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.

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.

For example, at over 1. 9 years, over a billion times longer than the current estimated age of the universe, bismuth-209 ( atomic number 83 ) has the longest known alpha decay half-life of any naturally occurring element.

For example, at over 1. 9 years, over a billion times longer than the current estimated age of the universe, bismuth-209 ( atomic number 83 ) has the longest known alpha decay half-life of any naturally occurring element.

Their marriage lasted 58 years, the longest Canadian pre-Confederation marriage known.

The longest and best known of these is " El Curioso Impertinente " ( the impertinently curious man ), found in Part One, Book Four.

However, the Laudatio Turiae, the longest known Ancient Roman epitaph exceeds almost all of these at 180 lines ; it celebrates the virtues of a wife, probably of a consul.

Geelong holds a number of league records including the longest winning streak in AFL / VFL history ( 23 games ); the most goals kicked in a single game ( on two occasions-37. 17 ( 239 ) against Brisbane in 1992 and 37. 11 ( 233 ) against Melbourne in 2011 ); the highest score recorded in a single game ( 37. 17 ( 239 ) against Brisbane in 1992 ; the highest-ever aggregate season total for points scored ( 3, 334 points in 1992 ); the record for restricting an opponent to the lowest ever score in a game ( St Kilda 0. 1 ( 1 ) in 1899 ); the most consecutive 100-point victories ( 3 games in a row, in 1989 ); the longest winning streak in interstate games ( 12 games ) and achieved the longest home ground winning streak in VFL / AFL history — 29 games straight at Simonds Stadium ( also known as Kardinia Park ).

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.

* Lord Mayor's Show, one of the longest established and best known annual events in London which dates back to 1535.

Many unknown but also known artists such as Thierry Noir and Keith Haring painted on the Wall, the “ World's longest canvas ”.

The world's longest mountain system is known as Ocean Ridge, which is a chain of mountains that runs on the seafloor of five oceans around the world ; it has a length of, and the total length of the system is.

Opened in 1957, the bridge ( familiarly known as " Big Mac " and " Mighty Mac ") is the third longest in total suspension in the world and the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western hemisphere.

* 1972 – In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.

Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa ( known by its acronym LHS, English: Broad gauge metallurgy line ) in Sławków is the longest broad gauge railway line in Poland.

One of the longest stalactites viewable by the general public is in Doolin Cave, County Clare, Ireland, in a karst region known as The Burren ; what makes it more impressive is the fact that the stalactite is held on by a section of calcite less than.

This makes < sup > 128 </ sup > Te the isotope with the longest half life among all radionuclides, which is approximately 160 trillion ( 10 < sup > 12 </ sup >) times the age of known universe.

Zanzibar also is the only place in Eastern African countries to have the longest settlement houses formally known as Michenzani flats which were built by the aid from East Germany during 1970's to solve housing problems in Zanzibar.

The longest mass flowering interval known is 130 years, and is found for all the species Phyllostachys bambusoides ( Sieb.

They established among the longest surviving artistic, musical and spiritual traditions known on Earth.

The first widely known ski jumping competition was the Husebyrennene, held in Oslo in 1879, with Olaf Haugann of Norway setting the first world record for the longest ski jump at 20 metres.

This procession is known as the " Lord Mayor's Show " and is one of the longest established and best known annual events in London.

Vodarica Pit is the longest cave in Velebit at 300 m, Precipice on Bunovac ( 534 m ) is the deepest object in Central and South Velebit.

The main stem of the Pit River is long, and some water in the system flows to the Sacramento River measuring from the Pit River's longest source.

At the time the 42 mile 1078 yards, block section between Lady Victoria Pit and Hawick was the longest on the British Railway network.

From Glasgow to the Star Pit and Stuttgart: A short journey around the world's longest fish.

According to the timeline of Slave Pit, Inc., Michael Derks joined the band in 1988, making him the second longest ( after Dave Brockie ) serving member of Gwar.

The truck stop was under the management of Robert and Bonnie Morton, of New Point, for the longest time, thus giving it the name Bob's Truck Stop.

The longest canal pound in the United Kingdom is between the stop lock on the Trent and Mersey Canal at Preston Brook ( Dutton Stop Lock No 76 ) and the start of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal near Leigh ( Poolstock Bottom Lock No 2 ), a distance of.

The Siege of Kenilworth Castle in 1266 was " probably the longest in English history " according to historian Norman Pounds, and at the time was also the largest siege to have occurred in England in terms of the number of soldiers involved.

Denver's longest play of the game was just 21 yards, which occurred on their opening drive.

In her " capitalism peace theory ," Ayn Rand held that the major wars of history were started by the more controlled economies of the time against the freer ones and that capitalism gave mankind the longest period of peace in history — a period during which there were no wars involving the entire civilized world — from the end of the Napoleonic wars in 1815 to the outbreak of World War I in 1914, with the exceptions of the Franco-Prussian War ( 1870 ), the Spanish-American War ( 1898 ), and the American Civil War ( 1860-1863 ), which, notably, occurred in perhaps the most liberal economy in the world at the peak of the industrial revolution.

Many rebellions by its native Miao people occurred throughout the Qing Dynasty like the rebellion in 1735, the uprising of 1795-1806 and the longest being the revolt of 1854 – 1873.

It found the longest string of FFs, which usually occurred between the last and first sectors on each track, and began writing the track in the middle of that ; also it assumed that any long string of FF bytes was a sync sequence and introduced the necessary short pauses after writing each of them to the copy.

Mayon Volcano's longest uninterrupted eruption occurred on June 23, 1897 which lasted for seven days of raining fire.

The longest All-Star Game — in terms of innings — lasted 15 innings, which has occurred twice: 1967 and 2008.

The longest period of time where there have been no known living supercentenarian in the world ( since the first verifiable case in the late 19th century ) occurred between 14 October 1932, when Katherine Plunket died, and 20 August 1952, when Betsy Baker turned 110-a period of nearly 20 years.

* The longest baseball game played at Citizens Bank Park to date occurred on May 25, 2011, when the Phillies faced the Cincinnati Reds.

For several years the traffic jam that occurred in 1980 over a long stretch of the French A6 Autoroute between Paris and Lyon was considered the world ’ s longest.

The longest spacewalk occurred on STS-49 in May 1992 during Endeavour < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s maiden flight.

The inauguration of the Supreme Court occurred in 1824, as the did the opening of Cascade Brewery, Australia's longest continuously operating Brewery.

The longest contest between man and tuna fish occurred near Liverpool, Nova Scotia in 1934, when six men taking turns fought a tuna for sixty-two hours.

The line's longest shutdown occurred June 24, 2006 while the Ashmont and Mattapan stations were renovated.

The conflict occurred between 9 April and 10 June 1940, the 62 days of fighting making Norway the nation that withstood a German invasion for the longest period of time, aside from the Soviet Union.

On 20 November 1988 the club set a world record for the longest penalty shootout, which occurred in a league match against Racing Club, the shootout finished 20-19 to Argentinos after 44 penalties were taken.

The first strike for Ethnic studies occurred in 1968, led by the Third World Liberation Front ( TWLF ), a joint effort of the Black Student Union, Latin American Students Organization, Asian American Political Alliance, Pilipino American Collegiate Endeavor, and Native American Students Union at San Francisco State University ); it was the longest student strike in the nation's history, and resulted in the establishment of a School of Ethnic studies, when President S. I.

Joe's most memorable fight occurred on April 17, 1909 in a return bout with Sam McVey in Paris, France that lasted three-and-a-half-hours, and 49 rounds, the longest boxing match of the 20th century, and one of the greatest marathons in boxing history.

The longest of these tours occurred in 1752, when he travelled to just over half of Ireland's counties.

Shockley had a longest run of 40 yards and completed a 56 yard touchdown pass to tight end Martrez Milner for his longest pass play of the season-as both of these highlights occurred in the same game on September 3, 2005 against Boise State.