2014 Event Andrus Ansip resigns as Prime Minister of Estonia; Ansip presided over the entry of Estonia into the eurozone and has served the longest to date among the prime ministers of the European Union 2014 Event Penang, Malaysia officially opens the Penang Second Bridge, the longest bridge over water in Southeast Asia; it stretches for 15 miles, with 10.5 miles over the water 2013 Death The world's oldest living person and verified longest lived man ever, Jiroemon Kimura, dies in the city of Kyotango, Japan at age 116 2011 Event In South Dakota, Governor Dennis Daugaard signs an abortion bill that requires women to undertake counseling and wait 72 hours, the longest period in the U.S. 2010 Event In the Swiss Alps, final breakthrough occurs on the east bore of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, now the world's longest railway tunnel 2010 Death Robert Byrd, born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Senator 1959 - 2010, longest serving member of the U.S. Senate, dies at age 92 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 1997 Event 2nd longest 9 inning World Series game (4:12) as Marlins and Indians were tied 7-7 going into the 9th, Mariners win 14-11 1997 Event Dennis Rodman returns from 2nd longest NBA suspension (11 games) 1997 Event Orioles beat Yankes 13-9 in longest 9 inning game 1996 Event Packer Chris Jacke kicks longest field goal to end overtime (53 yards) 1994 Death Madeleine Renaud, French actress (Longest Day)/director, dies at 94 1994 Death Tushar Kanti Ghosh, longest serving newspaper editor, dies at 93 1994 Event Longest baseball rain delay (3:39) as Giants beat Mets 4-2 in New York City 1994 Event 7th longest NHL game: New Jersey Devils beat Buffalo Sabres (125 minutes 43 seconds) 1993 Event Browns Najee Mustafaa sets club rec for longest interception (97 yards) 1993 Event Goran Ivanisevic and Daniel Nestor play longest tie-break in U.S. Tennis 1992 Event Stefan Edberg beats Michael Chang in what is believed to be the longest match in U.S. Open history (5hr 26min) 1992 Death Arletty, French actress (Hotel, Longest Day), dies at 94 1992 Event Longest salami is 68'9 and 25 circumference, weighed 1,492lbs/5oz in Flekkefjord, Norway 1992 Event Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (New York Yankees 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yankees score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2 1991 Event Sacramento Kings ends NBA's longest road losing streak at 43 games 1991 Event Longest NCAA football game (3:52) as RI beats Maine 52-30 (6 OTs) 1991 Event 356th and final episode of CBS 2nd longest running series Dallas, 2nd only to Gunsmoke 1991 Event Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours and 11 minutes 1990 Event Longest game in Toronto, Yankees beat Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 inns 1990 Event Longest wheelie (David Robilliard with 5h12m33s (Channel Islands) 1989 Event Longest Cab Ride Ever: 14,000 miles cost $16,000! 1989 Event NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers longest win streak (11) 1988 Event 108th U.S. Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (64 46 63 57 64) in 4 hours 55 minutes - longest men's final in U.S. Open history 1988 Event Longest champagne cork flight is 177'9 in New York 1988 Event Longest game in Baltimore Memorial Stadium (5:46) 14 inn (beat New York 7-6) 1988 Event Longest winless streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (15 games) 1987 Event Benito Santiago ends longest catcher/rookie hitting streak at 34 1987 Event South Africa longest mine strike in history ends 1987 Event Bunt single gives Paul Molitor longest hit streak of 1980s at 32 games 1986 Event Longest post season game, Mets beat Astros 7-6 in 16 and win NL pennant 1986 Event Cleveland Browns' Gerald McNeil sets the team record for the longest punt return with an 84-yard run (and TD), Browns 24, Detroit 21 1986 Event Bo Jackson's 1st home run - a 475-foot blast (longest at Royal Stadium) 1986 Event Longest 9 inning AL game (4h16m), Baltimore Orioles beat Yankees 18-9 1984 Event Longest pro football game, Los Angeles Express beats Michigan Panthers 27-21 in USFL playoffs, games lasts 93 minutes 33 seconds 1984 Event White Sox and Brewers play 8:06, game, longest timed baseball game, 25 innings 1984 Event 8 men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours 1983 Event "A Chorus Line" 3,389 performance to become longest running Bdwy show 1983 Event World's longest subaqueous tunnel (53.90 km) opens, Honshu-Hokkaid 1982 Event Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, ends after 22 innings - before Los Angeles Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th) 1981 Event Longest game at Fenway Park completed in 20, Mariners-8, Red Sox-7 1981 Event Longest game in Fenway Park, suspended in 19, Mariners-7, Red Sox-7 1981 Event Humbar Estuary Bridge, U.K., world's longest span, 1.4 km, opens 1981 Event Longest sentence published by New York Times-1286 words 1981 Event British team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest and fastest crossing of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2,500 miles) 1980 Event Calvin Murphy (Rockets) begins longest NBA free throw streak of 78 1980 Event College football longest losing streak of 50 games ends for 1980 Event World's longest auto tunnel, St. Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens 1980 Event Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120' 1979 Event Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours 1979 Event Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hours, begins 1977 Event Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hours) 1977 Event Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inn game (3:17) 1976 Event Longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to San Francisco 13h14m) 1976 Event Rick Barry (SF), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60 1976 Event Rick Barry (SF), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60 1974 Death Louis B Russell, Jr., longest living heart transplant, dies at 49 1974 Event Longest team (6) trampoline bouncing marathon (1,248 hours (52 days)) 1973 Death Robert Ryan, U.S. actor (Dirty Dozens, Longest Day), dies at 63 1973 Event Longest game in Veterans' Stadium, Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20 1973 Event Eisenhower Tunnel, world's highest/U.S. longest, opens 1973 Event U.S. and Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest U.S. war and military draft 1971 Event Longest NFL game (82m40s) as Dolphins beat Chiefs 27-24 1971 Event Harry Drake sets longest arrow flight by a footbow (1 mile 268 yards) 1969 Event Steve O'Neal of New York Jets, kicks longest NFL punt; 98 yards vs Denver 1969 Event Longest tennis match in Wimbledon history, Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game (5hr12m) marathon 1967 Event Yankees longest day, Red Sox take 1st game 2-1 in 9, Yankees win 2nd game in 20, 4-3 a total of 8 hours and 19 minutes 1967 Event Longest doubleheader 9:15 (Tigers and Athletics) 1967 Event Longest dream (REM sleep) on record, Bill Carskadon, Chicago (2:23) 1967 Event Longest losing streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (10 games) 1966 Event Salazarbrug over Tag opens (longest suspension bridge of Europe) 1966 Event Miami beats St. Petersburg (Florida State League) 4-3 in 29 innings longest uninterrupted game in organized baseball 1965 Event Robert Mitera aces 447-yd 10th hole at Miracle Hills, Omaha, Nebr to score world's longest straight hole-in-one 1965 Event O Kommissarova (U.S.S.R.) sets women's longest parachute jump (46,250') 1964 Event World's longest suspension bridge "Verrazano Narrows" opens (New York City) 1964 Event Longest bridge in Europe opens (Scottish 4th Road Bridge) 1964 Event Longest home run (471') in Baltimore Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota) 1964 Event Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens (world's longest) 1962 Event Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days 1962 Event Jack Reed's 22nd-inning home run wins longest New York Yankee game in history 1961 Event Phils and San Francisco set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie 1961 Event Longest recorded strike ends-33 yrs-Danish barbers' assistants 1960 Event Cleveland's Bernie Parrish sets club record for longest interception return with a 92 yard run 1959 Event Cleveland Browns' halfback Bobby Mitchell sets club record for longest run from scrimmage (90-yards), beat Washington 31-17 1957 Event Cleveland Browns' Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburgh 24-0 1957 Event World longest suspension bridge opens in Mackinac Straits, Michigan 1957 Birthday Glen Gorbous, Canada, longest throw of a regulation baseball, 445'10" 1955 Event Phillies longest win streak since 1892 hits 11 1955 Event Phils beat Cubs 1-0 in 15, ties longest shut out in Phillies history 1954 Event Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games) 1953 Event Longest collegiate basketball game (6 OTs) Niagara beats Siena 88-81 1950 Event Longest game in Phila's Shribe Park, Phillies beat Reds 8-7 in 19 1950 Event Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4 1947 Birthday Tom Dempsey, NFL record-holder, longest field goal, 63 yards 1944 Event Longest shut out in Phillies history, Phils beat Braves 1-0 in 15 inn 1943 Birthday David Munden, born in England, played for the Tremeloes, a 50 year old band, Europe's longest playing rock and roll band 1941 Death Oskar Loerke, German director (Longest Day-1926), dies at 56 1940 Birthday Gerry Cheevers, NHL goalie, Bruin, longest undefeated streak-32 games 1936 Event Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in NHL longest game (2h56m30s) 1935 Event Senator Huey Long of Louisiana spoke continually for 15 hours in Senate's longest speech on record (150,000 words) 1934 Event Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games) 1932 Event Jack Burnett gets 9 hits, Eddie Rommel relieves in 2nd 18-17 victory in 18 as his A's beats Indians in longest relief job 1931 Birthday Ray Danton, New York City, actor and director, Longest Day, Psychic Killer 1931 Event Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi) 1930 Event Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minn, to New Orleans 1930 Birthday Julian Slade, born in London, England, writer, best-known work 'Salad Days', UK's longest running musical 1925 Event Longest win streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (9 games) 1923 Event Longest NL opening game, Phillies and Dodgers tie 5-5 in 14 1922 Event Pete Henry makes longest known NFL drop-kicked field goal, 45 yards 1922 Event Longest attack of hiccups begins Charlie Osborne, 98 hiccupped over 435 million times before it stops, He dies 11 months after it stops 1919 Event Canadian National Railways established (North America's longest, 50,000 KM) 1918 Event Longest errorless game, Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 21 innings 1918 Event Twin Peaks Tunnel longest (11,920') streetcar tunnel begins service 1916 Event Babe Ruth pitches and wins longest WS game (14 innings) 2-1 1915 Event Cubs George "Zip" Zabel relieves with 2 outs in 1st and winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn in longest relief job ever 1909 Birthday Robert Ryan, Chicago, actor, Billy Budd, Dirty Dozen, Longest Day 1909 Event Detroit and Washington play longest scoreless game in AL history-18 innings 1903 Birthday Madeleine Renaud, Paris, France, actress, Helene, Longest Day 1900 Event World's longest railroad tunnel (Simplon) links Italy and Switzerland, opens 1898 Birthday Tushar Kanti Ghosh, world's oldest/longest serving newspaper Editor 1893 Birthday Curt Jurgens, Munich Germany, actor, Enemy Below, Longest Day 1892 Event Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe and Frank Crosby 1888 Event Longest U.S. men's single tournament match Palmer Presbrey defeats T S Tailer, 19-21, 8-6, 6-1, 6-4, an 80-game 1st-round contest 1884 Birthday Oskar Loerke, German writer, Longest Day-1926 1879 Event Longest championship fight (136 rounds) 1841 Event Longest inauguration speech (8,443 words), William Henry Harrison
