NEW YORK (AP) — A Nigerian chess champion and child
education advocate played chess nonstop for 60 hours in
New York City’s Times Square to break the Guinness World
Record for the longest chess marathon.

Tunde Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1 million for children’s
education across Africa through the record attempt that
began on Wednesday.

He had set out to play the royal game for 58 hours but
continued until he reached 60 hours at about 12:40 a.m.
Saturday, surpassing the current chess marathon record
of 56 hours, 9 minutes and 37 seconds, achieved in 2018
by Norwegians Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad.

The Guinness World Record organization has yet to publicly
comment about Onakoya’s attempt. It sometimes takes weeks
for the organization to confirm any new record.

On April 21, 1865, a train carrying the coffin of assassinated
President Abraham Lincoln left Washington, D.C. on its way
to Springfield, Illinois, where he would be buried on May 4.

President Lincoln’s Funeral Train, Interior – Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper Drawing.

Millions of Americans bade farewell to the assassinated president as his body made a 1,700-mile journey home.

An authentic replica of the coffin President Abraham Lincoln
was buried in sits on display at the Barboursville Public
Library in 2019. 

The TV sitcom Happy Days aired first-run on the
ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July 19, 1984, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning
11 seasons. Created by Garry Marshall, it was one
of the most successful series of the 1970s.

     
    
    
    
    
   
On April 20, 2008, then a 26-year-old Danica Patrick (42) won 
the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Japan,
making her the first female winner in IndyCar racing history.

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