tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719380254523669458.post3707938494736288829..comments2024-02-07T10:24:50.882+00:00Comments on The Modern Historian: On this day in history: First man swims across the English Channel, 1875Borkimanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334367163579800571noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719380254523669458.post-34668290214257463122008-10-05T19:23:00.000+01:002008-10-05T19:23:00.000+01:00Thanks for the commentsThanks for the commentsBorkimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334367163579800571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719380254523669458.post-10762280872690538842008-08-28T18:19:00.000+01:002008-08-28T18:19:00.000+01:00Oh that's sad. He shound have quit while he was a...Oh that's sad. He shound have quit while he was ahead! He'll always be remembered as the "first" though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719380254523669458.post-64585379598043177302008-08-26T23:20:00.000+01:002008-08-26T23:20:00.000+01:00Wow what a sad ending to that story! Swimming the ...Wow what a sad ending to that story! Swimming the channel is such a great achievement especially when nobody has successfully gone before you. I live right near Dover and I know just how cold and uninviting that water is ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719380254523669458.post-26082767171261669722008-08-25T01:43:00.000+01:002008-08-25T01:43:00.000+01:00These men had to always go one better with sad res...These men had to always go one better with sad results at times.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887495757366973130noreply@blogger.com