2000 Barney McNulty, production assistant, invented cue cards, dies at 77
1997 1st baseball game in Hawaii, Cards beat Padres in doubleheader
1997 Curt Flood, centerfielder (Cards), dies of throat cancer at 59
1995 Cards shortstop Ozzie Smith sets record of 1,554 double plays
1995 Cards reliever Tom Henke earns his 300th career save
1995 Dodgers leading 2-1 in 9th forfeit game to Cards, fans become unruly
1994 Houston Astros tie NL comeback record, trailing 10-0, beat Cards 15-12
1993 Cards Mark Whiten, hits 4 home runs and 12 RBIs in 2nd game of doubleheader
1992 Fay Vincent realigns NL, putting Cubs, Cards and Rockies in West and Cards, Braves and Marlins in East
1992 Score begins selling international soccer cards
1990 National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards
1989 Dan Quayle sends out 30,000 Xmas cards with word beacon spelled beakon
1989 Cards outfielder Leon Durham suspended for 60 days due to drugs
1989 Cards' Vince Coleman is caught stealing ends record streak at 50
1989 Cards Vince Coleman steals record 39th and 40th consecutive bases
1988 Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Reds vs. Cards)
1987 Cards outfie ld sets record of no putouts in a 4-2 in 13 inning
1986 Cards reliever Todd Worrell wins NL Rookie of Year
1986 Pitcher Bob Forsch grand slams to lead Cards to a 5-4 win over Pirates
1985 Cards Vince Coleman wins NL Rookie of Year
1985 Cards' Joaquin Andujar suspended for 10 games for bumping an ump
1985 During NLCS, Cards rookie Vince Coleman is injured stretching before game as his left leg is caught in Busch Stadium's automated tarpaulin
1985 Cards trade D Green, Jose Uribe, Dave LaPoint to Giants for Jack Clark
1983 Bob Forsch pitches 2nd career no-hitter, Cards beat Expos 3-0
1983 Phillies Steve Carlton is 16th to wins 300 game (beating Cards)
1983 John Sain of South Bend, Indiana builds 3.91 m house of cards
1983 Cards trade Keith Hernandez to Mets for Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey
1983 Cards outfielder Lonnie Smith checks into a drug rehab
1982 Cards clinching NL East title
1982 Cards win 12th game in a row; 7-4 over Phillies
1982 Cards' Jim Kaat, pitches in record 24th consecutive season
1980 Phillies' Steve Carlton pitches his 6th 1-hitter (beats Cards)
1978 Shiloh Strong, actor, Maybe This Time, House of Cards
1977 Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards
1974 Cards beat Mets, 4-3, in 25 (7h4m), record 202 plate appearances, Felix Milan and John Milner come to bat 12 times each
1972 Access credit cards introduced in Great Britain
1972 Lopsided trade, Cards trade Steve Carlton to Phillies for Rick Wise
1971 Cards Bob Gibson, 35, no-hits Pirates, 11-0
1970 Brave's Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in his 1,000th game, loses to Cards 6-5
1969 Cards Steve Carlton sets record by striking out 19 New York Mets in a game
1968 1st time, 2 soon-to-be-named MVPs oppose each other Cards Bob Gibson beat Tigers Denny McLain 4-0
1968 Ray Washburn (Cards) no-hits San Francisco Giants 2-0
1967 Stan Musial is named GM of Cards
1967 Johnny Keane, baseball player/mgr (Cards, New York Yanks), dies at 55
1966 St. Louis' Busch Stadium opens, Braves lose to Cards 4-3 in 12 inns
1965 St. L Cards Charlie Johnson passes for 6 touchdowns vs Cleveland (49-13)
1965 Phillies 10,000th game to a decision since 1900, Phils beat Cards
1964 Cards' 3rd baseman Ken Boyer is voted NL MVP
1964 Reds Chico Ruiz steals home, beats Phillies 1-0. Phillies start a 10 game losing streak that gives Cards the pennant
1963 Mark McGwire, 1st baseman, AL rookie of year 1988, Oakland A's, Cards
1963 Idle Dodgers clinch their 2nd LA pennant as Cubs beat Cards
1959 NFL trade, Chicago Cards trade Ollie Matson to Los Angeles Rams for 9 players
1959 Chicago Cards trade running back Ollie Matson to Los Angeles Rams for 9 players
1957 Milwaukee Braves clinch NL pennant by beating Cards 4-2
1955 Jack Clark, Penns, all star outfielder, Giants, Cards, Yanks, Padres
1954 Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forfeit game
1954 Cards' Joe Cunningham hits 2 home runs for record 3 home runs in his 1st 2 days
1953 August A. Busch buys the Cards for $3.75 million
1953 Bruce Sutter, pitcher, Cubs, Cards, Braves
1950 Gene Roberts sets NFL New York Giant rushing record (218 yds) vs Chic Cards
1950 Chic Cards Jim Hardy passes for 6 touchdowns vs Baltimore Colts (55-13)
1950 Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards
1950 Dane Iorg, baseball player, Philles, Cards
1950 1st opening night-game, Cards beat Pirates, 4-2
1949 Chicago Bear Johnny Lujack passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chic Cards (52-29)
1948 Philadelphia Eagles shutout Chicago Cards 7-0 in NFL championship game
1948 George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, U.S., sci-fi author, Wild Cards
1948 15th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Cards 28, All-Stars 0 (101,220)
1947 Chic Cards beat Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game
1947 Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chi Cards (45-21)
1947 Sam Breadon sells Cards to Robert Hannegan and Fred Saigh for $4M
1946 Frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs New York Giants
1946 Smallest World Series share since 1918 (Cards $3,748, Red Sox $2,140)
1946 Cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0
1946 1st NL playoffs, Dodgers vs Cards (St. Louis wins 2 games to 0)
1946 1st time NL pennant ends in a tie (Cards and Dodgers)
1946 1st baseball broadcast in Chicago, Cards vs Cubs
1944 Cards' Marty Marion wins NL MVP
1943 New York Yankees beat Cards 4 games to 1, in 40th World Series, to become 1st team to win 10 World Series
1943 Cards Mort Cooper pitches 1st of back-to-back one-hitters
1941 Giants acquire Johnny Mize from Cards for 3 players and $50,000
1941 Cards' Stan Musial makes his major league debut, going 2-for-4
1940 German occupiers issue identity cards
1934 Reds purchase 43-year-old Dazzy Vance from the Cards for $7,500
1934 Bill White, U.S., 1st baseman, Cards, /announcer, Yanks, /President, NL
1933 Carl Hubbell shuts-out Cards 1-0 in 18 innings without a walk
1932 Cards trade Jim Bottomley to Reds for Estel Crabtree and Ownie Carroll
1931 Frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP
1931 World Series is a rematch as A's seek 3rd straight title vs Cards
1929 Ernie Nevers scores all 40 pts for Chic Cards vs Bears (NFL record)
1928 New York Yankees sweep Cards in 25th World Series, Ruth hits 3 HR in game
1928 Cards beat Phillies for 20th of 22 games in 1928
1928 Cards set NL record of 18 men left on base beating Phillies 8-6
1928 Dick "Night Train" Lane, NFL defensive back, Rams, Cards, Lions
1926 Cards trade Rogers Hornsby to Giants for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring
1926 Babe Ruth hits 3 home runs in a World Series game, Yanks beat Cards 10-5
1923 Maxine Audley, born in London, actress, Peeping Tom, Ricochet, House of Cards
1923 Cards announce their players will wear numbers on their uniforms
1922 Cards enter 1st place, marks 1st time both St. Louis teams are on top
1922 Cubs swap Max Flack for Cards Cliff Heathcote during middle of doubleheader. Both play for both teams that day
1921 Pirates drop doubleheader to Cards to allow idle Giants to clinch NL
1920 Cards set a record of 12 consecutive hits in 4th (10) and 5th (2) innings
1918 Phillies and Cards tie 8-8 in 19 innings
1915 Braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1
1912 Irving Fisher patents archiving system with index cards
1907 Cards Ed Konetchy steals home twice and Joe Delahanty also steals home for record 3 steals of home (vs Boston)
1906 Boston Beaneaters (NL) end 19-game losing streak beat Cards 6-3
1904 Giants Christy Mathewson strikes out then record 16 Cards
1894 Guy Chamberlin, early NFL end/coach, Canton, Frankford, Cards
1892 1st Sunday NL baseball game, Reds beat Cards 5-1
1873 Postal cards sold in San Francisco for 1st time
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