The longest and most famous of these roads is the Great North Road.

The Aar ( German Aare ), a tributary of the High Rhine, is the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland.

* 1981 – The longest professional baseball game is begun in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Farther north the western depression, known as the Albertine Rift is occupied for more than half its length by water, forming the Great Lakes of Tanganyika, Kivu, Lake Edward and Lake Albert, the first-named over 400 miles ( 600 km ) long and the longest freshwater lake in the world.

* 1972 – First edition of the BBC comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue is broadcast, one of the longest running British radio shows in history.

However the longest continuously-singing group is probably The Whiffenpoofs of Yale University, which was formed in 1909 and once included Cole Porter as a member.

Aberfoyle is also home to the largest Go Ape adventure course in the UK, featuring the longest zip-line in the UK.

Alameda is also known for its Fourth of July parade, which is advertised as the second oldest and second longest Fourth of July parade in the United States.

The other long established club in the city ' Os Galitos ' was founded in 1904 and water related sports such as swimming, sailing and rowing are some of its longest traditional strongest specialities, other sections in the club include chess, basketball, snooker, pool and billiards among others, but rowing is the modality in which the club has a maintained a long and proud tradition going back more than one hundred years, reaching the highest possible excellence as a club with several of its individual and team of rowers having represented Portugal Internationally and at the Olympic games with good classifications on more than a just few occasions.

The Book of Alma is the longest of all the books of the Book of Mormon, consisting of 63 chapters.

The longest east-west extent is about 1, 175 km.

The world's longest beam bridge is Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in southern Louisiana in the United States, at, with individual spans of.

With the span of, the Solkan Bridge over the Soča River at Solkan in Slovenia is the second largest stone bridge in the world and the longest railroad stone bridge.

The longest suspension bridge in the world is the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan.

The longest cable-stayed bridge is the Sutong Bridge over the Yangtze River in China.

* The River Bosna is the longest river in Bosnia and is fully contained within the country as it stretches from its source near Sarajevo to the river Sava in the north.

The longest half-life is the neutron deficient < sup > 77 </ sup > Br at 2. 376 days.

The longest half-life on the neutron rich side is < sup > 82 </ sup > Br at 1. 471 days.

Dividing limits the size of chains-in the case of 4x4 squares, the longest possible chain is four, filling the larger square.

Barcelona is the transport hub with one of Europe's principal ports, Barcelona international airport, which handles above 34 million passengers per year, extensive motorway network and also is a hub of high-speed rail, particularly that which is intended to link Spain with France and the rest of Europe as the second longest in the world.

Bayonne has the longest tradition of bull-fighting in France and there is a ring beyond the walls of Grand Bayonne.

( Until this season, the Spurs and Indiana Pacers shared the NBA's longest active consecutive playoff appearance streak with nine in a row, though San Antonio has qualified for its 10th consecutive appearance during the 2006 – 07 season, while Indiana's playoff streak ended.

The show is currently in its 10th year and as such is the longest running musical ever to play at the Dominion Theatre.

On the 10th March, 2012, Quinn became the Labour Party's longest ever serving Cabinet Minister passing out the tenure in office of Dick Spring.

It formed part of the 10th century parish structure in east Berkshire and in comparison, the 1000 year old royal castle, although the largest and longest occupied in Europe, is a recent development.

Bóbr (, ) is a river which runs through the north of the Czech Republic and the southwest of Poland, a left tributary of the Oder River, with a length of ( 2 in Czech Republic, 270 in Poland, 10th longest Polish river ) and a basin area of ( 46 in Czech Republic and 5, 830 in Poland ).

The 10th had two soldiers killed in the fighting, which was the longest sustained firefight by regular US Army forces since the Vietnam War.

* Longest Home Run: Outfielder Adam Dunn hits the longest home run in Great American Ball Park history on August 10th, 2004 against Jose Lima and the Dodgers.

Alongside some Christian monasteries the waqfs created in the 10th century CE are amongst the longest standing charities in the world ( see for instance the Imam Reza shrine ).

The 10th Marine Regiment was formed up at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia on 25 April 1914 and is the longest serving Marine regiment of unbroken service of all Marine regiments.

By 2001 it was the 10th longest steel arch bridge, and at that time was just short of having Europe's largest span.

August 2011 marked Megan's 10th anniversary with the department store and is the longest held fashion contract in Australia.

As of 2007 it is the world's 8th tallest, 5th longest, and 10th fastest roller coaster.

DeStefano is New Haven's longest serving elected mayor and, should he finish his 10th term, will be New Haven's longest serving mayor.

On October 7, 1965, a wind gust helped golfer Robert Mitera sink history ’ s longest hole-in-one, a ace of the 10th hole at Omaha ’ s Miracle Hill Golf Club.

Tom Weiskopf strikes a 420 yard ( 384 m ) drive in the greenside bunker on the 10th hole at Augusta National — the longest drive in Masters history.

From it came the master general who remained longest at the head of the administration during the 19th century, Père Vincent Jandel ( 1850 – 1872 ).

In the second part of the 20th century hexameter was used in the longest ever poem, Savitri ( book ), written in English by Sri Aurobindo.

The Iran – Iraq War ( also known as the First Persian Gulf War ) was an armed conflict between Iraq and Iran lasting from September 1980 to August 1988, making it the longest conventional war of the 20th century.

In Russia, it survived the longest in Novgorod, probably lasting into the 13th century there.

The American Old West was a mainstay genre of early turn of the 19th to 20th century novels as well as later pulp magazines, and lasted longest of all the traditional pulps.

At the time of his death at the age of 95, his was the longest papacy in Church history until it was surpassed by the 24-year papacy of Pius VI in the late 18th century.

* Great Depression – August 1929 to September 1939: the longest ( and most severe ) recession of the 20th century

In the late 19th century, after the Berlin Conference, European powers began the Scramble for Africa, which inspired the Dervish leader Mohammed Abdullah Hassan to rally support from across the Horn of Africa and begin one of the longest colonial resistance wars ever.

Iraq quickly found itself bogged down in one of the longest and most destructive wars of attrition of the 20th century.

What turned out to be the most popular and longest lasting physical style of telephone was introduced in the early 20th century, including Bell's Model 102.

The longest tachi ( considered a 15th century ōdachi ) in existence is more than 3. 7 meters in total length ( 2. 2m blade ) but believed to be ceremonial.

* July 6 – A lunar eclipse ( umbral duration 236 min and total duration 106 min, the longest of the 20th century ) occurs.

In the beginning of 20th century during World War I, Medina witnessed one of the longest sieges in history.

One of the longest inscriptions is that on the 8th century Eggjum stone, containing cryptic religious or magical allusions.

It is said that Babe Ruth hit one of the longest home runs in history in Wilkes-Barre early in the 20th century.

At six years and seven months, his reign as undisputed middleweight champion is the second longest of the last century, behind only Tony Zale ( although Zale was inactive for four years due to World War II ).

At one stage, Bradman went 13 first-class innings without a century, the longest such spell of his career, prompting suggestions that Bodyline had eroded his confidence and altered his technique.

He was the longest continuously serving Prime Minister in the 20th century until 5 January 1988.

At the ensuing conclave ( the longest of the 20th century ), Ratti was elected Pope on 6 February 1922 on the fourteenth ballot, taking the name of Pius XI.

Godfrey remains the longest serving principal conductor of the orchestra, and his stewardship ensured that, unlike many of the seaside orchestras that functioned from the end of the 19th century up until the outbreak of World War II, the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra established an ongoing tradition of music making.

* Zweihänder, a late Renaissance sword of the 16th century Landsknechts, the longest sword of all

Kirkstall Forge lays claim to being the longest continually used industrial site in Britain founded in the 13th century by the Cistercian monks of the abbey, and a number of printers.

Rainier III, Prince of Monaco ( Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi, Count of Polignac ; 31 May 1923 – 6 April 2005 ), styled His Serene Highness The Sovereign Prince of Monaco, ruled the Principality of Monaco for almost 56 years, making him one of the longest ruling monarchs of the 20th century.

In the UK, where " MacArthur Park " did not top the chart, " Hey Jude " remained the longest number-one hit for nearly a quarter of a century, until it was surpassed in 1993 by Meat Loaf's " I'd Do Anything for Love ( But I Won't Do That )", which ran 7: 58 as a single.

He was England's longest serving bishop since the 14th century and a striking figure of the 19th century Church.