Timeline

2018-10-31

Statue of Unity · 182 m metres · Kevadia, Gujarat, India (Narmada river island)

2018-10-24

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge · 55 kilometres · Hong Kong SAR – Zhuhai, Guangdong – Macao SAR, China

2018-09-16

Kevin Mayer · 9126 points · Talence, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

2018-07-20

Beatrice Chepkoech · 8:44.32 s · Stade Louis II, Fontvieille, Monaco

2018-06-01

Summit supercomputer · 122.3 PFLOPS (petaflops) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA

2018-03-01

Veryovkina Cave · 2212 m · Arabika Massif, Abkhazia region, Caucasus

2017-11-15

Salvator Mundi (painting) · 450,312,500 USD · Christie's, New York City, USA

2017-07-22

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) · over 100,000 tons · Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia (commissioning); Newport News, Virginia (construction)

2016-08-28

Anita Włodarczyk · 82.98 m · Warsaw, Poland

2016-08-14

Wayde van Niekerk · 43.03 seconds · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2016-08-13

Michael Phelps · 23 gold medals

2016-05-04

IBM Quantum Experience · First achievement · Yorktown Heights, New York, USA

2016-04-01

SR 520 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge · 2,349.55 m · Lake Washington, Washington State, USA

2016-01-01

Gotthard Base Tunnel · 57 km · Swiss Alps, Switzerland

2016-01-01

FAST · 500 m · Guizhou Province, China

2016-01-01

Michael Phelps · 28 Olympic medals

2016-01-01

Greenland shark · about 392 years

2016-01-01

Arctic tern · about 96,000 km

2015-12-21

Falcon 9 rocket · First achievement · Landing Zone 1, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA

2015-09-14

LIGO Scientific Collaboration · First achievement · LIGO Livingston Observatory, Louisiana, and LIGO Hanford Observatory, Benton County, Washington, USA

2015-08-29

Ashton Eaton · 9045 points · Beijing, China

2015-07-14

New Horizons · 2015 year · Pluto

2015-06-20

First World Hotel · 7,351 rooms · Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia

2015-04-21

Series L0 Maglev (A07) · 603 km/h · Yamanashi, Japan

2015-01-01

Qin Liangyu TBM (S-880) · 17.63 m · Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok Link, Hong Kong

2014-11-12

Philae · 2014 year · Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

2014-10-24

Alan Eustace · 41422 metres · Roswell, New Mexico, United States

2014-06-17

British Guiana One-Cent Magenta · about 9,480,000 USD · New York City, USA

2014-01-01

Malala Yousafzai · 17 years · Oslo, Norway

2013-09-16

Daocheng Yading Airport · 4411 m · Haizi Mountain, Daocheng County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China

2013-01-01

Indianapolis Motor Speedway · 235,000 seats · Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

2013-01-01

Ming the ocean quahog clam · 507 years · Off the north coast of Iceland

2013-01-01

BELAZ-75710 mining dump truck · 450 metric tonnes

2013-01-01

Sweden · 267570 islands · Sweden

2012-08-25

Voyager 1 · 2012-08-25 date · Heliosphere boundary

2012-08-09

David Rudisha · 1:40.91 s · London

2012-08-01

Russky Bridge · 1104 m · Eastern Bosphorus Strait, Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia

2012-07-01

Three Gorges Power Station · 22,500 MW MW · Sandouping, Yichang, Hubei Province, China

2012-06-23

Ashton Eaton · 9039 points · Eugene, Oregon, United States

2012-06-06

Herbert Nitsch · 253 m · Off Santorini, Greece

2012-06-05

The Great Wall · 21,196.18 km kilometres · China

2012-05-09

Sam Groth · 263 km/h · Busan, South Korea

2012-02-03

Victoria boliviana · up to 3.2 m · La Rinconada Gardens, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

2012-02-01

Tokyo Skytree · 634 m · Sumida, Tokyo, Japan

2012-01-01

Australian Kangaroo One Tonne Gold Coin · 1,012 kg · Perth, Western Australia, Australia

2012-01-01

Keret House · 92 cm · Between Chłodna and Żelazna Streets, Warsaw

2012-01-01

Jakobshavn Isbræ (Sermeq Kujalleq) · over 46 m/day · Jakobshavn Isbræ (Sermeq Kujalleq)

2011-12-12

King Fahd International Airport · 780 km² · near Dammam, Saudi Arabia

2011-11-28

Makkah Royal Clock Tower clock face · 43 m · Makkah Royal Clock Tower, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

2011-08-01

Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Station · 254 MW · Sihwa Lake embankment, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, Korea