2012 Event Australia's Sally Pearson sets a new Olympic record when she wins the 100 metres hurdles in 12.35 seconds at the 2012 Summer Olympics 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 1995 Event Mike Tyson returns to the ring and DQs Peter McNeeley in 38 seconds 1994 Death Mark "Red" Mitchell, actor (John F. Kennedy, 8 Seconds, Want to Live), dies at 33 1994 Event 7th longest NHL game: New Jersey Devils beat Buffalo Sabres (125 minutes 43 seconds) 1993 Event Irina Privalova runs world record 60m indoor (6.92 seconds) 1992 Event Rap singer raps 597 syllables in under 60 seconds 1992 Event Nelson Diebel swims 100m freestyle U.S. record (54.48 seconds) 1991 Event Yolanda Gail Devers runs U.S. female record 100m hurdles (12.48 seconds) 1991 Event Carl Lewis rus 100m in 9.86 seconds 1991 Event U.S. sets 400m relay record at 37.67 seconds 1991 Event Former New York Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds 1990 Event Steve Briers of Wales recited the entire lyrics of Queen's album "A Night At The Opera" in 9 minutes and 58.44 seconds backwards! 1989 Event Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60m hurdles (7.37 seconds) 1988 Event Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds 1988 Event Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67m) 1987 Event Bruins' Linseman and Blues' Doug Gilmore score goals, 2 seconds apart 1987 Death Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71 1987 Event Washington Caps score 5 goals against Toronto in 3 minutes and 3 seconds 1986 Event Titan rocket explodes seconds after liftoff from Vandenberg AFB 1986 Event Chicago Blackhawks Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of 3rd period 1985 Event Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds 1985 Event Flight readiness firing of Atlantis' main engines; 20 seconds 1985 Event Danny Sullivan wins Indy 500 by 24 seconds following a spin 1985 Event New Jersey Devils score their fastest hat trick in 42 seconds 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 Frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia 1984 Event Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL rec scores 5 seconds into game 1983 Event New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 seconds of 3rd period 1983 Event Black Hawks and Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds) 1983 Event Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 minutes 7.1 seconds 1983 Event 2nd flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 22 seconds 1982 Event Flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 20 seconds 1982 Event Closest Indy 500, Gordon Johncock beats Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds 1981 Event Columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 seconds remaining 1981 Event Yevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (36.91 seconds) 1981 Event Flight readiness firing of Columbia's main engines; 20 seconds 1980 Event Americans remembered Iran hostages by shining lights for 417 seconds 1979 Event Islanders score 2 goals within 6 seconds 3 goals within 44 seconds 1979 Event 1st space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds 1978 Event Mark Vinchesi of Amherst Mass keeps a frisbee aloft 15.2 seconds 1976 Event Toronto Maple Leaf Lanny McDonald scores a hat trick in 2 minutes 54 seconds 1976 Event Bobby Unser sets world record for fastest pit stop (4 seconds) 1975 Event Islander Parise and Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs Flyers 5-Isles 4-semifinals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead 1975 Event Fastest hat trick by a Washington Capitals 3 minutes 26 seconds (Stan Gilbertson) 1972 Event Kings score 3 goals within 45 seconds against Islanders 1968 Event Kip Keino (Kenya) wins gold medal for 1,500m (3 minutes 34.9 seconds) 1968 Event Lee Evans sets world record of 43.8 seconds in 400 meter dash 1968 Event Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds 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 1963 Death Davey Moore, dies seconds after KOed in feather-weight championship 1955 Event Mont Canadien Jean Beliveau scores 2nd fastest hat trick (44 seconds) 1954 Event Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record) 1953 Event Paul Searls saws a 32" log in 86.4 seconds 1952 Event Rangers with less than 14 minutes to go blow a 6-2 lead, losing 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks. Mosienko scores 3 times in 21 seconds 1948 Event Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at MSG, New York City 1947 Event AAU record for a 25' rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds 1946 Event Al Couture knockouts Ralph Walton in Lewiston Maine in 10 seconds 1936 Event Shortest boxing bout with gloves lasts only 10 seconds 1936 Event 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 1932 Event Charlie Conacher becomes 1st Toronto Maple Leaf to score 5 goals in a game, 1st coming at 7 seconds of game 1929 Event Brooklyn's Johnny Finn sets 100 yard sack race in 14.4 seconds 1924 Event Johnny Weissmuller, swims 100m record (57 2/5 seconds) 1924 Event Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard freestyle record (52.4 seconds) 1921 Event Charles Paddock runs world record 100m (10.4 seconds) 1918 Event Jack Dempsey KOs Carl Morris in 14 seconds 1913 Birthday Stephen McNally, New York City, actor, Split Second, 30 Seconds over Tokyo 1909 Event Harry Hillman and Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds 1908 Event Quickest world heavyweight title fight (Burns KOs Roche in 88 seconds) 1901 Event 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds 1895 Event Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 seconds) 1890 Event John Owen is 1st man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds 1890 Event 1st 100 yard dash under 10 seconds (John Owens 9-4/5 seconds, Washington D.C.) 1801 Birthday Joseph AF Plateau, Belgium, physicist, blinded - stared at Sun 25 seconds
