John Isner (USA) and Nicolas Mahut (France) began playing their first-round match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships at 6pm on Tuesday 22 June 2010. But after two hours and 52 minutes, the matched was stopped due to fading light to resume on Wednesday 23 June. The two continued on to a fifth set when play was suspended again due to fading light. The match ended 24 June 2010 after 11 hours and five minutes.
The longest reigning monarch in the world is King Bhumibol Adulyadej, King Rama IX of the Chakri dynasty, of Thailand. He ascended to the throne on 9 June 1946, although his formal coronation did not take place until 5 May 1950. He has reigned without interruption for over 63 years. He was born on 5 December 1927.
The longest reign of any European monarch was that of Afonso I Henrique of Portugal who ascended the throne on 30 April 1112 and died on 6 December 1185 after a reign of 73 years 220 days, first as Count and then (after 25 July 1139) as King. Contrary to press reports following the death of Ranier III, Prince of Monaco on 6 April 2005, he is not the longest-serving monarch in Europe, having become the ruling prince in 1949 – a total of 56
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The longest red carpet at a film premiere was achieved by the world premiere of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 in London, UK, on 7 July 2011. Warner Bros created a Red Carpet which stretched from Trafalgar Square to Leicester Square – a total of 455 m (1,492 ft 9.35 in).
The longest red carpet is 5.35 km (3.32 miles) long and was achieved by Gera Arcaden and Michael Bilinger (both Germany), and measured on 3 November 2014. The carpet was made in honour of the Gera Arcaden’s 15th anniversary.
Mt Etna is a stratovolcano on the Italian island of Sicily. With a summit height of around 3,329 m (10,921 ft 9 in) it is the largest active volcano in Europe. It is also one of the world?s most active volcanoes, and has erupted around 200 times since its first recorded eruption in 1500 BCE.
The longest RCP Mini-Z race track is 134.8 m (442 ft 3.08 in) long and is owned and operated by Catz-Sports GmbH (Germany), in Stapelfeld, Hamburg, Germany, as ascertained on 30 October 2010. The Mini Z is a popular line of 1:28-scale electric radio-controlled cars. The Catz-Sports GmbH race track is located in a converted tennis hall. It is open every day of the week and requires the payment of an entrance fee. Race cars may be hired in the facility. After the verification by
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The longest documented range at which a tank has scored a hit on another is 4.1 km (2.54 miles) by a British Challenger tank of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards during the land offensive of the Gulf War (24 to 28 February 1991). The Iraqi tank was a Russian-made T-55.
The greatest range at which one ship’s guns have successfully hit another vessel is 24 km (15 miles), a feat that occurred twice during the second world war. On 8 June 1940 the German ‘pocket battleship’ Scharnhorst hit the British aircraft carrier Glorious at that range in the North Atlantic, while a month later on 9 July, during the battle of Calabria the British battleship HMS Warspite hit the Italian flagship Guilio Cesare at a similar distance. Both are remarkable feats of gunnery considering that
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The longest ramp-to-ramp back flip on a motorcycle is 39.49 m (129 ft 7 in) by Cameron Sinclair (Australia) at the Crusty Demons Night of World Records at Calder Park Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on 29 March 2008.