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1991 Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris home run record and determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings
1989 Cleveland loses and drop to 21-22, this is the latest a sub .500 team is in 1st place (AL East) 1984 Late Night's 1st Tower Drop 1980 Spectacular Bid runs in Belmont alone as 3 horses drop out 1977 EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols 1975 New York Daily News runs headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead" 1969 U.S. B-52's drop 3,000 ton bombs at Cambodian boundary 1969 Doug E Doug, rapper/comedian, Operation Dumbo Drop, Jungle Fever 1967 A's drop grievance filed with National Labor Relations against C Finley 1967 "At the Drop of Another Hat" closes at Booth New York City after 105 performances 1966 "At the Drop of Another Hat" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 105 performances 1960 "At the Drop of a Hat" closes at John Golden New York City after 216 performances 1959 "At the Drop of a Hat" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 216 performances 1959 Andrew Jones, cricketer, highly consistent for New Zealand at 1st drop 1958 Phils drop plans for New York sportcast as Yankees threat to do same in Philadelphia 1958 Rik Mayall, comedian, Drop Dead Fred, Bottom, Little Noises 1956 Israeli paratroopers drop into Sinai to open Straits of Tiran 1953 Bill Veeck tells Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply 1950 Baseball owners vote to drop 4-year old bonus and high school rule 1947 Danny Glover, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Lethal Weapon, Operation Dumbo Drop 1945 1st food drop by RAF above nazi-occupied Holland (operation Manna) 1945 Largest one-day airborne drop, 600 transports and 1300 gliders 1945 Almost 1000 Flying Fortresses drop 3000 ton bombs on Berlin 1944 300 allied bombers drop fire bombs on Allied/German positions 1944 Bomber Command drop 2,572 tons of bombs on Caen, France 1943 Philadelphia A's drop AL record tying 20th game in a row, win the 2nd game 1942 West Indies chocolate/coffee drop above Netherland 1942 Japanese planes drop incendiary bombs on Oregon 1942 1st weapon drop on Netherlands 1942 Cubs, drop plans to install lights at Wrigley due to WW II 1941 Chicago Bears Ray McLean makes last NFL drop kick for an extra point 1941 Last NFL drop kick for an extra point (Ray McLean, Chicago Bears) 1934 Eric Schneider, Dutch actor, Drop Out, Family, Flanagan 1933 U.S. and Canada drop Gold Standard 1921 Pirates drop doubleheader to Cards to allow idle Giants to clinch NL 1914 Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves 1852 Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m) |
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