I like doing java programming and going open-water swimming. I did all the
programming for this little applet. It was a lot of fun. Click on my
picture to go for a distance swim. If you choose to swim, do it safely.
Swim in every nation listed in CIA
World Factbook, and the nations of a few aspirant peoples.
Some islands are in dispute and some are without indigenous inhabitants,
and except for historic Wake and Midway Islands and Johnston and Palmyra
Atolls, these are not listed here.
Swimming
Water Safety
Open Water and Photography
All Nations
Daily News of Open Water Swimming
openwaterswimmer.com
United States Masters Swimming
United States Masters Swimming -- long-distance / open water
British Long Distance Swimming Association
Swimming for Fun
World Swim Against Malaria
Swimming Holes -- guide for the USA
Big Jump 2005 -- swimming for cleaner rivers
Ocean Swims -- Pacific swim tourism
brightroom -- sports photography
Ocean Swims
Carina Bruwer, swimmer. Photos by Erica Mofett.
Lisa -- another lake swimmer
Mimi Hughes -- Tennessee distance swimmer
Open Water Swimming
SoloSwims.com
Rob Dyke -- swam around Vancouver Island
Lake Erie Distance Swim -- blind and senior athlete
Lewis Gordon Pugh -- extreme swimmer and environmentalist
Stert Island Swim -- Burnham, Sometset
Amazon -- Peru to Belem
Monte Monfore -- endurance swimmer for social and environmental causes
Monte Monfore
Moraine Lake -- funny
Ohio River Swim
Pennock Challenge -- Alaskan distance swim
Cape Swim -- open water swimming in South Africa
Vintage Male Swimmers -- old photos
UN Swim-for-peace -- 1986-7 promotion
Swimming in the Arctic Circle
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Oregon's North Fork
Geographic north pole
Lewis Gordon Pugh -- Thames
Lewis Gordon Pugh
Open Water Swimming -- triathlete training
Open Water Swimming -- Terry Laughlin
Hudson River swim -- fundraiser
Cliff jumpers -- Astin, Texas
Cliff Backflip
White Mountain Swimming Hole
Livermore Falls
Dewey Beach Patrol -- Delaware
San Diego Lifeguards
Surf City Lifeguards -- New Jersey
Lifesavers Direct
New Zealand Lifeguards
Lyall Bay Lifeguards
California Surf Lifesaving Association
Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service
Lifeguards Ireland
Tierra del Fuego Swimmers
Arctic Photo
David Yudovin
World Lakes
Andrius Jankaitis -- Russian
O E Reitstoen -- photographer
Lin-Mark Sports Photography
US Beachers
Barents Travel, Norway -- thanks
Evert's Photo Gallery
Chad & Diane's Honeymoon, Tahiti.
Dmitri Popov -- Russian nature photographer
Oleg Korsun -- Russian nature photographer
Power Plants Around the World
AnyFlag
Some dates:
Flagdom
Flag-Flying Holidays -- exhaustive list
Flags of Non-Sovereign Nations
Freedom in the World -- 2005
Nationmaster Flags -- images from Flags of the World.
Flag Shag
Vexilla Mundi
Cafe Press -- state flags of various nations
Trek Earth
Trek Lens
Wild Russia
Autonomist / Successionist movements
List of Flags
World Civic Heraldry
Mato Grosso do Sul created: January 1, 1979
Sakhalin officially joins Russia: January 2, 1947
Damian of Molokai born: January 3, 1840
Rio Grande do Sul flag: January 5, 1966
Lipetsk oblast founded: January 6, 1954
Tver (Kalinin) becomes first city in Europe liberated from the Nazis: January 7, 1942
North Mariana Islands commonwealth day: January 8
Cantabria statute of autonomy: January 11, 1981
Asturias and Andalucia statutes of autonomy: January 11, 1982
Amazonas gets a new flag: January 14, 1982
Serbia-Montenegro Slavic New Year: January 14
Ben Franklin born (USA's most famous swimming instructor): January 17, 1706
James Cook discovers Oahu, Kauai, and Niihau: January 18, 1778
Dagestan founded: January 20, 1921
Portland, Oregon incorporated: January 23, 1851
Sao Paulo founded: January 25, 1554
Kemerovo oblast founded: January 26, 1943
Mato Grosso gets its flag: January 31, 1890
Battle of Stalingrad (Volgograd) ends: February 2, 1943
Dallas, Texas, incorporated: February 2, 1856
Darwin, Australia founded (Northern Territory): February 7, 1869
Sami National Day (Lapp international): February 6
Ninety below zero in Siberia (record for inhabited territory): February 6, 1933
Kursk freed from the Nazis: February 8, 1943
Stavropol territory founded: February 13, 1924
Lord Howe Island discovered: February 17, 1788
New Orleans incorporated: February 17, 1805
First Iron Man race, Big Island, Hawaii: February 18, 1978
Alberta celebrates Family Day: Third Monday in February
Buryatia's constitution: February 22, 1994 (celebrated here on Feb. 21)
James Cook discovers Lana'i: February 25, 1779
Tokelau vote on independence: February 26, 2006
Extremadura's statute of autonomy: February 26, 1983
Ingushetia's constitution: February 27, 1994
Rio de Janeiro founded: March 1, 1565
Madrid statute of autonomy: March 1, 1983
Balearics statute of autonomy: March 1, 1983
Minneapolis incorporated: March 1, 1856
Castille-Leon statute of autonomy: March 2, 1983
Saint Piran's Day (Cornwall): March 5
Yuri Gagarin born in Smolensk: March 9, 1934
Yaroslavl region founded: March 11, 1936
Moscow becomes capital: March 12, 1929
Melilla and Ceuta statutes of autonomy: March 14, 1995
Acre (Brazil) gets its flag: March 15, 1921
Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Reunion become overseas departments of France: March 19, 1946
Saint Cuthbert's Day (Durham): March 20
Kansas City MO incorporated: March 28, 1853
Aland Islands permanently demilitarized: March 30, 1856
US Virgin Islands Transfer Day: March 31, 1917
Kalmykia's autonomy: March 31, 1992
Rapa Nui (Easter Island) discovered by Europeans: April 5, 1722
Far East Republic founded (Chita): April 6, 1920
Kerch freed from the Nazis: April 11, 1944
San Francisco incorporated: April 15, 1850
Saint Magnus's Day (Orkney): April 16
Ust-Orda Buryatia votes to unify with Irkutsk: April 16, 2006
Taymyr referendum to merge: April 17, 2005
Brasilia officially inaugurated: April 21, 1960
Amapa gets a new flag: April 23, 1984
Maluku declares autonomy: April 25, 1950
Yakutia's constitution: April 27, 1992
Sardinia's historic day: April 28
Galicia statute of autonomy: April 28, 1981
Inner Mongolia granted autonomy: May 1, 1947
Louisville, Kentucky chartered by Thomas Jefferson: May 1, 1780
Crimea declares autonomy (?): May 5, 1992
Amsterdan freed from the Nazis: May 5, 1945
Oryol freed from the Nazis: May 8, 1943
Canberra becomes Australia's capital: May 9, 1927
Sevastopol freed from the Nazis: May 9, 1944
Manitoba becomes a province of Canada: May 12, 1870
Alderney liberated from the Nazis: May 16, 1945
Perm (Russia) founded: May 17, 1723
Omar Khayyam born: May 18, 1048
Espirito Santo (Brazil) founded: May 23, 1535
Komi Repuglic organized: May 26, 1992
Bavarian Constitution: May 26, 1818
Petrograd founded by Peter the Great in "Ingria": May 27, 1703
Treaty with China gives Primorye to Russia: May 28, 1858
Official Canary Islands Day: May 30
Official Anguilla Day (UK): May 30
Clint Eastwood, famous military swimmer / swimming instructor, born: May 31, 1930
Official Azores Day (Portugal): June 1
Free Election in Bougainville: June 1, 2005
St. Petroc's Day (Devonshite): June 4
Houston, Texas incorporated: June 5, 1837
Queensland Constitution: June 6, 2002
Altai Republic Constitution: June 7, 1997
Midway Atoll freed: June 7, 1942
Deed of Cession ends Second Samoan civil war: June 7, 1900
Queen's birthday commemorated St. Helena, Pitcairn, Montserrat, others: Second Saturday in June
Bounty Day (Norfolk Island): June 8, 1856
Murcia and La Rioja statutes of autonomy: June 9, 1982
San Antonio Founded: June 13, 1691
Falkland Islands Liberated (UK): June 14, 1982
Roraima flag adopted: June 14, 1996
Army Corps of Engineers: June 16, 1775
Vladivostok founded: June 20, 1860
US Victory at Okinawa: June 21, 1945
Chuvash Autonomous Oblast formed: June 24, 1920
Newfoundland / Labrador discovery day: June 24, 1497
Saints Peter and Paul (Rome): June 29
Tunguska Meteorite (Evenkia): June 30, 1908
Saint Serf's Day (Shetland): July 1
Ontario and Nova Scotia become provinces of Canada: July 1, 1867
Adygeya becomes a republic: July 3, 1991
Karachay-Cherkessia becomes a republic: July 3, 1991
Saint Tynwald Day (Isle of Man): July 5
Tomsk gets its white horse and green shield: July 5, 1878
Battle of Monterey: July 7, 1846
Valencia statute of autonomy: July 10, 1982
Saint Vladimir's day (Vladimir, Russia): July 15
Northwest Territories transferred to Canada by the Hudson Bay Company: July 15, 1870
San Diego Founded: July 16, 1769
British Columbia became a province of Canada: July 20, 1871
Narva (Votia) liberated from the Nazis: July 24, 1944
Piaui (Brazil) gets its flag: July 24,1922
Korean Armistice: July 27, 1953
Miami, Florida incorporated: July 28, 1896
Saint Olav's Day (Faroes): July 29
Goias (Brazil) gets its flag: July 30, 1919
US Coast Guard Founded: August 4, 1790
Victoria founded (Australia): August 5, 1850
AS-28 rescued off Kamchatka: August 7, 2005
Chicago organized: August 12, 1833
Tyumen becomes capital of Siberian region: August 14 1944
Hong Kong liberated from the Japanese: August 15, 1945
Aragon and Castile-La-Mancha and Navarre statutes of autonomy: August 16, 1982
Tiradentes's birthday August 16, 1746 (Minas Gerais)
Sicily liberated: August 17, 1943
New South Wales discovered and named by James Cook: August 22, 1770
Saint Innocent of Alaska born in Irkutsk: August 26, 1797
Konigsburg liberated from the Nazis (Kaliningrad): August 29, 1944
Saskatchewan and Alberta became provinces of Canada: September 1, 1905
Wake Island Liberated: September 4, 1945
Los Angeles founded: September 4, 1781
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, first rocket scientist, born (Kaluga): September 5, 1857
Maracaibo founded (semi-independent city): September 8, 1529
Tolstoy's Birthday (Tula): September 9, 1828
Camp David Accords: September 17, 1978
Bryansk freed from the Nazis: September 17, 1943
Catalonia statute of autonomy: September 18, 1979
Udmurtia formed: September 20, 1990
Murmansk founded: September 21, 1916
New York City ceded to the British: September 24, 1664
France claims New Caledonia: September 24, 1853
Saint Finbar's Day (Barra): September 25
Saint Michael's Day (Arkhangelsk and Somerset): September 29
Xinjiang becomes an autonomous region: October 1, 1955
Transdniester declares independence: October 2, 1990
Francis of Assisi: October 4
Valencia founded: October 9, 1238
Khakassia established: October 10, 1930
Bashkortostan sovereignty: October 11, 1990
Corsica freed from the Nazis: October 15, 1943
Sergipe flag adopted: October 19, 1920
Magellan arrives at Tierra del Fuego: October 21, 1520
Tuva constitution: October 22, 1993
Lincolnshire flag: October 24, 2005
Philanthropist Roman Abramovich born (Chukotka): October 24, 1966
Western Australia landing by Dirk Hartog: October 26, 1616
Urals Republic founded (Sverdlovsk, Orenburg, Perm, Chelyabinsk, Kurgan) founded: Oct 27, 1993; lasted ten days
Santa Catarina flag: October 29, 1953
Salvador founded (Bahia): November 1, 1549
Abkhazia constitution: November 4, 1994
Russian Reconciliation Day: November 7
British Indian Ocean Territory established: November 8, 1965
Battle of Cocos: November 9, 1914
Berlin wall comes down: November 9, 1989
North Ossetia (Alania) Constitution Day: November 12, 1994
Karelia Republic established: November 13, 1991. The flag specifies a dark blue.
Tocantins flag adopted: November 17, 1989
Tasmania discovered: November 24, 1642
British order the founding of Pittsburgh (Fort Pitt): November 25, 1758
James Cook discovers Maui: November 26, 1778
Vologda flag adopted: November 26, 1977
Texas ranger Thomas Lubbock born: November 29, 1817
Rio Grande do Nort flag: December 3, 1957
Khanty-Mansi founded: December 4, 1939
Hesse renamed: December 4, 1946
Kabardino autonomy: December 5, 1936
Magadan seaport opens: December 6, 1933
Inner Mongolia declares independence: December 8, 1937
Bela Vezha Agreement (collapse of the Soviet Union): December 8, 1991
Saint Louis incorporated: December 9, 1822
Johnston Atoll discovered: December 10, 1807
Yamal Nenets founded: December 10, 1930
Volkhov hydroelectric dam, Votia: December 19,1926
Maranhao flag adopted: December 21, 1889
Rondonia flag adopted: December 22, 1981
Mari El Republic formed: December 22, 1990
Macau becomes a special district of China: December 28, 1999
Southern Australia founded (planned province rather than convict settlement): December 28, 1836
Statute of Guernica for Basque autonomy: December 29, 1978
Saddam Hussein executed: December 30, 2006
Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as Canada's capital: December 31, 1857
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