<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Ederle" id="mwiw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gertrude Ederle">Gertrude Ederle</a> becomes the first woman to swim across the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Channel" id="mwjA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="English Channel">English Channel</a>.