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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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