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2002 George Alec Effinger, writer, ", Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordsperson: The Complete Stories, ", dies at 55
1996 New York Yankees sweep complete season series in Baltimore for 1st time 1996 Lloyd and Titchard complete 358 stand for 4th wkt Lancs vs. Essex 1995 Sri Lanka complete 2-1 Test Cricket series win in Pakistan from 0-1 1993 India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England 1991 New York Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game 1990 Steve and Mark Waugh complete 464* partnership for NSW vs. WA 1990 England and France complete Chunnel 1990 Oakland beats New York 7-3 to complete a 12-game sweep of Yankees this year 1990 After pitching a no-hitter lose, New York Yankee Andy Hawkins pitches a complete 12 inn game and loses 2-0 1989 1st complete ring around Neptune discovered 1989 Geoff Marsh and Mark Taylor complete 329 opening stand vs. England 1988 32 divers finish cycling underwater on a standard tricycle,to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hours 20 minutes 1988 In Santa Barbara, California, a team of 32 divers begin cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 miles in 75 hours 20 minutes 1988 Experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, complete 1st nonstop, round-the-world flight without refueling lands 1987 Yves Pol of France runs complete marathon backwards (3:57:57) 1987 Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel and Anne Knabe complete cycling journey of 15,266 mi from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina 1986 Institute for War documents publishes Anne Franks complete diary 1986 West Indies complete 5-0 demolition of England 1984 Britain and China complete a proposed agreement to transfer Hong Kong to China by 1997 1984 West Indies complete 5-0 series annihilation of England 1984 Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair 1983 Brunei gains complete independence from Britain 1982 Decca releases Beatle audition "Complete Silver Beatles" album 1980 Oakland A's pitch record 78th complete game of season 1977 Ron Guidry's 1st complete game, 7-0 over Kansas City Royals 1976 Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies 1975 Veronica and Colin Scargill (England) complete tandem bicycle ride, a record 18,020 miles around the world 1974 Amy Vanderbilt, U.S. author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at 66 1974 Most complete early man skeleton found (Johanson and Gray in Ethiopia) 1974 Chicago Bull Nate Thurmond becomes 1st in NBA to complete a quadruple double-22 pts, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocks 1973 Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game complete 5/28) 1971 Qatar regains complete independence from Britain 1970 South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia 1969 Trevor Peres, U.S., metal guitarist, Obituary-The End Complete 1967 U.S.S.R.'s Kosmos 186 and 188 complete 1st automatic docking 1966 Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9-8-1 record 1966 Lawry and Simpson complete 244 opening stand vs. England, Adelaide 1965 Astronauts Cooper and Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5 1965 Lawry and Simpson complete opening stand of 382 against W Indies 1964 Sandy Koufax throws his 9th complete game without allowing a walk 1964 Barlow and Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval 1960 Sobers and Worrell complete 399 stand for 4th wkt vs. England 1959 England complete 5-0 series drubbing of India 1954 Weekes, Worrell and Walcott complete tons in innings vs. England 1953 Phillies Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games 1952 Giants Bob Elliot is ejected for arguing a strike, Bobby Hoffman complete his at bat, he strikes out and is also ejected for arguing 1952 Satchel Paige, 47, becomes oldest pitcher to win a complete shutout 1950 West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England 1948 Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game 1948 Communist complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; President Bernes resigns 1948 Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia 1947 Dave Barry, born in Armonk, New York, humorist, author, Pulitzer-prize winner for Commentary 1988, wrote columns for the Miami Herald, books include 'Big Trouble', 'Dave Barry Turns 40', Dave Barry's Greatest Hits', 'Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys', style capitalizes on absurdities 1947 Compton and Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket 1946 Bradman and Barnes complete 405 run 5th wkt stand, score 234 ea 1945 Formal undertaking of complete German surrender 1945 U.S. forces land on Corregidor, complete conquest on March 3 1943 1st telecast of a complete opera (Hansel and Gretel), Schenectady, New York 1941 Hitler takes complete command of German Army 1940 British complete miracle of Dunkirk by evacuating 300,000 troops 1939 Clara Adams, New York City, is 1st woman to complete round world flight 1935 Peter Frankl, born in Hungary, pianist, performs classical music, Romantic period, early Modern, recorded the complete solo piano music of Debussy, performed with world class orchestras throughout America and Europe 1931 British Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd 1926 Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox) 1921 Australia Cricket team complete 5-0 drubbing of England 1919 Carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against New York Yankees 1917 Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader 1908 Amy Vanderbilt, authority on etiquette, Complete Book of Etiquette 1906 Joseph Harris (Boston) and Jack Coombs (A's) pitch complete 24 inn game 1906 Cub's Pitcher Jack Taylor ends a string of completing 202 games (187 complete, 15 relief) by Dodgers in 3rd inning 1906 South Africa complete a 4-1 series drubbing of England 1906 Cubs sign 3rd baseman Harry Steinfeldt to complete Tinker-Evers-Chance 1904 Boston pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record, also record for total complete games AL 1,098, NL 1,089 1904 Yankees Jack Chesbro ends string of 30 consecutive complete games 1903 Boston Beaneater Wiley Piatt is only 20th-century pitcher to lose 2 complete games in one day, falling to Pittsburgh 1-0 and 5-3 1901 1st complete performance of Debussy's "Nocturnes" 1898 Australia complete a 4-1 series annihilation of England 1896 George Giffen is 1st to complete 1000/100 double, in 30th Test Cricket 1895 1st complete execution of Gustav Mahlers 2nd Symphony 1893 Thomas Edison complete's worlds 1st movie studio (West Orange NJ) 1883 England complete 1st innings victory in Tests vs. Australia MCG 1863 Siege of Vicksburg, investment of city complete 1812 Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, Complete Nonsense Book 1711 Jupiter Hammon, 1st American black to publish poetry, Complete Works 1568 Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80 1190 Crusades complete massacre of Jews of York England |
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