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.
Wimbledon's longest match: John Isner victorious as marathon match finally ends. Forty bottles of water, 12 energy bars, seven racquets, three bananas and eight hours 18 minutes later, the curtain finally came down on that set, ending this unforgettable first round match, the likes of which will surely never be seen again.