NUMBER TO KNOW 1: The maximum time a high jumper has remained airborne is 1 second. An average human's hang time is about 0.53 seconds. Michael Jordan's longest hang time record is 0.92 seconds. THIS DAY IN HISTORY April 27, 1773: The British Parliament passes the unpopular Tea Act, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company from bankruptcy by greatly lowering the tea tax it paid to the British government and, thus, granting it a de facto monopoly on the American tea trade. FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS