1998 Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week
1993 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman and takes New York City subway train and 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride
1992 Michael Robbins, actor (Lunch Hour, On the Buses), dies at 62
1991 Mazda becomes 1st Japanese car to capture Le Mans 24 hour race
1991 U.S. minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour
1990 PBS begins an 11 hour miniseries on Civil War
1987 New York City radio station WFAN-AM becomes 1st 24 hour all sports radio
1986 Hilbert van der Duim skates 1 hour world record 39.4928 km
1985 Jack Miller, orch leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89
1984 Gordon Jenkins, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 73
1983 Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour
1983 "Nightline" expands from 1/2 hour to a full hour
1981 FCC frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish
1981 Barbara Sonntag, Colo, crochets record 147 stitches/min for 1/2 hour
1980 "1940's Radio Hour" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 105 performances
1979 "1940's Radio Hour" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 105 performances
1977 "Brady Bunch Hour," last airs on ABC-TV
1976 Ted Mack, TV host (Original Amateur Hour), dies at 72
1974 Pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's Comedy Hour), dies at 92
1974 NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead)
1973 "Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour," TV Variety; debut on ABC
1973 CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day
1972 Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91
1972 Denny Vaughn, orch leader, Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1972 Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest
1972 Al Goodman, Russian/US orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81
1971 Apollo 15 astronauts take 6 hour electric car ride on Moon
1969 "Smothers Brothers comedy Hour," last airs on CBS-TV
1968 Wendell Corey, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl), dies at 54
1968 Chris Boardman, English cyclist, world 1 hour record
1968 "Danny Thomas Hour," last airs on NBC-TV
1967 "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC)
1966 Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)
1966 Belgium's Gaston Roelants runs 12-4/5 miles in 1 hour
1964 Ted Collins, pianist (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 63
1963 Norman Cook, rocker, Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There
1962 Paul Heaton, rocker, Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There
1962 Stan Cullimore, bassist, Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There
1959 Rosanna Arquette, born in New York City, actress, Desperately Seeking Susan, After Hour
1959 Helen Parrish, actress (Hour Glass), dies of cancer at 36
1958 Jane Wiedlin, Wisconsin, singer/guitarist, GoGos, Fur, Rush Hour
1957 Al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies
1955 President Eisenhower raises minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour
1955 Maurice "Rocket" Richard suspended, sparks 7 hour riot in Montreal
1954 Tom Blomberg, Dutch radio host/producer, Evening Rush Hour
1954 IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour
1949 Richard Dix, actor (Tombstone, Ghost Ship, 13th Hour), dies at 56
1948 Ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" begins, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS)
1948 Larry McNeeley, Lafayette, Indiana, banjo player, Glen Campbell Hour
1946 Edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71
1946 1st hour long entertainment TV show, "NBC's Hour Glass" premieres
1946 1st variety show on TV "NBC's Hour Glass," premieres
1944 Marilyn Michaels, comedienne, ABC Comedy Hour
1943 Dutch work week extended to 54 hour
1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry
1942 Japan forces Java to use "Tokyo time" 1 hour forward
1941 Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour law, sets min wages and max hrs
1941 Van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician, Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour
1940 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938)
1940 Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour"
1939 Final broadcast of The Fleischmann Hour was heard on radio
1939 David Winters, born in London, England, choreographer, Steve Allen Comedy Hour
1938 Mason Williams, Abilene, Texas, writer, Smother Brothers Hour
1938 Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 cents per hour
1937 Karen Morrow, Chic, actress, Aunt Minerva-Tabitha, Jim Nabors Hour
1937 Henry Ford initiates 32 hour work week
1936 Bruce Belland, Chicago, singer, Tim Conway Hour
1936 40 hour work week law approved
1935 Jesse Owens equals or breaks 6 world records in one hour
1935 Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network
1934 Lillian Hellman's "Children's Hour," premieres in New York City
1934 Per Olov Enquist, Swedish writer, Hour of the Lynx
1934 William Franks twirls an indian club overhead 17,280 times in 1 hour
1933 Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour)
1931 Jack Ging, Alva, Oklahoma, actor, 11th Hour, Ripcord, Tales of Wells Fargo
1930 Genevieve Page, actress, Day and the Hour
1929 Ruby Vallee's Fleishmann Hour begins broadcasting on NBC radio
1928 Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour
1927 Anita Kerr, born in Memphis, Tennessee, singer, Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1926 Henry Ford announces 8 hour, 5-day work week
1926 Robert Schuller, televangelist, Glass Cathedral, Hour of Power
1924 Terry Gibbs, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Steve Allen Comedy Hour
1924 George Kirby, born in Chicago, comedian, ABC Comedy Hour, Pearl Bailey Show
1923 WEAF radio begins broadcasting Eveready Hour (variety show)
1922 Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hrs)
1922 Dave Appell, singer/musician/songwriter, In the Midnight Hour
1922 Helen Parrish, born in Columbus Georgia, actress, Hour Glass, Show Business
1920 Dutch law provides for an 8 hour working day
1919 French assembly decides on 8 hour work day
1915 Earl Wild, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, composer/pianist, Caesar's Hour, NBC Symph 1942
1914 Wendell Corey, born in Dracut, Massachusetts, actor, 11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl
1913 Frances Langford, born in Lakeland, Florida, singer, Armed Forces Hour, Star Time
1912 Paul Weston, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, orch leader, Jim Nabors Hour
1911 Eddie Mayehoff, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Hour Glass, How to Murder Your Wife
1910 Robert Paige, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, actor, Colgate Comedy Hour
1910 Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove, Missouri, orch leader, NBC Comedy Hour
1910 British miners strike for 8 hour working day
1907 Augustus Thomas' "Witching Hour," premieres in New York City
1905 9 hour work day for diamond miners
1904 Ted Mack, born in Denver, Colorado, TV host, Original Amateur Hour
1903 Donald Voorhees, born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, conductor, Bell Telephone Hour
1898 1st practical submarine 1st submerges, New York City (for 1 hour 40 minutes)
1892 Joe E Brown, born in Holgate, Ohio, comedian, Buck Circus Hour
1891 Nebraska introduces 8 hour work day
1890 Al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orch leader, NBC Comedy Hour
1888 Pennsylvania's Monongehela River rises 32' after 24 hour rainfall
1886 U.S. general strike for 8 hour day, begins
1885 13,000 meteors seen in 1 hour near Andromeda
1883 E E Clive, Monmouthshire Wales, actor, Night Must Fall, Dark Hour
1882 With 120 miles James Saunders wins New York City's 24 hour race and $100 prize
1882 New York City's 24 hour race begins, winner with most mileage in 24 hours
1882 Charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor, Fatal Hour
1874 Edward Bowes, radio host, Major Bowes Amateur Hour
1809 Allardyce Barclay begins a bet of walking 1 mile every hour for 1,000 hours. Each hour he walked a mile round trip from his home
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