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It's about one-one-thousandth as long as The Great Chicago Fire
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The length of The Great Chicago Fire is about 3,000 minutes.
(1871) (Chicago, Illinois)
The Great Chicago Fire started at about 9am and burned for 3,000 minutes between October 8th and October 10th, 1871. Chicago had experienced twenty smaller fires in the 20,000 minutes leading up to the blaze, due to drought conditions, strong winds, and the abundance of wooden buildings at the time.
It's about one-two-thousandth as long as The Voyage of the Titanic
The length of The Voyage of the Titanic is about 6,620 minutes.
(a.k.a. RMS Titanic) (1912) (from Southampton, Hampshire, England to near the Grand Banks of Newfoundland)
Four days, 14 hours, and 20 minutes into its maiden voyage, the RMS Titanic had completely sunk after colliding with an iceberg. The sinking was one of the deadliest maritime disasters in peacetime history, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 passengers and crew.
It's about one-four-thousandth as long as The Apollo 11 Mission
The length of The Apollo 11 Mission is about 11,718.60 minutes.
(1969) (total mission length)
The first trip by humans to the surface of the Moon, the Apollo 11 Mission began with the launch of the spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 16th, 1969 and concluded with the return of the command module on July 24th, 1969 — a total mission time of 11,718.60 minutes. The total time spent by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin on the Moon's surface was 156.6670 minutes.
It's about one-seven-thousandth as long as Boniface VI's reign
The length of Boniface VI's reign is about 22,000 minutes.
(AD 896)
The Church's enigmatic, shortest-reigning Pope, Boniface VI was pontiff for a period of 22,000 minutes in AD 896 before dying under somewhat mysterious circumstances. His election was subsequently pronounced null by Pope John IX because Boniface had been previously defrocked while serving as a Roman priest.
It's about one-fifteen-thousandth as long as a William Henry Harrison's Presidency
The length of a William Henry Harrison's Presidency is about 45,380 minutes.
(a.k.a. William Henry Harrison, a.k.a. "Tippecanoe," a.k.a. "Old Tippecanoe") (1841)
Having caught pneumonia and pleurisy early in his term as President of the United States, William Henry Harrison died after 31 days, 12 hours, and 30 minutes in office. Following his death, Congress approved a Presidential widow's pension for Harrison's wife, Anna Symmes, who received a year's worth of Harrison's presidential salary — $25,000 — and the right to free postage for the remainder of her life.
It's about one-twenty-five-thousandth as long as The First US Continental Congress
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The length of The First US Continental Congress is about 73,000 minutes.
(1774) (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
The First Continental Congress — which included such notable members as Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, John Jay and George Washington — met from September 5th to October 26th, 1774 — a total of 73,000 minutes. Of the thirteen original American colonies in existence at the time, only the Province of Georgia sent no delegates to the Congress.
It's about one-thirty-thousandth as long as The Voyage of the Mayflower
The length of The Voyage of the Mayflower is about 95,000 minutes.
(1620)
Having left Southampton, England on September 16th (new style), 1620, the Mayflower dropped anchor near Cape Cod, Massachusetts 95,000 minutes later on November 21st (new style), 1620. The voyagers had planned to travel in a convoy of two ships, but the smaller Speedwell was found to be leaking (evidently as a result of sabotage) and all passengers had to be moved to the Mayflower instead.
It's about one-thirty-five-thousandth as long as Columbus' voyage to America
The length of Columbus' voyage to America is about 100,000 minutes.
(1492) (first voyage)
Attempting to find a western route to Asia, Christopher Columbus set sail on August 3rd, 1492 and landed in the Bahamas on October 12th — 100,000 minutes later. After one of Columbus' ships, the Santa Maria ran aground in present-day Haiti, he ordered that the timber be used to used to build a fort and settlement called La Navidad; it remains missing to archaeologists to this day.
It's about one-forty-five-thousandth as long as The First spaceflight (Sputnik)
The length of The First spaceflight (Sputnik) is about 130,000 minutes.
(a.k.a. Sputnik 1, a.k.a. Спутник-1, a.k.a. "Satellite-1", a.k.a. Простейший Спутник-1) (1957) (total time in orbit)
Launched from Kazakhstan in 1957, Sputnik was the first artificial satellite placed into orbit around Earth, where it remained for 130,000 minutes. During its voyage, it traveled about 70,000,000 km (43,495,983.46 mi), completing an orbit of the planet every 96.2 minutes.
It's about one-fifty-thousandth as long as The Spanish-American War
The length of The Spanish-American War is about 157,000 minutes.
(1898)
The War between Spain and the United States over the liberation of Cuba began on April 25th, 1898 and lasted until the signing of the Treaty of Paris on August 12th, 1898, 156,000 minutes. The Treaty gave the United States control of Cuba, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
It's about one-fifty-five-thousandth as long as The First artificial heart patient's survival
The length of The First artificial heart patient's survival is about 161,000 minutes.
(1982) (Dr. Barney Bailey Clark; first permanent, pneumatic device)
On December 2nd, 1982 Dr. William DeVries implanted the first artificial heart into Dr. Barney Bailey Clark, who went on to live for 161,000 minutes. This early model of the artificial heart was controlled and powered by an external, 146.51 kg (323 lb) machine that Dr. Clark had to cart with him as he moved throughout the hospital.
It's about one-five-hundred-fifty-thousandth as long as The Korean War
The length of The Korean War is about 1,624,000 minutes.
(1951-53) (to armistice signing)
The Korean War between North Korea (a.k.a. Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a.k.a. DPRK) and South Korea (a.k.a. Republic of Korea, a.k.a. ROK) began on June 25th, 1950 during the Cold War. The war paused with the signing of an armistice on July 27th, 1953 — 1,624,000 minutes — although the war is officially ongoing and marked by occasional border conflicts.
It's about one-seven-hundred-thousandth as long as The US Civil War
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The length of The US Civil War is about 2,100,000 minutes.
(a.k.a. War Between the States, a.k.a. the Great Rebellion, a.k.a. the War of the Rebellion) (1861-65) (United States)
The deadliest war in American history, the American Civil War is generally considered to have begun on with the attack on Fort Sumter on April 12th, 1861 and to have lasted until the surrender of Robert E. Lee's army on April 9th, 1865 — 2,100,000 minutes. A total of 620,000 American (including Confederate) soldiers are estimated to have lost their lives due to the war.
It's about one-seven-hundred-fifty-thousandth as long as The First walk around the world
The length of The First walk around the world is about 2,258,000 minutes.
(1970 - 1974) (Dave, John, and Peter Kunst) (including time in recovery)
On June 20th, 1970, Dave Kunst set out from Waseca, Minnesota with $1,000 and a mule. Kunst completed his walk around the world (with a 175,200 minutes pause following an assault he suffered during the journey) on October 5th, 1974 — 2,258,000 minutes.
It's about one-seven-hundred-fifty-thousandth as long as World War I
The length of World War I is about 2,300,000 minutes.
(a.k.a. First World War, a.k.a. Great War, a.k.a. World War, a.k.a. War to End All Wars, a.k.a. WWI, a.k.a. WW1) (1914 - 1918)
World War I is considered to have begun with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28th, 1914 and to have lasted until the signing of the armistice with Germany on November 11th, 1918, for a total of 2,300,000 minutes. However, the Treaty of Versailles which ended conflicts between the major powers was not signed until June 28th, 1919 and the last formal peace treaties were not signed until August 23rd, 1923 — 2,510,000 minutes after the armistice was signed.
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