1997 White Sox Frank Thomas reaches base safely for 15th straight time
1996 Tigers slugger Cecil Fielder steals 1st base in 1,097th career game
1995 22nd American Music Award: Boyz II Men and Ace of Base win
1994 U.S. reopens Guantanamo Naval Base to process refugees
1994 Don Mattingly plays 1st base 1,469 game for Yankees (2nd most)
1994 A's outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 1,100th career base
1992 White Sox Tim Raines swipes his 700th career base
1992 Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base
1992 Ozzie Smith steals his 500th base
1991 A's Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base vs Yanks
1990 Andre Dawson steals his 300th base and is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals and 2,000 hits
1990 Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record
1990 As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score
1989 Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in New York's 4-3 loss to Clev
1988 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 A's Gene Nelson is 1st AL pitcher to steal a base since 1973
1987 Vince Coleman steals his 100th base for 3rd straight year
1987 Don Mattingly ties 1st base fielding record with 22 put-outs
1987 Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 cons games
1985 Rickey Henderson steals Yankee record 75th base of season
1982 Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark
1982 KC's John Wathan steals 31st en route to 36 base for catcher's record
1982 Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season
1981 Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League))
1981 Brit team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest and fastest crossing of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2,500 miles)
1980 A's Rickey Henderson sets AL stolen base record at 98 en route to 100
1980 Royals Willie Wilson steals AL-record 28 consecutive base
1979 St. Louis legend Lou Brock steals 938th and final base of his career
1979 Rickey Henderson debuts for Oakland and steals his 1st base
1979 Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit
1975 Davey Lopes steals his 38th consecutive base, then thrown out stealing
1975 Dodger Davey Lopes steals record 32nd consec base without being caught
1974 Lou Brock ties (104) and then sets (105) baseball stolen base mark
1974 St. Louis Card Lou Brock steals his 700th base
1973 Hank Aaron's record 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial record
1972 Cliff Floyd, born in Chicago, Illinois, outfielder/1st base for the Montreal Expos
1972 U.S. Army turns over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army
1971 Brooks Robinson ties Series record, reaches base 5 straight times
1970 Willie Stargell (Pirates) ties record of 5 extra base hits in a game
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
1968 U.S. marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled
1965 Phillies catcher Pat Corrales sets record by reaching base twice on catcher's interference in one game and 6 times in one season
1965 Viet Cong offensive against U.S. base Da Nang, begins
1965 Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam
1964 Ford Mustang formally introduced ($2368 base)
1963 Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit
1962 Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 and consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th
1961 After 84 1/3 innings Bill Fischer gives up a base on balls
1961 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 hrs
1958 Rickey Henderson, Chic, baseball player, stolen base king, A's, Yanks
1956 Yanks set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway
1956 Porkkala military base returned to Finland by U.S.S.R.
1955 After playing 274 straight games at 2nd base, Nellie Fox is given a day off he comes back next 798 consecutive games
1952 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 Fire in main building of French Port Martin Antarctic base
1950 Casey Stengel asks Joe DiMaggio to play 1st base (handles 13 chances)
1950 Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia
1948 Jackson Browne, U.S. Base in Germany, rock voclaist, Lawyers in Love
1948 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 Yankees switch from 3rd base to 1st base dug out
1943 RAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemunde
1942 Allies raid German submarine base in St. Nazaire
1941 Japanese carrier force left its base and moves east toward Pearl Harbor
1941 German air raid on Russ naval base Kronstadt (battleship Marat sinks)
1941 Browns pitcher Johnny Niggling gets Joe DiMaggio in 4 at bats to stop DiMaggio's streak of 74 games in reaching base
1940 U.S. gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease
1940 Failed British air raid on German base at Sylt
1940 German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow
1939 Lou Brock, one-time baseball stolen base leader for the St. Louis Cardinals
1937 Phillies Dolph Camilli, plays 1st base and registers no put outs
1934 Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland
1928 Cards set NL record of 18 men left on base beating Phillies 8-6
1922 Suffy McInnis (1st base) ends an errorless string of 1,700 chances
1921 Suffy McInnis (1st base) begins an errorless string of 1,700
1920 1st brothers oppose each other in World Series, Cleve's Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits as brother Jimmy plays 3rd base for Bkln
1915 St. Louis 3rd base coach Miller Huggins, calls for ball Brooklyn rookie obliges, Huggins steps aside, and Card runner scores
1912 Pirates turn a rare 5-3-7 doubleplay (left fielder covers 2nd base)
1909 Construction of Navy base at Pearl Harbor begins
1905 Pittsburgh Pirates strand NL record 18 men on base and lose to Reds 8-3
1904 "Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" adopted
1904 John "Pepper" Martin, baseballer, NL stolen base leader 1933,34,36
1901 Chicago White Sox Frank Isbell strands record 11 teammate base runners
1887 U.S. Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor
1885 John Ward and several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Prof Base Ball Players, 1st baseball union
1854 Prince Menshikov of Krim occupies British base at Balaclava
1848 Baseball rules 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of runner
1654 Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife
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