Guinness World Record holders

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The 2010 World Record for "Largest Pot of Baked Beans" being set at the Alabama Butterbean Festival.

This is a list of Guinness World Record holders, including only those recognized by Guinness World Records Ltd. of London, England.

1950s

1960s

  • November 12, 1965: "Largest object transported by railway," a 106-foot tall reactor weighing 600 tons was transported by rail from Birmingham to Toledo, Ohio. The record still stands. (link)

1980s

  • 1981: "Longest jail sentence (single count)," was 10,000 years, given to Dudley Kyzer for the 1976 murder of his estranged wife, Emily in Tuscaloosa County. He received two additional life sentences without parole for the deaths of two other victims in the same incident. He was most recently denied parole in 2016. The record still stands. (link)

1990s

  • 1992: "Most siblings to obtain a Bachelor degree," 15 of Dan and Helen Fagan's 16 children from Bessemer completed bachelor's degrees between 1969 and 1992. The record still stands. (link)

2000s

  • November 16, 2003: "Most American Music Awards won by a group," given to the country group Alabama with 23 American Music Awards between 1983 and 2003. The record still stands. (link)
  • April 24, 2004: "Largest bubblegum bubble blown," was 20 inches in diameter, blown by Chad Fell at Double Springs High School using three pieces of Dubble Bubble. The record still stands. (link)
  • April 27, 2004: "World's oldest living chicken," Matilda, owned by Keith and Donna Barton was certified by Guinness as the oldest living specimen of Gallus gallus domesticus when she was 11 years old. Matilda died on February 11, 2006 at the age of 16. The current record for "oldest chicken ever" was set on November 30, 2011 by then 22-year-old "Muffy", who lived to 23 years, 152 days. There is no current holder of this record listed. (link)
  • 2006: "Best-selling ringtone oldie" is "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, with 1.2 million sales. The record still stands. (link)
  • September 14, 2007: "Highest number counted out loud," Jeremy Harper counted to 1,000,000 at a pace of 11,200 numbers per day over 89 16-hour days. The record still stands. (link)
  • October 7, 2007: "Most restrictor plate victories, career, NASCAR," the record of 12 was set by Jeff Gordon when he won the UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, besting Dale Earnhardt's record of 11. (link)

2010s

  • September 4, 2010: "Largest pot of baked beans", 1,010.65 gallons of butterbeans, prepared in a custom built 4-foot tall, 86-inch diameter pot by Todd Jackson and his team from Jefferson State Community College at the Alabama Butterbean Festival in Pinson. The current record of 1,479.36 gallons (5,600 liters) was set by Davcev Stojan and DASTO in Sarcievo Village, Macedonia on August 7, 2012. (link)
  • April 17, 2011: "Closest margin of victory, NASCAR race," at 0.002 seconds, was tied by Jimmie Johnson beat Clint Bowyer in the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway. The previous record has been set by Rickey Craven and Kurt Busch in 2003 at the Darlington Raceway, in Darlington, South Carolina. (link)
  • July 27, 2012: "Most people in a Chinese finger trap chain", set by 920 participants of the 2012 Motion Student Conference at Church of the Highlands. The record still stands. (link)
  • August 1, 2012: "Most times for a golfer to score their age or below in 24 hours," set by 71-year-old Bub Kurtz of Scottsdale, Arizona with 5 rounds under 71 during a charity event for Victim Services of Cullman at the Chesley Oaks Golf Course. The record still stands. (link)
  • March 19, 2014: "Largest motorcycle museum", the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum claimed the record by documenting 1,398 unique exhibits on 144,000 square feet of floor area in an 830-acre complex. The record still stands. (link)
  • January 22, 2015: "Most prolific videogame voice actor (female)." Jennifer Hale claimed the record with 168 roles. The record still stands. (link)
  • November 16, 2018: "Largest human image of a shield," created by 394 volunteers for the Salvation Army of Greater Birmingham for the kick-off of their annual fund-raising campaign. The record still stands. (link)
  • April 19, 2015: "Most consecutive wins of Entertainer of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards," given to the country group Alabama with 5 consecutive wins from 1981 to 1985. The record, awarded in 2015, still stands. (link)
  • June 17, 2015: "oldest living person," Susannah Mushatt Jones of Brooklyn, New York, born July 6, 1899 in Lowndes County, was certified as the oldest living person following the death of Jeralean Talley of Inkster, Michigan, 10 days shy of her 116th birthday. She died on May 12, 2016, passing the title to Emma Morano of Verbania, Italy, 146 days her junior and the last living person born in the 19th century.
  • April 10, 2016: "Oldest match-winner on the ITF circuit," 69-year-old Gail Falkenberg of Florida, defeated 22-year-old Rosalyn Small in the first qualifying round of the International Tennis Federation's 2016 ITF Futures tournament in Pelham. The record still stands. (link)
  • June 11, 2016: "Fastest half marathon in a two-person pantomime costume,", set by Donny Barnes and Anthony Parameswaran, wearing a camel costume at the Tallulah Half Marathon in Jasper with a time of 1 hour, 42 minutes, 47 seconds. The record still stands. (link)
  • May 8, 2019: "Largest horn spread on a living steer" and "largest horn spread on a steer ever", claimed by Poncho Via, a 7-year old Texas longhorn raised by Jeral Pope in Goodwater with a measurement of 10 feet, 7.4 inches (323.74 cm) from tip to tip. Both records still stand. (link, link)
  • July 6, 2019: "Waterskiing slalom (women)", Regina Jacquess of Atlanta, Georgia set an International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) record with 4.5 buoys at 10.25 meters during the 2019 Regina Jaquess Open II tournament at LymanLand USA near Duncanville. She broke her own records several times and is the current holder. (link)

2020s

Undated

  • "Largest cave opening," is held by Cathedral Caverns in Marshall County with an opening 126 feet wide and 25 feet high. (link)


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