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On This Date in Sports October 18, 1968: Beamonesque

American Bob Beamon jumps nearly to the moon as he sets a new World Record in the Long Jump. Landing a jump of 29 feet 2.5 inches (officially 8.90 meters) at the Mexico City Olympics. Bob Beamon broke the previous record shared by American Ralph Boston and Soviet Igor Ter-Ovanesyan by an astonishing

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On This Date in Sports October 18, 1968: Beamonesque

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