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Alan Ross McWhirter (12 August 1925 – 27 November 1975) was, with his twin brother, Norris, the cofounder of the 1955 Guinness Book of Records (known since 2000 as Guinness World Records) and a contributor to the television programme Record Breakers. He was assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1975. [2]
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
New York is home to 436 Guinness World Record holders, nearly 8% of all the risk-takers in the country and second only to California's 615. New Yorkers land spots in 2025 Guinness World Records ...
Dunlop Illustrated Encyclopedia of Facts This later became the "Guinness Book of Answers" Get To Your Marks (1951, with Ross McWhirter) Guinness Book of Records (1955–1975, with Ross McWhirter) Guinness Book of Records (1976–1985) Guinness Sports Record Book (1977–1978) Book of Millennium RecordsISBN 1-85227-805-6; Personal
Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove;November 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist.Walker is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records. [1]
Multiple record could be set at this year's Oscars on March 2, 2025. ... Karla Sofía Gascón in 2025. Amy Sussman/Getty Images. ... According to Guinness World Records, Martin Scorsese is the ...
As of March 2025, it remains unfinished and unoccupied. Goldin Finance 117 and other failed skyscraper projects in China were responsible for the government banning construction of buildings over 500 metres (1,640 feet). [3] [4] If ever completed, Goldin Finance 117 will be one of China's last 500+ m towers for the foreseeable future. [5] [4]
It was taken using a decommissioned Marine Corps jet hangar (Building #115 at El Toro) transformed into the world's largest camera to make the world's largest picture. The hangar-turned-camera recorded a panoramic image of what was on the other side of the door using the centuries-old principle of "camera obscura" or pinhole camera. An image of ...