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swimming and diving - events| 24–25 August 1875 | UK, France | The English swimmer Matthew Webb, a captain in the British Merchant Navy, becomes the first person to swim the English Channel. He takes 21 hours and 45 minutes to cross from Dover, England, to Calais, France. | | 1952 | USA, world | The butterfly stroke, developed by US swimmers in the 1930s and used in breaststroke races, is recognized and regulated as a separate stroke by the Fédération Internationale de Natation Amateur (International Swimming Federation or FINA). | | 29 July 1978 | USA, UK, France | Penny Dean, a 23-year-old Californian, swims the English Channel in a new world record time of 7 hours 42 minutes. |
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