2015 Event An outbreak of an unknown disease in Nigeria has so far resulted in 17 deaths, each occurring within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms; while tests show that the disease is not viral, the cause has not yet been identified 2015 Event Sea incidents involving migrants continue at a steady pace in the Mediterranean, as Italian ships rescue 1,500 people from 5 separate vessels in less than 24 hours 2014 Event The U.S. House of Representatives passes a $1.1 trillion budget within hours of the deadline, avoiding a government shutdown when current funding expires 2014 Event Wal Mart announces that, due to the Affordable Care Act, it will increase health benefit costs for all employees and end health benefits for its 30,000 or so workers with fewer than 30 hours per week; the changes will take place in January 2015 2014 Event The Chip Ganassi racing team wins the 12 Hours of Sebring, with individual victories for Marino Franchitti, Memo Rojas and Scott Pruett 2014 Event Dale Earnhardt, Jr. wins his second Daytona 500 race, 10 years after his first win, in a race postponed for hours by heavy rain 2013 Event In the U.S., a computer problem shuts down the NASDAQ electronic stock exchange for three hours 2013 Event Two hours before the Boston Marathon bombings occur, Ethiopian long-distance runner Lelisa Desisa wins the Boston Marathon, with a time of 2:10:22 2013 Event A 2-year old Mississippi girl born with HIV/AIDS is pronounced HIV negative after receiving treatment for the virus within 30 hours after her birth 2013 Event NASA loses communication with the International Space Station's for three hours as a result of updating the station's command and control software 2011 Event The European Space Agency makes contact with the Fobos-Grunt probe 48 hours after the spacecraft's window for launch to Mars closes 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 Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili dies in a fatal crash during a training run for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, hours before the opening ceremonies 2003 Event After an Ohio FirstEnergy power plants shut down unexpectedly, a power outtage occurs for over ten hours all over northeastern North America 1998 Event Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov spacewalk record 3 hours 8 minutes 1997 Event 2 hours after Davey Johnson resigns, he is named AL Manager of Year 1995 Event Worst snowstorm in Buffalo history, 37.9" in 24 hours, Starting December 9th at 7 PM, breaks previous record of 25.3" in 1982 1995 Event Twins beat Indians 10-9 in 17 innings, 6 hours and 36 minutes 1994 Event O.J. Simpson doesn't turn himself in on murder charges, Los Angeles police chase his Ford Bronco for 1 hours, eventually gives up 1993 Death Erskine Hawkins, U.S. trumpeter/composer (After Hours), dies at 79 1993 Event Mats Wilander defeats Mikael Pernfors 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 in 4 hours 1 minutes U.S. Open Tennis match concluding at 2:26 AM 1992 Event New York senator Alphonse D'Mato fillerbusters for 15 hours 20 minutes 1992 Death Bill Elverman, playwright/actor (After Hours), dies at 40 1992 Event Indians set team record for long game lose to Red Sox (19 inn - 6 hours) 1991 Event Bush and U.S. Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal 1991 Event Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours and 11 minutes 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 Ronald J. Dossenbach sets world record for pedaling across Canada from Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS in 13 days, 15 hours, 4 minutes 1988 Event Ronald J Dossenbach begins world record ride, pedaling across Canada from Vancouver BC, to Halifax, NS (13 days, 15 hours, 4 minutes) 1988 Event 32 divers finish cycling underwater on a standard tricycle,to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hours 20 minutes 1988 Event In Santa Barbara, California, a team of 32 divers begin cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 miles in 75 hours 20 minutes 1988 Event Federal smoking ban during domestic airline flights of 2 hours or less 1988 Event "48 Hours" premiers on CBS-TV 1987 Event Jessica McClure rescued 58 hours after falling 22' into a well shaft 1987 Event Ivan Lendl defeat Mats Wilander to win U.S. Tennis Open in 4 hours 47 minutes 1987 Event Paul Lynch of Great Britain does 32,573 push-ups in 24 hours 1987 Event Philip Rush of New Zealand, set record for triple crossing English Channel his time 28:21, 10 hours faster than 1st man to do it 1987 Event Record archery score for a pair over 24 hours, is set 1987 Event Niroslav Milhailovic begins 54 hours of telling jokes 1986 Event Michael Sergio, who parachuted into Shea Stadium during game 6 of the World Series, sentenced to 100 hours of community service and fined $500 1986 Event Reginald Huffstetler trode water for 985 hours 1986 Event Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hours 1985 Event Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds 1985 Event Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hours, 30 minutes 1985 Event Vic Elliot pocketed 15,780 pool balls in 24 hours in London 1985 Death Thomas Creighton, U.S. heart patient (3 implants in 46 hours), dies at 33 1984 Event 8 men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours 1983 Event Albert Rizzo trod water at sea for 108 hours 9 minutes 1983 Event Thom Syles keeps a life saver intact in his mouth for over 7 hours 1982 Event Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer, held Washington Monument hostage. After 10 hours, police kill him he had no explosives 1982 Event Scott Weiland runs Detroit marathon backwards in less than 5 hours 1982 Event John Sharples of England finishes disco dancing 371 hours 1981 Event Daniel Goodwin, climbs Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 hours 1980 Event Jean-Claude Droyer climbs Eiffel Tower in 2 hours 18 minutes 1980 Event Jim King completes riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours 1980 Event Jim King begins riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours 1980 Event Kumar Anandan balanced on one foot for 33 hours 1980 Death Kay Hammond, actress (Blithe SPirit, 5 Golden Hours), dies 1979 Event Rainbow seen in Northern Wales for a 3 hours duration 1979 Event Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hours, 49 minutes 1979 Event Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hours, 28 minutes, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka 1979 Event Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours 1979 Event Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hours, begins 1979 Event Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hours 40 minutes 1978 Event Arron Marshall completes a record shower of 336 hours 1978 Event Christa Tybus of London sets record of 24 hours of hula-hoop 1977 Event David Steed balanced stationary on a bike for 9 hours 15 minutes 1977 Event Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hours) 1974 Event Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hours 1974 Event Longest team (6) trampoline bouncing marathon (1,248 hours (52 days)) 1974 Event NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead) 1973 Event 2 Skylab 3 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours 1973 Event CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day 1972 Event In New York, 57 murders occur in 24 hours 1972 Event 14" of rain in 6 hours burst Rapid City, South Dakota dam, drowns 237 1971 Event Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15" in 24 hours 1971 Event Apollo 14, 3rd U.S. manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro Alan Shepard and Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hours 1970 Event 1st commercial Boeing 747 flight, New York to London in 6 hours 1968 Event Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele and Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours 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 James Law rides entire New York City subway in 22 hours 12 minutes 1965 Event Dick McInnes stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite 1965 Event Astronauts Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad successfully land the Gemini 5 in 7 days, 22 hours, 55 minutes and 14 seconds, breaking the record for manned spaceflight for total mission duration 1964 Event San Francisco Giants beat New York Mets, 8-6, in 23 innings (2nd game) (7 hours 32 minutes) 1961 Event Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hours 10 min 1961 Event USAF bomber flies Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours 1961 Birthday Eddie Murphy, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, SNL, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Raw 1961 Event U.S. nuclear submarine Patrick Henry arrives at Scottish naval base of Holy Loch from South Carolina in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hours 1960 Event Fidel Castro gives a very long speech at the United Nations, 4 hours, 29 minutes 1958 Event 1st airplane flight exceeding 1200 hours, lands, Dallas, Texas 1958 Event Marie Ashton completes playing piano a female record 133 hours 1957 Event 3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hours 19 minutes 1956 Birthday Bill Lagattuta, born in New York City, news correspondent, CBS, 48 Hours, Eye to Eye 1955 Event Belgium signs accord for 5 day work week (45 hours) 1955 Event 9th Tony Awards: Desperate Hours and Pajama Game win 1954 Birthday Richard Schlesinger, born in New York City, news correspondent, CBS, 48 Hours 1953 Birthday James Remar, Boston, actor, 48 Hours, Rent-a-Cop, Cotton Club 1953 Event 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours 1952 Birthday Roberta Baskin, New York, correspondent, 48 Hours 1951 Event Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours and 19 minutes 1949 Event Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop round- the-world flight at Fort Worth, Texas, covering 23,452 miles in 94 hours 1947 Event Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries New York City under 25.8" of snow in 16 hours That same day, LA set a record high of 84 degrees F 1947 Birthday Harold Dow, Hackensack, New Jersey, news correspondent, CBS, 48 Hours 1947 Birthday Lynn Fitzgerald, marathoner, ran 133 miles 939 yards in 24 hours 1947 Death Adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39 1946 Birthday Susan Spencer, New York, correspondent, 48 Hours, 1946 approx] 1944 Birthday Kevin Tighe, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Newsie, Another 48 Hours, K-9 1944 Event Allied air force bomb Germany for 6 hours 1942 Birthday Walter Hill, director, 48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice 1941 Event Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour law, sets minimum wages and max hours 1940 Birthday Nick Nolte, actor, Teachers, 48 Hours, North Dallas 40 1940 Event John Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hours 46 minutes in the Mississippi River 1939 Event Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada 1939 Birthday Verna Bloom, born in Lynn, Massachusetts, actress, After Hours, Badge 373 1939 Birthday David Hobbs, born in Royal Leamington Spa, England, auto racer, commentator for Speed, raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans twenty times 1938 Event Howard Hughes flies around the world in 91 hours 1938 Death Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81 1935 Event Russian Aleksei Stachanov digs 6 hours, 105 tons of cabbages 1935 Event Senator Huey Long of Louisiana spoke continually for 15 hours in Senate's longest speech on record (150,000 words) 1935 Event French Normandie sets Atlantic crossing record of 1,077 hours 1935 Event Newfoundland changes time to 3 hours W of Greenwich, repeats 44 sec 1934 Birthday Nick Nolte, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actor, Teachers, 48 hours, Rich Man Poor Man 1932 Event Australia beat South Africa in cricket by an inn in 5 hours 53 minutes playing time 1930 Event 1st non-stop airplane flight from Europe to U.S. (37 hours) 1926 Event Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1 hours 1926 Event 3 men dance Charleston for 22 hours 1923 Event Young Stribling held light-heavyweight boxing championship for shortest amount of time (3 hours). Referee overturns decision 1923 Event 1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hours 1922 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hours) 1921 Event 1st transcontinental flight in 24 hours flying time arrives Florida 1919 Event British R-34 lands in New York, 1st airship to cross Atlantic (108 hours) 1916 Event Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hours in Tyrol 1908 Event Lusitania crosses Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours, New York City 1908 Birthday Michael T. Fitzmaurice, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Reported Missing, 14 Hours 1908 Event Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hours 1905 Event Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in world, New York - Chicago in 18 hours 1903 Event 11" (28.4 cm) rainfall in 24 hours (New York City) 1901 Birthday Marion Gering, actress, Sarumba, Rumba, Ready for Love, 24 Hours 1900 Event An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hours 1898 Event Belgica crew see 1st sunrise in 1600 hours, 1st to endure Antarct winter 1894 Birthday Corinne Griffith, Texarkana, Texas, actress, 3 Hours, Lilies of Field 1893 Event Andy Bowen and Jack Burke box 7 hours 19 minutes to no decision (111 rounds) 1890 Birthday Leslie Banks, English actor and director, Jamaica Inn, 48 Hours 1884 Event Fred Spofforth takes 7-34 and 7-3 vs. England XI in 4 hours 1883 Event Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hours after explosion 1882 Event New York City's 24 hour race begins, winner with most mileage in 24 hours 1876 Event Daniel O'Leary completes a 500 mile walk in 139 hours 32 min 1876 Birthday Alois Walgrave, Flemish writer/pastor, Silent hours 1861 Event After 34 hours of bombardment, Ft. Sumter surrenders to Confederates 1852 Event Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 and women to work more than 10 hours a day 1848 Event Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam 1842 Event City-wide fire burns for over 100 hours (Hamburg Germany) 1842 Event 1st U.S. child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass) 1839 Event Prussian government limits work week for children to 51 hours 1838 Event London pedestrian walks 20 miles backward then forward in 8 hours 1809 Event Allardyce Barclay begins a bet of walking 1 mile every hour for 1,000 hours. Each hour he walked a mile round trip from his home
