United States Guinness Records in 1979

This is a compilation of 5 United States Guinness records in 1979. You may want to take a look at our complete list of United States Guinness Records broken down by year.

When	Record name	What	Who
24 August 1979	Longest distance swimming in relay	240 kilometre(s)	Matthew Howard, Todd Primmer, John Kocher, Sue Meckley, Dave Schilling, Matt Murphy
13 April 1979	Longest marathon playing table tennis, doubles	101/1/11 hour(s):minute(s):second(s)	Unknown
25 January 1979	First human killed by a robot	first first	Robert Williams
1979	Most NHL All-Star selections	21 total number	Gordie Howe
1979	Most hat-tricks in an NHL career	50 total number	Wayne Gretzky

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United States Guinness Records in 1979

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