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aug 6, 1926 - Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel

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Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to swim the English Channel – an achievement in itself, and one made all the more impressive by the fact that she swam it faster than any of the five men who had gone before her.
On August 6, 1926

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aug 6, 1926
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~ 99 years ago