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2009 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 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, Los Angeles Express beats Michigan 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 minutes and 30 seconds of 6th period Stanley Cup game lasts 9 periods (176 minutes), 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 hour 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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