1997 Terrorist double suicide bombing in Jerusalem, kills 14
1997 Travis Fryman homers off R Hernandez in both games of double header 1st time since 1961 that 2 doubleheaders are played in the same city Giants vs Mets and Oakland A's vs Yankees in NY
1996 Albert Belle uses a forearm to break up a double play and nearly breaks Brewer 2nd baseman Fernando Vina's nose, Belle gets 2 game suspension
1995 New double Beatle CD released with new song "Free as a Bird"
1995 Cards shortstop Ozzie Smith sets record of 1,554 double plays
1995 Expos pitcher Pedro Martinez perfect game is broken up in 10th inning as San Diego's Bip Roberts leads off with a double, Mont wins 1-0
1992 Ozzie Smith breaks Roy McMillan's NL mark by taking part in his 1,305th career double play
1990 Charles Arnt, actor (Double Exposure), dies of pancreatic cancer at 82
1990 New York Islanders beat New York Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1
1988 Mary Morris, actress (Agitator, Double Door), dies
1988 Javed Miandad completes 211, his 5th Test Cricket double, vs. Australia
1988 H A R (Kim) Philby, British double agent, dies
1987 Andy Van Slyke home runs off R McDowell in both ends of double header
1984 Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into record 33rd double play en route to 36
1983 Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery
1982 2nd double hat trick in Islander history-Bossy and D Potvin
1982 24th Grammy Awards: Betty Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy wins
1981 1st balloon crossing of Pacific is completed, Double Eagle V
1980 John Lennon releases "Double Fantasy" album in U.K.
1980 Detroit blocks 21 Atlanta shots setting NBA record (double OT)
1980 John and Yoko begin recording "Double Fantasy"
1980 California Angels Freddie Patek, hits 3 home runs and double to beat Red Sox 20-2
1980 Cicely Courtneidge, actress (Double Exposure), dies at 87
1979 Kim[berly] Rhode, Whittier California, double trap, Olympics gold 1996
1975 New York Met Felix Milan hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays
1973 6 Persian Gulf nations double their oil prices
1973 2 bettors win largest U.S. Daily Double ($19,909.60 in Detroit)
1973 John Oppio, Sparks Nevada, double trap 1996 Olympics
1972 Nate Colbert of San Diego Padres hits record tying 5 home runs in a double header
1971 Lance Bade, Vancouver BC, U.S. double trap, Olympics-bronze-1996
1968 Beatles release "Beatles," (White Album) their only double album
1968 David Alcoriza, Lodi California, double trap 1996 Olympics
1968 Beatles begin work on their only double album "Beatles"
1968 Pittsburgh Pirate Willie Stargell hits 3 HRs, a double and a single
1967 Howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in New York City
1967 Brenda Catherine Lawson, Wanganui NZ, double scull rower 1996 Olympics
1966 Al Kelly, double talk comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at 67
1965 Helena Sukova, Prague Czech Rep, tennis star, 1985 U.S. Open's Double
1963 "Double Dublin" closes at Little Theater New York City after 4 performances
1963 "Double Dublin" opens at Little Theater New York City for 4 performances
1963 Philippa June Baker, born in Wanganui NZ, double scull rower 1996 Olympics
1963 Horace Holden, Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia, slalom double canoe, Olympics-11th-96
1963 Teresa Wentzel DeWitt, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, double trap 1996 Olympics
1962 Barbara Crampton, Levittown, New York, actr, Body Double, Young and Restless
1961 Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hours 10 min
1961 St. Louis Cardinal Bill White hits 3 home runs and a double
1960 John Caliri, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actor, Vinnie-Square Pegs, Double Trouble
1958 Wayne Dickert, Chattanooga, Tennessee, slalom double canoe, Olympics-11th-96
1958 Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer (double decker), dies at 84
1956 Gus Bell (Reds) homers off Bob Miller in both ends of a double header
1955 Polly Umrigar scores India's 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 vs. NZ
1954 JoAnne Russell, born in Miami, Florida, tennis player, Wibeldon Double 1977
1954 Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 hrs, 1 double)
1954 Craig Wasson, born in Oregon, actor, Body Double, 4 Friends, Men's Club
1953 Porter Hall, actor (Half-Breed, Double Indenity), dies at 64
1952 Wendy Turnbell, Australia, tennis player, 1979,82 U.S. Opens Double
1952 Deborah Shelton, Washington D.C., actress, Dallas, Ocean Kill, Body Double
1951 Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double and single vs Red Sox
1951 Patricia Richardson, Bethesada, Maryland, actress, Double Trouble, Home Imp
1948 Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6)
1948 Alf Hansen, born in Norway, double sculls 1976 Olympics gold
1948 New York Yank Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, HR)
1947 With only 1 out to go, Yank Floyd Beven gives up a double breaking his World Series no-hit bid, it scored 2 runs and he lost game
1943 Owen Keir Davidson, Australia, 4 time Wimbledon mix double champ
1941 2 fighters unable to continued slugfest, referee declares double KO
1941 Shima Iwashita, actress, Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide
1940 "Double or Nothing," a radio quiz show, 1st heard on Mutual Radio Net
1940 Brian DePalma, born in Newark, New Jersey, film director, Body Double, Dressed to Kill
1939 Bradman scores 267 SA vs. Vic, world record 34th double cricket century
1939 Ted Williams' 1st hit (off of Yankee Red Ruffing) a double
1938 Despite losing a double header, Yanks clinch pennant #10
1937 Detroit Tigers score 36 runs in double header vs St. Louis Browns
1936 Frank Martinus Arion, [F Efraim M], Antilles, writer, Double Play
1936 Joe Medwick sets a still-standing NL record with his 64th double
1935 Gen Sarazen's double eagle on 15th, wins him his 2nd Masters
1934 Tigers' Goose Goslin grounds into 4 straight double plays
1933 Bob Simmons, born in Fulham, England, stuntman, double for James Bond
1932 Bradman scores a cricket double century in Montreal
1932 Pitcher John Quinn, 47, is oldest player to have an extra-base hit (a double) and bat in a run, as the Dodgers beat the Cubs 9-2
1931 Reno race track, becomes 1st in U.S. to use daily double wagering
1930 Baseball changes rule, ball bounces into stands not a HR, now a double
1929 Bernard Costello, U.S., double sculls, Olympics silver 1956
1927 Norm Crosby, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian/double talker, Liar's Club
1926 Shortest double header, Yanks lose 6-1 in 72 minutes and lose again 6-2 in 55 minutes to Browns. Yanks had already clinched pennant
1926 Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker hits his 700th double
1926 White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double
1924 Marie Windsor, [Emily Marie Bertelson], Utah, actress, Double Deal
1923 Elias Victor Seixas, U.S., mixed double tennis player, Wimbeld 1953-56
1921 Nancy Kelly, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, actress, Double Exposure, Jesse James
1918 Peggy Moran, actress, Double Date, Horror Island
1918 Tris Speaker ties career outfield record of 4 unassisted double plays
1918 Cleveland center fielder Tris Speaker turns an unassisted double play
1917 Richard Desborough Burnell, born in England, double sculls 1948 Olympics gold
1915 Signe Hasso, Stockholm Sweden, actress, Johnny Angel, Double Life
1913 Phillies and Braves tie record of only 1 run in a double header, Phillies win 1st game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th
1912 Garson Kanin, born in Rochester, New York, playwright/producer, Double Life
1912 Red Sox Tris Speaker's makes only world series unassisted double play, from the outfield
1912 Juan Pujol Garcia, [Garbo/Arabel], Spanish British/German double agent
1911 Yanks set team record 12 errors in a double header
1911 Florence Rice, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Double Wedding, Riding on Air
1911 Trumper scored double cricket ton vs. South Africa, goes on to get 214
1907 France's Henry Farman flies 30m in a double decker plane
1905 Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play
1905 Marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies
1901 Naunton Wayne, Wales, actor, Quartet, Hidden Room, Double Confession
1899 Paul Costello, U.S., double sculls, Olympics gold 1920, 24, 28
1899 Howard Freeman, Helena MT, actor, Double Dynamite
1896 George Giffen is 1st to complete 1000/100 double, in 30th Test Cricket
1893 For only time in history of U.S. Tennis championships, an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men's double championship in Chicago
1893 Cicely Courtneidge, born in Sydney, Australia, actress, Double Exposure
1891 Jonathan Hale, actor, Saint's Double Trouble, Saint Strikes Back
1888 Porter Hall, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Half-Breed, Double Indenity
1880 Joseph Tinker, baseball Hall of Famer, 1/3 of fame double play combo
1874 Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer, double decker
1871 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft. Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double
1849 Gold Coinage Act authorizes $20 Double Eagle gold coin
1816 1st double decked steamboat, Washington, arrives in New Orleans
1722 Pierre de Marivaux' "La Double Inconstance," premieres in Paris
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