2003 After an Ohio FirstEnergy power plants shut down unexpectedly, a power outtage occurs for over ten hours all over northeastern North America
1998 Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov spacewalk record 3 hours 8 mins
1997 2 hours after Davey Johnson resigns, he is named AL Manager of Year
1995 Worst snowstorm in Buffalo history, 37.9" in 24 hours (Starting Dec 9 at 7 PM, breaks previous record of 25.3" in 1982
1995 Twins beat Indians 10-9 in 17 innings, 6 hours and 36 minutes
1994 O.J. Simpson doesn't turn himself in on murder charges, Los Angeles police chase his Ford Bronco for 1 hours, eventually gives up
1993 Erskine Hawkins, U.S. trumpeter/composer (After Hours), dies at 79
1993 Mats Wilander defeats Mikael Pernfors 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 in 4 hours 1 min U.S. Open Tennis match concluding at 2:26 AM
1992 New York senator Alphonse D'Mato fillerbusters for 15 hours 20 mins
1992 Bill Elverman, playwright/actor (After Hours), dies at 40
1991 Bush and U.S. Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal
1991 Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours and 11 mins
1988 32 divers finish cycling underwater on a standard tricycle,to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hours 20 mins
1988 In Santa Barbara, California, a team of 32 divers begin cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hours 20 mins
1988 Federal smoking ban during domestic airline flights of 2 hours or less
1988 "48 Hours" premiers on CBS-TV
1987 A pair in Coventry, England ties world record for longest singles tennis match at 80 hours 21 minutes
1987 Jessica McClure rescued 58 hours after falling 22' into a well shaft
1987 Ivan Lendl defeat Mats Wilander to win U.S. Tennis Open in 4 hours 47 mins
1987 Paul Lynch of Great Britain does 32,573 push-ups in 24 hours
1987 Philip Rush of NZ, set record for triple crossing English Channel his time 28:21, 10 hours faster than 1st man to do it
1987 Niroslav Milhailovic begins 54 hours of telling jokes
1986 Michael Sergio, who parachuted into Shea Stadium during game 6 of the World Series, sentenced to 100 hours of community service and fined $500
1985 Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds
1985 Vic Elliot pocketed 15,780 pool balls in 24 hours in London
1984 8 men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours
1983 Albert Rizzo trod water at sea for 108 hours 9 minutes
1983 Thom Syles keeps a life saver intact in his mouth for over 7 hours
1982 Scott Weiland runs Detroit marathon backwards in less than 5 hours
1982 John Sharples of England finishes disco dancing 371 hours
1981 Daniel Goodwin, climbs Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 hours
1980 Jean-Claude Droyer climbs Eiffel Tower in 2 hours 18 mins
1980 Jim King completes riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours
1980 Jim King begins riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours
1980 Kumar Anandan balanced on one foot for 33 hours
1980 Kay Hammond, actress (Blithe SPirit, 5 Golden Hours), dies
1979 Rainbow seen in Northern Wales for a 3 hours duration
1979 Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours
1979 Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hours 40 mins
1978 Arron Marshall completes a record shower of 336 hours
1978 Christa Tybus of London sets record of 24 hours of hula-hoop
1977 David Steed balanced stationary on a bike for 9 hours 15 mins
1974 Longest team (6) trampoline bouncing marathon (1,248 hours (52 days))
1974 NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead)
1973 2 Skylab 3 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours
1973 CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day
1972 In New York, 57 murders occur in 24 hours
1972 14" of rain in 6 hours burst Rapid City, South Dakota dam, drowns 237
1970 1st commercial Boeing 747 flight, New York to London in 6 hours
1968 Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele and Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours
1967 Yanks longest day, Red Sox take 1st game 2-1 in 9, Yanks win 2nd game in 20, 4-3 a total of 8 hours and 19 minutes
1967 James Law rides entire New York City subway in 22 hours 12 minutes
1965 Dick McInnes stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite
1964 San Francisco Giants beat New York Mets, 8-6, in 23 innings (2nd game) (7 hours 32 mins)
1961 Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hours 10 min
1961 USAF bomber flies Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours
1961 Eddie Murphy, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, SNL, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Raw
1958 1st airplane flight exceeding 1200 hours, lands, Dallas, Texas
1958 Marie Ashton completes playing piano a female record 133 hours
1956 Bill Lagattuta, born in New York City, news correspondent, CBS, 48 Hours, Eye to Eye
1955 Belgium signs accord for 5 day work week (45 hours)
1955 9th Tony Awards: Desperate Hours and Pajama Game win
1954 Richard Schlesinger, born in New York City, news correspondent, CBS, 48 Hours
1953 James Remar, Boston, actor, 48 Hours, Rent-a-Cop, Cotton Club
1953 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours
1952 Roberta Baskin, New York, correspondent, 48 Hours
1951 Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours and 19 minutes
1947 Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries New York City under 25.8" of snow in 16 hours That same day, LA set a record high of 84 degrees F
1947 Harold Dow, Hackensack, New Jersey, news correspondent, CBS, 48 Hours
1947 Adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39
1946 Susan Spencer, New York, correspondent, 48 Hours, [1946 approx]
1944 Kevin Tighe, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Newsie, Another 48 Hours, K-9
1944 Allied air force bomb Germany for 6 hours
1942 Walter Hill, director, 48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice
1940 Nick Nolte, actor, Teachers, 48 Hours, North Dallas 40
1940 John Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hours 46 mins in the Mississippi River
1939 Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, NZ, South Africa and Canada
1939 Verna Bloom, born in Lynn, Massachusetts, actress, After Hours, Badge 373
1938 Howard Hughes flies around the world in 91 hours
1938 Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81
1935 Russian Aleksei Stachanov digs 6 hours, 105 tons of cabbages
1935 Senator Huey Long of Louisiana spoke continually for 15 hours in Senate's longest speech on record (150,000 words)
1935 French Normandie sets Atlantic crossing record of 1,077 hours
1935 Newfoundland changes time to 3 hours W of Greenwich, repeats 44 sec
1932 Aust beat South Africa in cricket by an inn in 5 hours 53 min playing time
1926 3 men dance Charleston for 22 hours
1921 1st transcontinental flight in 24 hours flying time arrives Florida
1916 Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hours in Tyrol
1908 Lusitania crosses Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours, New York City
1908 Michael T. Fitzmaurice, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Reported Missing, 14 Hours
1903 11" (28.4 cm) rainfall in 24 hours (New York City)
1901 Marion Gering, actress, Sarumba, Rumba, Ready for Love, 24 Hours
1894 Corinne Griffith, Texarkana, Texas, actress, 3 Hours, Lilies of Field
1893 Andy Bowen and Jack Burke box 7 hours 19 mins to no decision (111 rounds)
1890 Leslie Banks, English actor and director, Jamaica Inn, 48 Hours
1884 Fred Spofforth takes 7-34 and 7-3 vs. England XI in 4 hours
1883 Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hours after explosion
1882 New York City's 24 hour race begins, winner with most mileage in 24 hours
1876 Daniel O'Leary completes a 500 mile walk in 139 hours 32 min
1876 Alois Walgrave, Flemish writer/pastor, Silent hours
1861 After 34 hours of bombardment, Ft. Sumter surrenders to Confederates
1852 Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 and women to work more than 10 hours a day
1848 Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam
1842 City-wide fire burns for over 100 hours (Hamburg Germany)
1842 1st U.S. child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass)
1839 Prussian government limits work week for children to 51 hours
1838 London pedestrian walks 20 miles backward then forward in 8 hours
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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