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1991 Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris HR 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 NZ at 1st drop

1958 Phils drop plans for New York sportcast as Yanks threat to do same in Phila

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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