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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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