This is a compilation of 17 United Kingdom Guinness records in 1999. You may want to take a look at our complete list of United Kingdom Guinness Records broken down by year.
When | Record name | What | Who |
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30 November 1999 | Largest Strip The Willow dance | 1914 people | Penny Dougherty |
November 1999 | Largest hostile takeover bid | 85000000000 UK pound(s) sterling | Vodafone Group |
12 October 1999 | Tallest tomato plant | 19.8 metre(s) | Nutriculture Ltd |
13 September 1999 | Oldest person to row across any ocean solo (female) | Diana Hoff | |
11 July 1999 | Fastest ferret | Warhol | |
08 July 1999 | Most expensive clock sold at auction | 1926500 UK pound(s) sterling | Louis XVI ormolu-mounted, ebony grande sonnerie |
25 May 1999 | Most trampolining baranis in one minute | 84 total number | Dominic Swaffer |
16 May 1999 | Most people simultaneously blowing bubbles | West Ham United FC | |
15 May 1999 | Fastest time to be sent off in an English Premiership rugby union match | Mike Watson | |
18 April 1999 | Fastest speed dragged behind a motorcycle | 251.54 kilometre(s) per hour | Gary Rothwell |
18 April 1999 | Fastest motorcycle wheelie | 307.86 kilometre(s) per hour | Patrick Furstenhoff |
25 March 1999 | Largest game of 'pass the orange' | 92 people | Granada Television |
24 March 1999 | Most model gliders aerotowed simultaneously | Felix Marten | |
1999 | Largest medical charity | 12000000000 UK pound(s) sterling | The Wellcome Trust |
1999 | Busiest shipping lane | 500–600 total number | Dover Strait |
1999 | Most expensive television documentary series per minute | 37654 UK pound(s) sterling | Walking With Dinosaurs |
1999 | Most expensive novel debut | 2800000 US dollar(s) | Paul Eddy |