Skydiving pro Felix Baumgartner on Sunday successfully jumped 24 miles to Earth, breaking a world record set more than 50 years ago.
In 2001, more than 40 million people gathered on the main bathing day at Allahabad, breaking a world record for the biggest human gathering.
Last year, arrivals from western Europe dropped by 3%, despite the attractions of a weaker dollar and a record-breaking year for world tourism.
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The 2010 tournament offers Parreira an opportunity to coach at a record-breaking sixth World Cup.
The "Colne Cyclone" has twice been part of a world-record breaking team this year - in the team pursuit final at the Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne and on Thursday, as part of the Great Britain Olympic team, setting a new world-record time during the men's team pursuit track cycling qualifier.
The chairman of the ODA John Armitt said the velodrome would be a "world-class cycling venue with a record-breaking track for events in 2012 and the legacy of first-class facilities to help create the next generation of Olympic champions".
In October, Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier in a 24-mile space jump, breaking the world record for the highest altitude skydive.
The 31-year-old former World Player of the Year has made a record-breaking 110 appearances for his country scoring 31 international goals.
Felix Baumgartner has made history by breaking the world record for the highest-ever skydive, jumping from a balloon more than 39km (128, 000 ft) up in the stratosphere.
June was expected to be a quiet time in New York auction houses, a time for the art world to digest the many record-breaking prices set at the May auctions.
According to both groups of researchers, most areas of the world had higher than average temperatures in 2012 while the Arctic experienced a record breaking ice melt.
Dave Moorcroft's time of 13 minutes 00.41 seconds - a world record at the time - has stood since July 1982 and Farah knows breaking 13 minutes is the least he needs to do to be a medal contender at next month's World Championships in Berlin.
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