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2009 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 Mike Tyson returns to the ring and DQs Peter McNeeley in 38 seconds

1994 Mark "Red" Mitchell, actor (John F. Kennedy, 8 Seconds, Want to Live), dies at 33

1994 7th longest NHL game: New Jersey Devils beat Buffalo Sabres (125 minutes 43 seconds)

1993 Irina Privalova runs world record 60m indoor (6.92 seconds)

1992 Rap singer raps 597 syllables in under 60 seconds

1992 Nelson Diebel swims 100m freestyle U.S. record (54.48 seconds)

1991 Yolanda Gail Devers runs U.S. female record 100m hurdles (12.48 seconds)

1991 Carl Lewis rus 100m in 9.86 seconds

1991 U.S. sets 400m relay record at 37.67 seconds

1991 Former New York Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds

1990 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 Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60m hurdles (7.37 seconds)

1988 Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds

1988 Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67m)

1987 Bruins' Linseman and Blues' Doug Gilmore score goals, 2 seconds apart

1987 Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71

1987 Washington Caps score 5 goals against Toronto in 3 minutes and 3 seconds

1986 Titan rocket explodes seconds after liftoff from Vandenberg AFB

1986 Chicago Blackhawks Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of 3rd period

1985 Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds

1985 Flight readiness firing of Atlantis' main engines; 20 seconds

1985 Danny Sullivan wins Indy 500 by 24 seconds following a spin

1985 New Jersey Devils score their fastest hat trick in 42 seconds

1984 Longest pro football game, Los Angeles Express beats Michigan Panthers 27-21 in USFL playoffs, games lasts 93 minutes 33 seconds

1984 Frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia

1984 Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL rec scores 5 seconds into game

1983 New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 seconds of 3rd period

1983 Black Hawks and Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds)

1983 Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 minutes 7.1 seconds

1983 2nd flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 22 seconds

1982 Flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 20 seconds

1982 Closest Indy 500, Gordon Johncock beats Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds

1981 Columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 seconds remaining

1981 Yevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (36.91 seconds)

1981 Flight readiness firing of Columbia's main engines; 20 seconds

1980 Americans remembered Iran hostages by shining lights for 417 seconds

1979 Islanders score 2 goals within 6 seconds 3 goals within 44 seconds

1979 1st space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds

1978 Mark Vinchesi of Amherst Mass keeps a frisbee aloft 15.2 seconds

1976 Toronto Maple Leaf Lanny McDonald scores a hat trick in 2 minutes 54 seconds

1976 Bobby Unser sets world record for fastest pit stop (4 seconds)

1975 Islander Parise and Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs Flyers 5-Isles 4-semifinals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead

1975 Fastest hat trick by a Washington Capitals 3 minutes 26 seconds (Stan Gilbertson)

1972 Kings score 3 goals within 45 seconds against Islanders

1968 Kip Keino (Kenya) wins gold medal for 1,500m (3 minutes 34.9 seconds)

1968 Lee Evans sets world record of 43.8 seconds in 400 meter dash

1968 Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds

1963 Davey Moore, dies seconds after KOed in feather-weight championship

1955 Mont Canadien Jean Beliveau scores 2nd fastest hat trick (44 seconds)

1954 Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record)

1953 Paul Searls saws a 32" log in 86.4 seconds

1952 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 Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at MSG, New York City

1947 AAU record for a 25' rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds

1946 Al Couture knockouts Ralph Walton in Lewiston Maine in 10 seconds

1936 Shortest boxing bout with gloves lasts only 10 seconds

1936 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 Charlie Conacher becomes 1st Toronto Maple Leaf to score 5 goals in a game, 1st coming at 7 seconds of game

1929 Brooklyn's Johnny Finn sets 100 yard sack race in 14.4 seconds

1924 Johnny Weissmuller, swims 100m record (57 2/5 seconds)

1924 Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard freestyle record (52.4 seconds)

1921 Charles Paddock runs world record 100m (10.4 seconds)

1918 Jack Dempsey KOs Carl Morris in 14 seconds

1913 Stephen McNally, New York City, actor, Split Second, 30 Seconds over Tokyo

1909 Harry Hillman and Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds

1908 Quickest world heavyweight title fight (Burns KOs Roche in 88 seconds)

1901 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds

1895 Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 seconds)

1890 John Owen is 1st man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds

1890 1st 100 yard dash under 10 seconds (John Owens 9-4/5 seconds, Washington D.C.)

1801 Joseph AF Plateau, Belgium, physicist, blinded - stared at Sun 25 seconds


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