This enviable record would have been maintained but for a great and unexpected disaster which struck the world with murderous stealth.

Kerr, who set the world record earlier this month in New York with a clocking of 1.09.3, wiped out Mills's early pace and beat the young Big 10 quarter-mile king by 5 yards.

The crowd at the twenty-first annual K. of C. Games, final indoor meet of the season, got a thrill a few minutes earlier when a slender, bespectacled woman broke the one-week-old world record in the half-mile run.

Bradman fulfilled his promise in the 1930 series when he scored 974 runs at 139. 14, which remains a world record Test series aggregate.

In the timeless Fifth Test at The Oval, the highlight was Len Hutton's then world record score of 364 as England made 903-7 declared.

Bradman's men were greeted by packed crowds across the country, and records for Test attendances in England were set in the Second and Fourth Tests at Lord's and Headingley respectively ; the crowd at Headingley remains a record, and it was there that Australia set a world record by chasing down 404 on the last day for a seven-wicket victory.

The West Indies would go on to record resounding Test series wins over Australia and England and dominated world cricket until the 1990s.

* The current world record was set in 1999 at 100 picokelvins ( pK ), or 0. 000 000 000 1 of a kelvin, by cooling the nuclear spins in a piece of rhodium metal.

* 1938 – English cricketer Len Hutton sets a world record for the highest individual Test innings of 364, during a Test match against Australia.

* 1901 – Peter O ' Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of The record will stand for 20 years.

* 2007 – Conventional-Train World Speed Record: a French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.

* The world income per head has increased by more over period 2002 – 2007 than during any other period on the record.

* Botanischer Garten ( Botanical Garden ), where Titan arum set a world record

BCG is one of the most widely used vaccines in the world, with an unparalleled safety record.

Lara amassed his world record 501 in 474 minutes off only 427 balls.

He is the only player to break the world record twice.

* Lara holds the world record of scoring most runs in a single over ( 28 runs against left-arm spinner RJ Peterson of South Africa ) in Test cricket.

* Carin Cone ( born 1940 ), an American swimmer, Olympic medalist, world record holder, and gold medal winner from the Pan American Games

The world record for the largest concrete pour in a single project is the Three Gorges Dam in Hubei Province, China by the Three Gorges Corporation.

The world record for concrete pumping was set on 7 August 2009 during the construction of the Parbati Hydroelectric Project, near the village of Suind, Himachal Pradesh, India, when the concrete mix was pumped through a vertical height of.

The world record for the largest continuously poured concrete raft was achieved in August 2007 in Abu Dhabi by contracting firm Al Habtoor-CCC Joint Venture and the concrete supplier is Unibeton Ready Mix

The world record for largest continuously poured concrete floor was completed 8 November 1997, in Louisville, Kentucky by design-build firm EXXCEL Project Management.

In the modern world, written calendars are no longer an essential part of such systems, as the advent of accurate clocks has made it possible to record time independently of astronomical events.

Donald Campbell was born in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, the son of Malcolm, later Sir Malcolm Campbell, holder of 13 world speed records in the 1920s and 30s in the famous Bluebird cars and boats, and his second wife, Dorothy Evelyn née Whittall.

Hyperbolae in the physical world: three cones of light of different widths and intensities are generated by a ( roughly ) downwards-pointing halogen lamp and its holder.

Jacques Mayol ( April 1, 1927 – December 22, 2001 ) was the holder of many world records in free diving.

The only woman to exceed 5 metres is Russian women's world-record holder Yelena Isinbayeva, who reached that height in 2005 and who has in total broken the women's world-record ( indoor and outdoor ), 27 times, culminating in her current world record of 5. 06 metres obtained in 2009 at Letzigrund in Zurich.

Japan Post was often said to be the largest holder of personal savings in the world.

Former world record holder Willie Banks

** Alain Mosconi, French swimmer, Olympic medalist and previous world record holder

** Scott Safran, Arcade game world record holder ( b. 1967

* Jonathan Edwards ( athlete ) ( born 1966 ), British triple jumper, world record holder and TV presenter

The current decathlon world record holder is American Ashton Eaton, who scored 9, 039 points at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials.

However, in 2001 the IAAF approved scoring tables for women's decathlon ; the current world record holder is Austra Skujytė of Lithuania.

It is organised by former 10, 000m world record holder David Bedford as Race Director and Nick Bitel as Chief Executive.

This helps to ensure that the accomplishments of lifters like Lamar Gant, who has deadlifted 5 times his bodyweight, are recognized alongside those of Benedikt Magnusson, the current All-time deadlift world record holder.

A wicket in that over would have given New Zealand victory, and Hadlee a world record 374th test wicket, breaking current holder Ian Botham's record.

Cross country world champion and record holder Lornah Kiplagat, one of many prominent Nilotic distance runners.

Percy Alfred Williams, OC ( May 19, 1908 – November 29, 1982 ) was a Canadian athlete, winner of the 100 m and 200 m races at the 1928 Summer Olympics and a former world record holder for the 100 metres sprint.

The Great Dane is one of the world's tallest dog breeds ; the current world record holder, measuring from paw to shoulder is Zeus.

In this record race he beat the reigning Olympic champion and former world record holder Peter Snell of New Zealand.

Current mile World records in athletics | world record holder Hicham El Guerrouj ( left ) at the start of a race

* Saïd Aouita, was ranked among the world's best at all distances between 800 metres and 5000 m in the 1980s, a gold medalist at the 1984 Olympics, and like Nurmi, was the world record holder for 1500 m, 3: 29. 46 in 1985, and 5000 m, 13: 00. 40 in 1985 and 12: 58. 39 in 1987

* Bernard Barmasai, steeplechase world record holder

* Brahim Boulami, steeplechase world record holder

* Hicham El Guerrouj, double gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and the reigning world record holder for the 1, 500 metres, 3: 26. 00, the mile 3: 43. 13 and 2, 000 metres, 4: 44. 79.