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Tom Blower, left, a 23 year old factory worker who has swam the English Channel being congratulated by Edward Harry Temme on Aug. 4, 1937 in Dover, England. Temme is the first man ever to have swam The Channel in both directions. (AP Photo/Staff/Putnam) Ref #: PA.9305375 Date: 04/08/1937