The longest slide

ESCAPE's 1,111-metre jungle slide opened. Rulantica opened in Germany.Herbert Sellner of Faribault, Minnesota, builds a 30 ft-high, 100 ft wooden track that skims riders on wooden toboggans across a lake at 50 cents a ride. Sold across the US, Canada, Switzerland, Jamaica and Sweden. Sellner invents the Tilt-A-Whirl three years later.