2014 Event The cryogenic engine built India's Space Research Organisation engineers powers the launch of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D5), which successfully placed a 1,982-kg GSAT-14 communications satellite into orbit in 17 minutes 2013 Event Journalist Lara Logan of CBS is suspended after admitting that portions of her '60 Minutes' Benghazi attack report covering the death of U.S Ambassador Christopher J. Stevens, were false 2013 Event The NASDAQ index was shut down for 44 minutes due to a human error that occurred while performing an operational function; the error resulted in the flawed delivery of date to the NASDAQ distribution system 2013 Event Estonia becomes the first country in the world to establish a national electric car charging network , with cars charging in less than 30 minutes 2013 Event At Belgium's Brussels Airport, armed robbers steal untraceable, raw diamonds worth $50 million from a plane within minutes, and without alarming passengers 2012 Event Indian actor Shahrukh Khan is detained by the U.S. at a New York airport for 90 minutes, angering S. M. Krishna, India's External Affairs Minister 2011 Event Part of the Prompt Global Strike program, a U.S. hypersonic weapon system undergoes a successful test, proving capable of striking targets 3,700 kilometres (2,300 miles) away in under 30 minutes 2011 Event Sonya Thomas is declared the winner of the U.S. Chicken Wing Eating Championship after consuming 183 Buffalo wings in 12 minutes 2011 Event The auction record for paintings by Sir Stanley Spencer were broken twice within minutes at Sotheby's in London 2011 Event New Zealand honors victims of the 2011 Canterbury earthquake with two minutes of silence; 154 persons died, and the death toll is expected to reach 240 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 1998 Event Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov spacewalk record 3 hours 8 minutes 1997 Event Belgian amusement park riders were stuck upside down for 90 minutes 1997 Event Big Ben stops at 12:11 PM for 54 minutes 1996 Birthday Cheyenne Pyle, California, youngest heart transplant patient, 90 minutes old 1996 Event Jason Gallian scores 312 in 683 minutes for Lancashire vs. Derbyshire 1995 Event Atherton (185*) bats for 643 minutes to save Johannesburg Test 1995 Event Twins beat Indians 10-9 in 17 innings, 6 hours and 36 minutes 1994 Event Space shuttle STS-65: Columbia 17, lands after record 14 days 55 minutes 1994 Event 500th commentary by Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes 1994 Event 7th longest NHL game: New Jersey Devils beat Buffalo Sabres (125 minutes 43 seconds) 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 1993 Event Glen Chapple (Lancs) scores fastest F-C century, 21 minutes 1993 Death Richard Salant, news president (CBS-60 Minutes), dies at 78 1992 Event New York senator Alphonse D'Mato fillerbusters for 15 hours 20 minutes 1991 Death Harry Reasoner, newscaster (60 Minutes), dies at 68 1991 Event Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours and 11 minutes 1990 Event Brewers-Blue Jays game is delayed 35 minutes due to gnats 1990 Event Tom Moody scores 100 in 26 minutes in county cricket, world record 1990 Event "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine 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 Mark Merrony (Wales) cycles for 30 minutes in Nepal at 21,030 feet 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 "60 Minutes" newscaster Diane Sawyer weds Mike Nichols 1988 Event New Jersey Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes 1987 Event Ivan Lendl defeat Mats Wilander to win U.S. Tennis Open in 4 hours 47 minutes 1987 Event Washington Caps score 5 goals against Toronto in 3 minutes and 3 seconds 1986 Event Game between Angels and Twins delayed for 9 minutes by strong winds 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 William Schroeder is 1st artificial heart patient to leave hospital He spent 15 minutes outside Humana Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky 1984 Event During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes" 1984 Event Longest pro football game, Los Angeles Express beats Michigan Panthers 27-21 in USFL playoffs, games lasts 93 minutes 33 seconds 1983 Event Steve O'Shaughnessy scores 100 in 35 minutes, Lancs vs. Leics 1983 Event Albert Rizzo trod water at sea for 108 hours 9 minutes 1983 Event Royals defeat Yankees, 5-4, completing "pine-tar" game (12 minutes). Hal McRae strikes out and Dan Quisenberry retires Yankees in order 1983 Event Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 minutes 7.1 seconds 1982 Event David Hookes scores Cricket century in 34 balls 43 minutes, SA vs. Victoria 1982 Event Islanders assessed 108 penality minutes Penguins 125 (233 total) 1982 Event Randy Holt sets Washington Capitals record of 34 penalty minutes 1981 Event Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes 1981 Event 84 penalties (406 minutes) assessed for a brawl between NHL Minnesota and Boston 1981 Event NHL most penalized game; Bruins vs Northstars, 84 penalties (392 minutes) 1981 Event "Nightline" with Ted Koppel extended from 20 minutes to 30 minutes 1980 Event At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon 1980 Event Jean-Claude Droyer climbs Eiffel Tower in 2 hours 18 minutes 1980 Event Jim Stewart, Bruin's rookie goalie allows 3 goals in his 1st 4 minutes and a total of 5 in 1st period; he never again plays in NHL 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 Randy Hold receives 67 minutes in penalties in a 60 minutes NHL hockey game 1979 Event Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hours 40 minutes 1977 Event David Steed balanced stationary on a bike for 9 hours 15 minutes 1977 Event Chris Old completes a century in 37 minutes, Yorks vs. Warwicks 1976 Event Piper Cherokee crashes into Baltimore Memorial Stadium upper stands, 10 minutes after Colts lose 40-14 to Steelers. No one seriously hurt 1976 Event Toronto Maple Leaf Lanny McDonald scores a hat trick in 2 minutes 54 seconds 1976 Event Clive Lloyd scores double-ton in 120 minutes, WI vs. Glamorgan 1976 Event John Naber is 1st to swin 200m backstroke under 2 minutes 1975 Event Tennis game in Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes 1975 Event Fastest hat trick by a Washington Capitals 3 minutes 26 seconds (Stan Gilbertson) 1974 Event Fire kills 189 in less than 25 minutes (Sao Paulo Brazil) 1974 Event India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 minutes 1974 Event Greg Chappell makes 247* vs. New Zealand, 410 minutes, 29 fours 1 six 1971 Event Zaheer Abbas scores Cricket 274 at Edgbaston, 544 minutes 38 fours 1971 Event National Emergency Center erroneously orders U.S. radio and TV stations to go off the air. Mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes 1969 Birthday Rick Mercer, born in St. John's, Canada, comedian, satirist, television personality, created television show, 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes', trademark routine titled, 'Talking to Americans' 1968 Event Kip Keino (Kenya) wins gold medal for 1,500m (3 minutes 34.9 seconds) 1968 Event Jim Dorey sets Toronto Maple Leaf penalty records (48 minutes on 9 penalties in a game and 44 minutes on 7 penalties in a period) 1968 Event "60 Minutes" premieres on CBS-TV 1968 Event 1st broadcast of 60 Minutes on CBS-TV 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 1967 Event Boycott scores 246* vs. India, Leeds, 573 minutes, 29 fours 1 six 1967 Event "Tonight Show" is shortened from 105 to 90 minutes 1966 Event Twister hits Jackson, Mississippi; 3 minutes after 1st sighting, 57 die 1966 Event Bob Cowper makes 307 vs. England at the MCG, 727 minutes, 20 fours 1965 Birthday Tom Moody, cricket batsman, Australian 1989-92 Ton in 26 minutes 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 1965 Event John Edrich completes 310* vs. New Zealand in 532 minutes, 52 fours 5 sixes 1965 Event U.S.S.R. launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes 1st spacewalk (20 minutes) 1964 Event Rolling Stone concert in Ireland halts after 12 minutes due to riot 1964 Event San Francisco Giants beat New York Mets, 8-6, in 23 innings (2nd game) (7 hours 32 minutes) 1963 Event CBS and NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes 1963 Event 1st 200 meter freestyle swum under 2 minutes (Don Schollander 1:58) 1962 Event Umrigar slams 172* vs. WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes 1961 Event Mackay and Kline hang on for 100 minutes for cricket draw vs West Indies 1960 Event CBS radio expands hourly news coverage from 5 to 10 minutes 1960 Event Fidel Castro gives a very long speech at the United Nations, 4 hours, 29 minutes 1958 Event Game in Kansas City between A's and Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado 1958 Event Hanif Mohammad completes 337 in 970 minutes vs. West Indies 1957 Event 3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hours 19 minutes 1954 Event Denis Compton scores 278 in 290 minutes vs. Pakistan 1953 Event Mont Canadiens (106) and Toronto Maple Leafs (98) get 204 penalty minutes 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 1951 Event Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours and 19 minutes 1949 Event Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in 12 minutes 1949 Event Freak heat wave sent central coast of Portugal to 158 degrees F for 2 minutes 1949 Event England beat South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes 1948 Event Bradman scores 150 in 212 minutes in his last innings at Lord's 1948 Event Bradman scores 133* Australia vs. Lancashire, 216 minutes, 17 fours 1948 Event Bradman scores 128 Australia vs. Surrey, 141 minutes, 15 fours 1948 Event Bradman scores 187 Australia vs. Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five 1948 Event Bradman scores 146 Australia vs. Surrey, 174 minutes, 15 fours 1948 Event Bradman scores 107 Australia vs. Worcs, 152 minutes, 15 fours 1948 Event 20th Academy Awards - "Gentleman's Agreement," L Young, R Colman win minutes by 2nd live televised musical Arturo Toscvanni on NBC 1948 Event Bradman scores 201 in 272 minutes vs. India, 21 fours 1 six 1947 Event Bradman scores 156 for SA vs. the Indians, 152 minutes, 22 fours 1946 Event Bradman scores 119 South Australia vs. Victoria, 183 minutes, 8 fours 1945 Birthday Diane Sawyer, born in Glasgow, Kentucky, newscaster, 60 Minutes, ABC Prime Time 1945 Birthday Steve Kroft, Kokomo, Indiana, co-editor, 60 Minutes 1943 Event Fastest 9 inning AL baseball game (89 minutes), White Sox beat Senators 1943 Event Temperature rises 49 degrees F (9 degrees C) in 2 minutes in Spearfish, SD 1942 Event Barbados dismiss Trinidad for 16 in 69 minutes, Derek Sealy 8-8 1941 Birthday Ed Bradley, born in Philadelphia, CBS news correspondent, 60 Minutes 1940 Event John Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hours 46 minutes in the Mississippi River 1940 Event Bradman scores 209* in 161 minutes for South Australia at the WACA 1939 Event Bradman scores 251* SA vs. NSW, 271 minutes, 38 fours 2 sixes 1938 Event Bradman scores 202 Australia vs. Somerset, 225 minutes, 32 fours 1938 Event Bradman scores 103 in 178 minutes on a Headingley sticky, 3rd Test 1938 Event Bradman scores 101* in 77 minutes, Australia vs. Lancashire 1938 Event Bradman scores 143 Australia vs. Surrey, 198 minutes, 11 fours 1938 Event In cricket Bradman scores 278 Australia vs. MCC, 349 minutes, 35 fours 1 six 1938 Event Bradman scores 258 Australia vs. Worcs, 293 minutes, 33 fours 1 five 1938 Event Toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in 5 minutes 1937 Event Bradman scores 246 SA vs. Queensland, 364 minutes, 20 fours 1937 Event Bradman scores 169 in 5th Test Cricket vs. England in 223 minutes 1937 Event Bradman scores 123 SA vs. Queensland, 165 minutes, 10-4s 1-6 in cricket 1937 Event Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th Test Cricket vs. England 1936 Event Bradman scores 212 in 202 minutes in a cricket testimonial game 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 1936 Event Bradman scores 369 in 253 minutes, SA vs. Tasmania, 46 fours 4 sixes 1936 Event Bradman scores 357 for SA vs. Vic, 424 minutes, 40 fours 1935 Event Bradman scores 233 in 191 minutes, SA vs. Queensland, 28 fours 1 six 1935 Event Harold Gimblett scores 123 in 80 minutes on debut for Somerset 1934 Event Bradman scores 132 vs. Leveson-Gower XI, 90 minutes, 24 fours 1 six 1934 Event Bradman scores 149* Australia vs. England XI, 104 minutes, 17 fours 4 sixes 1934 Event Bradman scores 244 in 5th Test Cricket, 316 minutes, 32 fours 1 six 1934 Event Ponsford and Bradman make 451 partnership in 316 minutes vs. Eng 1934 Event Bradman completes 304 at Headingley, 430 minutes, 43 fours 2 sixes 1934 Event Bradman scores 140 Australia vs. Yorkshire, 120 minutes, 22 fours 2 sixes 1934 Event Bradman gets 160 Australia vs. Middlesex, 124 minutes, 27 fours, 1x6, 1x5 1934 Event Bradman scores 206 Australia vs. Worcestershire, 210 minutes, 27 fours 1934 Event Bradman scores 128 NSW vs. Victoria, 96 minutes, 17 fours 4 sixes 1934 Event Bradman scores 253 NSW vs. Queensland, 204 minutes, 29 fours 4 sixes 1933 Event Bradman scores 187* NSW vs. Victoria, 294 minutes, 13 fours 1933 Event Bradman scores 200 NSW vs. Queensland, 184 minutes, 26 fours 1932 Event Bradman scores 238 NSW vs. Victoria, 200 minutes, 32 fours 1932 Event Australia beat South Africa in cricket by an inn in 5 hours 53 minutes playing time 1932 Event Bradman scores 167 NSW vs. Victoria, 224 minutes, 22 fours 1931 Event Bradman scores 219 NSW vs. South Africa, 234 minutes, 15 fours 1931 Event Bradman scores 135 NSW vs. South Africa, 128 minutes, 15 fours 1931 Birthday Morley Safer, Toronto California, TV newscaster, 60 Minutes 1931 Birthday Dan Rather, born in Wharton, Texas, news anchor, CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes 1931 Event Bradman scores 152 Australia vs. WI, 154 minutes, 13 fours 2 fives 1931 Event Bradman scores 220 NSW vs. Victoria, 308 minutes, 13 fours 1931 Event Bradman scores 223 Australia vs. WI, 297 minutes, 26 fours 1930 Event Learie Constantine cricket 100 in 52 minutes WI vs. Tas (10x4, 1x6, 1x5) 1930 Event Bradman scores 258 NSW vs. South Australia, 289 minutes, 37 fours 1930 Event Bradman out for 334 in Test Cricket at Headingley, 383 minutes, 46 fours 1930 Event Bradman scores 254 at Lord's vs. England, 320 minutes, 25 fours 1930 Event Bradman scores cricket 191 Australia vs. Hampshire, 240 minutes, 26 fours 1930 Event Bradman scores 252* Australia vs. Surrey, 290 minutes, 29 fours 1930 Event Duleepsinhji scores 333 for Sussex vs. Northants in 330 minutes 1930 Event Bradman scores 185* Australia vs. Leicestershire, 317 minutes, 16 fours 1930 Event Bradman scores 452* for NSW against Qld, 377 minutes, 49 fours 1929 Event Bradman scores 124 for Woodfull's XI against Ryder's XI 166 minutes 1929 Event Bradman scores 340* for NSW vs. Victoria, 488 minutes, 38 fours 1928 Event Bradman scores 131 NSW vs. Queensland, 212 minutes, 14 fours 1928 Event Bradman scores 134 not out (225 minutes, 13 fours) NSW vs. Vic 1926 Event Shortest double header, Yankees lose 6-1 in 72 minutes and lose again 6-2 in 55 minutes to Browns. Yankees had already clinched pennant 1926 Event White Sox Ted Lyons no hits Red Sox 6-0 in just 67 minutes at Fenway 1925 Birthday Shana Alexander, New York City, journalist, 60 Minutes 1924 Event South Africa all out 30 vs. England in 48 minutes, Gilligan 6-7 1923 Birthday Harry Reasoner, Dakota City Iowa, newscaster, 60 Minutes, ABC, CBS 1922 Birthday Don Hewitt, New York City, CBS news executive producer, 60 Minutes 1922 Event WEAF in New York City airs 1st radio commercia, Queensboro Realty, $100 for 10 minutes 1921 Event Charlie McCartney scores 300 in 205 minutes Australia vs. Notts 1920 Birthday James J Kilpatrick, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, columnist, 60 Minutes 1920 Event Percy Fender (Surrey vs. Northants) scores 100 in 35 minutes 1920 Event Tigers beat Yankees 1-0 in shortest AL game, 73 minutes 1919 Event Fastest major league game (51 minutes), Giants beat Phillies 6-1 1919 Birthday Andy Rooney, born in Albany, New York, CBS news correspondent, 60 Minutes 1918 Birthday Mike Wallace, Brookline, Massachusetts, newscaster, Biography, 60 Minutes 1911 Event Edwin Boaler Alletson hits 189 in 90 minutes Notts vs. Sussex 1908 Event World's most intense shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo, Panama 1905 Event M A Noble scores 281 (369 minutes, 21 fours) NSW vs. Victoria 1905 Event 2" rain falls in 10 minutes in Taylor, Texas 1904 Event 1st airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes 1903 Event 1st trotter to run a mile under 2 minutes (Lou Dillon 1:58.1) 1901 Event NSW score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes 1899 Event Trumper scores 208 in 185 minutes (1 five 25 fours) NSW vs. Qld 1898 Event 1st practical submarine 1st submerges, New York City (for 1 hour 40 minutes) 1895 Event J. T. Brown hits the fastest 50 in Test Crickets (28 minutes) England vs. Australia 1893 Event Andy Bowen and Jack Burke box 7 hours 19 minutes to no decision (111 rounds) 1870 Event Jem Mace and defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hour and 17 minutes, and neither is struck by a punch 1751 Event 1st international world title prize fight-Jack Stack of England, beats challenger M Petit of France in 29 minutes in England 1653 Event An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St. Albans to London in less than 90 minutes
