1884 Fact Sheet

Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country

Record Name Year Country Region Source Inventor Name
Photographic Film 1884 United States North America Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 George Eastman
Rayon 1884 France Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 Louis-Marie-Hilaire Bernigaud, count of Chardonnet
Roller Coaster 1884 United States North America Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 LeMarcus A. Thompson
Skyscraper 1884 United States North America Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 William Le Baron Jenney

Database: Tallest Churches in the World

Record Name Year Complete City Country Church Height (Meters) Height (Feet) Source
Tyska Kyrkan 1884 Stockholm Sweden Tyska Kyrkan 95.7 m 314 ft Wikipedia

Database: Wimbledon Tennis Men's Tournament Winners

Record Name Year Sport Winner Loser Score
1884 Wimbledon Mens Result 1884 Tennis Willie Renshaw Herbert Lawford 60 64 97

Database: Top Supercomputers of the world

Record Name Year Country Manufacturer Source Site Processors Rmax (GFlops) Rpeak (GFlops)
eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz 2007 United Kingdom IBM Top 500 Supercomputer Sites (June 2007) ECMWF 2480 16202 18848
eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz 2007 United Kingdom IBM Top 500 Supercomputer Sites (June 2007) ECMWF 2480 16202 18848
SR11000-J2 2007 Japan HITACHI Top 500 Supercomputer Sites (June 2007) University of Tokyo 128 15811 18841.6

Database: Yearly Total Seasonal Rainfall for Los Angeles

Record Name City State Country Season Total Rainfall (inches) Inches above or below average Source
Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1884-1885 Los Angeles CALIFORNIA United States 1884-1885 9.21 -5.92 National Weather Service
Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1883-1884 Los Angeles CALIFORNIA United States 1883-1884 38.18 +23.05 National Weather Service

Database: US Presidents

Record Name Birth State Religion Political Party Died Country Term Start Term Finish Birthdate Date of Death Inauguration Age Age at Death Number
Truman Mo. Baptist Democrat Died after Office United States 1945 1953 5/8/1884 12/26/1972 60 88 33

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