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2013 Event - Nestle removes its beef pasta meals from supermarkets in France, Spain and Italy after tests confirm the food giant has products contaminated with horsemeat

2012 Event - The National Zoo in Washington, D.C., announces a successful artificial insemination as Mei Xiang gives birth to her second giant panda cub

2012 Event - Japan mourns the loss of a 6-day old rare giant panda, born naturally in captivity at a Tokyo zoo

2011 Event - A colony of stromatolites is discovered at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland

2009 Event - Oil giant Dutch Shell warns its outlook remains uncertain after reporting its quarterly profit fell by 73%

2009 Event - A new species of a giant carnivorous plant, Nepethes attenboroughii, is discovered in the central Phillipines highlands

1998 Event - Giant Eagle LPGA Classic

1998 Death - Henny Youngman, comedian, ", Take My Wife, Please!: Henny Youngman's Giant Book of Jokes, ", dies at 91

1998 Event - New York Giant General Manager George Young resigns to accept NFL position

1997 Event - Tammie Green wins Giant Eagle LPGA Classic

1997 Event - San Francisco Giant J. T. Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch

1996 Event - San Francisco Giant Bobby Bond is 2nd player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases

1995 Event - Martina Ertl of Germany wins her 3rd giant slalom world cup

1993 Death - Andre "the Giant" Roussimoff, WWF wrestler, dies of heart attack at 49

1992 Event - Former NFL New York Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery

1992 Death - Cornelis B Vaandrager, C Vaan, poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies at 56

1991 Event - Giant Victory, driven by Jack Moiseyev, wins Hambletonian

1991 Event - San Francisco Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky's cancerous left arm is amputated

1991 Event - New York - New Jersey Knights 1st home game (Giant Stadium) lose to Frankfurt 27-17

1991 Event - Howard Stern kisses New York Giant Leonard Marshall's ass over bet Stern lost claiming the Giants would lose the Superbowl

1991 Event - Matt Barr's field goal with no time left gives New York Giant 15-13 Victory over defending champs San Francisco 49ers, for NFC title

1990 Event - NFL New York Giant Otis Anderson becomes 8th to rush for 10,000th yard

1989 Event - Cancer sufferer/San Francisco Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky breaks arm on mound

1989 Death - Ralph Meeker, actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Gentle Giant), dies at 68

1988 Event - Chris Speier hits for the cycle and Ernest Riles hits 10,000th Giant home run

1988 Event - 3 giant turtles found in Bronx sewage plant

1987 Event - New York Giant Raul Allegre kicks 2, 50 or more yard field goals in a game

1987 Event - Giant's Jeffrey Leonard hits playoff record home run in his 4th cons game

1987 Event - Wrestlemania III-93,173 watch Hulk Hogan beat Andre the Giant

1987 Event - Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL New York Giant Stadium (beat Washington 17-0)

1986 Event - San Francisco Giant Robby Thompson is caught stealing record 4 times

1986 Death - Dirk de Vroome, Red Giant, Limbourg activist, dies at 60

1985 Death - Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71

1984 Death - Walter Burke, actor (Jack the Giant Killer), dies at 75 of emphysema

1983 Event - Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his 2nd New York Giant record 56 yard field goal

1983 Event - Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks New York Giant record 56 yard field goal

1981 Event - New York Giant Joe Danelo ties NFL record of 6 field goals in a game

1981 Event - Joe Danelo kicks then New York Giant record 55 yard field goal

1980 Event - Earnest Gray becomes 2nd New York Giant to score 4 TDs (vs St. Louis)

1980 Event - Hanni Wenzel is 1st Liechtensteiner to win Olymp gold (giant slalom)

1979 Event - Padres and Giants announce plans to play exhibition series in Tokyo but Giant players reject it

1977 Birthday - Bode Miller, born in Easton, New Hampshire, professional alpine ski racer, won World cup races in slalom, giant slalom, Super-G, downhill and combined

1977 Event - 77,691 see New York Cosmos beat Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 8-3 at Giant Stad

1977 Event - San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th grand slammer

1976 Event - New Jersey Meadowlands' Giant's Stadium opens

1976 Event - San Francisco Giant John Montefusco no-hits Atlanta Braves, 9-0

1975 Event - San Francisco Giant Ed Halick no-hits New York Giants, 6-0

1974 Event - Jack Brisco beats Giant Baba in Tokyo, to become NWA wrestling champ

1974 Event - Giant Baba beats Jack Brisco in Kagoshimi, to become NWA champ

1972 Event - "December Giant" largest sinkhole in U.S. collapses (Alabama)

1972 Event - Pete Gogolak scores New York Giant record 8 pts after a touchdown

1972 Event - Ron Johnson becomes 1st New York Giant to score 4 touchdowns vs. Philadelphia

1972 Event - San Francisco Giant Jim Barr retires 1st 20 batters he faces added to last 21 he retired 6 days earlier for record 41 in a row

1971 Event - New York Giant football team announces they're leaving Bronx for New Jersey in 1975

1970 Event - San Francisco Giant Jim Ray Hart is 8th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th)

1969 Event - San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey edges Tom Seaver as NL MVP

1969 Event - San Francisco Giant Willie Mays, becomes 2nd player to hit home run number 600 off Mike Corkins

1968 Event - Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th home run off San Francisco Giant Mike McCormick

1968 Death - Edna Ferber, U.S. author (Giant, Showboat), dies at 80

1967 Event - Astro Eddie Matthews hits his 500th home run off San Francisco Giant Juan Marichal

1966 Event - San Francisco Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year

1965 Event - San Francisco Giant Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka for $40,000

1965 Event - All star MVP: Juan Marichal (SF Giant)

1964 Event - Jesus Alou is 1st Giant in 40 years to get 6 hits in a game

1963 Event - Giant Willie Mays' home run in 16th inning gives them a 1-0 win over Braves

1962 Event - New York Giant YA Title sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31)

1962 Event - New York Giant YA Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs Washington Redskins (49-34)

1961 Birthday - David Huff, born in America, David Lyndon Huff, drummer, songwriter, producer, session musician, founder, Giant, 1980's hard rock band, member of White Heart, a Christian rock band

1961 Event - San Francisco Giant Willie Mays hits 4 home runs in a game

1960 Event - Juan Marichal debuts as San Francisco Giant pitcher, beats Phillies on 1 hitter

1960 Birthday - Tony Robbins, born in North Hollywood, California, self-help author, motivational speaker, books include, 'Awaken the Giant Within', founder, 'Anthony Robbins Foundation'

1959 Event - In his major league debut, San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey goes 4-for-4

1959 Death - Rigardus "Rijn" Rijnhout, Giant of Rotterdam (2.375m), dies at 38

1959 Event - San Francisco Giant's rename their stadium Candlestick Park

1958 Death - Mel Ott, New York Giant baseball star (1926-1947), dies at 49

1958 Event - Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock and ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain

1957 Birthday - Brad Bird, born in Kalispell, Montana, director, screenwriter, animator known for 'The Incredibles' and 'Ratatouille', directed and animated the 2-D film, 'The Iron Giant'

1956 Birthday - Kathy Kreiner, Canada, giant slalom 1976 Olympics gold

1956 Event - New York Giant Bill White, homers in his 1st at bat

1955 Death - James Dean, U.S. actor (East of Eden, Giant), dies

1953 Event - "Take a Giant Step," opens on Broadway

1952 Event - New York Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game and hits his only home run

1952 Death - Antonia Maury, discoverer (supergiant, giant and dwarf stars), dies

1951 Event - In opening World Series game, Giant Monte Irvin steals home in 1st inn

1951 Event - Giant's Bob Niemans homers on his 1st 2 at bats

1951 Event - New York Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)

1951 Birthday - Gustavo Thoeni, Italy, giant slalom, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics

1950 Birthday - Gary Green, born in Stroud Green, England, guitarist for Gentle Giant rock band, worked with Billy Sherwood on album, 'Back Against The Wall', 2005

1950 Event - Gene Roberts sets NFL New York Giant rushing record (218 yards) vs Chicago Cards

1950 Event - New York Giant Wes Westrum hits 3 home runs and a triple

1949 Birthday - Ray Shulman, born in Portsmouth, England, born Raymond Schulman, musician, record producer, member of Gentle Giant, British progressive rock band, produced records for The Sugarcubes

1949 Birthday - Heini Hemmi, born in Switzerland, giant slalom 1976 Olympics gold

1948 Event - New York Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions

1948 Event - Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a New York Giant

1948 Birthday - Kerry Minnear, rocker, Gentle Giant

1947 Birthday - Derek Shulman, born in Glasgow, Scotland, musician, singer, rocker, instrumentalist, vocalist for band Gentle Giant, recorded twelve albums with them in ten years

1946 Event - New York Giant Mel Ott is 1st manager ejected from both games of a doubleheader

1945 Event - Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa

1944 Event - New York Giant Phil Weintraub gets 11 RBIs

1944 Event - New York Giant, Mel Ott scores 6 runs in 1 game drawing 5 walks for 4th time

1943 Birthday - Nancy Greene, Canada, giant slalom, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics

1941 Event - New York Giant Mel Ott hits his 400th home run and his 1,500th RBI

1941 Birthday - Senta Berger, Vienna Austria, actress, Cast a Giant Shadow

1938 Birthday - Yvonne Ruegg, born in Switzerland, giant slalom 1960 Olympics gold

1938 Birthday - Willie "Stretch" McCovey, 1st baseman, San Francisco Giant #44

1937 Birthday - Phil Shulmon, rocker, Gentle Giant

1937 Event - Brooklyn Dodgers snap New York Giant Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak

1936 Event - 1st giant panda imported into US

1936 Event - Su-Lin, 1st giant panda to come to U.S. from China, arrives in SF

1931 Birthday - James Dean, born in Marion, Indiana, stage/film actor, Giant, Rebel Without a Cause

1930 Event - New York Giant Hap Moran runs 91 yards for a TD from a scrimmage

1929 Event - New York Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pittsburgh Pirates

1929 Event - New York Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pirates, 11-0

1928 Event - New York Giant Fred Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader

1927 Birthday - Stein Eriksen, Norway, giant slalom 1952 Olympics gold

1927 Event - Giant Panda discovered, China

1925 Birthday - Ossi Reichert, born in West Germany, giant slalom 1956 Olympics gold

1925 Birthday - Dorothea Hochletiner, born in Austria, giant slalom 1956 Olympics bronze

1925 Event - New York Giant Hack Wilson hits 2 home runs in 3rd inning beating Phillies, 16-7

1924 Birthday - Julia Perry, born in Lexington, Kentucky, composer, Selfish Giant

1923 Event - New York Giant's Casey Stengel home run beats Yankees 1-0 in World Series

1922 Event - New York Giant Jesse Barnes no-hits Phillies, 2-0

1915 Event - New York Giant Rube Marquard no-hits Bkln, 2-0

1913 Birthday - Alexander Scourby, Brooklyn, actor, Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant

1912 Event - New York Giant Jeff Tesreau no-hits Philadelphia, 3-0

1912 Event - New York Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak

1912 Event - New York Giant Josh Devore steals 4 bases in an inning (2nd and 3rd twice)

1912 Event - New York Giant Christy Mathewson wins his 300th game

1911 Event - New York Giant Christy Mathewson loses after beating Reds 22 straight times

1911 Event - New York Giant Fred Merkle is 1st to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st)

1910 Birthday - Roger L. Stevens, producer, Giant

1909 Event - New York Giant Red Ames 2nd no-hitter, loses in 13 on a 7 hitter to Dodgers

1908 Event - Giant Fred (Bonehead) Merkle fails to touch 2nd, causes 3rd out in 9th and disallows winning run (game ends tied, Cubs win replay and pennant)

1908 Event - New York Giant George "Hooks" Witse no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0 in 10 inn

1908 Event - Giant fireball impacts in Siberia (Tunguska Event) (Enckes comet)

1907 Event - New York Giant Roger Bresnahan becomes 1st catcher to wear shin guards

1905 Event - Giant's Christy Mathewson's 3rd straight World Series shutout

1905 Event - New York Giant Christy Mathewson 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago Cubs, 1-0

1903 Event - New York Giant Red Ames no-hits St. Louis, 5-0 in a 5 inning game

1901 Event - New York Giant Christy Mathewson no-hits St. Louis, 5-0

1900 Event - New York Giant Christy Mathewson begins career losing to Brooklyn Superbas

1899 Birthday - Kenneth Thomson, Pitts, actor, Broadway Melody, Little Giant

1897 Event - New York Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game

1888 Event - New York Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record

1888 Event - New York Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak

1881 Death - Japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian

1870 Event - Cardiff Giant (supposed petrified human) proved to be gypsum

1861 Death - Stephen A Douglas, "Little Giant", senator (Lincoln Debates), dies

1837 Death - Martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87

1813 Birthday - Stephen Arnold Douglas, Little giant, U.S. senator, Lincoln debates

1770 Birthday - Daniel Lambert, born in England, giant, weighed 739 lbs, 334 kg, at death

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