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1998 NHL stops season until Feb 24th to accomodate the Olympics 1997 Big Ben stops at 12:11 PM for 54 minutes 1994 Howard Stern stops a would-be jumper on the George Washington Bridge 1992 ASPCA stops Santeria ceremony in Bronx halts sacrifice of 42 animals 1990 New York City MTA stops token redemption at subway stations 1988 Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades 1988 Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990 1975 Reunion Island stops printing stamps, France takes over production 1973 Dutch High Council stops fluorine addition to drink water 1968 U.S. Mint stops buying and selling gold 1967 Radio Malta stops testing 1960 U.S. stops sugar import from Cuba 1953 U.S. stops aid to Persia 1946 2-for-42 and hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball 1943 Admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean 1941 NHL Chicago goalie Samuel LoPresti stops record 80 of 83 Boston shots 1927 Henry Ford stops producing Model T car (begins Model A) 1924 2 U.S. Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops 1922 Longest attack of hiccups begins Charlie Osborne, 98 hiccupped over 435 million times before it stops, He dies 11 months after it stops 1913 Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished 1911 White Sox Ed Walsh stops Ty Cobb's 40-game hitting streak 1908 Addie Joss perfect game stops Ed Walsh 1-0 who won 40 in a row 1901 After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series and begins King Edward VII series 1891 Battle in Bunyoro: Capt F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed 1890 U.S. stops minting $1 and $3 gold coin and 3 cent piece 1878 U.S. stops minting 20 cent coin 1861 US, banks stops payments in gold 1854 Dutch army stops Chinese uprising in Borneo 1848 Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam 1814 Treaty of London-Netherland stops transporting slaves 1650 Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking 1650 Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking

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