2015 Event Walmart announces that in April it will raise wages of 500,000 Sam's Club and Walmart workers to $9/hour, exceeding the current minimum wage by $1.75, with a further raise to $10/hour by next February 2014 Event Jeffrey Fowle, one of three Americans held in North Korea for crimes against the state, has been released; Fowle was accused of leaving a Bible in a club for mariners 2014 Event The 86th Academy Awards is hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. 'Gravity,' '12 Years a Slave,' and 'Dallas Buyers Club' win the most awards. The broadcast received the highest views of any Oscars ceremony since the year 2000 2013 Event At the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York, American golfer Jason Dufner wins the 2013 PGA Championship 2012 Event The Rolling Stones, English rock band, celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of its first performance at the Marquee Club in Oxford Street, London 2011 Event Major League Baseball history is made when Derek Jeeter of the New York Yankees makes a home run off of the Tampa Bay Rays, becoming the 28th member of the 3,000 hit club 2004 Death Alan King, comic/producer, Friar's Club roasters, dies at 76 2004 Death Olivia Goldsmith, writer, The First Wives Club, dies at 54 2003 Event Fire at the Station rock club in Rhode Island kills nearly 100 2000 Death David Brower, ecological activist, executive director of the Sierra Club for nearly 20 years, dies at 88 1999 Death Clifton Fadiman, "writer, host", helped to start the Book-of-the-mon Club, dies at 95 1998 Event 98th U.S. Golf Open: at Olympic Club SF 1998 Event "Cabaret," opens at Club Expo Theater New York City 1997 Event Diners Club Senior Golf Match 1997 Event Juli Inkster and Dottie Pepper win LPGA Diners Club Matches 1997 Event David Duval wins Championship at the Champions Golf Club 1997 Event David Duval wins Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Golf Club 1997 Event U.S. Senior Golf Open ends at Olympia Fields Golf Club Illinois 1996 Event Dottie Pepper and Juli Inkster win LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches 1996 Event Jim Colbert and Bob Murphy wins Diner's Club Senior PGA Golf Matches 1996 Event Tom Lehman and Duffy Waldoff wins Diner's Club PGA Golf Matches 1996 Event 78th PGA Championship: Mark Brooks shoots a 277 at Vallhalla Golf Club Kentucky 1996 Death Peter John Swales, football club chairman, dies at 63 1995 Event Kelly Robbins and Tammie Green wins LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches 1995 Death Odut Joseph Olutola Oluola Oguntala, soho club owner, dies at 74 1995 Death Ernest Charles Melvin Patrick Ekundio Marke, club Owner, dies at 93 1995 Death Stafford Heginbotham, toymaker/Football Club Chairman, dies at 61 1994 Death Woody Strode, actor (Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante), dies at 80 1994 Event Kelly Robbins and Tammie Green wins LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches 1994 Event New Jersey Devils club record 41st win of the season 1994 Event Jack Nicholson uses a golf club to attack a car 1993 Death Adelaide Hall, U.S. jazz singer (Cotton Club), dies at 92 1993 Event Browns Najee Mustafaa sets club rec for longest interception (97 yards) 1993 Event Seattle's Randy Johnson joins 300-strikeout club 1993 Event 75th PGA Championship: Paul Azinger shoots a 272 at Inverness Club Oh 1993 Event 93rd U.S. Golf Open: Lee Janzen shoots a 272 at Baltusrol Golf Club New Jersey 1992 Event "High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club" opens at H Hayes New York City 14 performances 1992 Event "High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club" closes at H Hayes New York City 14 performances 1992 Death Frank Wilson, actor (Beware, Sunday Sinners, Club), dies at 37 1992 Event Sarah Ferguson attends dinner of Everglades club (club excludes Jews) 1991 Event Browns set club record for largest lead blown (led 23-0), Philadelphia 32-30 1991 Event 91st U.S. Golf Open: Payne Stewart shoots a 282 at Hazeline National Golf Club Minnesota 1991 Event Indians' Chris James sets club record for most RBIs in a game (9) 1991 Death Fons Jansen, Dutch night club performer, dies at 65 1990 Event Expos President Claude Brochu agrees to buy club from Charles Bronfman 1990 Event Indians' Alex Cole sets club record with 5 stolen bases in one game 1990 Event "Cemetery Club" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City after 56 performances 1990 Event "Cemetery Club" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 56 performances 1990 Event Reds win running their record to 9-0, best start in club history 1990 Event Fire in illegal New York City social club, kills 87 1990 Death Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder (Club Med), dies at 88 1989 Event Browns' Bernie Kosar sets club record of 16 cons pass completions 1989 Event Browns' Bernie Kosar sets club record with a 97-yard TD pass 1989 Event 71st PGA Championship: Payne Stewart shoots 276 at Kemper Lakes Golf Club Illinois 1989 Event "Welcome to the Club" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 12 performances 1989 Event "Welcome to the Club" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 12 performances 1989 Event New York Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from San Diego Yacht Club for using a catamaran against New Zealand. Appeals court eventually overrules 1988 Event Royals announce that Dick Howser, who underwent surgery for a brain tumor in July, will return to manage the club in 1989 1988 Event Minn Twins are 1st AL club ever to break 3 million season attendance 1988 Event 70th PGA Championship: Jeff Sluman shoots a 272 at Oak Tree Golf Club Edmond 1988 Event Last U.S. Playboy Club, Lansing, Michigan, closes 1988 Event Indians' Bud Black sets club record for most batters hit in inning (3) 1988 Event 88th U.S. Golf Open: Curtis Strange shoots a 278 at Country Club Mass 1987 Event Browns set club record for most points scored in a quarter, 28 1987 Event Cubs Andre Dawson is 1st from last-place club ever to win an MVP 1987 Event 27th Ryder Cup: Europe beats U.S., 15-13 at Muirfield Village Golf Club, Ohio 1987 Event 87th U.S. Golf Open: Scott Simpson shoots a 277 at Olympic Club in SF 1987 Event New York Stock Exchange installs ladies restroom in the Exchange Luncheon Club 1987 Event San Diego Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup 1987 Event "334" club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20" of snow to attend New Jersey Devils 7-5 victory over Calgary at Meadowlands 1986 Event 68th PGA Championship: Bob Tway shoots a 276 at Inverness Club Toledo 1986 Event 86th U.S. Golf Open: Ray Floyd shoots a 279 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club New York 1986 Death Adolph Caesar, actor (Club Paradise, Soldier's Story), dies 1984 Event Cleveland Browns' Steve Cox sets club record with a 60-yd field goal 1984 Event Browns' Ozzie Newsome sets club records with 14 receptions for 191 yards 1984 Event 84th U.S. Golf Open: Fuzzy Zoeller shoots a 276 at Winged Foot Golf Club New York 1984 Event Liverpool's Cavern Club reopens 1984 Death Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/CEO (Club Rome), dies at 75 1983 Event 25th Ryder Cup: U.S., 14 -13 at PGA National Golf Club Florida 1982 Event Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 33 pass completions 1982 Event Chris Evert wins her 6th and final U.S. Open Tennis match at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills NY 1981 Event Browns' quarterback Brian Sipe sets club record by being intercepted 6 times 1981 Event Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 57 pass attempts 1981 Event 81st U.S. Golf Open: David Graham shoots 273 at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania 1980 Event LBV Conference Center and Club Lake Villas open 1980 Event 80th U.S. Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 272 at Baltusrol Golf Club New Jersey 1980 Event Princess Theater (Latin Quarter, Cotton Club) opens at 200 W 48th New York City 1979 Event Cleveland Browns' Dino Hall sets club records with 9 kickoff returns 1979 Event Indiana Pacers cut Ann Meyers, 1st woman on an NBA club 1979 Event 79th U.S. Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 284 at Inverness Club in Toledo 1978 Event "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" premieres in New York City 1977 Birthday Tisha Dabber, Shelbyville Indiana, actress, New Mickey Mouse Club 1977 Birthday Jason Miller, born in Silver Springs, Maryland, actor, New Mickey Mouse Club 1977 Event 165 killed in a fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club in Kentucky 1977 Event HCC, Hobby Computer Club, forms in Netherlands 1977 Event Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inn game (3:17) 1977 Birthday Josh Ackerman, actor, Mickey Mouse Club 1976 Event Cleveland Browns' Jerry Sherk sets club record with 4 sacks 1976 Event 1st U.S. football club in Austria forms (FAAFC-1st Austrian American) 1976 Birthday Keri Russell, actress, Mickey Mouse Club, Lottery, Daddy Girls 1975 Event Cleveland Browns' Don Cockroft kicks club record 5 field goals 1975 Event 21st Ryder Cup: U.S., 21-11 at Laurel Valley Golf Club Pennsylvania 1974 Birthday Kerwin Waldroup, born in Country Club Hills, Illinois, professional football player, defensive end for the Detroit Lions 1974 Event 74th U.S. Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 287 at Winged Foot Golf Club New York 1973 Event KISS plays their 1st show (Coventry Club in Queens New York) 1972 Death Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, Germany night club performer/singer, dies 1972 Birthday Mindy Carson, born in New York City, vocalist, Club Embassy, Ford Star Revue 1972 Event Official Beatles Fan Club, closes down 1972 Birthday Christian Oliver, actor in Baby Sitters Club, Brian-Saved by the Bell 1972 Event Club of Rome publishes report "Boundaries on the Growth" 1971 Event New York's Electric Circus Club goes out of business 1971 Birthday Roy Keane, born in Cork, Ireland, soccer player, midfielder, manager of Ipswich Town, an English Championship club, represented Republic of Ireland in 1994 World Cup and 2002 World Cup 1971 Birthday Ger Senden, born in Heerlen, Netherlands, professional soccer player, played for Roda JC, 1989 - 2008, retired May 2008 after playing over 400 matches in the club 1971 Event 71st U.S. Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 280 at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania 1970 Event Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the club's home opener Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation 1970 Event Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bank 1969 Birthday Edward Norton, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, appeared in films, 'Primal Fear', 'Rounder', 'Fight Club', 'Red Dragon', 'The Illusionist' 1969 Event 51st PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 276 at NCR Golf Club Dayton, Ohio 1969 Event 69th U.S. Golf Open: Orville Moody shoots a 281 at Champs Golf Club in Houston, Texas 1969 Event Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute 1969 Event Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational 1968 Event Roy Face ties W Johnson's record of 802 pitching appearances with club 1968 Event Carol Mann wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational 1968 Birthday Anthony Michael Hall, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, SNL, Breakfast Club 1968 Event Seattle's AL club is named Pilots 1968 Event Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" wins Grammy 1967 Event Browns' Carl Ward sets club record with a 104-yd kickoff return 1967 Death Florence Reed, actress (Black Panther Club), dies after illness at 84 1967 Event 17th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 23 -8 at Champions Golf Club Texas 1967 Death Martin Block, TV announcer (Chesterfield Supper Club), dies at 64 1967 Event BBC starts their World Radio Club 1967 Event Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes #1 for 15 weeks 1967 Event 67th U.S. Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 275 at Baltusrol Golf Club New Jersey 1967 Event Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in U.S. and goes gold 1967 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational 1967 Event White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game) 1966 Event Jimi Hendrix Experience makes its London debut at Bag O' Nails Club 1966 Death Sherman Billingsley, talk show host (Stork Club), dies at 66 1966 Event Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens 1966 Event Indians set club record by hitting 7 home run in 15-2 win over Detroit 1966 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational 1966 Event Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes 1965 Event Browns' Leroy Kelly sets club record for most punt return yards (109) 1965 Event 47th PGA Championship: Dave Marr shoots a 280 at Laurel Valley Golf Club Pennsylvania 1965 Event Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc applies for a NL franchise 1965 Birthday Zahid Sadiq, born in Kenya, cricketer, right-handed batsman, played for Surrey County Cricket Club, Derbyshire County Cricket Club, England 1965 Event NL adopts emergency team replacement plan to restock any club struck by disaster 1964 Event Cleveland Browns' Frank Ryan sets club record of 5 TD passes 1964 Event Yankees clinch their 5th straight pennant, and 29th in club's history 1963 Birthday John Barnes, born in Kingston, Jamaica, British professional soccer player, manager for Tranmere Rovers Football Club 1963 Event Beatles final performance at Cavern Club in Liverpool 1963 Event 63rd U.S. Golf Open: Julius Boros shoots a 293 at The Country Club Mass 1963 Birthday Travis Tritt, Marietta, Georgia, country vocalist, Country Club 1962 Death Pat Rooney, vaudevillian (Night club), dies at 82 1962 Event 44th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 278 at Aronimink Golf Club Pennsylvania 1962 Event Rolling Stones 1st performance, Marquee Club, London 1962 Birthday Ally Sheedy, born in New York City, actress, Wargames, Breakfast Club 1962 Birthday Emilio Estevez, New York City, actor, Breakfast Club, Young Guns, Mighty Ducks 1962 Birthday Joel Wyner, actor and director, Lyle Springer-Sirens, Listen, Club 1961 Event Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club 1961 Birthday "Boy George" O'Dowd, androgynous vocalist and druggie, Culture Club 1961 Birthday Boy George, born in Eitham, England, singer, songwriter, successful band, Culture Club, hit song, 'Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?', 'Karma Chameleon' 1961 Event Beatles' 1st appearance at the Cavern Club 1960 Event Cleveland's Bernie Parrish sets club record for longest interception return with a 92 yard run 1960 Event Minneapolis-St. Paul baseball club takes the name Twins 1960 Event 1st Playboy Club, featuring bunnies, opens in Chicago 1959 Birthday Judd Nelson, Portland ME, actor, Breakfast Club, Jack-Suddenly Susan 1959 Birthday Charlie Burchill, Scottish pop guitarist, Simple Minds-Breakfast Club 1959 Event Cleveland Browns' halfback Bobby Mitchell sets club record for longest run from scrimmage (90-yards), beat Washington 31-17 1959 Event Cleveland Browns' Jim Brown makes club record 37 rushing attempts 1959 Event 59th U.S. Golf Open: Billy Casper shoots a 282 at Winged Foot Golf Club New York 1958 Birthday Jeffrey Lee Pierce, singer and songwriter, Gun Club 1957 Event Cleveland Browns' fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yards rushing 1957 Event Cleveland Browns' Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburgh 24-0 1957 Birthday Jon Moss, rock drummer, Culture Club 1957 Event 39th PGA Championship: Lionel Hebert at Miami Valley Golf Club Dayton Ohio 1957 Event 57th U.S. Golf Open: Dick Mayer shoots a 282 at Inverness Club in Toledo 1957 Birthday Mike Gatting, born in Kingsbury, England, cricketer, played for the Middlesex County Cricket Club, ECB Managing Director of Cricket Partnerships 1957 Event Cavern Club opens (home of Beatles' 1st appearance) 1957 Event Cavern Club (Beatle's) opens on Matthews Street in England 1956 Birthday Jaki Graham, born in Birmingham, England, singer, 1994 hit 'Ain't Nobody', number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart 1955 Event "Mickey Mouse Club" premieres 1955 Event U.S. Auto Club forms to oversee 4 major auto reacing categories 1954 Event Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 80-yard punt 1954 Event Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns and win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Washington 62-3 1954 Birthday Sammy McIlroy, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, soccer player, athlete, played for Manchester United, manages Morecambe Football Club, in Football League Two, the fourth division of English football 1954 Event 36th PGA Championship: Chick Herbert at Keller Golf Club St. Paul Minnesota 1954 Event 54th U.S. Golf Open: Ed Furgol shoots a 284 at Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey 1954 Birthday Craig Wasson, born in Oregon, actor, Body Double, 4 Friends, Men's Club 1954 Birthday Robin Duke, born in Toronto, Canada, comedienne, SNL, SCTV, Club Paradise 1953 Birthday James Remar, Boston, actor, 48 Hours, Rent-a-Cop, Cotton Club 1953 Event St. Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc 1953 Event Cleveland Browns' quarterback Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles 1953 Birthday Mary Gross, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress and comedian, SNL, Club Paradise, Feds 1953 Event J Edgar Hoover declines 6 figure offer to become president of International Boxing Club 1952 Event 52nd U.S. Golf Open: Julius Boros shoots a 281 at Northwood Club Dallas 1952 Birthday Amy Tan, born in Oakland, California, author, wrote, 'The Bonesetter's Daughter', 'Saving Fish From Drowning', novel, 'The Joy Luck Club', became successful film 1951 Birthday Robert Joy, born in Montreal, Quebec, actor, Big Shots, Suicide Club 1951 Birthday Chris Frantz, Kentucky, rock drummer, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club 1951 Event Washington Capitals NBA club folds 1950 Event Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 12 punts 1950 Event Cleveland Browns' Tommy James intercepts 3 passes, club record 1950 Birthday Wally Lamb, born in America, author, novelist, featured in Oprah's Book Club, books include 'The Hour I First Believed' 'I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison', 'She's Come Undone', 'I Know This Much is True' 1950 Event Browns lose to Giants, setting club record for fewest points scored by both teams (tied in 1979), New York 6, Cleveland 0 1950 Death Pedro De Cordoba, actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire), dies at 68 1950 Event 50th U.S. Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Merion Golf Club PA 1950 Event Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards 1950 Birthday John Hughes, director, Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller 1950 Birthday John Hughes, director, Breakfast Club, 16 Candles, Weird Science 1949 Birthday Richard Gere, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actor, Breathless, Cotton Club, Pretty Woman 1949 Birthday Ivana Trump,born in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia, ex-wife of Donald Trump, 1st Wives Club 1948 Event Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6) 1947 Event New York Giants set season record for home runs by a club 183 (en route to 221) 1947 Birthday Andrea Martin, Portland ME, comediene, SCTV, Club Paradise 1946 Birthday Helen Shapiro, Bethnal Green London, rock vocalist, Culture Club 1946 Event 28th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Portland Golf Club Portland, Oregon 1946 Event Dreyfuss family, owners of Pittsburgh Pirates since 1900, sells club to Frank McKinney and John Galbreath for $25 million 1946 Event Federal judge rules Seattle club doesn't have to play returning serviceman 1946 Event 46th U.S. Golf Open: Lloyd Mangrum shoots a 284 at Canterbury Golf Club Cleveland 1944 Birthday General George Norman Johnson, U.S. singer, Down at the Beach Club 1944 Birthday Paul Gleason, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, Breakfast CLub, Die Hard 1942 Birthday Annette Funicello, born in Utica, New York, actress, Mickey Mouse Club 1942 Event Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942 1941 Event Phillies lose club record 111th game 1941 Event 45th U.S. Golf Open: Craig Wood shoots a 284 at Colonial Club Ft. Worth 1940 Event 44th U.S. Golf Open: Lawson Little shoots a 287 at Canterbury Golf Club Ohio 1939 Birthday Seth Gaaikema, Dutch night club performer 1939 Birthday Jim Bakker, televangelist, PTL Club 1938 Event New York Yankees suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd "hit every colored person in Chicago over head with a club" 1937 Event Dutch Django Reinhardts "Quintette, premieres in du Hot Club" 1936 Event 40th U.S. Golf Open: Tony Manero shoots a 282 at Baltusrol Golf Club New Jersey 1935 Event 5th Ryder Cup: U.S., 9-3 at Ridgewood Country Club, New Jersey 1935 Birthday Peter Bichsel, born in Lucerne, Switzerland, writer, journalist, wrote 'And Really Frau Blum Would Very Much Like to Meet the Milkman', member of the Gruppe Olten, a club of Swiss writers 1935 Birthday Ann Wedgeworth, Abilene, Texas, actress, Tiger's Tale, Men's Club, Bogie 1934 Event William Franks twirls an indian club overhead 17,280 times in 1 hour 1934 Event 38th U.S. Golf Open: Olin Dutra shoots a 293 at Merion Cricket Club PA 1934 Birthday J Micheal McCloskey, environmentalist/chairman, Sierra Club 1933 Birthday Stafford Heginbotham, toymaker/Football Club Chairman 1933 Event Don McNeill's Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35 year run on NBC 1932 Birthday Peter John Swales, football club chairman 1932 Event 15th PGA Championship: Olin Dutra at Keller Golf Club St. Paul, Minnesota 1932 Event 1st game played at Orchard Lake Curling Club, Michigan 1931 Event 35th U.S. Golf Open: Billy Burke shoots a 292 at Inverness Club Ohio 1931 Birthday Olympia Dukakis, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, actress, Moonstruck, Cemetery Club 1931 Birthday Florian Zabach, born in Chicago, Illinois, violinist, Hot Canary, Club Embassy 1930 Event Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 1st game, loses to St. John's Rugby, 7-3 1930 Event Winnipeg Rugby Football Club forms 1930 Birthday Pat Robertson, televangelist, 700 club, President candidate-R-1989 1928 Birthday Martin Sinnatt, Major-General/secretary, Kennel Club 1927 Event Duke Ellington opens at Cotton Club in Harlem 1927 Birthday Norm Crosby, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian/double talker, Liar's Club 1927 Birthday Francois Leydet, sierra club, Last Redwoods 1926 Event 9th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Salisbury Golf Club Westbury, New York 1926 Event Book of the Month Club sends out its 1st selections "Lolly Willowes" and "Loving Huntsman" by Sylvia Townsend Warner 1925 Birthday Gwen Verdon, born in Louisiana, actress/singer/dancer, Cotton Club, Sweet Charity 1924 Birthday Connie Russell, New York City, singer, Club Embassy, Garroway at Large 1924 Event Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play 1923 Birthday Jack Hayward, British financier, Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club 1922 Event Curly Lambeau and Green Bay Football Club granted NFL franchise 1922 Birthday Kay Starr, born in Dougherty, Oklahoma, singer, Rock and Roll Waltz, Club Oasis 1921 Birthday Mario Puzo, born in New York City, novelist, Godfather, Cotton Club, Earthquake 1920 Birthday Joseph Olutola Olu Odutola Oguntala, soho club owner 1920 Event 24th U.S. Golf Open: Ted Ray shoots a 295 at Inverness Club in Ohio 1918 Birthday Bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orchestra leader, Club Seven 1918 Event Indians' Stan Coveleski sets club record for most innings pitched (19) 1918 Event Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse and burn, killing 604 1917 Event Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game 1917 Birthday John Stokes, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, member of the Conservative Monday Club, Primrose League 1916 Event 22nd U.S. Golf Open: Chick Evans shoots a 286 at Minikahda Club MINN 1916 Event NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, and Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20) 1915 Event 21st U.S. Golf Open: John Travers shoots a 297 at Baltusrol Golf Club New Jersey 1914 Event Last day of club cricket for W G Grace at age 66 He made 69 1914 Birthday Woody Strode, actor, Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante, Scream 1914 Event 54th British Golf Open: Harry Vardon shoots a 306 at Prestwick Club 1914 Birthday Bill Veeck, baseball club owner 1914 Birthday Kaye Webb, English writer/publisher, Puffin Club 1913 Event 19th U.S. Golf Open: Francis Ouimet shoots a 304 at The Country Club MA 1913 Event Hamilton Alerts apply for ORFU reinstatement, taking the name Hamilton Rowing Club 1913 Event Soccer club PSV forms in Eindhoven Netherlands 1912 Birthday David Brower, environmentalist/president, Sierra Club 1912 Birthday Hugues Panassie, French jazz saxophonist/author, Hot Club of France 1911 Event 17th U.S. Golf Open: John McDermott shoots a 307 at Chicago Golf Club in Illinois 1911 Birthday Gertrude Michael, AL, actress, Cleopatra, Menace, Club Havana 1910 Event Regina Rugby Club's 1st game, losing to Moose Jaw Tigers, 16-6 1910 Event Regina Rugby Club forms 1910 Event Saskatchewan (then Regina) Roughrider football club formed 1910 Event 16th U.S. Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 298 at Philadelphia Cricket Club PA 1909 Event 1st Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Co, Pa 1909 Event 15th U.S. Golf Open: George Sargent shoots a 290 at Englewood Golf Club New Jersey 1908 Event Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as Esquimoux 1908 Event 14th U.S. Golf Open: Fred McLeod shoots a 322 at Myopia Hunt Club Mass 1908 Event Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as the Tigers 1908 Birthday Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/chairman, Club of Rome 1908 Event 1st flying club, Aeronautical Society of New York, opens 1907 Birthday Don McNeill, Galena, Illinois, host, Don McNeill TV Club 1907 Event Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club 1st game, loses to Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club 26-5 at Edmonton Exhibition Grounds 1907 Event Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club's 1st game defeating Strathcona Rugby Foot-ball Club 15-0 at Calgary 1907 Event 13th U.S. Golf Open: Alec Ross shoots a 302 at Philadelphia Cricket Club PA 1907 Birthday Eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orchestra leader, Don McNeill TV Club 1906 Event 12th U.S. Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 295 at Onwentsia Club Ill 1906 Birthday Josephine Baker, dancer and Parisian night club owner, Folies-Bergere 1906 Event Federated Boys' Club (Boys' Club of America) organizes 1906 Event Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club forms 1906 Birthday Hildegarde, Adell Wisconsin, night club vocalist, I'll Be Seeing You 1905 Event 11th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 314 at Myopia Club Mass 1905 Event Rotary Club International formed by 4 men in Chicago 1905 Event 1st U.S. Esperanto club organizes in Boston 1904 Event Boston Herald again refers to New York baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," Yankee name not official till 1913 1904 Event 10th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 303 at Glen View Club IL 1904 Event Boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade "Dougherty as a Yankee," 1st known reference to New York club as Yankees (became Yankees in 1913) 1904 Event Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Winnipeg Rowing Club, 2 games to 1 1903 Event 9th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 307 at Baltusrol Golf Club New Jersey 1902 Birthday Ernest Charles Melvin Patrick Ekundio Marke, club owner 1902 Event Jimmy Collins, leaves Boston Beaneaters (NL) club to manage AL's new Boston Somersets 1901 Birthday Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder, Club Mediterranee 1901 Event 7th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 331 at Myopia Hunt Club, Massachusetts 1900 Event 6th U.S. Golf Open: Harry Vardon shoots a 313 at Chicago Golf Club Illinois 1900 Event 1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket Club in Massachusetts, and won by U.S. 2 days later 1900 Event Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms 1900 Birthday Sherman Billingsley, born in Enid, Oklahoma, talk show host, Stork Club 1900 Event Newcastle Badminton Club, world's oldest, forms in England 1898 Event Ottawa Football Club re-organizes into the Rough Riders 1898 Event Dutch Automobile Club forms (KNAC) 1898 Event 4th U.S. Golf Open: Fred Herd shoots a 328 at Myopia Hunt Club Mass 1897 Event 3rd U.S. Golf Open: Joe Lloyd shoots a 162 at Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Illinois 1897 Event Automobile Club of Great Britain established (now: Royal Auto Club) 1895 Event 1st U.S. Golf Open: Horace Rawlins shoots a 173 at Newport Golf Club Rhode Island 1893 Event San Francisco Bay City Club opens 1st U.S. bicycle race track, made of wood 1892 Event Allegheny Athletic Association beats Pitts Athletic CLub, 4-0 in football 1892 Event Amsterdam swim club renamed "The Y" 1892 Event Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories 1892 Event Sierra Club forms in San Francisco 1892 Event Sierra Club forms by John Muir for conservation of nature 1890 Birthday Paul Whiteman, born in Denver, Colorado, orchestra leader, Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club 1888 Event St. Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes 1887 Event Ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion championship 1887 Event Phillies set club record 16th straight victory 1887 Event Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minnesota became the 1st U.S. ski club 1886 Event Aurora Ski Club, 1st in U.S., founded in Minnesota 1884 Event Montreal Foot Ball Club (QFRU) defeats Toronto Argonauts (ORFU) 30-0 in 1st CRFU Championship game 1883 Event New York Athletic Club hires Bob Rogers as 1st American pro sports trainer 1882 Event 1st U.S. ski club forms, Berlin, New Hampshire 1881 Event Metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season They win 80 of 151 games (18-43 versus NL teams) 1880 Birthday Jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch night club performer, French governess 1880 Birthday Pat Rooney, vaudevillian/actor, Night Club 1879 Event Pim Mulier forms "Haarlem Football Club" 1878 Event 1st U.S. bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms 1877 Event 1st U.S. amateur swim meet (New York Athletic Club) 1877 Event 1st Guernsey Cattle Club organizes (New York City) 1876 Event Ottawa Football Club forms 1876 Event Talks begin to set up a football club in Ottawa 1876 Event Guernsey Cattle Club forms in Farmington, Connecticut 1875 Event Lambs Club in New York forms 1873 Event Toronto Argonaut Football Club 1st game losing to University of Toronto 1873 Event Toronto Argonaut Football Club forms 1872 Event Montreal Foot Ball Club 1st game playing Quebec City to 0-0 tie 1872 Event Bohemian Club incorporated 1869 Event Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club plays its 1st game 1869 Event Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club forms 1868 Event New York Athletic Club forms 1868 Event 1st U.S. professional women's club, Sorosis, forms in New York City 1866 Event Canoe Club opens in England 1866 Event Cincinnati Baseball club (Red Stockings) forms 1861 Birthday Pedro De Cordoba, New York City, actor, Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur 1861 Event 2nd British Golf Open: Tom Morris Sr shoots a 163 at Prestwick Club 1860 Event 1st British Golf Open: Willie Park shoots a 164 at Prestwick Club 1860 Event San Francisco Olympic Club, 1st U.S. athletic club forms 1857 Event World's 1st soccer club, Sheffield F C, founded in England 1853 Birthday August Belmont, Jr., breeder, Man 'O War, founder, New York Jockey Club 1849 Event 1st U.S. skating club formed in Philadelphia 1846 Event Theophile Gautier publishes "Hashish Club" about his initiation 1845 Event New York Yacht Club holds its 1st regatta 1844 Event 1st U.S. yacht club organized, New York Yacht Club 1844 Event New York Yacht Club forms 1839 Event Detroit Boat Club forms (& still exists) 1832 Event 1st Curling club in U.S. (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens 1823 Event Baltic Club (Exchange) forms in London 1805 Event Female Charitable Society, first woman's club in America 1794 Event Jakobonen Club forms in Paris 1734 Event 1st Jockey Club forms in 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