Several significant family events took place during Lincoln's youth in Indiana. On October 5, 1818, Nancy Lincoln died of milk sickness, leaving eleven-year-old Sarah in charge of a household that included her father, nine-year-old Abraham, and Dennis Hanks, Nancy's nineteen-year-old orphaned cousin.
In 1977, Meier set the world record for longest filibuster. From the floor of the Texas Senate, Meier spoke mostly uninterrupted for 43 hours to fight a bill he viewed as an attack on the state's open records laws. The achievement was recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records for well over a decade.
Longest doubleheader. On May 31, 1964 (what is it about May games?), the Giants played a 23-inning game against the Mets at Shea Stadium. On its own, it was seven hours and 23 minutes long, but it was also the second game of the longest doubleheader in MLB history. In nine hours and 52 minutes, the teams played 32 total innings (the first game was a comparatively bite-sized nine).