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1998 Week of Fed Cup
1998 Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week 1995 Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59) 1994 Star Trek The Next Generation, finale airs this week in syndication 1993 Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2 week speech 1992 NFL decides to stay with 17 week sched instead of expanded 18 games 1992 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week 1991 New York City Mayor Dinkins declares "Joseph Doherty Week" 1991 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $280 per week 1991 6 week Gulf War ends after Iraqi troops retreated and Kuwait is liberated 1990 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week 1989 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week 1987 "Washington Week In Review," 20th anniversary on PBS 1986 Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia release from hospital after 3 week coma 1985 National Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51 week strike 1984 National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike 1983 AL President Lee MacPhail suspends Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for one week, for his public criticism of umpires 1983 1st National Coin Week begins 1982 Rangers Larry Parrish hits his 3rd grand slam of the week 1982 Dark Side of the Moon, is on charts for 402nd week 1981 "Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday) 1979 Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51 1978 TV show "Dallas" premieres on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series) 1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors" is #1 for 19th straight week 1975 Doro Merande, actress (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 77 1974 England begins 3 day work week during mine strike 1972 John and Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show 1972 John and Yoko co-host "Mike Douglas Show" for entire week 1969 Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne 1967 Tabitha Soren, born in San Antonio, Texas, MTV reporter, This Week in Rock 1967 Shortwave Radio New York Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off 1965 Borman and Lovell Splash down in Atlantic ends 2 week Gemini VII mission 1965 Beatles' "Eight Days a Week," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1964 U.S. version of "That Was The Week That Was," premieres 1963 American Bandstand moves to California, and airs once a week on Saturday 1962 U.S. unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week 1959 West Germany introduces 5 day work week 1955 Belgium signs accord for 5 day work week (45 hours) 1955 Strike in Belgium for 5 day work week 1955 West German unions protest for 40-hour work week and more wages 1953 WEEK TV channel 25 in Peoria, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting 1948 NFL becomes 1st sport televised as sport of week 1947 1st Aloha Week Parade held in Hawaii 1943 German occupiers impose 72-hour work week 1943 Meat rationed in U.S., 784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI's 1943 Dutch work week extended to 54 hour 1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry 1942 SS exterminates 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland in 6 week period 1940 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938) 1940 Mireille Darc, Toulo,n France, actor, Week End, Hurried Man 1939 David Frost, born in Tenterdon, England, TV host, That Was the Week That Was 1937 Henry Ford initiates 32 hour work week 1936 40 hour work week law approved 1934 Diana Wynne Jones, UK, sci-fi author, Drowned Ammet, Witch Week 1933 Louis Rukeyser, financial whiz, Wall Street Week 1932 Anna Dickinson, dies just a week shy of her 90th birthday 1932 President Herbert Hoover suggests 5 day work week 1930 Ruth homers in both games of a doubleheader, giving him 9 in one week 1930 Bryan Magee, born in Hoxton, England, broadcaster, author, politician, presented current affairs television show This Week, made philosophy accessible with his 'Men of Ideas' television series 1929 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week) 1928 Tom Lehrer, parody and folk singer, That Was The Week That Was 1927 Vin[ce] Scully, sportscaster, NBC Baseball Game of the Week 1926 Henry Ford announces 8 hour, 5-day work week 1922 Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hours) 1921 Frankie Howerd, actor, That Was The Week That Was, Runaway Bus 1920 Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist; $40 week with Kansas City Slide Co. 1919 Labor conference committee in U.S. urges 8-hour work day and 48-hour week 1919 1st observance of National Book Week 1919 British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages 1919 Semana Tragica (Tragic Week): Bloodbath in Buenos Aires 1918 Spanish flu-virus kills 21,000 in U.S. in 1 week 1915 Franklin K Mathiews, presents idea of "Book Week" 1914 Belgium: German army begins 6 week plundering of Leuven Belgium 1913 Charlie Chaplin began his film career at Keystone for $150 a week 1913 Train crash in Liverpool during "Black Week" 1913 Billboard publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers among Popular Songs" Malinda's Wedding Day is #1 1907 Richard Harkness, Artesian, South Dakota, newscaster, Story of the Week, NBC 1899 British "Black Week" due to nederlagen in South Africa 1879 Frederick G. Melcher, U.S., publisher/editor/founded children book week 1844 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) 1839 Prussian government limits work week for children to 51 hours |
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