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1996 1996 Guinness World Records opens office in New York, U.S. Key Record Alexander Wurz (Austria, b. 15 February 1974) becomes the youngest winner of the Le Mans 24-hour race on 16 June 1996, aged 22 years 123 days. 1999 The Guinness World Records 2000 book is printed in a single run of 2,402,000 copies, the largest single print run of a case-bound book in color. 1999