2002 Joe Cobb, actor, an original Our Gang cast member, dies at 84
1996 Richard Charles Cobb, historian, dies at 78
1994 "Cobb" premieres
1990 Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record
1985 Pete Rose of Cin Reds gets career hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb's record
1985 Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with 4,191 hits
1984 New York Met Rusty Staub joins Ty Cobb, who hit home runs as a teen and in 40s
1984 Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single
1983 Tim Raines is 1st since Ty Cobb to steal 70 and drive in 70 runs
1982 Howard Cossell calls his last fight after being disgusted by Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb mismatch
1982 Pete Rose is 5th to appear in 3,000 games (Cobb, Musial, Aaron, Yaz)
1981 Carl Yastrzemski is 4th to get 3,000 hits (Cobb, Musial and Aaron)
1977 St. Louis Cardinal Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893 as Padres win 4-3
1976 Lee J Cobb, actor (12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies at 64
1976 Lee J. Cobb, American Actor
1974 Edmund Cobb, actor (Motorcycle Gang), dies at 82
1970 Trevor Cobb, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals
1968 Reggie Cobb, NFL running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars
1962 Keith Hamilton Cobb, Tarrytown, New York, actor, Noah Keefer-All My Children
1961 Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74
1951 Ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players
1948 Rick Cobb, rocker
1947 John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH
1944 J R Cobb, Birmingham, Alabama, rocker, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV
1942 Patric Cobb, British sea officer, dies in battle
1939 John Cobb (Britain) drives 365.85 MPH (593.48 KPH) at Bonneville Flats
1938 John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 350.2 MPH (lasts 1 day)
1937 Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice and replace his 40 with 36 oz bat
1936 1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame-Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson
1928 Buff Cobb, Florence Italy, actress, Masquerade Party
1928 Ty Cobb last hitting appearance, pops out against Yankees
1928 Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,191th and final career hit
1928 Ty Cobb, 41, steals home for 50th and final time
1927 Ty Cobb's 4,000th career hit
1926 Ty Cobb resigns as Detroit Tigers manager
1925 Harry Heilmann's 6 hits edges Ty Cobb .393 to .389 as batting champ
1925 Tigers' Ty Cobb is 1st to collect 1,000 extra-base hits (ends 1,139)
1925 Ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884
1925 Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6, (16 total bases)
1924 Jewel Plummer Cobb, educator/president, California State U at Fullerton
1922 Ty Cobb gets 5 hits in a game for record 4th time in a year
1921 Ty Cobb, is 4th to get 3,000 hits
1918 Ty Cobb pitches 2 innings against Browns
1917 Richard Charles Cobb, historian
1915 Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life
1912 AL President Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball
1912 Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a New York Highlander game and is suspended
1911 Lee J Cobb, New York City, actor, Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront
1911 Ty Cobb (AL) and Frank Schulte (NL) are 1st MVPs, each gets an auto
1911 Ty Cobb goes 0 for 4 and ends a 40 game hit streak
1911 White Sox Ed Walsh stops Ty Cobb's 40-game hitting streak
1911 Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game. Does not get a hit next day
1911 Lee J. Cobb, American Actor
1910 Nap Lajorie challenges Ty Cobb batting avg with 8 hits, 6 were bunts as Brown's 3rd baseman Red Corriden played deep, Cobb still won
1909 Ty Cobb steals home in World Series game
1909 Ty Cobb clinches AL HR title with his 9th HR (all inside-the-park)
1909 Ty Cobb hits 2 inside-the-park HRs
1905 Tiger Ty Cobb makes his debut, doubling off Yank Jack Chesbro
1905 Mistaking her husband for a burglar, Ty Cobb's mother kills him
1904 Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)
1892 Edmund Cobb, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, western actor, Comanche Territory
1886 Ty Cobb, batted .367, stole 892 bases, Det Tigers
1876 Irvin S Cobb, Kentucky, writer/humorist, Old Judge Priest
1876 Irvin S. Cobb, American Journalist
1862 Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 39
1823 Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General Confederate Army
1815 Howell Cobb II, Major General/Secy of Treasury, Union, died in 1868
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