Hiccups 157,766,400 Times In Five Years -- Jack O'Leary, who began what may be the world's longest siege of hiccups when his appendix raptured five years ago today, shows the fantastic totals reached by the more-than-one-a-second spasms, He's tried hundreds of remedies and been treated by more than 200 doctors. O'Leary, 27, weighs only 77 pounds. He can sleep only about an hour before the jarring and sound of the hiccups wake him up. June 13, 1953. (Photo by AP Laserphoto).