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A Woman, For The First Time, Has Been Appointed As The General Manager (GM) Of A Team Sports Operation In A Major Men’s Professional League In North America. Ms. Kim Ng, Age 51, Who Will Also Become The First Asian-American GM In The Baseball Major League History, Was Appointed As The General Manager For The Miami Marlins.

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Jonny Davies, AkA Stunter Jonny, Has Broken The Wheelie World Speed Record, In August 2020, While Doing A Handlebar Wheelie At The Motorcycle Wheelie World Championship In North Yorkshire. Jonny, Age 28, From County Durham, North East England, Got Up To A Speed Of 109.2mph With His Legs Above The Handle Bar. Cool!

Ansu Fati, Age 17 Years And 311 Days, Became Spain’s Youngest Goalscorer In The Soccer Match In Madrid, On Sunday (9/6/2020), Against Ukraine. Ansu, The Barcelona Player, Broke The 95-Year Record Set In 1925 By Juan Errazquin, Who Was 18 Years And 344 Days Old When He Struck Three Times Against Switzerland.

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A Former NFL Player, Jason Wright, Age 38, Has Been Named The First Black President Of A Team In The National Football League (NFL). Jason Is Now The President Of Washington’s Football Team, Formerly Called The Washington Redskins. The Team, After Decades Of Backlash Over Its Former 87-Year-Old Name, Changed Its Name In July Of 2020.

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, For The 2nd Year In A Row, Has Been Named The Highest-Paid Male Actor. The Rock Is Said To Have Earned $87.5m Btw 6/1/2019 And 6/1/2020. The 2nd And 3rd Positions Went To Ryan Reynolds ($71.5m) And Mark Wahlberg ($58m). Other Top 10 Male Earners Include, E.G., Ben Affleck, Vin Diesel, Will Smith, And Jackie Chan.

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An American, Derrick Lewis, Aka “Black Beast,” Has Become The First UFC Heavyweight Fighter To Have The Most Knockouts In UFC Heavyweight History, With A Total Of 11 Knockouts. Derrick Cemented The Record By Knocking Out His Latest Opponent, Aleksei Oleinik, In The Second Round At The “UFC Vegas 6” Event On Saturday The 8th Of August 2020.

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The World’s Longest Cartoon Show, According To The Guinness World Records, “Sazae-san,” Which First Aired In 1969, Has Been Interrupted By Coronavirus, Forcing The Broadcast Of Re-Runs For The First Time Since 1975. The 30 Minutes Show, Aired Sunday Nights, Is Said To Be Very Popular In Japan.

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Gui Khury, Age 11, From Brazil Has Broken A Skateboarding World Record By Landing The First 1080-Degree Turn On A Vertical Ramp. This Comes 20 Years After The Legendary Tony Hawk Made The First 900-Degree Turn. Khury’s Success May Be Attributed To Lots Of Practice Due To School Closures, In Brazil, Because Of The Coronavirus Pandemic.

The New Action Movie On Netflix, Called “Extraction,” Played By Thor, I Mean Chris Hemsworth, Has Just Become The Most Watched Netflix Original Film With About 90 Million Views Over A Span Of 4 Weeks. This Surpasses The 73 Million Views Held By The Movie, “Murder Mystery” (2019). No Surprise Here For Me After Watching The Movie, Extraction.

Tom Cruise, Age 56, Will Be The First Actor In The World To Actually Do A Movies Aboard The International Space Station (ISS). This Was Confirmed By NASA’s Director, Jim Bridenstine, On Tuesday, 5/5/2020. Could Tom Cruise Be Part Of The Astronauts Being Launched From US Soil, Later This Month, For The First Time In ~10 Years? Stay Tuned!!

“1917,” A 2019 Movie Directed By Sam Mendes, Is Being Hailed By Critics As The Best War Movie Since “Saving Private Ryan” (1998). The Movie Centers Around 2 British Soldiers, Schofield (Played By George MacKay) And Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman), Sent To Deliver A Message To Save 1,600 British Soldiers, Which Includes Blake’s Brother, From A Deadly Ambush.

Two Major Movie Franchises, Wick 4′ And ‘Matrix 4,’ With A Common Character, Keanu Reeves, Is Set To Be Released On The Same Day Of May 21st, 2021. And The Internet Has Dubbed The Release Date “Keanu Reeves Day.” This May Be The First Time That Such Blockbuster Releases Have Ever Happened In The World. Looking Forward To The Movies!

The King Of Pop, Michael Jackson, Record Of Having The Highest American Music Awards (AMAs) Has Been Shattered By Taylor Swift On Sunday, 11/24/19. Taylor Swift Now Has 29 AMAs As Compared To Micheal Jackson’s 26. Swift, Who Won Her First AMA in 2007, Was Also Honored As The Artist Of The Decade. Cool!

Lionel Messi Of Barcelona, With The Goal On 10/23/19, Against Slavia Praha, Became The First Player To Score In 15 Consecutive European Champions League Campaigns Dating Back To The 2005-06 Season. The Goal, Against Slavia Praha, Also Tied Him Up In Ranks With Real Madrid Stars, Raúl And Cristiano Ronaldo For Scoring Against 33 Teams.

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Eliud Kipchoge, A Three-time Olympic Medalist From Kenya, Just Made History On 10/12/19 By Running A Marathon (26.2 Miles) In Under 2 Hours (1:59:40) In Vienna, Austria. This Comes 65 Years After Sir Roger Bannister Broke Record By Running A Mile In Under 4 Minutes In 1954. Eliud Record, However, Will Not Be officially Recognized In An Assisted Event.

Simone Biles Has Broken A World Record By Having The Highest Gold Medals (21) In The Women’s Gymnastics History. And Is Just 3 Medals Shy Of Surpassing The All-time World Medals Gymnast Leader, A Male, Belarusian Vitaly Scherbo. Simone Also Added 2 Moves During The Recent US Fifth Consecutive Win In The 2019 World Championship In Germany.

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The 13-Year 78-Games Winning Streak For The American Basket Ball Team Has Been Truncated By Australia. The Aussies, Ranked No. 11, Beat The No. 1 Ranked USA Team By 98-94 In Front Of A Crowd Of More Than 52,000--The Largest Crowd To Ever Watch Basketball At The Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. Well, Congrats To Them.

Simone Biles, A Four-Time 22 Year Old Olympic Gold Medalist, Was The First Female Gymnast, On 8/11/19, To Do The Triple-Double In Competition, And Just The Third Athlete Ever. Biles Was Also The First Woman To Successfully Attempt The Double-Double-Dismount In Competition. Her Performance Earned Her A Record-Tying 6Th U.S. All-Around Title.

Carli Anne Lloyd, The American World Cup Soccer Player, Who Is A Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist (2008 And 2012), And A Two-Time FIFA Player Of The Year (2015 And 2016), Has Added To Her List Of Accomplishments By Setting The Record Of Scoring In A Sixth Consecutive World Cup Match, Dating From The 2015 Tournament In Canada. Congrats!

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The USA Female Soccer Team Just Made History When They Recorded The Biggest-Ever Win In The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Women World Cup. The USA Team Had A 13 to 0 Win Against Their Opponent From Thailand In The 2019 FIFA Women World Cup Currently On Going In France.

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