“Jane Fonda’s Workout,” and “The 5th Longest NHL Game,” - This Day in History – Apr 24th

Actress Jane Fonda Becomes Exercise Guru

Back in 1982, actress, Jane Fonda known for her Oscar winning roles, chose a different venue, which was a moneymaker and fitness guru with the success of her exercise tapes.  Ms. Fonda’s video was delivered a year after her best seller ranked fitness book.

History.com stated that, “with the phenomenal success of her exercise studios, books and videos, Fonda not only sparked the aerobics trend of the late 1970s and 1980s--she also popularized the concept of working out for women in general. Other instructors soon capitalized on the workout movement, including Richard Simmons and Judi Missett, creator of the aerobics spin-off known as Jazzercise. For the first time, millions of women (and a few men) were exercising together in groups, doing leg lifts, side bends and lifting dumbbells to the beat of peppy music. Aerobics also launched a fashion craze, with neon spandex, legwarmers and leotards becoming ubiquitous among health-conscious women. Fonda’s videos remained top sellers into the latter half of the 1980s, including Jane Fonda’s New Workout (1986) and Jane Fonda’s Low-Impact Aerobic Workout (1987).”

Penguins beat Capitals in 5^th longest NHL Match

Back in 1996, the fifth-longest National Hockey League match took place between rivals, Pittsburgh penguins and Washington Capitals.  The game ran for 139 minutes and 15 seconds with a win from the Penguins over the Capitals of 3-2. 

A normal regulation game is 60 minutes, however, since playoff matches do not allow ties, teams must continues in continuous sudden death 20-minutes periods until a winner is chosen. 

History.com stated that, “The longest-ever NHL game took place on March 24, 1936, when the Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Maroons, 1-0, in six overtimes for a total of 176 minutes and 30 seconds. Mud Bruneteau scored the winning goal. Hockey's second-longest game involved six overtimes between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins on April 3, 1933. Toronto won the game, 1-0, in 164 minutes 46 seconds. On May 4, 2000, the third-lengthiest match, between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins ended after 152 minutes and 1 second, with the victory going to Philadelphia, 2-1. Dallas, Texas, was the site of hockey's fourth-longest game, when the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim defeated the Dallas Stars, 4-3, in 140 minutes and 48 seconds.”

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http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/patti-labelle-makes-her-debut-on-the-pop-charts-sort-of?catId=13