRs for Braves (record for 1 team) |
1972-08-29 |
SF Giant Jim Barr retires 1st 20 batters he faces added to last 21 he retired 6 days earlier for record 41 in a row |
1972-08-31 |
Lasse Viren runs Olympic/world record 10,000m (27:38.4) |
1972-09-02 |
Renate Stecher runs 100m European female record (11.07 sec) |
1972-10-03 |
Indians set a team record for lowest team batting avg .234 |
1972-11-22 |
Pitts Penguins set NHL record for scoring fastest 5 goals (2:07) |
1972-11-26 |
Pete Gogolak scores NY Giant record 8 pts after a touchdown |
1973-01-13 |
Lasse Daniel Efskind skates world record 1000m (1:17.6) |
1973-01-27 |
UCLA's basketball team wins 61st consecutive game (NCAA record) |
1973-02-04 |
Manfred Kokot runs world record 50m indoor (5.61 sec) |
1973-02-18 |
Belgian Emiel Puttemans runs 3000m indoor record 7:39.2 |
1973-02-21 |
Chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out |
1973-02-23 |
Gold goes up $10 overnight to record $95 an ounce in London |
1973-02-26 |
Triple Crown horse Secretariat bought for a record $5.7m |
1973-02-27 |
Dick Allen signs a record $675,000 3-yr contract with White Sox |
1973-03-03 |
White Sox Dick Allen signs 3 year contract for record $750,000 |
1973-05-14 |
Gold hits record $102.50 an ounce in London |
1973-05-27 |
Rick Wohlhuter runs record 880 yards in 1:44.6 |
1973-06-13 |
Garvey, Lopes, Cey & Russell play together for 1st time, set record of staying together as an infield for 8½ years (LA Dodgers) |
1973-06-20 |
SF Giants Bobby Bonds sets NL record with 22 lead off HRs |
1973-06-25 |
Udo Beyer of East Germany puts the shot a record 20.47 m |
1973-07-07 |
Glenda Reiser (Canada) sets record women's mile (4:34.9) |
1973-08-18 |
Hank Aaron's record 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial record |
1973-09-08 |
Hank Aaron sets record of most HRs in 1 league (709) |
1973-09-15 |
Ohio State's Archie Griffith begins record 31 cons 100 yd rushing |
1973-09-15 |
Secretariat wins Marlboro Cup in world record 1:45 2/5 for 1¼ miles |
1973-09-19 |
Frank Robinson homers in record 32nd ML park (Arlington Tx) |
1973-09-24 |
St Louis Cards Jim Bakken sets NFL record kicking 7 field goals |
1973-09-26 |
Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic (Washington DC to Paris) in record-breaking time (3h33m). |
1973-09-27 |
Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in 11 innings, for record 383 of season |
1973-10-27 |
Alabama sets offensive record (828 yds), beats Virginia Tech 77-6 |
1973-10-28 |
Elmore Smith of Lakers blocks 17 shots in a game (NBA record) |
1973-12-26 |
2 Skylab 3 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours |
1974-01-03 |
Gold hits record $121.25 an ounce in London |
1974-01-08 |
Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London |
1974-01-08 |
Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York |
1974-01-19 |
Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak |
1974-01-21 |
Gold hits record $161.31/silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London |
1974-02-10 |
Silver futures hit record $4.81½ an ounce in London |
1974-02-21 |
Silver hits record $5.96½ an ounce in London |
1974-02-25 |
Veronica & Colin Scargill (England) begin tandem bicycle ride a record 18,020 miles around the world, completed on August 27, 1975 |
1974-02-26 |
Gold hits record $188 an ounce in Paris |
1974-03-06 |
An Italian loses a record $1,920,000 at roulette in Monte Carlo |
1974-04-03 |
Gold hits record $197 an ounce in Paris |
1974-04-04 |
Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th |
1974-04-08 |
Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, breaking Babe Ruth's record in Atlanta |
1974-05-06 |
A's pitcher Paul Lindblad makes an errant throw in 1st inning of 6-3 loss to Balt ends his record streak of 385 consecutive errorless games |
1974-06-11 |
Mel Stottlemyre's AL record 272nd consecutive start, without relief |
1974-06-24 |
Steve Busby retires 1st 9 White Sox to set AL record with 33 consecutive batters retired |
1974-07-02 |
Fernando Mameda of Portugal sets record for 10,000 m (27:13.81) |
1974-07-03 |
Pitching in major league-record 13th consecutive game for Dodgers |
1974-07-07 |
Brewer Don Money sets record of consec errorless games at 3rd (78) |
1974-07-08 |
Yank shortstop Jim Mason ties record with 4 doubles in 9 inn game |
1974-08-20 |
Nolan Ryan pitch measured at record 161.6 kph (100.4 mph) |
1974-09-01 |
The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London: 1 hour 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds. |
1974-09-10 |
Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs |
1974-09-11 |
Cards beat Mets, 4-3, in 25 (7h4m), record 202 plate appearances, Félix Millán & John Milner come to bat 12 times each |
1974-09-13 |
Phillies set NL record, using 27 players in a game, St Louis uses 24, tying record of 51. Phils win 7-3 in 17 |
1974-10-27 |
Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:46:24) |
1974-11-16 |
Milwaukee Bucks lose their 11th straight NBA game (team record) |
1974-12-01 |
Jacqueline Hansen runs female world record marathon (2:43:54.5) |
1974-12-31 |
NY Yankees sign Jim "Catfish" Hunter for 5 yrs for a record $3.75 million |
1975-01-14 |
Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m |
1975-03-15 |
Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (37.99 sec) |
1975-03-17 |
Valeri Muratov skates world record 1000m (1:16.92) |
1975-03-26 |
Washington Capitals play record NHL 37th road game without a win & NHL record of 17 straight loses |
1975-04-21 |
Liane Winter wins world record female Boston marathon (2:42:24) |
1975-04-26 |
Phillies Mike Schmidt's 2 HRs ties NL record of 11 HRs in April |
1975-05-03 |
Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:40:15.8) |
1975-05-09 |
Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record) |
1975-05-10 |
Brian Oldfield of US put shot 75', an unofficial record |
1975-06-09 |
Tony Orlando & Dawn receives gold record for "He Don't Love You" |
1975-07-13 |
8.5" (21.6 cm) of rainfall, Dover, Delaware (state record) |
1975-08-02 |
104°F (40°C) at Providence, Rhode Island (state record) |
1975-08-02 |
107°F (42°C) at Chester/New Bedford, Massachusetts (state record) |
1975-08-05 |
Phillies 1st 8 batters get hits for a record, beat Cubs 13-5 |
1975-08-09 |
Dodger Davey Lopes steals record 32nd consec base without being caught |
1975-08-27 |
Veronica & Colin Scargill (England) complete tandem bicycle ride, a record 18,020 miles around the world |
1975-09-03 |
Steve Garvey begins his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak |
1975-09-14 |
Robin Yount breaks Mel Ott's record, playing in 242 games as a teen |
1975-09-15 |
Mike Vail extends hitting streak ton rookie-record 23 straight game |
1975-09-20 |
Gary Sentman draws a record 176 lb longbow to a maximum 28½" draw |
1975-10-12 |
Jacqueline Hansen runs women's world record marathon (2:38:19) |
1975-10-19 |
Cleveland Browns' Don Cockroft kicks club record 5 field goals |
1975-12-21 |
Buffalo Sabres set NHL record of 40 points beating Caps 14-2 scoring 5 goals vs Washington Caps in 4:57 |
1976-01-22 |
Bank robbery in Beirut nets $20-50 million (record) |
1976-02-07 |
Darryl Sittler, Toronto, sets NHL record with 10 points in a game |
1976-02-13 |
Peter Casserly of NZ hand-sheers record 353 lambs in 9 hours |
1976-03-17 |
Malikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.76) |
1976-03-20 |
Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.70) |
1976-04-03 |
Phila Flyers win record tying 20th straight NHL home game |
1976-05-01 |
Jos Hermens, runs Dutch record for 20K (57:24.2) |
1976-05-03 |
Panama 747SP lands after record flight around world (46:26) |
1976-05-30 |
Bobby Unser sets world record for fastest pit stop (4 seconds) |
1976-06-13 |
Inge Helten runs female European record 100m (11.04) |
1976-06-22 |
SD Padre pitcher Randy Jones ties record of 68 innings without a walk |
1976-06-30 |
John Walker of NZ sets record for 2000 m, 4:51.4 |
1976-07-08 |
Randy Jones wins NL record 16 games before All Star break |
1976-07-28 |
Eldon Joersz & Geo Morgan set world air speed record of 3,530 kph |
1976-11-14 |
Cleveland Browns' Jerry Sherk sets club record with 4 sacks |
1977-01-01 |
Tony Dorsett runs for record 202 yards in the Sugar Bowl |
1977-01-19 |
World's largest crowd gathering - the Hindu Kumbh Mela in India attracts a then record 15 million people |
1977-02-02 |
Toronto's Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals, NHL REcord for a defenseman |
1977-02-25 |
New Orleans' Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 pts |
1977-03-19 |
Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.33) |
1977-03-26 |
Elvis Costello releases his 1st record "Less Than Zero" |
1977-04-02 |
Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose |
1977-04-10 |
Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inn game (3:17) |
1977-04-25 |
Cin Reds tie record of 12 runs in 5th inning beating Braves 23-9 |
1977-04-30 |
Ron Cey sets record of 29 RBIs in April |
1977-05-01 |
Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:35:15.4) |
1977-05-22 |
Red Sox (6) & Brewers (5) tie single game HR record of 11 |
1977-05-29 |
Indianapolis 500: A J Foyt wins for a record 4th time |
1977-06-19 |
Red Sox set 3 game record of 16 HRs, all against Yanks |
1977-07-01 |
Marlies Gohr runs Europen record 100m (10.88 sec) |
1977-07-04 |
Red Sox wallop a major league-record 8 HRs beating Toronto 9-6 |
1977-07-24 |
Seattle's John Montague pitches 6 2/3 innings of perfect relief tying 2 game record of retiring 33 consecutive batsmen |
1977-08-01 |
SF Giant Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th grand slammer |
1977-08-17 |
Thomas Wessinghage/Harald Hudak/Michael Lederer/Karl Fleschen walk world record 4x1500m (14:38.8) |
1977-08-18 |
Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his NL record tying 5th one-hitter |
1977-08-29 |
St Louis Cardinal Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893 as Padres win 4-3 |
1977-09-10 |
Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:34:47.5) |
1977-09-15 |
Pres Carter meets with 15 record company execs |
1977-10-15 |
Arkansas' Steve Little kicks a record tying 67 yard field goal |
1977-10-15 |
Don Ritchie runs world record 100 mile (11:30:51) |
1977-10-18 |
Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive homers tying Ruth's series record |
1977-10-30 |
Panama 747SP lands after polar flight around Earth in record 54:07 |
1977-11-05 |
NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young) |
1977-11-20 |
Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards |
1978-02-19 |
Brigitte Kraus runs world record 1000 m indoor (2:34.8) |
1978-02-24 |
Kevin Porter, NJ, sets NBA record with 29 assists in a game |
1978-03-12 |
Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:14.99) |
1978-04-17 |
63,500,000 shares traded on NY stock exchange (record) |
1978-04-23 |
Reds Joe Morgan ends record streak of 91 cons errorless games at 2nd |
1978-05-13 |
Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m steeplechase (8:05.4) |
1978-05-17 |
Lee Lacy hits record 3rd consecutive pinch-hit home run |
1978-06-11 |
Christa Tybus of London sets record of 24½ hrs of hula-hoop |
1978-06-17 |
Ron Guidry sets Yankee record with 18 strike-outs |
1978-06-27 |
Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m, 7:32.1 |
1978-07-02 |
Pitcher Ron Guidry sets Yankee record of 13-0 start |
1978-07-25 |
Cin Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games |
1978-07-29 |
Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7h40m |
1978-07-30 |
Expos crush Braves, 19-0, collecting 28 hits & NL-record-tying 8 HRs |
1978-07-31 |
Pete Rose ties NL record hitting streak at 44 |
1978-08-12 |
Arron Marshall completes a record shower of 336 hours |
1978-08-20 |
Tatyana Providokhina runs female world record 1k (2:30.6) |
1978-09-02 |
Graham Salmon set worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man |
1978-09-10 |
Arlyne Rhode sets female footbow distance record (1,113 yds & 30") |
1978-09-24 |
Ron Guidry beats Cleveland 4-0, raising his record to 23-3 ERA 1.74 |
1978-10-03 |
Gold hits record $223.50 an ounce in London |
1978-10-08 |
Ken Warby set world water speed record at 319.627 mph (514 kph) |
1978-10-14 |
Despite Denis Potvin hat trick in 3:21 Islanders lose 7-10 making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-22-2-1 |
1978-10-22 |
Grete Weitz runs female world record marathon (2:32:29.8) |
1978-10-24 |
NHL Toronto Maple Leafs set own team record of 28 pts vs NY Islanders |
1978-10-28 |
Don Ritchie runs world record 100k (6:10:20) |
1978-12-23 |
Islanders scored 7 goals in 1 period against NY Rangers, Trottier scores 8 points vs Rangers, 5 goals-NHL record 6 pts in 1 period |
1979-01-12 |
Record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100 |
1979-01-21 |
Price of gold increases to record $875 troy oz |
1979-02-17 |
Eric Heiden equals skating world record 1000m (1:14.99) |
1979-02-18 |
-52°F (-47°C), Old Forge, New York (state record) |
1979-04-10 |
J R Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome |
1979-05-06 |
Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 818 kph over 200 m |
1979-05-17 |
-12°F (-11°C), on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii (state record) |
1979-05-25 |
Raul Gonzales of Mexico completes 50,000 m walk in record 3:41:38.4 |
1979-06-09 |
Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes |
1979-06-12 |
Kevin St Onge throws a playing card a record 185' |
1979-06-14 |
NY Giants Willie McCovey 513th HR is an NL lefty record |
1979-07-17 |
Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo |
1979-07-18 |
Gold hits record $303.85 an ounce in London |
1979-07-25 |
109 cm rainfall at Alvin Texas (state record) |
1979-07-26 |
Estimated 109 cm (43") of rain falls in Alvin, TX (national record) |
1979-08-05 |
Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single |
1979-08-11 |
Phillies Tug McGraw gives up record 4th grand slam of year |
1979-08-19 |
Soviet Cosmonauts Vladimir Lyakov & Valery Ryumin returned to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 after a record 175 days in space |
1979-09-05 |
A's Matt Keough A's beats Brewers 6-1 for 1st win after 14 straight losses, ended 1978 with 4 loses (1 shy of the record 19) |
1979-09-17 |
Pietro Mennea runs world record 200 m (19.72") |
1979-09-29 |
Astros' J R Richard strikes out NL season righty record of 313 |
1979-09-29 |
Gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong |
1979-09-29 |
LA Dodger Manny Mota hits record 146th pinch hit |
1979-10-06 |
Harry Drake set long distance footbow shot record of 2,006 yds 1'9" |
1979-10-10 |
Nordiques' Real Cloutier sets NHL record of a hat trick in 1st game |
1979-10-12 |
Pressure in nucleus of tropical cyclone at Guam hits record 870 hpa |
1979-10-17 |
D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8 |
1979-11-19 |
Astros sign Nolan Ryan, to record 4 year, $4.5 million contract |
1979-12-03 |
Christies auctions a thimble for a record $18,400 |
1979-12-12 |
Gold hits record $462.50 an ounce |
1979-12-17 |
Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph (record for wheeled vehicle) |
1979-12-21 |
Gary Unger plays in record 914th consecutive NHL game |
1980-01-03 |
Gold hits record $634 an ounce |
1980-01-06 |
Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat |
1980-01-07 |
Minn ends Phila Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak ends |
1980-01-21 |
Gold hits record $850 an ounce |
1980-02-15 |
Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 500m in 38.03 sec |
1980-02-15 |
Wayne Gretzy assists on NHL-record-tieing 7 goals |
1980-02-16 |
Eric Heiden skates 5k in 7:02.29 (Olympic Record) |
1980-02-19 |
Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 1000m in 1:15.18 |
1980-02-21 |
Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 1500m in 1:55.44 |
1980-03-05 |
Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49 |
1980-03-13 |
Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:13.60) |
1980-04-01 |
Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist |
1980-04-06 |
Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season |
1980-04-08 |
Islander Potvin's 2 shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Kings & set NHL rec of 2 shorthanded playoff goals in 1 period |
1980-04-26 |
Gerard Nijboer runs Dutch record marathon (2:09:01) |
1980-05-25 |
Jacek Wszoka of Poland sets high jump record (7'8") |
1980-05-26 |
Dietmar Mogenburg of West Germany ties high jump record at 7'8" |
1980-05-26 |
Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st NLer to record 6, 1-hitters |
1980-06-07 |
Jeff Norman runs world record 50k (2:48:06) |
1980-07-01 |
Steve Overt runs world record 3:48.8 mile in Oslo |
1980-07-10 |
Willie Jones hospitalized for heat stroke with record 46.5°C temp |
1980-07-15 |
Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher which breaks Yogi Berra's record |
1980-08-01 |
Gerd Wessig of East Germany set high jump record |
1980-08-05 |
NY Met Doug Flynn ties record of 3 triples in a game |
1980-08-13 |
Tatyana Kazankina of USSR sets 1.5k woman's record (3:52.47) in USSR |
1980-08-20 |
Pitts Omar Moreno steals record 70 bases for 3rd consecutive season |
1980-09-06 |
Chantal Langlace sets women's record for fastest 100K run (7h27m22s) |
1980-09-07 |
Oakland A's pitch record 78th complete game of season |
1980-09-10 |
Expos Bill Gullickson, sets rookie record of striking out 18 |
1980-09-11 |
Ron LeFlore (91st) & Rodney Scott (58th), set teammate steal record |
1980-09-18 |
Royals Willie Wilson steals AL-record 28 consecutive base |
1980-09-21 |
Richard Todd of NY Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record) |
1980-09-30 |
A's Rickey Henderson sets AL stolen base record at 98 en route to 100 |
1980-10-01 |
Cosmonauts Ryumin & Popov break space endurance record of 176 days |
1980-10-11 |
Cosmonauts Popov & Ryumin set space endurance record of 184 days |
1980-10-18 |
Detroit blocks 21 Atlanta shots setting NBA record (double OT) |
1980-10-26 |
St Louis Cards sack Balt Colt QBs an NFL record tying 12 times |
1980-10-27 |
Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph |
1980-10-31 |
Julian Nott sets world hot-air balloon altitude record (16,806 m) |
1981-01-02 |
Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 200 m butterfly (2:05.65) |
1981-01-03 |
Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 100 m butterfly (58.91) |
1981-01-10 |
John Severin sets 100-mi unicycle speed record, 9 h 21 m |
1981-01-12 |
-35°F (-37°C), Chester, Massachusetts (state record) |
1981-01-13 |
Barbara Sonntag, Colo, crochets record 147 stitches/min for 1/2 hour |
1981-01-31 |
Gaetan Boucher skates world record 1000m (1:13.39) |
1981-02-06 |
Beatles Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr & George Harrison record a tribute to John Lennon |
1981-02-06 |
Suleiman Nyambui runs world record 5k indoor (13:20.4) |
1981-02-12 |
Pete Squires sets record for 1575 steps of Empire State Bldg, 10m |
1981-02-20 |
James Sanford equals 50m indoor world record (5.61 sec) |
1981-02-27 |
Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record "Ebony & Ivory" |
1981-02-28 |
Calvin Murphy (Hou), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws |
1981-03-18 |
Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in 1 period (vs Toronto) |
1981-03-22 |
Toshihiko Seko runs world record 25k (1:13:55.8)/30k (1:29:18.8) |
1981-03-28 |
Christa Rothenburger skates ladies world record 500 m 40.18 sec) |
1981-03-28 |
Gabi Schonbrunn skates ladies world record 3 km (4:21.70) |
1981-03-28 |
Yevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (36.91 secs) |
1981-03-29 |
Tiina Lehtola ski jumps female record 110m |
1981-04-05 |
Phila Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes |
1981-04-17 |
Isle Potvin's 3 playoff power-play goals tie NHL record vs Oilers |
1981-04-19 |
Oakland A's runs record to 11-0 |
1981-04-24 |
San Antonio blocks 20 Golden State shots to set NBA reg game record |
1981-05-04 |
Silvana Cruciata runs 15k female world record (49:44.0) |
1981-05-04 |
Yankee Ron Davis strikes out 8 consecutive Angels, ran record of 13 strikeouts of last 14 faced, also saved Gene Nelsons 1st win, 4-2 |
1981-05-08 |
Ron Davis pitches 10th consecutive strike out, 1 short of record |
1981-05-25 |
Rangers' Bill Stein sets AL record with 7 consecutive pinch hits |
1981-06-10 |
Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits |
1981-06-10 |
Sebastian Coe of England sets 800m record (1:41.73) in Florence |
1981-07-11 |
Sebastian Coe of UK sets record for 1K (2:12.18) |
1981-08-09 |
Six English lifeguards set relay swim record English Channel (7:17) |
1981-08-10 |
Pete Rose, 3,631 career hit, breaks Stan Musial's NL hit record |
1981-08-13 |
Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 200m butterfly (2:05.96) |
1981-08-15 |
Robin Leamy of US swims record 7.98 kph for 50 m |
1981-08-16 |
Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 100m butterfly (57.93) |
1981-08-25 |
Jeff Schwartz, sets solo record for trampoline bouncing (266:09) |
1981-08-28 |
Sebastian Coe of UK sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33 (since broken) |
1981-08-29 |
Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League)) |
1981-09-01 |
Fiona Brothers sets women's propeller boat speed record (116.279 MPH) |
1981-09-07 |
Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 57 pass attempts |
1981-09-13 |
April Moon sets women's handbow distance record of 1,039 yds & 13" |
1981-09-13 |
Atlanta Falcons tie record of 31 points in 4th quarter (vs Green Bay) |
1981-09-17 |
Fernando Valenzuela sets NL rookie record with 8th shutout of season |
1981-09-20 |
Joe Danelo kicks then NY Giant record 55 yard field goal |
1981-09-21 |
Steve Carlton strikes out NL record 3,118th (Andre Dawson) |
1981-10-11 |
LeRoy Irvin sets yards gained on punt returns record (207 yds) |
1981-10-18 |
NY Giant Joe Danelo ties NFL record of 6 field goals in a game |
1981-11-17 |
NBA NY Knick Bill Cartwright, ties record of 19 of 19 free throws |
1981-11-22 |
Browns' QB Brian Sipe sets club record by being intercepted 6 times |
1981-12-06 |
Rob de Castella of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:18 |
1981-12-20 |
Doug Small (Winnipeg Jets) ties NHL record scoring at 5 second mark |
1981-12-21 |
Cincinnati beats Bradley 75-73 in 7 OTs (NCAA record) |
1981-12-30 |
Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record of 50 goals by 39th game of season |
1981-12-31 |
Netherlands unemployment stands at record 475,000 |
1982-01-10 |
-17°F (27.2°C) in Braemar Grampian (equals UK record) |
1982-01-10 |
Petra Schneider swims world record 1500 m freestyle (15:43.31) |
1982-01-21 |
NY Islanders begin then NHL record 15 game winning streak |
1982-01-23 |
Urbe Blanca (cow) produces record 110 kg of milk, Cuba (approx date) |
1982-01-31 |
Gustafson skates world record 10 km (14:26.59) |
1982-02-04 |
Indoor distance record for a paper airplane (47m) Tacoma Wash |
1982-02-12 |
Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, breaking NHL record |
1982-02-19 |
Sharie Langford, California, sets women's bowling series record of 853 |
1982-02-20 |
NY Islanders wins then NHL record 15th straight game |
1982-02-24 |
Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th goal of season en route to 92 |
1982-02-25 |
Record speed for a snowmobile (239 kph) |
1982-02-28 |
AT & T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day |
1982-03-07 |
Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec) |
1982-03-27 |
Randy Holt sets Wash Cap record of 34 penalty minutes |
1982-04-05 |
Cards' Jim Kaat, pitches in record 24th consecutive season |
1982-04-09 |
LA Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record |
1982-04-18 |
Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Astros) |
1982-04-30 |
Atlanta Braves win record 12th straight from beginning of season |
1982-05-10 |
WABC NYC plays its last record (John Lennon's Imagine) |
1982-06-23 |
Himmy, of Australia, weighs in at domestic cat record 20.7 kg (45 lb) |
1982-06-26 |
Carlos Lopes runs European record 10km (27:34.39) |
1982-07-05 |
ICC Trophy record p/ship, 257 Schoonheim/Liffman, Hol v Malay |
1982-07-07 |
David Moorcroft of UK sets record for 5000 m, 13:00.41 |
1982-07-07 |
Steve Scott of US runs mile in a record 3:47.69 |
1982-08-01 |
Petra Schneider swims world record 400m medley (4:36.10) |
1982-08-14 |
Pete Rose (Phillies) 12,365 at bat sets record (passes Aaron) |
1982-08-18 |
NYSE sets trading record of 132,690,000 shares traded |
1982-08-18 |
Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance |
1982-08-19 |
Renaldo Nehemiah of US sets record for 110 m hurdles, 12.93 sec |
1982-08-24 |
KC's John Wathan steals 31st en route to 36 base for catcher's record |
1982-09-05 |
Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph |
1982-09-14 |
Trevor Baxter sets skateboard high jump record of 5' 5.7" |
1982-10-03 |
Cox 4 rowing record set at 12:52 for 99 miles (Geneva, Switzerland) |
1982-10-03 |
Record 11,763 start a 186 mile cross-country race near Stockholm |
1982-10-12 |
38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon Alaska (state record) |
1982-10-12 |
Milwaukee Brewer Paul Molitor getrs world sereis record 5 hits |
1982-11-03 |
Detroit blocks 20 Cleve Cav shots tying NBA regulation game record |
1982-11-05 |
Cleveland Cavaliers lose 24th consecutive game (NBA record) |
1982-12-03 |
35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record) |
1982-12-05 |
Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 33 pass completions |
1983-01-02 |
Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes |
1983-01-03 |
Tony Dorsett sets NFL record with 99-yd rush, Dallas vs Minnesota |
1983-01-17 |
Alabama Gov George C Wallace, becomes governor for record 4th time |
1983-01-23 |
Schone skates ladies world record 5 km (7:40.97) |
1983-02-08 |
Eric Peters sets transatlantic sailboat record (E-W)-46 days |
1983-02-08 |
Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period |
1983-02-19 |
Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 400 m free style swimming record |
1983-02-22 |
Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 1500m free style swimming record |
1983-02-27 |
Eamonn Coghlan set indoor mile record of 3:49.78 |
1983-02-28 |
Final TV episode of "M*A*S*H" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch in the US |
1983-03-12 |
Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:51:49) |
1983-03-25 |
Christa Rothenburger skates world record 500 m ladies (39.69 sec) |
1983-03-25 |
Pavel Pegov skates world record 1000m (1:12.58) |
1983-04-05 |
NY Met Tom Seaver's sets record 14th NL Opening Day assignment |
1983-04-16 |
Steve Garvey sets NL record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games |
1983-04-17 |
Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29) |
1983-04-17 |
Islanders tie NHL record with 3 shorthanded playoff goals vs Rangers Rangers 7-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 2-1 lead Wayne Gretzky scores 7 points in one Stanley Cup playoff game |
1983-05-07 |
August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups |
1983-05-14 |
Rosa Mota runs female world record 20k (1:06:55.5) |
1983-05-22 |
Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit HR |
1983-05-26 |
LA Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws |
1983-05-29 |
Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 m |
1983-06-08 |
Marlies Gohr runs female European record 100m (10.81) |
1983-06-11 |
Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14 |
1983-06-25 |
Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m |
1983-07-22 |
-128.6°F (-89.2°C) recorded, Vostok, Antarctica (world record) |
1983-07-22 |
Angels OF Brian Downing error ends his record streak at 244 games |
1983-07-26 |
Jarmila Kratochvilova of Czech sets 800m woman's record (1:53.28) |
1983-07-27 |
104°F (40.3°C) in Garmersdorf (German record) |
1983-07-29 |
Steve Garvey ends his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak |
1983-07-30 |
Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft, 832 kph, Calif |
1983-07-30 |
Weight lifter Sergei Didyk of USSR jerks a record 261 kg |
1983-08-21 |
110°F (43°C) at Fayetteville, North Carolina (state record) |
1983-08-28 |
Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour |
1983-08-31 |
Edwin Moses of USA sets 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz |
1983-09-05 |
Elmer Trettr sets record for highest terminal velocity at 201.34 mph |
1983-09-13 |
Dan Quisenberry record 39th season save |
1983-09-22 |
Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4" |
1983-09-26 |
Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks NY Giant record 56 yard field goal |
1983-10-04 |
Richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car |
1983-11-07 |
Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his 2nd NY Giant record 56 yard field goal |
1983-11-20 |
NY Giants Butch Woolfolk ties NFL record of 43 attempts rushing |
1983-11-30 |
Denver Nugget coach Doug Moe, hoplessly behind, advise team to let Blazers break their scoring record |
1984-01-05 |
Adrian Dantly (Utah), ties NBA record of 28 free throws |
1984-01-15 |
Schonbrun skates world record 5 km (7:39.44) |
1984-01-19 |
Francesco Moser bicycles world record time: 50,808 km |
1984-01-22 |
Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 pts |
1984-01-23 |
Buffalo Sabres win NHL record 10th straight road game |
1984-01-27 |
LA Kings end Wayne Gretzky's NHL-record 51-game scoring streak |
1984-01-28 |
Record 295,000 dominoes toppled, Fuerth, West Germany |
1984-02-04 |
Frank Aquilera sets world frisbee distance record (168m) Las Vegas |
1984-02-11 |
Wayne Gretzky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11 |
1984-02-27 |
Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8,675 m) |
1984-03-09 |
Phila 76'ers block 20 Seattle shots tying NBA regulation game record |
1984-03-22 |
Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL record scores 5 seconds into game |
1984-03-23 |
Andrea Schone skates ladies world record 3 km (4:20.91) |
1984-03-24 |
Andrea Schone skates ladies world record 5 km (7:34.52) |
1984-03-24 |
Igor Malkov skates world record 10 km (14:21.51) |
1984-04-01 |
8 men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours |
1984-04-05 |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421) |
1984-04-18 |
Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43) |
1984-04-21 |
Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph |
1984-05-02 |
Indians' Andre Thornton ties record for most walks (6 in 16 inn) |
1984-05-11 |
Tigers set best 30 game start record (26-4) |
1984-05-23 |
Detroit Tigers win AL record tying 16th straight road game |
1984-05-24 |
Det Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game |
1984-05-25 |
Det Tigers lose to Seattle 7-3 ends record tying 17 consecutive wins |
1984-05-31 |
Viv Richards hits 189* (170 balls) v England, ODI cricket record |
1984-06-01 |
Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of USSR snatches a record 211 kg |
1984-06-09 |
Jurgen Hingsen of West Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts |
1984-06-10 |
Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 7'10" (2.39m) |
1984-06-22 |
Jolande van de Meer swims Dutch record 800 m freestyle (8:39.30) |
1984-06-29 |
Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski |
1984-07-04 |
Yuri Sedykh of USSR throws hammer a record 86.33 m |
1984-07-13 |
Sergei Bubka of USSR pole vaults a record 5.89 m |
1984-07-20 |
Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m |
1984-07-27 |
Reds' Pete Rose collects record 3,053rd career single (vs Phila) |
1984-08-04 |
Cliff Johnson sets a record with his 19th pinch hit HR |
1984-08-05 |
Toronto's Cliff Johnson hits record 19th career pinch HR |
1984-08-09 |
Daley Thomas of Britain sets decathalon record (8,847) in LA Cal |
1984-08-24 |
Pat Bradley set LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver |
1984-08-26 |
Tatyana Kazankina of USSR sets 3k woman record (8:22.62) in Leningrad |
1984-08-26 |
Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record) |
1984-08-30 |
Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into record 33rd double play en route to 36 |
1984-09-03 |
Bruce Sutter breaks NL record for saves in a season with his 38th |
1984-09-07 |
Met Dwight Gooden's 11 strikeouts gives him NL rookie record 236 |
1984-09-12 |
NY Met Dwight Gooden sets rookie strike out record at 251 |
1984-09-17 |
Dwight Gooden ties record of 32 strikeouts in consecutive games |
1984-09-26 |
Phila's Juan Samuel sets record for steals by a rookie with his 72nd |
1984-09-30 |
Browns set a team record for allowing most sacks (11), KC wins 10-6 |
1984-10-02 |
3 cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit |
1984-10-21 |
Cleveland Browns' Steve Cox sets club record with a 60-yd field goal |
1984-10-21 |
Steve Jones runs Chicago Marathon in world record 2:08:05 |
1984-11-01 |
Despite Mike Bossy 4 goals Islanders lose 5-6 to Canadians making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-77-3-4 |
1984-11-16 |
Houston blocks 20 Denver shots tying NBA regulation game record |
1984-12-09 |
LA Ram Eric Dickerson rushes 215 yards for season record 2,003 yards |
1985-01-09 |
Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out |
1985-01-14 |
British pound sinks to record low $US1.11 |
1985-01-21 |
-19°F (-28°C), Caesar's Head, South Carolina (state record) |
1985-01-21 |
-34°F (-37°C), Mt Mitchell, North Carolina (state record) |
1985-01-21 |
Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals |
1985-01-22 |
-30°F (-34°C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record) |
1985-01-27 |
Mark Mckoy cycles world record 50m hurdles indoor (5.25) |
1985-02-01 |
-61°F (-52°C), Maybell, Colorado (state record) |
1985-02-01 |
-69°F (-56°C), Peter's Sink, Utah (state record) |
1985-02-08 |
Michael Gross swims world record 800m freestyle (7:38.75) |
1985-02-10 |
Andrea Schöne skates ladies world record 5 km (7:32.82) |
1985-02-13 |
Dow Jones closes at 1297.92 (record high) after topping 1300 earlier |
1985-02-24 |
Jim Kelly (Houston USFL) passes for pro football record 574 yds |
1985-03-12 |
Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points |
1985-03-17 |
Matti Nykanen of Finland set a world ski jump record of 623' |
1985-03-29 |
Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist |
1985-04-07 |
NJ General Hershel Walker runs for USFL record 233 yards |
1985-04-09 |
White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game |
1985-04-20 |
Carlos Lopes runs world record marathon (2:07:12) |
1985-04-21 |
Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06 |
1985-04-28 |
Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless inn to start season |
1985-04-30 |
Dale Murphy drives in record tying 28th & 29th runs of April |
1985-05-17 |
Les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska |
1985-05-20 |
Indians-Brewers game at Cleve Stadium is 1st rain-out of 1985, ends record string of 458 ML games since Opening Day without a rain-out |
1985-06-16 |
Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump record (58 feet 11 inches) in Indianapolis |
1985-06-30 |
LA Dodger Pedro Gonzalez sets NL record of 15 HRs in June |
1985-07-16 |
F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1152 kph (716 mph) |
1985-07-25 |
Steve Cram runs world record mile (3:46.32) |
1985-08-01 |
15.4 cm rainfall at Cheyenne, Wyoming (state record) |
1985-08-01 |
Vince Coleman steals 2 bases in 1st inning, for NL rookie record 74 |
1985-08-05 |
Flexible-wing glider altitude record (214,250') set by Larry Tudor |
1985-08-11 |
Rudolf Povarnitsin of USSR sets new high jump world record (7'10"12) |
1985-08-21 |
Mary Decker Slaney runs mile in world record 4:16.71 |
1985-08-23 |
Said Aouita of Morocco sets 1.5k record (3:29.46) in Berlin |
1985-08-29 |
NY Yank Don Baylor is hit by a pitch for a record 190th time |
1985-08-31 |
"Prakas" sets trotting mile record of 1:53.4 at Du Quoin, Ill |
1985-09-04 |
Igor Paklin of USSR set a new high jump world record at 7-11 12 |
1985-09-04 |
NY Mets Gary Carter's 2 HRs ties record of 5 HRs in 2 games |
1985-09-07 |
Mary Decker Tabb Slaney runs US 3K female record (8:25.83) |
1985-09-08 |
Alayson Gibbons sets 24 hr women swim record of 42.05 mi in 25 m pool |
1985-09-11 |
Pete Rose of Cin Reds gets career hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb's record |
1985-09-22 |
St Louis Cardinals set an unusual streak record by winning 9 of 10 games, each pitched by a different man |
1985-09-25 |
Rickey Henderson steals Yankee record 75th base of season |
1985-09-29 |
Houston QB Warren Moon sacked NFL tying record 12 times (by Cowboys) |
1985-10-05 |
Grambling's Eddie Robinson wins record 324th football game |
1985-10-06 |
Marita Koch of Germany sets 400m woman's record (47.6) in Australia |
1985-12-08 |
Ken O'Brien's 96 yard TD pass (NY Jet record) to Wesley Walker |
1985-12-11 |
NHL Record 62 points scored, Edmonton (36) beats Chicago (26) 12-9 & ties record of 21 goals |
1986-01-04 |
NCAA basketball's David Robinson blocks a record 14 shots |
1986-01-18 |
AIDS charity record "That's What Friends are For," hits #1 |
1986-02-09 |
Marvin Johnson wins record 3rd time, light heavyweight boxing title |
1986-02-09 |
West German team swims world record 4x200 m freestyle (7:05.17) |
1986-02-16 |
Karlstad skates world record 10 km (14:12.14) |
1986-02-23 |
Nelli Fiere-Cooman runs world record 60 m indoor (7.00 sec) |
1986-03-07 |
Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist |
1986-03-20 |
228 KPH gust of wind strikes Cairngorm (UK record) |
1986-03-21 |
Kania skates ladies world record 500 m (39.52 sec) & 3 km (4:18.02) |
1986-03-22 |
Ehrig skates ladies world record 5 km (7:20.99) |
1986-03-22 |
Kania skates ladies world record 1500m (1:59.30) |
1986-04-04 |
Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season |
1986-04-05 |
Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121m) |
1986-04-13 |
Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record |
1986-04-20 |
Michael Jordan sets NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game |
1986-04-21 |
Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Ariz) |
1986-04-23 |
Madrid-Nelli Cooman runs world record 60m indoor (7 sec) |
1986-04-30 |
Mariners strike out 16 times, set record of 36 in 2 consecutive games |
1986-05-01 |
Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph |
1986-05-28 |
White Sox Joe Cowley sets record striking out 1st 7 Rangers he faces |
1986-06-06 |
Jurgen Schull sets world discus record (74.07 m) |
1986-06-09 |
Dow Jones-index hits record 45.71 points |
1986-06-18 |
Heike Friedrich swims female world record 200m freestyle (1:57.55) |
1986-06-21 |
Heike Drechsler of East Germany long jumps 7.45 m (women's record) |
1986-06-23 |
Pedro Morales swims world record 100m butterfly (52.84) |
1986-06-27 |
Robby Thompson (SF) sets record, caught stealing 4 times in 1 game |
1986-06-27 |
SF Giant Robby Thompson is caught stealing record 4 times |
1986-07-05 |
Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 10K woman's record (30:13.74) |
1986-07-11 |
Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000 m in world record 30:13.74 |
1986-07-11 |
Maricica Puica of Romania runs 2,000 m in 5:28.69 (record for women) |
1986-08-01 |
Cleveland sets AL attendance record for twi-night doubleheader, 65,934 |
1986-08-02 |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) sets record for heptathlon (7161 pts) |
1986-08-05 |
Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 5km woman's record (14:37.33) |
1986-08-06 |
Orioles (Dwyer & Sheets) & Rangers (Harrah) hit record 3 grand slams |
1986-08-06 |
Record 3 grand slams hit in game Tx vs Balt (Harrah, Sheets & Dwyer) |
1986-08-08 |
Record 3 grandslams in a game-(Harrah-Tex, Sheets & Dwyer-Orioles) |
1986-08-12 |
Don Baylor gets hits by a pitch for a record 25th time in a season |
1986-08-21 |
Ian Botham takes world-record 356th Test Cricket wkt (v NZ, The Oval) |
1986-09-03 |
Astros & Cubs use a record 53 players in an 18 inning game |
1986-09-06 |
Jozef Pribilinec speed walking world record time (15,447k) |
1986-09-13 |
Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 HRs in a season |
1986-09-17 |
Marina Stepanova of USSR sets 400m hurdle woman's record (52.94) |
1986-09-21 |
NY Jets beat Miami Dolphins 51-45 in OT; record 884 passing yards |
1986-09-28 |
Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City) |
1986-09-28 |
Tight end Brian Foster of RI catches NCAA record 18 passes for 327 yds |
1986-09-28 |
Cleveland Browns' Gerald McNeil sets the team record for the longest punt return with an 84-yard run (and TD), Browns 24, Detroit 21 |
1986-10-04 |
NY Yank Dave Righetti saves doubleheader for then record 46 saves |
1986-10-08 |
Mike Scott ties playoff record of 14 strikeouts, beats Mets 1-0 |
1986-10-29 |
Kirk Muller scores NJ Devil record 6 point, beat Penguins, 8-6 |
1986-11-14 |
SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky |
1986-11-28 |
Hilbert van der Duim skates 1 hour world record 39.4928 km |
1986-12-02 |
Dow-Jones index hits record 1,955.57 |
1986-12-26 |
Doug Jarvis, 31, sets NHL record of 916 consecutive games |
1987-01-21 |
BB King donates his 7,000 record collection to U of Mississippi |
1987-02-15 |
Karlstad skates world record 10km (14:03,92) |
1987-02-22 |
Bruno Marie-Rose runs world record 200m indoor (20.36 sec) |
1987-02-26 |
NBA's Michael Jordan's 58 points in one game is a Chicago Bulls record |
1987-02-26 |
Wash blocks 20 Indiana shots tying NBA regulation game record |
1987-02-27 |
Mike Conley triple jumps world indoor record (17.76m) |
1987-03-14 |
Skier Piotr Fijas jumps record 194m |
1987-03-19 |
Bonnie Blair skates ladies' world record 500 m (39.43 sec) |
1987-03-19 |
Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:16.85) |
1987-03-20 |
Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies' world record 5 km (7:20.36) |
1987-03-30 |
Vincent van Goghs "Sunflowers" sells for record 22.5M pounds ($39.7 million) |
1987-04-03 |
Bill Elliott sets NASCAR qualify record of 212.809 mph at Talladega |
1987-04-04 |
Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 pts |
1987-04-18 |
Pat Knauff, France sets 1-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph) |
1987-04-19 |
Brewers score 5 runs in 9th to win 6-4 & record 12th straight AL win |
1987-04-19 |
LA Clippers end season with a terrible 12-70 record |
1987-05-06 |
Mario Andretti sets one-lap speed record at Indy at 218.204 MPH |
1987-05-15 |
Record archery score for a pair over 24 hrs, is set |
1987-05-28 |
Southern League no-hit record-Bob Milacki pitches 11 1/3 no-hit inn |
1987-05-29 |
Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games |
1987-06-03 |
Cubs & Astro tie Oriole & Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game |
1987-06-24 |
Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consec win streak |
1987-06-29 |
Phil's Steve Bedrosian is 1st to record 12 saves in 12 attempts |
1987-06-30 |
Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in high jump |
1987-07-16 |
Said Aouita runs world record 2000m (4:50.81) |
1987-07-16 |
Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season & ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8) |
1987-07-18 |
NY Yanks Don Mattingly ties record of HRs in 8 cons games |
1987-07-19 |
Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 cons games |
1987-07-20 |
Don Mattingly ties 1st base fielding record with 22 put-outs |
1987-07-22 |
Said Aouita of Morocco sets 5k record (12:58.39) in Rome |
1987-07-23 |
Petra Felke (E Ger) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record) |
1987-07-23 |
Said Aouita of Morocco runs world record 5,000 m (12:58.39) |
1987-07-27 |
Salt Lake City Trappers lose 7-5 to Billings Mustangs, ending their professional-record winning streak at 29 consecutive |
1987-08-01 |
Crossbow flight record (2,005 yds 1'9") set by Harry Drake in Nevada |
1987-08-02 |
Don Brown sets flight record for handbow (1,336 yds 1'3") |
1987-08-03 |
Jack Morris ties AL record with 5 wild pitches in a 4-2 lose |
1987-08-13 |
Cards outfield sets record of no putouts in a 4-2 in 13 inning |
1987-08-13 |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee ties world record with 24'5½" jump |
1987-08-14 |
Oakland's Mark McGwire sets rookie HR record at 39, en route to 49 |
1987-08-18 |
Philip Rush of NZ, set record for triple crossing English Channel his time 28:21, 10 hours faster than 1st man to do it |
1987-08-18 |
Straatsburg: Manuela Stellmach/Astrid Strauss/Anke Mohring/ Heike Friedrich swims female world record 4x200m freestyle (7:55.47) |
1987-08-21 |
Silke Horneer swims female world record 100m breaststroke (1:07.91) |
1987-08-25 |
Dow Jones industrial stock avg reaches record 2722.42 |
1987-08-29 |
Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for record 11th time |
1987-08-30 |
Ben Johnson of Canada runs 100 m in world record 9.83 sec |
1987-08-30 |
Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria sets high jump woman's record (6'10½") |
1987-08-30 |
Knuckleballer Charlie Hough on the mound, Rangers catcher Geno Petralli ties the major league record by allowing 6 passed balls |
1987-08-31 |
Curtis Strange sets golf's earning for year record ($697,385) |
1987-09-06 |
Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks a CFL-record 60-yard field goal |
1987-09-14 |
Toronto Blue Jays hit a record 10 HRs vs Baltimore Orioles |
1987-09-16 |
Calif's Bob Boone catches record 1,919th major league game |
1987-09-20 |
Alain Prost wins record 28th Formula one auto race |
1987-09-20 |
Walter Payton scores NFL record 107th rushing touchdown |
1987-09-22 |
Dow-Jones index rises record 75.23 points |
1987-09-22 |
Janet B Evans swims female world record 400m freestyle (4:03.85) |
1987-09-22 |
Red Sox Wade Boggs ties AL record of 200 hits for 5 straight seasons |
1987-09-29 |
NY Yankee Don Mattingly hits record 6th grand slam of year |
1987-10-10 |
Giant's Jeffrey Leonard hits playoff record HR in his 4th cons game |
1987-10-16 |
338,500,000 shares traded on NY stock exchange (record) |
1987-10-19 |
"Black Monday" Dow Jones down 508.32 points (22%), 4½ times previous record |
1987-10-20 |
Dow-Jones increases 102.27 pts/608,120,000 shares traded (record) |
1987-10-31 |
A pair in Coventry, England, ties world record for longest singles tennis match at 80 hrs 21 minutes |
1987-11-11 |
Van Gogh's "Irises" sells for record $53.6 M at auction |
1987-11-15 |
Carla Beurskens runs Dutch female record marathon (2:26:34) |
1987-11-29 |
Joe Montana of 49ers completes NFL record 22 consecutive passes |
1987-12-04 |
Karlstad skates world record 10 km (13:48.51) |
1987-12-05 |
Schonbrunn skates world record 3 km ladies (4:16.76) |
1987-12-06 |
Christa Rothenburger skates female world record 500m (39.39 sec) |
1987-12-12 |
Mookie Blaylock sets NBA record of 13 steals in a game |
1987-12-12 |
Okla's sets NCAA record of 33 steals vs Centenary |
1987-12-13 |
Browns set club record for most points scored in a quarter, 28 |
1987-12-27 |
Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass |
1988-01-15 |
Kiran More stumps five WI batsman at Madras, world Test record |
1988-01-20 |
Andre Hoffman skates world record 1500m (1:52.06) |
1988-01-29 |
Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15 |
1988-02-09 |
NH begins a NCAA record 32-game losing streak at home (ends Feb 1991) |
1988-02-13 |
Christine Wachtel runs world record 800m indoor (1:56:40) |
1988-02-13 |
Heike Dreschler long jumps world record indoor (7.37m) |
1988-02-13 |
Ronald Weigel runs unofficial world record speed walking (18:11.41) |
1988-02-19 |
Helga Arendt, Silke-Beate Knoll, Mechthild Kluth, Gisela Kinzel walk indoor female world record 4x200m (1:32.55) |
1988-02-20 |
Andre Hoffmann skates world record 1500m (1:52.06) |
1988-02-20 |
Cornelia Oschkenat hurdles indoor world record 50m (6.58 sec) |
1988-02-20 |
Rob Druppers runs world record indoor 1000m (2:16.2) |
1988-02-20 |
Stefka Kostadinova high jumps indoor world record (2.06 m) |
1988-02-21 |
Gustafson skates world record 10km (13:48.20) |
1988-02-22 |
Bonnie Blair skates world record 500m (39.10 sec) |
1988-02-23 |
Yvonne van Gennip skates female record 3k (4:11.94) |
1988-02-26 |
Christa Rotherburger (GDR) skates ladies world record 1000m (1:17.65) |
1988-02-27 |
Bonnie Blair (US) wins Olympic 500m speed skating in record 39.1 |
1988-02-28 |
Yvonne van Gennip skates world record 5 km ladies (7:14.13) |
1988-03-01 |
Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist |
1988-03-19 |
Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15:25.25) |
1988-03-26 |
Janet B Evans swims 1500m freestyle female world record (15:52.10) |
1988-04-02 |
Simply Majestic sets horse racing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45 |
1988-04-04 |
Mets set Opening Day record with 6 HRs |
1988-04-17 |
Ethiopian Belayneh Densimo runs world record marathon (2:06:50) |
1988-04-20 |
Balt Orioles set worst record to start a season 0-14 (will go 0-21) |
1988-04-22 |
NJ Devil Patrik Sundstrom sets NHL playoff record of 8 pts in a playoff game (hat trick & 5 assists) in 10-4 rout over the Capitals |
1988-04-23 |
Karolina Szabo runs female world record 25k (1:29:30)/30k (1:47;06) |
1988-04-26 |
NY Met Davey Johnson becomes 2nd manager to record 400 victory in 1st 4 years (Al Lopez did it 1st) |
1988-04-28 |
Baltimore Orioles lose AL record 21 games in a row |
1988-04-30 |
Baltimore Orioles win record 14th straight from beginning of season |
1988-05-18 |
In just Oakland's 39th of the season, pitcher Dave Stewart breaks record with his 12th balk en route to 16 |
1988-05-24 |
John Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute |
1988-06-04 |
Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases for record 249 as a NY Yankee |
1988-06-11 |
Galina Chistyakova of USSR sets long jump woman's record (24"8½") |
1988-06-24 |
Cleve pitcher Doug Jones sets record of 14 consecutive saves |
1988-06-24 |
Red Sox begin AL record 23rd consecutive home win streak |
1988-07-08 |
Indians' Bud Black sets club record for most batters hit in inning (3) |
1988-07-16 |
Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds |
1988-07-16 |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's heptathlete record of 7,215 pts |
1988-07-17 |
Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 100m woman's record (10.49) |
1988-07-23 |
Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks record 8 field goals vs Edmonton |
1988-07-26 |
Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies & NY Mets end that game at 2:13 AM |
1988-07-30 |
Cin Red pitcher John Franco sets a record of 13 saves in 1 month |
1988-07-30 |
Harry Drake shoots arrow record 1873m |
1988-07-30 |
John Franco saves record 13th game of July |
1988-07-30 |
Ronald J Dossenbach begins world record ride, pedaling across Canada from Vancouver BC, to Halifax, NS (13 days, 15 hr, 4 min) |
1988-08-08 |
Matt Biondi swims US record 200m freestyle (1:47.72) |
1988-08-10 |
Matt Biondi swims world record 100m free style (48.42 sec) |
1988-08-12 |
Red Sox beat Tigers 9-4 for AL record 23rd consecutive win at home |
1988-08-13 |
Boston Red Sox win AL record 24 straight home games |
1988-08-13 |
Ronald J Dossenbach sets world record for pedaling across Canada from Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS in 13 days, 15 hr, 4 min |
1988-08-15 |
At 4PM LILCO consumers used a record 3,813 megawatts |
1988-08-16 |
Butch Reynolds runs world record 400 m (43.29) |
1988-08-17 |
Butch Reynolds runs world record 400m (43.29) |
1988-08-20 |
Yordanka Donkova of Bulgaria sets 100m hurdle woman's record (12.21) |
1988-08-29 |
Macy's Tap-o-Mania sets Guiness record |
1988-09-03 |
Dennis Eckersley sets A's record with his 37th save en route to 45 |
1988-09-08 |
Javier Sotomayer of Cuba high jumps world record 2.43m |
1988-09-13 |
10th time, 4 players hit baseball major-league record grand slams |
1988-09-17 |
Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL & NL |
1988-09-24 |
Carl Lewis runs world record 100m (9.92 sec) |
1988-09-24 |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee of USA sets heptathlon woman's record (7,291) |
1988-09-25 |
Florence Griffith Joyner runs Olympic record 100m in 10.54s |
1988-09-25 |
Christopher Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Hunter & Matt Biondi, swim world record 4x100 m freestyle (3:16.53) |
1988-09-28 |
LA Dodger Orel Hershiser sets record for consecutive scoreless inns |
1988-09-29 |
Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 200m woman's record (21.34) |
1988-10-15 |
NCAA record rushing yardage (768 yards-Oklahoma) |
1988-10-22 |
Elton John sells out Madison Square Garden for a record 26th time |
1988-12-01 |
NBC bids record $401M to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics |
1988-12-08 |
Knick's set NBA record of 11 3-pointers & sink Bucks, 113-109 |
1988-12-18 |
Seattle Seahawks win their 1st ever division title with 9-7 record |
1989-01-02 |
UCLA wins a record 7th consecutive bowl game |
1989-01-07 |
Cleve Cavs block 21 NY Knick shots tying NBA regulation game record |
1989-02-08 |
Jockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning days |
1989-02-12 |
Thursday's Child sets sailing record, NY-Cape Horn-SF, 80 d 20 h |
1989-02-17 |
Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs record $7.9M-3 year contract |
1989-02-21 |
US bust Chinese ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1B st value) |
1989-02-21 |
US capture record 820 lbs of heroin ($1 B street value)[dup] |
1989-03-04 |
Javier Sotomayor high jumps indoor world record (2.43m) |
1989-03-05 |
Elly Verhulst runs world record 3000 m indoor (8:33.82) |
1989-03-08 |
Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60m hurdles (7.37 secs) |
1989-03-09 |
Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec) |
1989-03-18 |
Dino Ciccarelli sets Washington Capital record of 7 pts in a game |
1989-04-04 |
NY Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yanks beat Twins on opening day 4-2 |
1989-04-06 |
Orel Hershiser ends his record 59 consecutive scoreless streak |
1989-04-25 |
Penguin Mario Lemuix ties NHL playoff record of 4 goals in 1st period |
1989-05-01 |
Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days |
1989-05-24 |
NY Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season |
1989-06-24 |
Cards Vince Coleman steals record 39th & 40th consecutive bases |
1989-06-25 |
Mets' defense does not record a single assist in a 5-1 win over Phils |
1989-07-03 |
The movie "Batman" set record of quickest $100 million (10 days) |
1989-07-05 |
Barry Bond's HR sets father-son (Bobby) HR record at 408 |
1989-07-10 |
Paula Ivan runs female world record 1 mile (4:15.61) |
1989-07-18 |
48 cm rainfall at Rockport, West Virginia (state record) |
1989-07-28 |
Braves Dale Murphy, hits 2 3-run HRs in an inning, 14th man to hit 2 HRs in an inning. Also ties record of 6 RBIs in an inning |
1989-07-28 |
Cards' Vince Coleman is caught stealing ends record streak at 50 |
1989-07-29 |
Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8'0") in San Juan |
1989-07-29 |
Vince Coleman, record streak stopped at 50 straight stolen bases |
1989-08-03 |
Cin Reds send record 20 men to bat with a record 16 hits in 1 inning as they score 14 runs in 1st inning |
1989-08-15 |
Giorgio Lamberti swims world record 200m free style (1:46.69) |
1989-08-16 |
Roger Kingdom of USA sets 110m hurdle record (12.92) in Zurich |
1989-08-18 |
Arturo Barrios of Mexico sets 10K record (27:08.23) in Berlin |
1989-08-20 |
Janet B Evans swims female world record 800m freestyle (8:16.22) |
1989-08-20 |
Said Aouita runs world record 3,000 m (7:29.45) |
1989-08-23 |
Lewis/Everett/Burrell/Heard run world record 4x200 m (1:19.38) |
1989-09-10 |
Browns allow Pittsburgh only 53 net yards, a team defensive record |
1989-09-14 |
Jeff Reardon is 1st to record 30 saves in 5 consecutive seasons |
1989-10-07 |
Rickey Henderson steals a record 8 bases in a play off (5 games) |
1989-10-14 |
Texas A&I, Johnny Bailey sets NCAA season rush record at 6,085 yards |
1989-10-23 |
Browns' Bernie Kosar sets club record with a 97-yard TD pass |
1989-11-05 |
Browns' Bernie Kosar sets club record of 16 cons pass completions |
1989-11-17 |
Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year KC Royal contract |
1989-11-22 |
Kirby Pucket signs record $3,000,000 per year Minnesota Twins contract |
1989-11-24 |
Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty age 16 years 214 days, a record |
1989-11-28 |
Rickey Henderson signs record $3,000,000 per year Oak A's contract |
1989-12-01 |
Mark Langston signs record $3.2 million per year Cal Angels contract |
1989-12-05 |
France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph |
1989-12-11 |
Mark Davis signs record $3.25 million per year KC Royals contract |
1989-12-30 |
Dmitri Volkov swims world record 50m freestyle (27.15 sec) |
1989-12-31 |
Jockey Kent Desormeaux sets record with 598 wins in a year |
1990-01-02 |
Dow Jones hits record 2,800 (2,810.15) |
1990-01-07 |
Lynn Jennings runs world record indoor 5km indoor at 15:22.64 |
1990-01-11 |
Pat LaFontaine sets NY Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight |
1990-01-17 |
Dave Stewart signs record $3,500,000 per year Oak A's contract |
1990-02-04 |
Anders Holmertz swims world record 400 m freestyle (3:40.81) |
1990-02-04 |
Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45:04) |
1990-02-04 |
Lyudmila Narozhi-Lenko runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.69) |
1990-02-09 |
Doina Melinte runs world indoor record 1.5k (4:00:27) & mile (4:17:13) |
1990-02-23 |
Ian Smith 173* NZ v India, 136 balls, world record for no 9 bat |
1990-03-02 |
Mark Tewsksbury swims world record 50m backstroke (25.06 sec) |
1990-03-06 |
SR-71 sets a transcontinental record, flying 2,404 miles in 1:08:17 |
1990-03-24 |
Tom Hunter swims world record 50m freestyle (21.81 sec) |
1990-03-31 |
Dionisio Castro cycles world record 20km (57:18.4) |
1990-04-05 |
John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 yrs in a row |
1990-04-19 |
Pistons & 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record) |
1990-04-21 |
Reds win running their record to 9-0, best start in club history |
1990-04-26 |
Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller's record of pitching 12 1-hitters |
1990-04-27 |
Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10 |
1990-05-10 |
French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph |
1990-05-14 |
Dow Jones average hits a record 2,821.53 |
1990-05-15 |
Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,822.45 |
1990-05-17 |
Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,831.71 |
1990-05-18 |
Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends 2nd baseman record 123 errorless game streak |
1990-05-18 |
Jari Kurri sets a record for scoring in a Stanley Cup Finals game, registering three goals and two assists vs the Boston Bruins |
1990-05-21 |
Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,844.68 |
1990-05-22 |
Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,852.23 |
1990-05-22 |
Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game |
1990-05-23 |
Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,856.26 |
1990-05-29 |
Dow Jones average hits a record 2,870.49 |
1990-05-29 |
Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record |
1990-05-30 |
Dow Jones average hits a record 2,878.56 |
1990-06-01 |
Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97 |
1990-06-12 |
NY Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves |
1990-06-27 |
Jose Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oak A's contract |
1990-07-25 |
Nadezhda Ryashkina of USSR sets 10K walk woman's record (41:56.23) |
1990-07-27 |
Tom Moody scores 100 in 26 mins in county cricket, world record |
1990-07-29 |
Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game |
1990-08-01 |
Indians' Alex Cole sets club record with 5 stolen bases in one game |
1990-08-03 |
98.8°F (37.1°C) in Cheltenham, Glos. (UK record) |
1990-08-03 |
NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 10th HR in 1st 72 at bats |
1990-08-06 |
NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 11th HR in 1st 86 at bats |
1990-08-07 |
NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 12th HR in 1st 92 at bats & becomes 21st to hit a ball into 3rd deck of Seattle's Kingdome |
1990-08-17 |
Carlton Fisk hits White Sox record 187th HR |
1990-08-25 |
Li Hui Rong of China sets triple jump woman's record (47'8½") |
1990-09-01 |
Gelindo Bordin sets European marathon record (2:14:02) |
1990-09-03 |
White Sox reliever Bobby Thigpen sets save record at 47 en route to 57 |
1990-09-15 |
Chicago White Sox Bobby Thigpen is 1st to record 50 saves |
1990-09-25 |
1st 8 NY Yankees hit safely vs Balt Orioles to tie record |
1990-10-03 |
Florida record store owner Charles Freeman is found guilty of obsenity, for selling 2 Live Crew rap records |
1990-10-11 |
Oil hits a record $40.42 per barrel |
1990-11-18 |
NFL NY Giants beat Det Lions 20-0, to run 1990 record to 10-0 |
1990-12-09 |
Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 3k ladies (4:10.80) |
1990-12-22 |
Paul Coffey becomes the second NHL defenceman to record 1000 points, doing so in a record-breaking 770 games |
1991-01-05 |
Kevin Bradshaw of US Intl scores NCAA Div 1 record 72 pts |
1991-01-06 |
Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 sec) |
1991-01-08 |
Tamas Darnyi swims world record 400m medley (4:12.36) |
1991-01-12 |
Melvin Stewart swims world record 200 m butterfly (1:55.69) |
1991-01-31 |
Robert Gibson flies record 27,040 feet altitude |
1991-02-04 |
Martin Crowe & Andrew Jones make 467 stand v SL, world record |
1991-02-08 |
Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract |
1991-02-09 |
Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5k (6:41:73) |
1991-02-09 |
Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration |
1991-02-10 |
Johann Koss skates world record 10 km (13:43.54) |
1991-02-14 |
NL Cy Young winner Doug Drabek wins record $3 mil salary arbitration |
1991-02-15 |
Troy State sets NCAA Div II record with 103 points in 2nd half routing DeVry Institute 187-117 |
1991-02-28 |
Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m indoor (3:34:16) |
1991-03-03 |
Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (22.24 sec) |
1991-03-10 |
Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 m indoor (22.24 sec) |
1991-03-10 |
Rico Lieder/Jens Carlowitz/Karsten Just/Thomas Schonlebe walk 4x400m indoor world record (3:03.05) |
1991-03-15 |
Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record 6.14m (20 feet 1 3/4) |
1991-03-19 |
Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses |
1991-03-23 |
Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.12m) |
1991-04-03 |
Thomas Bos skates world record 3 km (3:65.16) |
1991-04-10 |
LA King Wayne Gretzky scores NHL record 93rd playoff goal |
1991-04-10 |
Martin Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (1:52.51) |
1991-04-15 |
Magic Johnson sets NBA record for career assistswith 9,898 |
1991-04-15 |
Sacramento Kings set NBA record, losing 35th consecutive game on road |
1991-04-15 |
Ton Sijbrands improves world record blind checker games (15 wins) |
1991-04-18 |
John Stockton breaks his own NBA season assist record at 1,136 |
1991-05-01 |
A's Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base vs Yanks |
1991-05-01 |
Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record with his 939th steal |
1991-05-01 |
Texas Ranger Nolan Ryan pitches record 7th no hitter (beats Toronto 3-0) |
1991-05-04 |
Indians' Chris James sets club record for most RBIs in a game (9) |
1991-05-06 |
Seppo Raty of Finland sets javelin record to 301' 9" |
1991-05-30 |
Arturo Barrios runs world record one-hour distance (21,096 km) |
1991-06-02 |
Seppo Raty of Finland improves his world javelin record to 318' 1" |
1991-06-14 |
Leroy Burrell of USA sets 100m record (9.90) in NYC |
1991-06-16 |
Minnesota Twins win a team record 15 games in a row |
1991-06-16 |
Otis Nixon steals NL record 6 bases in 1 day |
1991-06-25 |
Martina Navratilova wins record 100th singles match at Wimbledon |
1991-08-05 |
Sergei Bubka of USSR sets pole vault world record (6.10m) in Malmö Sweden |
1991-08-07 |
Charles Austin breaks US high jump record at 7'10½" |
1991-08-07 |
US sets 400m relay record at 37.67 seconds |
1991-08-13 |
Michael Ray Barrowman swims world record 200m breaststroke (2:10.60) |
1991-08-20 |
Norbert Rosza swims world record 100m breast stroke (1:01.29) |
1991-08-22 |
Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 100 m backstroke (1:00.31) |
1991-08-25 |
Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.62) |
1991-08-30 |
Dan O'Brien sets US decathalon record with 8,812 points |
1991-08-30 |
Mike Powell of US sets then long jump record at 29' 4½" (8.95m) |
1991-08-31 |
Houston QB David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter as the Cougars clobbered Louisiana Tech 73-3 |
1991-09-04 |
Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris HR record & determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings |
1991-09-07 |
Ty Detmer of Brigham Young passes NCAA record 11,606 yards |
1991-09-10 |
Yolanda Gail Devers runs US female record 100m hurdles (12.48 secs) |
1991-09-14 |
Freshman Marshall Faulk of San Diego State rushed for NCAA record |
1991-09-15 |
SD State freshman Marshall Faulk sets NCAA rushing record of 386 yds |
1991-09-28 |
NY Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game |
1991-10-05 |
Carlos Huerta's NCAA record streak of successful points after a touchdown ends at 157 |
1991-10-05 |
Fresno State ties NCAA record with 49 points in a quarter, as they route New Mexico 94-17 |
1991-10-06 |
NY Met David Cone ties NL record by striking out 19 Phillies |
1991-10-12 |
Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards |
1991-10-12 |
Doug Flutie of BC Lions sets CFL passing record of 582 yards despite losing to Edmonton 45-38 in overtime |
1991-10-17 |
Pitts Penguin Paul Coffey sets NHL defenseman scoring record with 1,053 career points (309 goals & 744 assists) |
1991-11-10 |
Bernie Kosar ends NFL record of 308 passes without an interception |
1991-11-10 |
Browns set club record for largest lead blown (led 23-0), Phila 32-30 |
1991-11-22 |
NY Knicks pay Patrick Ewing a record $18.8 million for 2 yr extension |
1991-11-23 |
Martin Lopez-Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (1:56.57) |
1991-11-23 |
Brigham Young Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season & 15,031 for career |
1991-11-24 |
Monica Seles, sets female tennis record winning $2,457,758 in a year |
1991-12-02 |
Bobby Bonilla signs record $29 million-5 year pact with NY Mets |
1991-12-12 |
NJ Nets set NBA record of 22 blocks beating Nuggets 121-81 |
1991-12-17 |
Cleveland Cavaliers beat Miami Heat 148-80, by record 68 pts |
1991-12-31 |
Dow Jones closes at record high 3168.83 |
1992-01-25 |
Dan Jansen skates world record 500m in 36.41" |
1992-02-02 |
Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45.02 sec) |
1992-02-02 |
Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m freestyle (14:32.40) |
1992-02-09 |
Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07m) |
1992-02-09 |
Jani Sievinen swims world record 400m medley (4:07.10) |
1992-02-11 |
Michael Johnson runs indoor world record 400m (44.97 sec) |
1992-02-14 |
Andre Cason runs world record 6 m indoor (6.41 sec) |
1992-02-14 |
Kieren John Perkins swims world record 800m freestyle (7:46.60) |
1992-02-14 |
Merlene Ottey runs world record 60m indoor (6.96 sec) |
1992-03-01 |
Jenny Thompson swims 100m freestyle world record (1:01.40) |
1992-03-01 |
Nelson Diebel swims 100m freestyle US record (54.48 secs) |
1992-03-02 |
Anita Hall swims female world record 200m freestyle (2:25.35) |
1992-03-07 |
Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.78) |
1992-03-10 |
Sandra Seuser/Katrin Schreiter/Annet Hesselbarth/Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400m (3:27.22) |
1992-03-28 |
Ann Transon runs female world record 50k (3:35:31) |
1992-04-09 |
Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12) |
1992-04-11 |
Indians set team record for long game loss to Red Sox (19 inn - 6½ hr) |
1992-04-16 |
NY Rangers win team record 50th game |
1992-04-28 |
Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings |
1992-05-03 |
Balt's Gregg Olson, 25, is youngest to record 100 saves |
1992-06-06 |
NY Met Eddie Murray sets RBI record by a switch hitter |
1992-06-15 |
Jeff Reardon breaks Rollie Fingers' save record with #342 |
1992-06-16 |
Red Sox Mark Reardon sets record of 342 saves (vs Yanks 1-0) |
1992-06-29 |
A's Dennis Eckersley sets record of 26th straight save of season |
1992-07-27 |
Sadovyi swim world record 4x200m freestyle (7:11.95) |
1992-07-29 |
Evgueni Sadovyi swims world record/OR 400m freestyle (3:45.00) |
1992-07-30 |
Lin Li swims female world record/OR 200m medley (2:11.65) |
1992-07-31 |
Jeff Rouse swims world record/OR 100m backstroke (53.86 sec) |
1992-07-31 |
Kieren John Perkins swims world record/OR 1500m free style (14:43.4) |
1992-07-31 |
Tamas Darnyi swims world record/Olympics 200m backstroke (1:59.36) |
1992-07-31 |
Yang Wenyi swims world record/OR 50m freestyle (24.79 sec) |
1992-08-09 |
Record temperature in Berlin-Dahlem 99.3°F (37.4°C) |
1992-08-16 |
Moses Kiptanui runs world record 3k (7:28.96) |
1992-08-20 |
England get 7-363 in 55 overs vs Pakistan, then world ODI record |
1992-08-23 |
Dennis Eckersley, who previously set record for most consecutive saves (40), is 1st pitcher to record 40 saves in 4 different seasons |
1992-09-02 |
US dollar valued at 156.50 guilder (record) |
1992-09-05 |
Dan O'Brien sets world record decathlon (8891 pts) |
1992-09-06 |
Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m (3:28.86) |
1992-09-17 |
Amsterdam stock exchange hits record Ÿ8.8 billion |
1992-09-19 |
Sergei Boebka pole vaults world record (6.13m) |
1992-09-24 |
John Jaha ties record of 11 teammates to steal 10 bases (Brewers) |
1992-09-27 |
Seattle's Randy Johnson ties AL record for lefties with 18 strike outs |
1992-10-03 |
Atlanta Braves win franchise record 98th game (old record 95 in 1957) |
1992-10-04 |
1st time AL East & West champs have same record (96-66)-Tor & Oak |
1992-10-04 |
Miami Dolphin Louis Oliver returns record tying interception 103 yards |
1992-10-12 |
Wash Redskin Art Monk sets NFL record with 820th reception |
1992-10-18 |
Phila Eagle Randall Cunningham sets NFL QB scramble record of 3,683 |
1992-11-21 |
Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec) |
1992-11-21 |
Jani Sievinen swims world record 100m medley (53.78 sec) |
1992-11-21 |
Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec) |
1992-11-22 |
Sandra Volker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.57 sec) |
1992-12-06 |
San Francisco 49ers Jerry Rice catches NFL record 101st touchdown |
1992-12-10 |
Orlanda Magic scores 14 3-pointers (2 shy of record) |
1993-01-09 |
Franziska van Almsick swims world record 100 m free style (53.33) |
1993-01-17 |
Russian Irina Privalova cycles world record 300m indoor (35.45") |
1993-01-21 |
Johan Koss skates world record 5 km in 6:38.77 |
1993-01-22 |
Johan Koss skates world record 5 km in 6:38.77 |
1993-02-02 |
Irina Privalova runs world record 50m indoor (6.05 sec) |
1993-02-10 |
Jani Sievinen swims world record 200m backstroke (1:55.59) |
1993-02-11 |
Irina Privalova runs world record 60m indoor (6.92 secs) |
1993-02-13 |
Ljubow Kremljowa runs world record 1000m indoor (2:34:84) |
1993-02-13 |
Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (21.87 sec) |
1993-02-13 |
Sergei Bubka pole vaults indoor record (6.14 m) |
1993-02-16 |
Sandra Völker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.33 sec) |
1993-02-17 |
Mark Foster swims world record 50m free style (21.60 sec) |
1993-02-21 |
Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 m) |
1993-02-25 |
Pakistan all out 43 v West Indies, world one-day int record low |
1993-02-26 |
Allan Border beats Gavaskar's record for most Test Cricket runs 10,123 |
1993-02-28 |
Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m) |
1993-03-09 |
Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak |
1993-03-14 |
Johan Koss skates world record 5km (6:36.57) |
1993-03-18 |
Amsterdam stock exchange hits record Ÿ12.2 billion |
1993-03-20 |
Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (36.02 sec) |
1993-04-10 |
Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak |
1993-04-11 |
Jeff Rouse swims world record 100m backstroke (51.43 sec) |
1993-06-11 |
"Jurassic Park" (starring Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum) opens, sets box office weekend record of $502 million |
1993-06-22 |
NY Met Anthony Young ties record of 23rd straight lose |
1993-06-27 |
NY Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game |
1993-07-02 |
NY Met Anthony Young loses a record 25th straight game (goes to 27) |
1993-07-05 |
Richard Chelimo run world record 10 km (27:07.91) |
1993-07-10 |
Yobes Ondieki runs world record 10km (26:58.38) |
1993-07-16 |
SF outfielder Darren Lewis sets record of 267 consec errorless games |
1993-07-17 |
Graeme Obree bicycles world record time, 51,596 km |
1993-07-18 |
Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (51,596 K) |
1993-07-21 |
Angela Kennedy swims world record 50 m butterfly stroke (26.93) |
1993-07-23 |
Chris Boardman bicycles world record 1 hour distance (52,270 km) |
1993-07-24 |
NY Met Anthony Young loses record 27th straight |
1993-07-27 |
Javier Sotomayor jumps world record 2.45 m high |
1993-08-19 |
Dow Jones hits record high of 3612.13 |
1993-08-19 |
Sally Gunnell runs women's world record 400m hurdles (52.74") |
1993-08-20 |
Colin Jackson runs world record 110m hurdles (12.91) |
1993-08-23 |
NY Dow Jones index reaches record high of 3,638.96 points |
1993-09-05 |
Noureddine Morceli runs world record mile (3:44,39) |
1993-09-08 |
Cheek Junxia wins world record ladies 10 km (29:31.78) |
1993-09-09 |
Croupier of casino in Bristol, England, shoots a 4 a record eight times |
1993-09-11 |
Junxia Qu runs 1500m ladies' world record (3:50.46) |
1993-09-12 |
Junxia Cheek runs 3000 m ladies world record (8:12.29) |
1993-09-13 |
Junxia Cheek runs ladies world record 3000m (8:06.11) |
1993-09-23 |
Paul Chu group reports super conduction at -123°C (record high) |
1993-10-22 |
Cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov makes record 9th space walk |
1993-10-25 |
Daryll Cullinan hits 337* for Transvaal, SAf 1st-class cricket record |
1993-10-29 |
Dow Jones index reaches record 3687.86 |
1993-10-31 |
Germany unemployment hits country record of 3.5 million |
1993-11-02 |
Dow Jones hits record 3697.64 |
1993-11-03 |
Ken Daneyko sets NJ Devil 'Ironman' record by playing 322nd cons game |
1993-11-18 |
North-Siberia record cold for November (-55°C) |
1993-12-02 |
Dow-Jones hits record 3702.11 |
1993-12-02 |
Houston Rockets tie NBA record of 15-0 start |
1993-12-04 |
Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.92 sec) |
1993-12-04 |
Johann Koss skates world record 5K (6:35.53) |
1993-12-06 |
Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 5 km 7:13.29 |
1993-12-08 |
Dow-Jones hits record 3734.53 |
1993-12-10 |
Dow Jones hits record 3740.67 |
1993-12-13 |
Dow Jones hits record 3764.43 |
1993-12-17 |
Kevin Scott skates world record 1000 m (1:12.54) |
1993-12-18 |
Kevin Scott skates world record 1K (1:12.54) |
1993-12-27 |
Dow-Jones hits record 3792.93 |
1993-12-28 |
Dow-Jones hits record 3793.49 |
1994-01-01 |
Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83) |
1994-01-05 |
Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.82) |
1994-01-05 |
Yat Weiju swims world record 100m butterfly stroke (58.71) |
1994-01-05 |
Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool record (58.71) |
1994-01-06 |
Dow-Jones hits record 3803.88 |
1994-01-06 |
Yat Weiju swims world record 50m butterfly stroke (26.44) |
1994-01-06 |
Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool (26.44) |
1994-01-08 |
Rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1:51.60) |
1994-01-09 |
Gunda Niemann skates world record (167.282 pts) |
1994-01-09 |
Rintje Ritsma skates world record (156.201 points) |
1994-01-14 |
Inna Lassovskaya triple-jumps ladies world record (14.61m) |
1994-01-15 |
Hague motorist with .51% alcohol in blood, breaks Dutch record (.47%) |
1994-01-16 |
Scott skates world record 1000m (1:12.54) |
1994-01-19 |
-36°F (-38°C) in New Whiteland, Indiana (state record) |
1994-01-21 |
Dow Jones passes 3900 (record 3,914.20) |
1994-01-28 |
Inna Lassovskaja jumps ladies world record (14.78m) |
1994-01-30 |
Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.76) |
1994-01-30 |
Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wkts |
1994-01-31 |
Dow Jones hits a record 3,978.36 |
1994-02-01 |
Irina Privalova runs world record 50m indoor (6.03 sec) |
1994-02-04 |
Merlene Ottey runs world record 50 m indoor (6.00 sec) |
1994-02-04 |
Russian team beats ladies world record 4x800 m indoor (8:18.71) |
1994-02-06 |
Leonid Voloshin triple jumps world record 17.77m |
1994-02-08 |
Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432 |
1994-02-12 |
Inna Lassovskaya jumps world record 14.90m |
1994-02-13 |
Inna Lassovskaya jumps world record 14.9m |
1994-02-13 |
Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5000m 6:34,96 |
1994-02-14 |
Alexander Golubev skates Olympic record 500m (36.33) |
1994-02-16 |
Johann Olav Koss skates world record 1500m (1:51.29) |
1994-02-18 |
Dan Jansen skates world record 1000m (1:12.43) |
1994-02-20 |
Johann Olav Koss skates world record 10 km (13:30.55) |
1994-03-06 |
Colin Jackson runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.30 sec) |
1994-03-19 |
NJ Devils club record 41st win of the season |
1994-03-21 |
Wayne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals |
1994-03-22 |
Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.68 sec) |
1994-03-23 |
Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10 km (11:28) |
1994-03-23 |
Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 802 goals scored |
1994-03-25 |
Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 3 km (4:09.32) |
1994-03-25 |
Yasunori Miyabe skates world record 1000 m (1:12.37) |
1994-03-26 |
Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 m ladies (38.99 sec) |
1994-03-26 |
Gunda Niemann skates world record 5 km ladies (7:03.26) |
1994-03-26 |
Gunda Niemann skates un-official world record 10 km ladies (14:22.60) |
1994-04-14 |
NJ Devils end best regular season, 47-25-12 record for 106 points |
1994-04-18 |
Brian Lara scores 375 for WI vs England to beat Sobers' record |
1994-04-18 |
Cricketer Brian Lara hits 375 runs on 1 day (world record) |
1994-04-19 |
Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10km (11:25.88) |
1994-04-20 |
Sohail & Inzamam make world record ODI partnership of 263 |
1994-04-21 |
Eddie Murray sets record for switch hit HRS in a games (11 times) |
1994-04-26 |
26.9°C in Prestebakke Norway (Norwegian April high temp record) |
1994-04-27 |
29.0°C in Genevad, Sweden (Swedish April high temperature record) |
1994-04-27 |
Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (52,713 km) |
1994-06-04 |
Haile Gebre Selassie runs world record 5 km (12:56.96) |
1994-06-06 |
Cricketer Brian Lara hits record 501 not out/390 runs in 1 day |
1994-06-18 |
Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec) |
1994-06-19 |
Tigers tie record of hitting HRs in 25th consecutive games |
1994-06-22 |
Ken Griffey Jr breaks Ruth's record for most HRs by end of June (31) |
1994-06-27 |
118°F (47.8°C) at Lakewood New Mexico (state record) |
1994-06-30 |
Giants outfielder Darren Lewis errors after record 392 flawless games |
1994-07-06 |
Irina Privalova runs 100m European Record (10.77) |
1994-07-06 |
Lerou Burrell runs world record 100m (9.85) |
1994-07-08 |
Sonia O'Sullivan runs female 2K world record (5:25.36) |
1994-07-09 |
Sonia O'Sullivan runs world record 2k (5:25.36) |
1994-07-10 |
Sonia O'Sullivan runs female world record 2K (5:25.36) |
1994-07-18 |
Houston Astros tie NL comeback record, trailing 10-0, beat Cards 15-12 |
1994-07-22 |
William Sigei runs world record 10k (26:52.53) |
1994-07-23 |
Space shuttle STS-65: Columbia 17, lands after record 14 days 55 mins |
1994-07-30 |
Record 103.8°F (39.9°C) in Preschen Lausitz Germany |
1994-07-31 |
Arcen Limburg averages 71.6°F (22.0°C) in July: record |
1994-07-31 |
Sergei Bubka ploe vaults his 35th world record (6.14 m) |
1994-08-01 |
99.9°F (37.7°C) in Berlin-Dahlem: record |
1994-08-02 |
Noureddine Morceli runs world record 3000m (7:25.11) |
1994-08-03 |
102.4°F (39.1°C) in Tokyo Japan: record |
1994-08-24 |
Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m free style (14:41.66) |
1994-08-24 |
Kieren Perkins swims world record 800m free style (7:46.00) |
1994-09-02 |
Miguel Indurain bicycles world record time (53,040 km) |
1994-09-05 |
Jingyi Le swims world record 100m women's freestyle (54.01 sec) |
1994-09-05 |
San Francisco 49ers Jerry Rice catches NFL record 127th touchdown pass |
1994-09-06 |
Franziska van Almsick swims female record 200m freestyle (1:56.78) |
1994-09-06 |
Tom Dolan swims world record 400m medley (4:12.30) |
1994-09-10 |
Chong Hey swims female record 400m medley (4:01.67)/100m backstroke |
1994-09-11 |
Jingyi Le swims female world record 50m freestyle |
1994-10-07 |
Lu Bin swims female 200m medley world record (2:11.57) |
1994-10-22 |
Tony Rominger bicycles world record time (53,832 km) |
1994-11-05 |
Tony Rominger bicycles world record for distance covered in one hour for second time (55.291 km) |
1995-01-20 |
Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar (record) |
1995-02-01 |
Amy van Dikes swims woman's world record 50 m butterfly (26.73) |
1995-02-01 |
Andy & Grant Flower make 269 stand vs Pak, brotherly record |
1995-02-04 |
Sandra Volker swims female European record 50m backstroke (27.77) |
1995-02-05 |
Sandra Volker swims female European record 50m backstroke: 27.77 |
1995-02-09 |
Irina Privalova runs female world record 50m (5.96 sec) |
1995-02-10 |
Sun Cayun pole vaults female indoor world record (4.12m) |
1995-02-11 |
Danyon Loader swims world record 400m freestyle (340.46) |
1995-02-11 |
Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.55 sec) |
1995-02-11 |
Sandra Volker swims European record 50m backstroke (27.67 sec) |
1995-02-12 |
Angela Kennedy swims woman's world record 50m butterfly |
1995-02-12 |
Bonnie Blair skates female world record 500m (38.69 sec) |
1995-02-12 |
Dieter Baumann runs European record 3k indoor (7:37.51) |
1995-02-12 |
Jeff Rouse swims world record 50m backstroke (24.37 sec) |
1995-02-12 |
Moses Kiptanui runs world record 3k indoor (7:35.15) |
1995-02-12 |
Sun Cayun pole vaults indoor female world record (4.13m) |
1995-02-12 |
Susan Auch skates female world record 500m (38.94 sec) |
1995-02-15 |
Dow-Jones closes at record 3986.17 |
1995-02-18 |
Angela Kennedy swims world record 100m butterfly |
1995-02-18 |
Warnecke swims world record 50m freestyle |
1995-02-19 |
Irina Privalova runs indoor woman's European record 200m (22.10 sec) |
1995-02-19 |
Linford Christie runs world record 200m indoor (20.25 sec) and European record 60m indoor (6.47 sec) |
1995-02-24 |
Dow-Jones hits record 4011.74 |
1995-03-04 |
Michael Johnson runs world record 400m indoor (44.63 sec) |
1995-03-05 |
Marc Velzeboer skates world record 3 km short track (5:00.26) |
1995-03-06 |
US 4.5 cents equals 156.30 Dutch guilder (record) |
1995-03-07 |
Dollar worth 1.5330 Dutch guilder (record) |
1995-03-09 |
Mexican peso worth 7.55 pesos to a dollar (record) |
1995-03-10 |
Dow-Jones hits record 4035.64 |
1995-03-11 |
Yolanda Chen hop-skip-jumps world indoor record 15.03m |
1995-03-12 |
Letitia Vriesde runs South American indoor record 800m (2:00.35) |
1995-03-16 |
Dow-Jones hits record 4069.15 |
1995-03-17 |
British pound hits 2.4545 to Dutch guilder (record) |
1995-03-19 |
Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450) |
1995-03-19 |
Neil Marshall skates world record 3 km (3:54.08) |
1995-03-20 |
Dow-Jones hits 4083.68 (record) |
1995-03-23 |
Dollar equals 88.41 yen (record) |
1995-04-24 |
Dow Jones Index hits record 4303.98 |
1995-05-09 |
Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0 |
1995-05-12 |
Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59) |
1995-05-12 |
Jose Mesa gets 1st of his M.L. record 37 consecutive saves |
1995-05-12 |
Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his 3rd playoff shutout in 4 |
1995-05-20 |
Twins Marty Cordova ties rookie record of HRs in 5 consecutive games |
1995-05-28 |
White Sox (5) & Tigers (7) combine for record 12 HRs at Tiger Stadium |
1995-06-16 |
"Batman Forever" opens with a record $528 million weekend |
1995-07-21 |
KC Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings |
1995-08-20 |
Indians' Jose Mesa sets record with his 37th consecutive save |
1995-08-23 |
Indians' Jose Mesa sets record with his 38th consecutive save |
1995-08-25 |
Andrew Symonds scores 254 Gloucs v Glam, world record 16 x 6 |
1995-08-30 |
Tigers teammates Lou Whitaker & Alan Trammell play in 1,914 game together tying AL record |
1995-09-05 |
Cal Ripken Jr ties Gehrig's record of playing in 2,130 straight games |
1995-09-06 |
Cal Ripken Jr breaks Gehrig's record, plays in 2,131 straight games |
1995-09-15 |
Cards shortstop Ozzie Smith sets record of 1,554 double plays |
1995-09-16 |
Greg Maddux of Braves sets record of 17 consecutive road victory |
1995-09-29 |
Indians break 1902 Pirates record for largest lead over 2nd-place team (KC) (27½ games) |
1995-10-01 |
Indians set record of 30 game lead over 2nd place team |
1995-10-08 |
Dolphin's Dan Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL career completions record |
1995-11-26 |
Dolphins QB Dan Marino sets NFL record with 343rd touchdown pass |
1995-12-03 |
Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket v South Africa, a record |
1995-12-10 |
Worst snowstorm in Buffalo history, 37.9" in 24 hours (Starting Dec 9 at 7 PM, breaks previous record of 25.3" in 1982 |
1995-12-30 |
The lowest ever United Kingdom temperature of -27.2°C was recorded at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands. This equalled the record set at Braemar, Aberdeenshire on February 11, 1895 and January 10, 1982. |
1996-01-06 |
Record $65.2 million British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44) |
1996-01-29 |
6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line" |
1996-02-15 |
Bill Belichick is fired by the Cleveland Browns, finishing his Cleveland coaching career with a record of 36-44 |
1996-04-02 |
Sri Lanka 9-349 in 50 overs beat Pakistan 315 all out, Singapore Jayasuriya hits ton in 48 balls, world ODI record at Singapore |
1996-04-03 |
St Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1 |
1996-04-13 |
En route to NHL record 62 victories Detroit Red Wings win #61 |
1996-04-14 |
Detroit Red Wings win NHL record 62 games |
1996-04-20 |
Chicago Bulls win record 72 games in a season |
1996-04-21 |
Chicago Bulls win NBA record 72 games (72-8) |
1996-07-05 |
NY Yank John Weteland ties Lee Smith's record of 19 consecutive saves |
1996-07-06 |
Yankee John Weteland sets record of 20th cons saves en route to 24 |
1996-07-13 |
Cigar wins record 16th straight win, (ties Citation in 1940) |
1996-07-14 |
NY Yankee John Weteland sets record of 24 consecutive saves |
1996-07-17 |
Yank John Weteland blows save after record 24 consecutive saves |
1996-08-10 |
Dare & Go ends Cigars record tying victory streak at 16 |
1996-08-18 |
Record 6,654 tap at Macy's Tap-o-mania in NYC |
1996-09-14 |
NY Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 HRs by a catcher |
1996-09-18 |
Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts |
1996-09-29 |
Balt Orioles end season with record 257 HRs |
1996-10-13 |
NY Jet Nick Lowrey breaks Jan Stenerud NFL field goal record at 374 |
1996-10-13 |
Yanks (3) & Orioles (3) combine to tie play off record of 6 HRs |
1996-10-19 |
Braves beat NY Yanks by record tying 11 runs, 12-1 in a World Series |
1996-10-20 |
Wasim Akram & Saqlain Mushtaq gets cricket Test record 313 for 8th wkt |
1996-10-22 |
NY Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8) |
1996-10-23 |
NY Yankees set record by coming back from 6-0 in World Series game to beat Atlanta Braves 8-6, also set record of 7th straight road win |
1996-10-24 |
Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yanks win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses) |
1996-11-19 |
Albert Belle, signs record five-year, $55 million with White Sox |
1996-12-04 |
Orlando Magic tie NBA record of fewest ponts scored since inception of 24 second clock losing to Cleveland Cavalier, 84-57 |
1996-12-22 |
Steelers' Kordell Stewart runs quarterback record 80 yds for TD |
1997-02-20 |
SF Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9M 2 year contract |
1997-04-30 |
Atlanta Braves win record 19 games in April |
1997-04-30 |
Tino Martinez hits record 34 RBIs in April |
1997-08-10 |
Atlanta Braves sign Greg Maddux to record 5 year, $575 Million deal |
1997-09-23 |
Seattle Mariners break record for most HRs in a year (258) |
1997-09-25 |
Britain's Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (714 mph) |
1997-10-03 |
Japan's maglev train breaks world speed record at 280.3 mph |
1997-10-13 |
Andy Green's Jet-powered car reaches record 749.69 MPH |
1997-10-15 |
Britain's Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (763.035 mph) |
1997-10-21 |
Elton John's tribute to Diana, Princess of wales, breaks world record, 318 million dist |
1997-10-27 |
Dow Jones crashes record 554 pts to 7161 |
1997-11-14 |
Disney's "Lion King" sets Broadway record of $2,700,000 daily sale |
1997-11-18 |
Mavericks' A C Green ties Randy Smith's NBA record of 906 cons games |
1997-11-18 |
Rare black pearl necklace auctioned for record $902,000 |
1997-11-20 |
Mavericks' A C Green sets NBA record of 907 consecutive games played |
1997-12-12 |
Japanese train builders (Maglev) claim world speed record at 332 MPH |
1997-12-12 |
Red Sox sign Pedro Martinez to record 6 year $69 million contract |
1997-12-22 |
Nancy Kerrigan & Tonya Harding pre-record a show to air on FOX on Feb 5 |
1998-01-09 |
Anatoly Solovyov & Pavel Vinogradov spacewalk record 3 hrs 8 mins |
1998-02-05 |
Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record |
1998-05-06 |
Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his 5th career start. |
1998-12-31 |
US movie box office hits record $6.24 billion for year |
1999-02-23 |
Hip Hop artist Eminem releases his first major record album 'The Slim Shady LP' (Grammy 2000 - Rap album) |
1999-05-03 |
Stephen Hendry defeats Mark Williams 18-11 to win the World Snooker Championship for a record seventh time. |
1999-06-06 |
In Australian Rules Football, Tony Lockett breaks the record for career goals, previously 1299 by Gordon Coventry and which had stood since 1937. |
1999-08-26 |
Michael Johnson breaks the 400 metres world record with a time of 43.18 seconds. |
2000-06-14 |
Greg Maddux makes his 387th putout, breaking Jack Morris' career record |
2000-06-19 |
Tiger Woods wins golf's US Open by 15 shots, a record for all majors, with a US Open to-par record score of -12 |
2000-08-21 |
Tiger Woods wins golf's PGA Championship to become the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win 3 majors in a calendar year. He ties the to-par record for the PGA (-18) with Bob May, and wins in a playoff |
2000-10-07 |
The last ever competitive soccer match at Wembley Stadium is a 1-0 defeat of England by Germany and the last goal was scored by Liverpool's Dietmar Hammann. The match was Tony Adams' 60th at Wembley setting the record for most appearances at the stadium. |
2001-10-05 |
Barry Bonds hits his 71st home run, breaking Mark McGwire's record of 70 for the most home runs hit in a single season (Bonds would end up with 73 in total) |
2001-12-19 |
A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia. |
2001-12-26 |
Crude oil prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) record one of their largest 1-day jumps of the year as traders become convinced that OPEC will follow through on production cuts |
2002-06-13 |
Scotty Bowman wins his 9th Stanley Cup as a coach, an NHL record, and retires |
2002-09-08 |
Texas Rangers set a major league record by homering in their 26th consecutive game as Texas falls to the Tampa Bay |
2002-09-09 |
Pitcher Randy Johnson reaches 300 strikeouts for the fifth consecutive season, extending his major league record |
2002-12-18 |
2003 California recall: Then Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier. |
2003-05-26 |
Only three days after a previous record, Sherpa Lakpa Gelu climbs Mount Everest in 10 hours 56 minutes. The tourism ministry of Nepal confirms this record in July that year. |
2003-11-12 |
With 501 km/h (311 mph) Shanghai Transrapid sets up a new world record for commercial railway systems. |
2004-02-16 |
The Pittsburgh Penguins lose their 12th consecutive home game, a NHL record |
2004-05-21 |
Sherpa Pemba Dorjie climbs Mount Everest in 8 hours 10 minutes, breaking his rival Sherpa Lakpa Gelu's record from the previous year. |
2004-05-22 |
The U.S. town of Hallam, Nebraska, is wiped out by a powerful F4 tornado that broke a width record at an astounding 2.5 miles wide. It also kills one local resident. |
2004-10-01 |
Baseball: Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki gets his 258th hit of the season, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old single-season record. |
2005-06-14 |
Asafa Powell of Jamaica sets a new Men's 100 meters world record of 9.77 at the Athens Olympic Stadium |
2005-07-24 |
Lance Armstrong retires after winning a record seventh consecutive Tour de France victory (stripped for doping in 2012) |
2005-10-19 |
Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb. |
2005-10-22 |
Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms. |
2005-12-30 |
Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin. |
2006-01-01 |
Sydney, Australia swelters through its hottest New Years Day on record. The thermometre peaked at 45 degrees celsius, sparking bushfires and power outages. |
2006-02-12 |
A powerful winter storm blankets the Northeastern United States dumping 1 to 2 feet of snow from Washington DC up to Boston, Massachusetts. The storm dumped a record 26.9 inches of snow in New York City. |
2007-04-03 |
Conventional train world speed record: a French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record. |
2007-08-07 |
Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks baseball great Hank Aaron's record by hitting his 756th home run. |
2007-08-22 |
The Storm botnet, a botnet created by the Storm Worm, sends out a record 57 million e-mails in one day |
2007-12-29 |
Tom Brady sets a then-NFL record, throwing his 50th TD pass, and the New England Patriots become the first team in NFL history to finish the regular season 16-0. |
2008-02-23 |
a B-2 Spirit of the USAF crashes at Guam. The crew survived but the aircraft was written off, making it the most expensive air crash in human history (the aircraft alone cost $1.2Bn). The B-2 had a perfect safety record before the crash; not one B-2 ever crashed. |
2008-03-22 |
The French Swimmer Alain Bernard sets the world record of 47.50 for the 100 m freestyle long course after winning the European LC Championships 2008. |
2008-05-31 |
Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal (+1.7m/s) 9.72 seconds. |
2008-08-16 |
Usain Bolt sets a new 100 metres dash world record of 9.69 seconds at the Beijing 2008 summer olympics. |
2009-07-05 |
123rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Roger Federer beats Andy Roddick (5-7 7-6 7-6 3-6 16-14), winning a record 15th Grand Slam titles |
2009-10-18 |
QB Tom Brady throws five second quarter touchdowns against the Tennessee Titans, an NFL record for touchdown passes in one quarter |
2010-10-13 |
The 2010 Copiapó mining accident in Copiapó, Chile comes to an end as all 33 miners arrive at the surface after surviving a record 69 days underground awaiting rescue. |
2011-05-22 |
An EF5 Tornado strikes the US city of Joplin, Missouri killing at least 158 people, the single deadliest US tornado since modern record keeping began in 1950. |
2011-10-29 |
Record-breaking snowstorm in the northeastern United States leaves nearly 2 million residents without power for more than 36 hours. |
2012-02-20 |
Scientists successfully regenerate Silene stenophylla from a 31,800 year old piece of fruit, greatly surpassing the previous record of 2,000 years |
2012-03-17 |
Wales defeat France to record their eleventh Grand Slam in the Six Nations Championship |
2012-03-30 |
American Mega Millions lottery hits a world record lottery amount of 640 million dollars |
2012-04-03 |
Spanish unemployment reaches record high, youth unemployment stands at 50% |
2012-05-02 |
Barcelona football player Lionel Messi breaks the European goal-scoring record with 68 goals |
2012-05-11 |
Chinese scientists break world record by transferring photons over 97 kilometers using quantum teleportation |
2012-06-03 |
Tiger Woods' 73rd PGA tour victory equals Jack Nicklaus's record |
2012-06-04 |
Japan's stock market plummets to record lows with the S&P/TOPIX 150 reaching its lowest level since 1983 |
2012-06-15 |
Apple I computer sells for a record $374,500 |
2012-07-03 |
Antonio Esfandiari wins a record $18.3 million in poker after winning the 2012 World Series of Poker $1,000,000 Buy-In |
2012-07-28 |
Ye Shiwen of China sets world record in the women's 400m individual medley in 4:28.43 |
2012-08-05 |
General Motors signs a record breaking $559 million marketing deal with Manchester United |
2012-12-10 |
Norwegian Magnus Carlsen breaks Garry Kasparov's 13-year Elo rating record |
2013-03-29 |
Soyuz TMA-08M sets a new record of 6 hours in orbit before docking with the International Space Station |
2013-05-07 |
The Dow Jones Industrial average and S&P 500 set record highs |
2013-05-11 |
Bayern Munich set a new Bundesliga points record of 91 |
2013-09-20 |
Alex Rodriquez sets new MLB record with 24 Grand Slam home runs for the New York Yankees |
2013-11-17 |
Sebastian Vettel wins a record breaking eighth consecutive Formula One race in the 2013 United States Grand Prix |
2014-02-08 |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen equals the Winter Olympics medal record with 12 |
2014-07-08 |
Germany defeat Brazil by a record 7-1 to make it to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final |
2014-07-08 |
Miroslav Klose breaks the World Cup goal scoring record with 16 goals |
2015-04-21 |
Japan's maglev train sets world record: 603 kph |
2015-11-19 |
Richie McCaw: All Blacks great retires after record 148 caps |
2016-01-03 |
Jimmy Butler of the Chicago Bulls breaks Michael Jordan's team record for points in a half Butlerscored 40 points in the second half. The Bulls won the game 115-113 over the Toronto Raptors. |
2016-01-26 |
After Setting iPhone Record, Apple Forecasts Rare Sales Drop |
2016-02-25 |
Curry Ties NBA Record, Now Has 3s in 127 Consecutive Games |
2016-03-12 |
NASA Says Scott Kelly, Record-Setting Astronaut, Will Retire |
2016-04-11 |
Warriors Tie Record With 72nd Win, End Spurs' Home Streak |
2016-04-14 |
Golden State Warriors: 73rd win breaks Chicago Bulls' NBA record |
2016-08-09 |
Pogba joins United from Juventus for world record fee |
2016-08-11 |
Oil prices fall on US crude inventory build, record Saudi output |
2016-08-12 |
Michael Phelps's 13th Individual Gold Breaks an Ancient Record |
2016-08-17 |
Biles wins floor exercise for record-tying 4th Olympic gold |
2016-11-21 |
Jimmie Johnson Ties Record With Seventh Nascar Championship |
2017-01-20 |
Obama grants 330 more commutations, bringing total to a record 1715 |
2017-02-06 |
Pats' Brady named Super Bowl MVP after record comeback |
2017-04-06 |
'Pink Star' Diamond Sells For $71 Million, Smashing Auction Record |
2017-04-10 |
Russell Westbrook Breaks Oscar Robertson's Triple-Double Record vs. Nuggets |
2017-05-20 |
Cavs set NBA record with 41-point halftime lead |
2017-05-22 |
Drake wins record 13 Billboard Music awards |
2017-06-19 |
Brooks Koepka caps a record week with US Open title |
2017-08-21 |
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Record - Notable Birthdays
Record - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1851-05-20 |
Emile Berliner, Germany, inventor (flat phonograph record) |
1863-12-25 |
Charles Pathé, French pioneer of film and record industries (d. 1957) |
1872-04-25 |
Charles Burgess Fry, cricketer/world record long jumper |
1877-10-20 |
Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Coaching for a Record |
1895-07-04 |
Walderman Marx, cricketer (S Af, 240 on FC debut (then world record)) |
1900-08-11 |
Charles William Paddock, Texas, American athlete and 100m record breaker (Olympic-2 gold-1920) (d. 1943) |
1901-04-14 |
Alfred West, champion cyclist/record hair splitter (17 splits) |
1910-08-05 |
Nan Gindele, US javelin thrower (World Record 1932-38) |
1914-08-14 |
Sydney Wooderson, miler (world record 1937) |
1916-03-10 |
Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill, record producer |
1916-12-06 |
Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (d. 1986) |
1918-01-13 |
Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer |
1918-08-06 |
Norman Granz, American record producer (d. 2001) |
1919-09-15 |
Fausto Coppi, Italian bicylist (world record 45,798 km) |
1920-05-16 |
Dave Philley, Paris, Texas, Major League Baseball switch-hitter (record 9 straight pinch hits), (d. 2012) |
1921-01-20 |
Connie Haines, Record Party |
1921-03-23 |
Donald Campbell, The Price of a Record |
1921-06-03 |
Henry Stone, The Record Man |
1921-11-15 |
Ken Norris, The Price of a Record |
1922-05-05 |
Jay D Miller, record producer |
1922-07-27 |
Bob Thiele, record producer |
1923-01-05 |
Sam [Samuel] Phillips, Florence Alabama, record producer and founder of Sun Records (launched Elvis Presley's career) |
1923-05-12 |
Ewart G Abner, record company executive |
1923-11-23 |
Angelo John Novarese, record company founder |
1926-01-03 |
George Martin, record producer (The Beatles) |
1927-02-09 |
Robert E. Dugan, Beaver Joins a Record Club |
1927-10-10 |
Clairmonte Depeiaza, cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955) |
1927-10-17 |
Wolf Koenig, Glenn Gould: On the Record |
1928-11-22 |
Phil Diskin, Permanent Record |
1929-04-05 |
Joe Meek, English record producer |
1929-11-28 |
Berry Gordy, Detroit, record company owner (Motown) |
1931-01-31 |
Christopher Chataway, British MP/athlete (world record 5k) |
1932-01-26 |
Coxsone Dodd, Jamaican record producer |
1932-04-04 |
Clive Davis, American record producer |
1933-05-25 |
Biddy Baxter, Free Fall Record Breaker |
1934-02-05 |
Henry 'Hank' Aaron, Mobile Alabama, baseball player (record 755 HRs, 1957 NL MVP) |
1934-04-05 |
Tina Maria Stone, runner (1 year distance record of 15,472 miles) |
1935-04-18 |
Paul A Rothchild, record producer |
1935-11-15 |
Peter John Welding, record producer |
1936-9-01 |
Don Record, Rio Lobo |
1937-05-12 |
Beryl Burton, UK, won record (7) women's cycling titles |
1938-04-29 |
Klaus Voormann, German musician, artist, and record producer |
1938-07-03 |
Shin Geum Dan, North Korea, 400m/800m runner (1962 world record) |
1939-10-02 |
Yoshisada Sakaguchi, The Record of the Lodoss War |
1939-11-29 |
Domenico Monardo, American record producer |
1939-12-26 |
[Harvey] Phil Spector, record producer (Wall of Sound) |
1940-05-03 |
Konrad "Conny" Plank, German record producer and musician |
1940-12-23 |
Eugene Record, US singer (Chi Lites-Give it Away) |
1940-12-23 |
Eugene Record, The Great Gatsby |
1941-02-03 |
Neil Bogart, American record executive (d. 1982) |
1941-06-30 |
Mike Leander Farr, record producer |
1942-04-03 |
Rick Sylvester, parachute ski jumper (world record 3,300') |
1942-12-15 |
Billy Record, Bigfoot |
1943-02-21 |
David Geffin, Brooklyn NY, record producer (Geffin, Asylum) |
1943-12-01 |
Andrew Dow, Record Breaking Steam Trains |
1944-02-29 |
David Briggs, record producer |
1944-06-09 |
23 puppies, (record litter) born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler Penn |
1944-06-09 |
record litter of 23 puppies is born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler Penn |
1944-12-17 |
Ference Bene, Hungary, record 12 soccer goals (Olympic-gold-1964) |
1947-01-12 |
Tom Dempsey, NFL record-holder (longest field goal, 63 yards) |
1947-08-16 |
John Howard, (US), speed record (152.284 mph at Bonneville Flats, UT) |
1948-01-03 |
Manfred Kokot, East German runner (world record 50 m indoor) |
1949-07-10 |
John Whitehead, American singer and record producer |
1950-05-01 |
Marina Stepanova, Russian hurdler (world record 1986) |
1950-07-29 |
Maricica Puica, Romania, 2K runner (world record) |
1951-01-08 |
Peter Liechti, The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy |
1951-04-28 |
Danni Heylen, Het record |
1951-09-19 |
Daniel Lanois, Canadian record producer |
1952-02-29 |
Raul Gonzalez, Mexican 50K speed walker (world record) |
1952-06-28 |
Pietro Mennea, Italian runner (200m world record), (d. 2013) |
1952-07-06 |
Jamie Spears, Britney: For the Record |
1953-02-13 |
Suleiman Nyambui, Tanzanian runner (world record 5k indoor) |
1953-03-26 |
Tatyana Providokhina, Russian 1K runner (world record) |
1953-05-01 |
Glen Ballard, American songwriter and record producer |
1954-03-03 |
Chris Hughes, London, English record producer and rock drummer (Adam & The Ants) |
1955-02-12 |
Bill Laswell, American bassist and record producer |
1956-07-15 |
Toshihiko Seko, Japanese runner (world record 25/30 km) |
1956-11-08 |
Steven Miller, American record producer |
1956-12-27 |
Doina Melinte, Romanian running star (world record 1500 m/mile indoor) |
1957-04-06 |
Maurizio Damilano, Italian speed walker (30K World Record) |
1957-06-09 |
Elly van Holly, running star (3k indoor world record) |
1957-12-27 |
James Sanford, US runner (world record 50m indoor) |
1958-08-04 |
Mary Decker Tabb Slaney, NJ, olympic track star (mile record 4:16.71) |
1958-08-27 |
Stalking Cat [Dennis Avner], Flint, Michigan, body modifier (world record holder in body modification), (d. 2012) |
1958-12-08 |
Yutaka Izubuchi, The Record of the Lodoss War |
1959-02-06 |
Ken Nelson, English record producer |
1959-06-06 |
Jimmy Jam, American record producer |
1959-07-15 |
Shep Pettibone, American record producer |
1959-07-30 |
Petra Felke, German DR, javelin thrower (world record 1988) |
1959-11-09 |
Andy Kershaw, Record Breakers |
1960-05-11 |
Jorgen Schult, German FR, discus thrower (world record 1986) |
1960-07-06 |
Jozef/Josef Pribilinec, Czech, speed walker (world record 10K) |
1960-10-14 |
Steve Cram, English runner (world record mile/2 km) |
1960-10-28 |
Landon Curt Noll, Astronomer, Cryptographer and Mathematician: youngest to hold the world record for the largest known prime 3 times |
1960-12-12 |
Roberto Cenci, Lo show dei record |
1961-02-21 |
Yobes Ondieki, Kenya, 10K runner (world record) |
1961-03-14 |
Grigoriy Kornev, Russian speed walker (world record 5 km) |
1961-07-26 |
Yolanda Chen, Moscow Russia, triple jumper (indoor record) |
1961-09-28 |
Yordanka Donkova, Bulgaria, 100 m hurdler (world record) |
1961-12-10 |
Mark McKoy, Canadian track star (world record 50m indoor) |
1961-9-23 |
Alan Boyce, Permanent Record |
1962-04-29 |
Robert Druppers, runner (world record 1 km indoor) |
1962-05-06 |
Adam Yellin, American record producer |
1962-05-12 |
Brett Gurewitz, American songwriter and record producer (Bad Religion) (Epitaph) |
1962-06-18 |
Jan[ice] Merrill, track star (US record long distance holder 1979) |
1962-07-26 |
Galina Chistyakova, Russian jumper (world record 1988) |
1962-08-03 |
Tina Lehtola, Finland, women's ski jumper (world's record holder) |
1962-08-26 |
Roger Kingdom, US 60m hurdler (world record) |
1962-10-01 |
Trevor Baxter, record holder for high jumping with a skateboard |
1962-12-11 |
Kim Linehan, swimmer (1979 1500m World record) |
1962-12-24 |
Nobuteru Yûki, The Record of the Lodoss War |
1963-01-11 |
Petra Schneider, E German swimming star (world record 400m) |
1963-03-01 |
Dan Michaels, American musician and record producer |
1963-03-10 |
Rick Rubin, American record producer |
1963-07-20 |
Paula Ivan, Romanian runner (world record mile) |
1963-09-23 |
Gabriele Reinsch, German DR, discus thrower (world record 1988) |
1963-10-01 |
Mark McGwire, Race for the Record |
1963-11-10 |
Michael Anthony Powell, Philadelphia, long jumper (world record 1991, Olympic-silver-88, 92) |
1963-12-11 |
Jon Brion, American musician/record producer |
1964-04-23 |
Martin Lopez-Zubero, Spanish backstroke swimmer (world record 200m) |
1964-05-05 |
Heike Henkel, German FR, world record indoor high jumper (1992) |
1964-05-24 |
Elizabeth McColgan, British running star (world record 5 km indoor) |
1964-08-08 |
Harry Lee "Butch" Reynolds, US, 400m runner (world record) |
1964-10-01 |
Max Matsuura, Japanese record producer |
1964-10-06 |
Thomas "Tom" Hunter, US 50M FREESTYLE swimmer (world record) |
1964-12-08 |
Sandy Burnett, English record producer |
1964-12-16 |
Heike Drechsler, Gera German DR, sprinter (1988 world record) |
1965-01-06 |
Christine Wachtel, E German running star (world indoor record 800m) |
1965-02-18 |
Dr. Dre, [Andre Romelle Young], Compton, California, American rapper and record producer |
1965-04-19 |
Suge Knight, American record producer |
1965-05-02 |
Catarina Raacke, The Record |
1965-05-20 |
Bruno Marie-Rose, French runner (world record 200 m indoor) |
1965-05-25 |
Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria high jumper (world record 1987) |
1965-08-08 |
Angus Fraser, 400 Not Out! - Brian Lara's World Record Innings |
1965-09-12 |
Silke Horner, German DR, swimmer (world record 100m-breast stroke) |
1966-03-03 |
Dmitri Volkov, Russian swimmer (world record) |
1966-03-19 |
James "Big Jim" Wright, American record producer |
1966-07-20 |
Tracey Mcfarlane, US breaststroke swimmer (US record 100m) |
1967-01-03 |
Joseph Amor, San Jose, video game record holder (Space Invaders) |
1967-01-22 |
Nicholas Gillingham, British swimmer (world record 200m freestyle) |
1967-04-11 |
Stefan Johnstown, Norwegian speed walker (world record 20 km) |
1967-06-30 |
Sheila Hudson, US triple jumper (US record 1992) |
1967-10-13 |
Javier Sotomayor, Cuban jumper (world record 1989) |
1967-11-24 |
Jon Hein, John Reznikoff & United Record Pressing |
1968-03-27 |
Irina Belova, Russian pentathelete (world record 1992) |
1968-07-02 |
Mark Tewsksbury, Canada swimmer (world record backstroke) |
1968-08-06 |
Chris Boardman, English cyclist (world 1 hour record) |
1968-11-12 |
Irina Privalova, Russian runner (indoor world record 50/60m) |
1968-11-16 |
Melvin Stewart, US butterfly swimmer (200m record) |
1968-12-01 |
Anders Holmertz, Swedish free style swimmer (world record 400m) |
1968-12-03 |
Montell Jordan, American singer and record producer |
1969-01-13 |
Andre Cason, US runner (world record 50 indoor) |
1969-01-28 |
Giorgio Lamberti, Italian free style swimmer (world record 200m) |
1969-02-10 |
Laurie Dhue, For the Record |
1969-02-15 |
Bryan Williams, American record executive and rapper |
1969-03-04 |
Jason Townsend, American artist and record producer |
1969-06-25 |
Alina Ivanova, Ukraine, race walker (indoor 3K world record) |
1969-08-01 |
Graham Thorpe, 400 Not Out! - Brian Lara's World Record Innings |
1969-09-04 |
Alexander Coe, Welsh DJ and record producer |
1969-10-29 |
DJ Sammy, Put the Needle on the Record |
1969-11-03 |
Robert Miles, Swiss record producer, composer and musician in trance and ambient music. |
1969-11-04 |
Sean Combs [Puff Daddy], New York City, rapper/record producer (Come to Me, I'll be Missing You) |
1970-04-18 |
Heike Friedrich, East Germany swimmer (world record 200m) |
1970-06-26 |
Irv Gotti, American record producer |
1970-12-09 |
Kara DioGuardi, American songwriter, record producer, and singer |
1971-04-09 |
Wang Yang, youngest Olympic record breaker at age 17 (Oly-1988) |
1971-05-27 |
Marisol Thomas, My Secret Record |
1971-09-01 |
Moses Kiptanui, Kenyan 3K runner (world record) |
1972-01-27 |
Dave Stewart, Bono and The Edge: Off the Record |
1972-02-09 |
Norbert Rosza, Hungarian swimmer (100m freestyle record) |
1972-04-25 |
Jae-hwan Ahn, Record |
1972-09-23 |
Jermaine Dupri, Asheville, NC, record producer & rapper (Grammy - We Belong Together) |
1972-12-10 |
Dimitri Tikovoi, French-born record producer |
1973-05-07 |
Kristian Lundin, record producer |
1973-07-11 |
Mikala Krogh, The Newsroom: Off the Record |
1973-08-14 |
Kieren Perkins, Australian free-style 1500m swimmer (world record) |
1973-9-16 |
Desi Relaford, Race for the Record |
1975-01-23 |
Pedro Castro, Britney: For the Record |
1977-06-08 |
Kanye West, Atlanta, Georgia, American rapper and record producer |
1978-10-28 |
Benn Jordan, Britney: For the Record |
1978-9-06 |
Gianluca Cerasola, Astrosamantha, the Space Record Woman |
1979-05-22 |
Ned Record, The South's Last Rebel |
1980-12-15 |
Dan Latham, Britney: For the Record |
1982-02-16 |
Laura Lynne Covington, Britney: For the Record |
1982-03-16 |
Björn Last, (Why does my Father sell his) Record Collection? |
1983-08-18 |
Daniel Keith Swain (Danny!), American record producer/hip-hop artist |
1983-09-26 |
Samantha Hammel, American record producer and actress |
1983-11-07 |
Jay Silverman, The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy |
1984-06-10 |
Simon 'Bones' Palacio, World Record |
1984-10-25 |
Danny .S., English record producer |
1984-12-10 |
Brian McGinn, The Record Breaker |
1986-04-09 |
Brian Larsen, American musician and record producer |
1988-08-24 |
Josh Armstrong, Just for the Record |
1989-03-03 |
Erica Morningstar, Canadian Swimmer, and record holder. |
1989-12-07 |
Frank Ortega, The Record Girl |
Record - Notable Weddings
Record - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1978-07-06 |
Country singer Tammy Wynette (36) weds record producer George Richey (42) in Florida |
1984-01-28 |
Mr Glynn Wolfe marries for non-bigamous record 26th time, Las Vegas |
1989-09-16 |
Singer Natalie Cole marries record producer Andre Fisher |
1990-07-17 |
Record producer Berry Gordy (60) weds Grace Easton |
1992-03-22 |
Record producer Lou Adler weds Paige Hannah (Daryl's sister) |
1992-04-26 |
Rapper and record producer Ice Cube (22) weds Kimberly Woodruff |
1995-04-30 |
Country singer Rosanne Cash (39) weds record producer John Leventhal (42) |
2003-12-07 |
Queen of hip-hop soul, Mary Jane Blige (32) weds record producer Kendu Isaacs in Bergen County, New Jersey |
2008-06-22 |
Record producer Timbaland (37) weds Monique Idlett (33) in Aruba |
2013-10-12 |
Grammy award-winning record producer Pharrell Williams (40) weds model Helen Lasichanh in Miami, Florida |
2014-05-24 |
Rapper and record producer Kanye West (36) weds model Kim Kardashian (33) at Fort di Belvedere in Florence, Italy |
Record - Divorces
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
2010-12-28 |
Film and record company executive Justin Siegel (23) divorces actress-singer Emmy Rossum due to irreconcilable differences after a year-and-a-half of marriage |
Record - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1915-05-07 |
Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Coaching for a Record |
1930-06-13 |
Henry Segrave, British racing driver who held land speed records and the water speed record (b. 1896) |
1933-07-11 |
Edward Dillon, The Record Breaker |
1949-01-01 |
Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63 |
1960-01-02 |
Fausto Coppi, Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at 40 |
1966-02-01 |
Nicholas Piantanida, sets balloon flight record & dies in descent |
1978-09-06 |
Tom Wilson, American record producer (b. 1931) |
1978-11-25 |
Elaine Esposito, American woman who hold the record for longest coma (b. 1934) |
1980-10-30 |
Don Record, Rio Lobo |
1981-03-26 |
Tim Wall, cricketer (SA v NSW 1933 is Sheffield Shield record), dies |
1981-04-07 |
Kit Lambert, British record producer and manager (The Who) (b. 1935) |
1982-05-08 |
Neil Bogart, American record executive (b. 1943) |
1984-12-30 |
Massa, oldest gorilla on record (b. 1930) |
1986-05-01 |
Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1916) |
1986-09-07 |
Ruth Polsky, record promoter, dies after being run over by a cab at 30 |
1986-10-19 |
Moses Asch, record founder (Folkways), dies at 81 |
1986-12-17 |
Ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer |
1987-02-02 |
Alfred Lion, record founder (Blue Note), dies at 78 |
1987-03-19 |
Tony Stratton-Smith, journalist/record co CEO (Charisma), dies at 53 |
1987-12-18 |
Conny Plank, German record producer and musician (b. 1940) |
1988-03-10 |
Glenn Cunningham, US world record miler, dies at 78 |
1989-04-15 |
Nesuhi Ertegün, American record executive (b. 1917) |
1991-04-09 |
Martin Hannett, record producer (b. 1948) |
1993-01-26 |
Robert E. Dugan, Beaver Joins a Record Club |
1993-03-04 |
Art Hodes, Russ/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies |
1994-09-12 |
Major Bill Smith, record producer, dies at 72 |
1994-10-31 |
Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer, dies at 76 |
1995-03-21 |
Norman Schwartz, record Producer, dies at 66 |
1995-03-29 |
Carl E Jefferson, record company owner, dies at 74 |
1995-03-30 |
Paul A Rothchild, record producer, dies at 59 |
1995-10-10 |
Jimmy Nash, record company owner, dies at 47 |
1995-10-10 |
John Rodolph, wheelchair-race world record holder, hit by truck at 31 |
1995-11-02 |
Florence Greenberg, record company founder, dies at 82 |
1995-11-15 |
Kristian Lundin, record producer, dies at 22 |
1995-11-17 |
Peter John Welding, record producer, dies at 60 |
1995-11-26 |
David Briggs, record producer, dies at 51 |
1996-01-30 |
Bob Thiele, record producer, dies at 73 |
1996-03-23 |
Jay D. Miller, record producer, dies at 73 |
1996-04-14 |
Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill, record producer, dies at 80 |
1996-04-18 |
Michael Leander Farr, record producer, dies at 55 |
1996-06-23 |
Angelo John Novarese, record company founder, dies at 72 |
1998-01-07 |
Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915) |
1999-04-01 |
Jesse Stone, American record producer (b. 1901) |
1999-05-17 |
Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian record producer and musician (b. 1949) |
2000-08-25 |
Jack Nitzsche, American record producer (b. 1937) |
2003-05-30 |
Mickie Most, English record producer (b. 1938) |
2003-07-30 |
Sam Phillips, American record producer (b. 1923) |
2004-11-19 |
Terry Melcher, American musician and record producer (b. 1942) |
2005-05-13 |
Eddie Barclay, French record producer (b. 1921) |
2005-07-22 |
Eugene Record American songwriter and singer (The Chi-Lites) (b. 1940) |
2005-07-22 |
Eugene Record, The Great Gatsby |
2005-10-01 |
Ken Norris, The Price of a Record |
2007-07-23 |
Ron Miller, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1933) |
2008-03-24 |
Neil Aspinall, British record producer (b. 1941) |
2008-08-21 |
Jerry Finn, American record producer (b. 1969) |
2008-09-08 |
Jae-hwan Ahn, Record |
2008-09-22 |
Connie Haines, Record Party |
2008-12-17 |
Freddy Breck, German schlager singer, composer, record producer and news anchor (b. 1942) |
2009-07-04 |
Allen Klein, American record label executive (b. 1931) |
2011-08-10 |
Billy Record, Bigfoot |
2011-11-28 |
Andrew Kazdin, classical record producer, dies at 77 |
2011-12-03 |
Philip Burrell, influential Jamaican record producer, dies of a heart attack at 57 |
2014-04-04 |
Peter Liechti, The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy |
2014-06-26 |
Wolf Koenig, Glenn Gould: On the Record |
2014-08-07 |
Henry Stone, The Record Man |
2015-04-24 |
Andrew Dow, Record Breaking Steam Trains |
2015-12-23 |
Emmanuel Yarborough, former Guinness record holder and UFC competitor, dies at 51 |
2017-12-16 |
Kevin Robinson, former BMX rider who set world record in 2008, dies at the age of 45 |
