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1990
New York Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991)
1989
1-handed pitcher Jim Abbott debut but lasts only 4 2/3 inn
1985
Major League Baseball Players' Association stages a midseason baseball strike (lasts 1 day)
1984
Longest pro football game, LA Express beats Mich Panthers 27-21 in USFL playoffs, games lasts 93 minutes 33 seconds
1975
Tennis game in Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes
1974
2nd cease-fire between IRA and British; lasts until approx April 1975
1969
Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, New York, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days
1965
Watts riots begin in Southeast LA, lasts 6 days
1938
John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 350.2 MPH (lasts 1 day)
1936
Shortest boxing bout with gloves lasts only 10 seconds
1936
Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in 16 mins and 30 seconds of 6th period Stanley Cup game lasts 9 periods (176 mins), ends 1-0
1920
British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect, lasts 28 years
1905
Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days
1875
Congress authorizes 20 cent coin, lasts only 3 years
1870
Jem Mace and defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hr and 17 minutes, and neither is struck by a punch
1836
3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at Alamo, lasts 13 days
1764
John Adams marries Abigail Smith (marriage lasts 54 years)
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