2009 Event A solar eclipse, the longest in history, lasts up to 6 minutes and 38.8 seconds, over parts of Asia and the Pacific Ocean 1990 Event New York Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991) 1989 Event 1-handed pitcher Jim Abbott debut but lasts only 4 2/3 inn 1985 Event Major League Baseball Players' Association stages a midseason baseball strike (lasts 1 day) 1984 Event Longest pro football game, Los Angeles Express beats Michigan Panthers 27-21 in USFL playoffs, games lasts 93 minutes 33 seconds 1975 Event Tennis game in Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes 1974 Event 2nd cease-fire between IRA and British; lasts until approx April 1975 1969 Event Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, New York, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days 1965 Event Watts riots begin in Southeast LA, lasts 6 days 1938 Event John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 350.2 MPH (lasts 1 day) 1936 Event Shortest boxing bout with gloves lasts only 10 seconds 1936 Event Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in 16 minutes and 30 seconds of 6th period Stanley Cup game lasts 9 periods (176 minutes), ends 1-0 1920 Event British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect, lasts 28 years 1905 Event Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days 1875 Event Congress authorizes 20 cent coin, lasts only 3 years 1870 Event 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 1836 Event 3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at Alamo, lasts 13 days 1764 Event John Adams marries Abigail Smith, marriage lasts 54 years
