On Long Island, where aging Protestant and Catholic churches are often community centerpieces and historic benchmarks, the dawning century will bring more such controversies.

In 2013, the historic benchmark of increase in CO concentrations at 400 ppm was reported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration using LI-7000 Closed Path CO/HO gas analyzer.

There is no historic benchmark like a war or a hurricane or an earthquake.

"Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith" became the year's first movie blockbuster while setting some historic benchmarks, as it rode a record-breaking debut on Thursday to the biggest number ever for a four-day opening, $158.5 million.

But there is no longer anything approaching a consensus on the virtues of intervention in a crisis of current dimensions, where unemployment remains low by historic benchmarks.

Representative Edward J. Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts and the ranking minority member of the House telecommunications subcommittee, said, "This is a historic benchmark that changes forever the discussion of the protections which children need in a cyberera."

The film marked a historic benchmark in the film industry in India.

The vote was a historic benchmark for the sovereign State of Palestine and its citizens, whilst it was a diplomatic setback for Israel and the United States.

He set that historic benchmark on October 21, 2007.

The industry recently hit a historic benchmark - consumers now are spending more money on wireless services than on any other category of telecommunications, including their home phones.