The oldest competitive ballroom dance is Frederick Salter (UK b. 13 February 1911) who passed his IDTA Gold Bar Level 3 examinations in Latin and Ballroom with Honours at the age of 100 years 245 days, in Eltham, London, UK, on 15 October 2011. Frederick performed the Rumba, Cha Cha, Samba and Paso dances for his Latin examination and the Waltz, Quickstep, Tango and Foxtrot for Ballroom. He achieved a score of 99.75 out of 100 in both the Ballroom and Latin categories.
There are two male drivers who were issued with new driving licenses at age 104: Fred Hale Sr (USA) (b. 1 December 1890 d.19 November 2004) was issued with a driving license in February 1995 at age 104, and drove until it expired on his 108th birthday in 1998. He became the oldest living man in the world and died aged 113 years 354 days. Layne Hall (USA), whose date of birth is uncertain (b. 24/25 December 1884 or 15 March 1880) was issued with
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Xavier Marshall (Jamaica) hit 12 sixes in a 118-ball innings of 157 not out for the West Indies vs. Canada at Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Ontario, Canada, on 22 August 2008.
Muttiah Muralitharan (b. 17 April 1972, Sri Lanka) has taken 515 wickets in 18,169 balls, at an average of 23.07 runs per wicket, in 337 One-Day Internationals since 1993.
The most flavours of ice cream displayed together is 985 and was achieved by Michael and Matthew Casarez (both USA) at Crook’s Palace Restaurant in Black Hawk, Colorado, USA, on 17 July 2011. The flavours ranged from vanilla to mango habanero to cinnamon cider bourbon, and were displayed together for 5 minutes.
The most holes of golf played in seven days (cart) was 2,000 by Geno Bonnalie (USA) at Lewiston Country Club in Lewiston, Idaho, USA, from 27 June to 3 July 2011. Geno averaged 71.802 per round on a par 72 course with a round low for the week was 64 which included 9 birdies and eagles.
The largest number of dominoes stacked on one single piece was 1,036 achieved by Alexander Bendikov (Belarus) in Minsk, Belarus, on 5 July 2011. Aleksander Bendikov is also the current record holder for 48819 Most coins balanced – pyramid.
The most dominoes toppled by an individual is 321,197 and was achieved by Liu Yang (China) at Citic Guoan Grand Epoch City in Beijing, China, on 31 December 2011. Liu Yang set up the 321,200 dominoes from 23 November to 31 December 2011. The attempt was part of the New Year’s Eve celebrations aired by Beijing TV station on 31 December 2011.
Nadya Suleman (USA) claimed headlines across the world on 26 January 2009 when she gave birth to six boys and two girls at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Bellflower, California, USA. The babies were conceived with the aid of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) treatment and were nine weeks premature when they were delivered by Caesarean section. Suleman was born in Fullerton, California. She is the only child of Angela Victoria (born 1940) and Assyrian Iraqi American Edward Doud Suleman (born 1942). Her parents married in
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The longest dancing dragon is 5,568.46 m (18,269 ft 2.3 in), achieved by The City of Markham, Ontario, Canada, the City of Zhongshan, China and The Cross-Cultural Community Services Association (TCCSA), at the Markham Civic Centre, in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on 30 September 2012. The head of the dragon was made of traditional materials, which included papier-mâché, foam and faux fur (for the beard) and held together by a wire frame. The rest of the dragon’s body and tail were made of waterproof nylon. The
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