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Friday, October 23, 2009

Flying with Gertrude Ederle

Today is Gertrude Ederle's birthday. She was the first woman to swim the English Channel. She did it in 1926. It took her 14 hours and 30 minutes! She had a hearing impairment.

The English Channel is 21 miles long.

Read more about her at www.//biographybase.com/biography/Ederle_Gertrude.html

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