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2007 Johnny Hart, cartoonist, creator, comic strips, 'The Wizard of Id', 'B.C.', strips each appeared in over 1,000 newspapers, dies of a stroke while at the drawing table, at age 76

1998 Last episode of Seinfeld on NBC, commercials are $2 million each

1996 Metropolitan Transportation Authority raises New York City bridge tolls to $3.50 each way

1992 President candidate Bill Clinton (D) and Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair

1990 Ken Griffey Sr &, Jr. are 1st father and son to play on same team each goes 1 for 4 for Seattle Mariners

1990 Mark McGwire is 1st to hit 30 home runs in each of his 1st 4 seasons

1988 Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II

1987 7 top New York Mafia bosses sentenced to 100 years in prison each

1985 St. Louis Cardinals set an unusual streak record by winning 9 of 10 games, each pitched by a different man

1984 Brothers Anton and Peter Stastny score 8 pts each for NHL Quebec

1980 Border completes 150 in each inning of Test Cricket vs. Pakistan

1979 California's Nolan Ryan and Boston's Steve Renko each lose no-hitters in 9th

1978 Brewers sweep Orioles 11-3, 16-3, and 13-5 (each with a grand slam)

1977 New York City fines George Willig 1 cents for each of 110 stories he climbed

1975 G S Chappell gets ton in each inn of 1st Test Cricket as captain vs. WI

1974 Cards beat Mets, 4-3, in 25 (7h4m), record 202 plate appearances, Felix Milan and John Milner come to bat 12 times each

1973 Brothers Jim and Gaylord Perry face each other for only time, Tigers beat Indians 5-4, as Gaylord loses

1969 NFL record of 12 passing touchdowns, New Orleans Billy Kramer and St. L Charlie Johnson pass for 6 touchdowns each

1969 George Harrison and Patti Boyd are fined 250 pounds each for illegal drugs

1969 Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's Los Angeles Kings, fines each player $100 for "NOT" arguing with the referee

1968 In NL expansion draft, Expos and Padres choose 30 players each

1968 1st time, 2 soon-to-be-named MVPs oppose each other Cards Bob Gibson beat Tigers Denny McLain 4-0

1965 Rolling Stones fined 5 pounds each for public urination

1965 Braves propose to pay 5 cents from each ticket to bring a new team to Milwaukee

1964 Bobby Simpson completes cricket century in each innings vs. Pakistan

1963 At 4 AM, traffic on Bay Bridge is 1-way on each deck

1961 Baltimore and California use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns

1961 Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks and Maple Leafs (20 each)

1960 Alma Kruger, actor (Made For Each Other), dies at 88

1958 Sobers completes a century in each innings vs. Pakistan

1953 New York Giants Willie Mays and Darryl Spencer each hit 2 home runs and a triple

1952 Bob Cain of Browns and Bob Feller of Indians each pitch a one-hitter

1949 Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence

1948 Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players

1944 Yankees, Dodgers and Giants play unique 6 inn game for War Bonds, each playing successive innings, final score Dodgers-5, Yankees-1 and Giants-0

1942 New York Yankees annouce 5,000 uniformed soldiers admitted free at each of their upcoming home games

1942 Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942

1940 St. Louis Browns Johnny Lucadello is 2nd to home run from each side of plate

1939 Headley scores a cricket century in each innings vs. England at Lord's

1936 3 Braves hit twice in an inning getting 2 hits each

1932 Wes Ferrell is 1st to win 20 games in each of his 1st 4 seasons

1931 Johnny Hart, born in Endicott, New York, cartoonist, creator, comic strips, 'The Wizard of Id', 'B.C.', strips each appeared in over 1,000 newspapers

1929 In game between Pirates and Phillies 9 home runs hit 1 in each inning

1928 Bradman scores a century each innings (131 and 133*), NSW vs. Qld

1925 AL decides to alternate leagues for game 1 of World Series each year

1924 Aggrement reached on permanent rotation of World Series with each league, getting games 1, 2, 6, 7 in alternating years

1923 New York Giants and New York Yankees become 1st teams to play each other for 3 consecutive World Series, also 1st played at Yankee Stadium

1923 Flyweights Gene LaRue and Kid Pancho KO each other simultaneously

1920 Ireland divided into 2 parts, each with its own parliament

1920 1st brothers oppose each other in World Series, Cleveland's Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits as brother Jimmy plays 3rd base for Bkln

1920 National Football League organizes in Canton Ohio 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Professional Football Association

1919 Stanley Cup: Mont (NHL) and Seat (PCHA) win 2 games each with 1 tie, 1919 Stanley Cup not awarded due to flu epidemic

1918 Players on both sides threaten to strike the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners and $1,000 each for the losers

1914 Tony Martin, Alvin Morris, SF, singer, It's a Blue World, To Each

1912 Different nationalities battle with each other in Macedonia

1911 Ty Cobb (AL) and Frank Schulte (NL) are 1st MVPs, each gets an auto

1910 Chalmers Auto Co offers a new car to each leagues' batting champ

1908 Paulus Akkerman, Paul fen Nijenborn, Frisian writer, Each om Each

1902 2 deaf-mutes face each other for 1st time as Dummy Hoy leads off for the Reds against Dummy Taylor of the Giants, Reds win 5-3

1898 Louise Beavers, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actress, Beulah-Beulah, Made for each other

1895 George Raft, born in New York City, actor, Each Dawn I Die, Scarface, Some Like It Hot

1879 NL owners meeting in Buffalo adopt reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to their players

1878 1st attempt at motion pictures (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the ground

1871 Alma Kruger, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actress, Made For Each Other

1809 Allardyce Barclay begins a bet of walking 1 mile every hour for 1,000 hours. Each hour he walked a mile round trip from his home

1531 Kings Ferdinand of Austria/Janos Zapolyai of Hungary accept each other

1150 Tichborne family of Hampshire England started tradition of giving a Gallon of flour to each resident to keep deathbed promise

921 Treaty of Bonn: East France and West France recognize each other


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