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2010 Event - After new allegations of torture, the International Committee of the Red Cross reports a second U.S. secret prison exists at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan
1997 Event - White Sox Frank Thomas reaches base safely for 15th straight time 1996 Event - Tigers slugger Cecil Fielder steals 1st base in 1,097th career game 1995 Event - 22nd American Music Award: Boyz II Men and Ace of Base win 1994 Event - U.S. reopens Guantanamo Naval Base to process refugees 1994 Event - Don Mattingly plays 1st base 1,469 game for Yankees (2nd most) 1994 Event - A's outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 1,100th career base 1992 Event - White Sox Tim Raines swipes his 700th career base 1992 Event - Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base 1992 Event - Ozzie Smith steals his 500th base 1991 Event - A's Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base vs Yankees 1990 Event - Andre Dawson steals his 300th base and is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 home runs, 300 steals and 2,000 hits 1990 Event - Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record 1990 Event - As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score 1989 Event - Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in New York's 4-3 loss to Clev 1988 Event - Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies and New York Mets end that game at 2:13 AM 1988 Event - A's Gene Nelson is 1st AL pitcher to steal a base since 1973 1987 Event - Vince Coleman steals his 100th base for 3rd straight year 1987 Event - Don Mattingly ties 1st base fielding record with 22 put-outs 1987 Event - Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 cons games 1985 Event - Rickey Henderson steals Yankee record 75th base of season 1982 Event - Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark 1982 Event - KC's John Wathan steals 31st en route to 36 base for catcher's record 1982 Event - Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season 1981 Event - Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League)) 1981 Event - British team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest and fastest crossing of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2,500 miles) 1980 Event - A's Rickey Henderson sets AL stolen base record at 98 en route to 100 1980 Event - Royals Willie Wilson steals AL-record 28 consecutive base 1979 Event - St. Louis legend Lou Brock steals 938th and final base of his career 1979 Event - Rickey Henderson debuts for Oakland and steals his 1st base 1979 Event - Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit 1975 Event - Davey Lopes steals his 38th consecutive base, then thrown out stealing 1975 Event - Dodger Davey Lopes steals record 32nd consec base without being caught 1974 Event - Lou Brock ties (104) and then sets (105) baseball stolen base mark 1974 Event - St. Louis Card Lou Brock steals his 700th base 1973 Event - Hank Aaron's record 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial record 1972 Birthday - Cliff Floyd, born in Chicago, Illinois, outfielder/1st base for the Montreal Expos 1972 Event - U.S. Army turns over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army 1971 Event - Brooks Robinson ties Series record, reaches base 5 straight times 1970 Event - Willie Stargell (Pirates) ties record of 5 extra base hits in a game 1969 Event - Met Cleon Jones awarded 1st base when shoe polish on ball proves he is hit by a pitch, he scores on a home run in World Series 1968 Event - U.S. marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled 1965 Event - Phillies catcher Pat Corrales sets record by reaching base twice on catcher's interference in one game and 6 times in one season 1965 Event - Viet Cong offensive against U.S. base Da Nang, begins 1965 Event - Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam 1964 Event - Ford Mustang formally introduced ($2368 base) 1963 Event - Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit 1962 Event - Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 and consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th 1961 Event - After 84 1/3 innings Bill Fischer gives up a base on balls 1961 Event - U.S. nuclear submarine Patrick Henry arrives at Scottish naval base of Holy Loch from South Carolina in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hours 1960 Birthday - Andy Van Slyke, born in Utica, New York, professional baseball player, outfielder, played for the St. Louis Cardinals, coached first base for the Detroit Tigers 1958 Birthday - Rickey Henderson, born in Chicago, Illinois, baseball player, stolen base king, A's, Yankees 1957 Birthday - Chico Walker, born in Jackson, Mississippi, professional baseball player, second base, played for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, California Angels, New York Mets 1956 Event - Yankees set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway 1956 Event - Porkkala military base returned to Finland by U.S.S.R. 1955 Event - After playing 274 straight games at 2nd base, Nellie Fox is given a day off he comes back next 798 consecutive games 1952 Birthday - Dave Collins, born in Rapid City, South Dakota, professional baseball player, outfielder, first base coach for the Florida Marlins 1952 Event - Ron Necciai of Pitts Pirate's Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27, as he no-hits Welch Minors, 4 Minors do reach base 1952 Event - Fire in main building of French Port Martin Antarctic base 1951 Birthday - Benny Ayala, born in Yauco, Puerto Rico, Benigno Ayala Felix, Major League Baseball player, played outfield, first base, designated hitter for New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals 1950 Event - Casey Stengel asks Joe DiMaggio to play 1st base (handles 13 chances) 1950 Event - Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia 1948 Birthday - Jackson Browne, U.S. Base in Germany, rock voclaist, Lawyers in Love 1948 Event - 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie 1946 Event - Yankees switch from 3rd base to 1st base dug out 1943 Event - RAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemunde 1942 Event - Allies raid German submarine base in St. Nazaire 1941 Event - Japanese carrier force left its base and moves east toward Pearl Harbor 1941 Event - German air raid on Russian naval base Kronstadt (battleship Marat sinks) 1941 Event - Browns pitcher Johnny Niggling gets Joe DiMaggio in 4 at bats to stop DiMaggio's streak of 74 games in reaching base 1940 Event - U.S. gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease 1940 Event - Failed British air raid on German base at Sylt 1940 Event - German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow 1939 Birthday - Lou Brock, one-time baseball stolen base leader for the St. Louis Cardinals 1937 Event - Phillies Dolph Camilli, plays 1st base and registers no put outs 1934 Event - Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland 1928 Event - Cards set NL record of 18 men left on base beating Phillies 8-6 1922 Event - Suffy McInnis (1st base) ends an errorless string of 1,700 chances 1921 Event - Suffy McInnis (1st base) begins an errorless string of 1,700 1920 Event - 1st brothers oppose each other in World Series, Cleveland's Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits as brother Jimmy plays 3rd base for Bkln 1915 Event - St. Louis 3rd base coach Miller Huggins, calls for ball Brooklyn rookie obliges, Huggins steps aside, and Card runner scores 1912 Event - Pirates turn a rare 5-3-7 doubleplay (left fielder covers 2nd base) 1909 Event - Construction of Navy base at Pearl Harbor begins 1905 Event - Pittsburgh Pirates strand NL record 18 men on base and lose to Reds 8-3 1904 Event - "Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" adopted 1904 Birthday - John "Pepper" Martin, baseballer, NL stolen base leader 1933,34,36 1901 Event - Chicago White Sox Frank Isbell strands record 11 teammate base runners 1887 Event - U.S. Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor 1854 Event - Prince Menshikov of Krim occupies British base at Balaclava 1849 Birthday - Emma Lazarus, Jewish poet, "New Colossus" at the base of Statue of Liberty 1848 Event - Baseball rules 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of runner 1654 Event - Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife |
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