Ripken got his 3,000th of 3,184 hits in April 2000, but it was his other career milestone, breaking Lou Gehrig's consecutive-games streak of 2,130 in September 1995, that made him transcendent of the sport — until he fell to earth like the highest of pop flies.
The yardstick also reached another important albeit less celebrated milestone, breaking through the 1179 level where the index is exactly 30 times trailing 12-month earnings on a reported basis.
The major milestone breaks the record President Barack Obama set during his re-election campaign.
I'm lucky enough to represent a community proud of its many aerospace milestones; from breaking the sound barrier to the first manned commercial spaceflight.
The milestone, which broke last year's record number, was met by somebody named only as Biljana from Serbia who registered an "eco field trip for school children for her local community in Belgrade to volunteer at a sustainable farm, participate in green workshops, and do a trash clean-up".
As it passes a recent milestone of breaking more than 1 million listings on its service, one of the first online marketplaces to challenge the hotel industry may begin making minority investments in companies that would add value to its service.
The ability of PDT to specifically recognize and selectively destruct cancer cells while leaving the rest of the body's normal cells unharmed indeed is considered to be a milestone ground-breaking development.
The challenge will be explaining why this particular stretch is necessary.Record-breaking milestones have become routine in the breathtaking development of high-speed railways in China, known as gaotie.
Events, job milestones, travel, marriages, break-ups, text, photos, videos, etc.
If successful it will be the 10th time Mr Cool has climbed Mount Everest, a milestone that will break his own British record.
