1.   Other meteor storms have occurred in recorded history.

2.   These were the worst floods in recorded history.

3.   Within recorded history goose numbers have never been greater.

4.   ...a place which has rarely suffered a famine in its recorded history.

5.   There are similar events all throughout recorded history.

6.   Science is not something new but had its beginnings before recorded history when humans first discovered reoccurring relationships around them.

7.   Though the probability of living to old age has risen sharply, the individual human lifespan set by nature has remained much the same through most of recorded history.

8.   Because these ancient recipes show, in fascinating detail, that gourmets have been galloping since the beginning of recorded history.

9.   Black poverty last year, the lowest in recorded history, remains far worse than white poverty.

10.   But still, democratic hegemony is a mere flash in the long vistas of recorded history.