2001 Harvey R. Ball, graphic designer, invented the ubiquitous smiley face in 1963, dies at 79
2001 Harvey Ball, American Celebrity
1996 Karl Krikken out handled the ball for Derbyshire vs. Indians
1996 Freddie Stocks, cricket (cent on debut and wkt on 1st ball, Notts), dies
1995 Ian Ball, photographer, dies at 80
1994 Andy Waller out handled the ball for Mashonaland CD vs. Mash U24
1994 George Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84
1994 Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Indians new ball park at Gateway for $13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field)
1993 Crickets Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball vs. Aust, Old Trafford
1993 Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head and goes over fence for a home run
1993 Jonathan Ball, English youngster, killed by IRA at 3
1992 Brave's Charlie Leibrandt 1,000th strikeout and decides to keep the ball He rolls it to the dugout, allows Ricky Jordan to take 2nd on error
1992 Carlos Martinez hits a ball off Jose Canseco's head for a HR
1992 Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball
1991 William Ball, actor (Suburban Commando), dies at 60
1991 Albert Belle is shipped to minors for not running out a ground ball
1991 Del Ballard, Jr. throws most famous gutter ball in PBA Tour history
1990 New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 12th HR in 1st 92 at bats and becomes 21st to hit a ball into 3rd deck of Seattle's Kingdome
1989 Lucille Ball, comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78
1989 Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket 1st ball in 1st-class cricket
1987 Jean Anouilh, French playwright (Ball of the Voleurs), dies at 77
1987 Kevin Gross is 2nd pitcher in 8 days to be ejected for scuffing ball
1987 At the Kingdome, Ruppert Jones hits a foul ball that sticks in speaker
1986 Trailing 5-3 with 2 out and no one on in bottom of 10th, New York rallies to win Game 6 of the World Series, 6-5, Bill Buckner misplays a ball
1986 Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hrs
1986 Iowa's All-American running back, Ronnie Harmon, fumbles the ball 4 times in his last game-the Rose Bowl
1985 Uno Lindstron of Sweden, juggles a soccer ball 13.11 miles
1984 Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling)
1983 Desmond Haynes out handled the ball vs. India
1983 Jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64
1983 Don Genalo needs just 3 of 5 pins to win Southern California Open bowling tournament, miscalculates his score and intentionally gutters his ball
1979 Andrew Hilditch given out handled the ball vs. Pakistan at WACA
1978 New York Yankee Reggie Jackson causes World Series controversy by getting in the way of a throw to 1st and deflects the ball away
1978 Oscar Homolka, actor (7 Year Itch, Ball of Fire), dies at 79
1976 WS shortstop Toby Harrah plays DH without touching a batted ball
1974 Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker on Astrodome roof
1972 Kiteman attempting to throw out 1st ball in Phillie Vet crashes into centerfield seats
1972 New York Yanks agree to continue playing ball in the Bronx
1972 Chris Ball, born in Costa Mesa, California, kayak, alternate 1996 Olympics
1972 Lloy Ball, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, volleyball setter 1996 Olympics
1970 Jim Bouton's controversial "Ball Four" is published
1970 Com Bowie Kuhn reprimands Astro Jim Bouton for writing "Ball Four"
1969 Dallas Cowboy kicker Mike Clark, attempting an on-side kick against Cleveland, missed the ball
1969 Met Cleon Jones awarded 1st base when shoe polish on ball proves he is hit by a pitch, he scores on a HR in World Series
1969 Pirate Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium
1968 1st date in controversial Jim Bouton baseball diary "Ball Four"
1967 Melville Abrams Ball Field in Bronx named
1967 19th Emmy Awards: Mission Impossible, Monkees, Don Knotts and Lucy Ball
1966 Eric Ball, NFL running back for the Oakland Raiders
1964 Jerry Ball, NFL defensive tackle, Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings
1963 Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade
1962 John F. Kennedy throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium
1961 Lee Rocker, [Leon Drucker], rock bassist, Stray Cats-Gonna Ball
1961 Norm Cash becomes 1st Det Tiger to hit a ball out of Tiger Stadium
1960 Coleman/Leigh's musical "Wildcat" with Lucille Ball premieres in New York City
1960 Jimmy Savo, comedian (Through the Crystal Ball), dies at 65
1960 Lucille Ball files divorce from Desi Arnaz
1959 Intikhab Alam bowls Colin McDonald with 1st ball in Tests
1959 David Ball, Blackpool, rock keyboardist, Soft Cell
1959 Abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi
1957 Glen Hoddle, English soccer ball player, Tottenham
1957 Yankee Bill Skowron becomes 3rd player to hit a ball out of Fenway
1956 8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show and Lucy Ball
1952 Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock and roll concert ever
1951 Catie Ball, U.S., 100 m breast stroke swimmer, Olympic-4X4 gold-1968
1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins Orlando Florida 2 Ball Golf Tournament
1950 Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4
1949 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz wed for the second time
1948 Samuel E Wright, Camden, South Carolina, actor, Enos, Ball Four
1948 Dave Ball, rocker, Procul Harum
1945 1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it is patented
1945 Brenda Benet, Hollywood, actress, Lee-Days of Our Lives, Beach Ball
1945 New balata ball used in baseball, 50% livilier
1944 Roger Ball, Scotland, saxophonist, Average White Band
1944 Martin Fried, rocker, Cyrkle-Red Rubber Ball
1943 Anna Ford, British broadcaster/actress, Secret Policeman's Ball
1943 Reg[inald] Presley, [Ball], rock vocalist, Troggs-Wild Thing
1943 Pirates Rip Sewell 1st throws his dew-drop (eephus) ball in a game
1943 NL Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet ball proves to be 50% livelier
1943 Baseball approves official ball (with cork and balata)
1940 Bradman out 1st ball for SA vs. Victoria before 6213
1940 Lucille Ball weds Desi Arnaz
1940 Japan eliminates U.S. terms (strike, play ball) from baseball
1940 Tony Oliva, ball player, batting champ, AL Rookie of Year 1964
1939 James Deacon White, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi), dies at 91
1939 Jim Bouton, born in Newark, New Jersey, pitcher, New York Yankees, author of Ball Four
1939 Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72
1938 Major leagues agrees on standard ball
1938 Johnny Ball, British Entertainer
1935 Christopher Ball, linguist/warden, Keble College-Oxford
1934 Alan Bennett, England, playwright/actor, Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1934 National and American baseball leagues select a uniform ball
1933 James Ball, economist
1932 Michael Ball, Bishop, Truro
1932 Peter Ball, Bishop, Gloucester
1931 Kenny Ball, rocker
1931 Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington, New Jersey
1931 William Ball, actor, Suburban Commando
1930 Baseball changes rule, ball bounces into stands not a HR, now a double
1930 White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St. Louis Browns
1926 Big Mama Thornton, blues singer, Ball and Chain, Stronger than Dirt
1925 Christopher Ball, born in Oxford, warden, Keble College
1924 Russell Endean, cricketer, 28 Tests for South Africa, handled the ball 1956
1923 Raymond Radiguet, French journalist and writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20
1921 Harvey Ball, American Celebrity
1920 Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with ball
1918 Jack Somack, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show
1917 1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)
1917 1st jazz record recorded (Dark Town Strutters Ball)
1915 St. Louis 3rd base coach Miller Huggins, calls for ball Brooklyn rookie obliges, Huggins steps aside, and Card runner scores
1914 Ian Ball, photographer
1913 Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer (Ball Screw), dies
1913 President Woodrow Wilson throws out 1st ball, Senators beat Yankees 2-1
1913 Horace Smith, cricketer, NZ, only Test wkt off his 1st ball, Paynter,
1912 Lightnin' [Sam] Hopkins, born in Texas, blues stylist, Ball of Twine
1911 Thomas Ball, U.S. sculptor/painter/singer, dies at 92
1911 Lucille Ball, born in Jamestown, New York, comedienne/actress, I Love Lucy, Mame
1910 Dodgers and Pirates play to 8-8 tie, both have 38 at bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, 2 errors, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 pass ball and 1 hit by pitch
1910 Taft is 1st President to throw out a 1st ball at a baseball game
1910 President Taft begins tradition of throwing out ball on opening day
1910 Rudi Ball, Germany, Jewish ice hockey star, 1932 Olympics bronze
1909 George Ball, Iowa, lawyer/undersecretary of state
1909 Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball executes an unassisted triple play
1908 Billy Murray hits the charts with "Take Me Outto the Ball Game"
1908 1st time, ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square
1907 For 1st time a ball drops at Times Square to signal new year
1907 Burrill Phillips, Omaha Nebraska, composer, Play Ball
1907 Interprovincial Rugby Football union (Big Four) forms with Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Foot Ball
1904 Lafcadio Hearn, author (Soul of the Great Ball), dies at 54
1904 "Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" adopted
1903 In 11th an old black ball is put into play against Cleve, Tigers' Nap Lajoie protests ignored, he hurls ball out of park and forfeits game
1900 Jed Harris, producer/director, Billy Rose Show, Operation Mad Ball
1900 Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Balt
1892 Roy Park, cricketer, one Test Aust vs. Eng 1920, out 1st ball
1892 Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning use of "400" to describe socially elite
1886 1st dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, New York (tuxedo)
1886 Hugo Ball, German playwright/co-founder Flametti
1885 John Ward and several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Prof Base Ball Players, 1st baseball union
1884 Montreal Foot Ball Club (QFRU) defeats Toronto Argonauts (ORFU) 30-0 in 1st CRFU Championship game
1876 Ernest Schelling, Belvidere, New Jersey, composer and conductor, Victory Ball
1876 Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football
1872 Montreal Foot Ball Club 1st game playing Quebec City to 0-0 tie
1870 Fred Goldsmith demonstrates curve ball isn't an optical illusion
1869 Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club plays its 1st game
1869 Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club forms
1865 John Hyatts patents billard ball
1865 President Lincolns 2nd Inaugural Ball
1864 Fire Department celebrates 1st annual ball
1864 Battle at Ball's Ferry Georgia (30 casualties)
1862 Bowling ball invented
1859 Philadelphia A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later
1848 William "Candy" Cummings, created curve ball
1847 James Deacon White, Canton, New York, ball player jumped teams in 1876, Chi
1840 Robert S. Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer
1833 James Ball Antyne, Scot founder (Ball Antyne Press), dies at about 60
1829 Unruly crowd mobs White House during President Jackson inaugural ball
1819 Thomas Ball, U.S., sculptor/painter/singer
1817 Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke, U.S., army nurse, union
1801 Elisha Brown, Jr. pressed a 1,235 pound cheese ball at his farm
1789 Mary Ball Washington, mother of George, dies
1789 1st inaugurational ball (for George Washington in New York City)
1521 Ignatius Loyola seriously wounded by a cannon ball
1393 Aimery Poitiers, French nobleman, burned at royal ball
1393 Yvain, son of earl of Foix, burned at royal ball
1393 Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents)
1393 Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball
1381 John Ball, English priest/ideologist of Boer uprising, hanged
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