Names in the News - Aug. 22, 1985
Californian Lynn Cox braved strong currents to swim the 18-mile-wide Strait of Gibraltar, becoming the first woman to make the crossing from the North African side. She took 8 hours 19 minutes and did not use a shark cage.
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