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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 Alayson Gibbons sets 24 hour women swim record of 42.05 miles in 25 meter pool 1985 Jack Miller, orchestra leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89 1984 Gordon Jenkins, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 73 1983 Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour 1983 Charlos Vieira completes 191 hour "nonstop" cycling in Leiria Portugal 1983 Charlos Vieira begins 191 hour "nonstop" cycling in Leiria, Portugal 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, Colorado, crochets record 147 stitches/minute 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 New York City experiences 25 hour black-out 1977 NBC News and Information Service (24 hour news) ends on radio 1977 "Brady Bunch Hour," last airs on ABC-TV 1976 Ted Mack, TV host (Original Amateur Hour), dies at 72 1975 NBC News and Information Service, a 24 hour news service, premieres on radio 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 Eddy Merckx (Belgium) covers 30 miles, 1,258 yards in 1 hour 1972 Denny Vaughn, orchestra leader, Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour 1972 Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest 1972 Al Goodman, Russian/US orchestra 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 Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hour 1968 Marisa Danisi of West Germany roller skates record 21,995 miles in 1 hour 1968 Chris Boardman, English cyclist, world 1 hour record 1968 "Danny Thomas Hour," last airs on NBC-TV 1967 Silver Bay bridge (Oh-WV) collapes during afternoon rush hour, 34 die 1967 Tim Vine, born in London, Enlgand, actor, comedian, performs stand up comedy, television, appears at festivals, tours through the United Kingdom include 'Current Puns' and 'Punslinger', achieved Guinness World Record for most jokes told in an hour 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 Strom Thurmond, Senator-D-South Carolina, ends 24 hour filibuster against civil rights 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 1950 Wally Lamb, born in America, author, novelist, featured in Oprah's Book Club, books include 'The Hour I First Believed' 'I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison', 'She's Come Undone', 'I Know This Much is True' 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 1st helicopter flight of 1 hour duration, Stratford, Connecticut 1941 Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour law, sets minimum wages and max hours 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 1928 Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium cycles record 76 miles 604 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 1926 James Cox of Ford Motors announces 8 hour day and $5 daily minimum wage 1924 General Christian Worker's union demands 8 hour work day in Belgium 1924 Terry Gibbs, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra 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 hours) 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 Serbian, Croatian and Slavic parliment accord for 8 hour work day 1919 French assembly decides on 8 hour work day 1919 Dutch steel workers strike for 8 hour day and minimum wages 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, orchestra 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, orchestra 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, orchestra 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 1870 Jem Mace and defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hour and 17 minutes, and neither is struck by a punch 1868 President Andrew Johnson passes a law that government workers would work 8 hour day 1809 Allardyce Barclay begins a bet of walking 1 mile every hour for 1,000 hours. 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