1998 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic
1998 Henny Youngman, comedian, ", Take My Wife, Please!: Henny Youngman's Giant Book of Jokes, ", dies at 91
1998 New York Giant GM George Young resigns to accept NFL position
1997 Tammie Green wins Giant Eagle LPGA Classic
1997 San Francisco Giant J. T. Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch
1996 San Francisco Giant Bobby Bond is 2nd player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases
1995 Martina Ertl of Germany wins her 3rd giant slalom world cup
1993 Andre "the Giant" Roussimoff, WWF wrestler, dies of heart attack at 49
1992 Former NFL New York Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery
1992 Cornelis B Vaandrager, [C Vaan], poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies at 56
1991 Giant Victory, driven by Jack Moiseyev, wins Hambletonian
1991 San Francisco Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky's cancerous left arm is amputated
1991 New York - New Jersey Knights 1st home game (Giant Stadium) lose to Frankfurt 27-17
1991 Howard Stern kisses New York Giant Leonard Marshall's ass over bet, Stern lost claiming the Giants would lose the Superbowl
1991 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 NFL New York Giant Otis Anderson becomes 8th to rush for 10,000th yard
1989 Cancer sufferer/San Francisco Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky breaks arm on mound
1989 Ralph Meeker, actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Gentle Giant), dies at 68
1988 Chris Speier hits for the cycle and Ernest Riles hits 10,000th Giant HR
1988 3 giant turtles found in Bronx sewage plant
1987 New York Giant Raul Allegre kicks 2, 50 or more yard field goals in a game
1987 Giant's Jeffrey Leonard hits playoff record HR in his 4th cons game
1987 Wrestlemania III-93,173 watch Hulk Hogan beat Andre the Giant
1987 Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL New York Giant Stadium (beat Washington 17-0)
1986 San Francisco Giant Robby Thompson is caught stealing record 4 times
1986 Dirk de Vroome, [Red Giant], Limbourg activist, dies at 60
1985 Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71
1984 Walter Burke, actor (Jack the Giant Killer), dies at 75 of emphysema
1983 Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his 2nd New York Giant record 56 yard field goal
1983 Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks New York Giant record 56 yard field goal
1981 New York Giant Joe Danelo ties NFL record of 6 field goals in a game
1981 Joe Danelo kicks then New York Giant record 55 yard field goal
1980 Earnest Gray becomes 2nd New York Giant to score 4 TDs (vs St. Louis)
1980 Hanni Wenzel is 1st Liechtensteiner to win Olymp gold (giant slalom)
1979 Padres and Giants announce plans to play exhibition series in Tokyo but Giant players reject it
1977 77,691 see New York Cosmos beat Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 8-3 at Giant Stad
1977 San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th grand slammer
1976 New Jersey Meadowlands' Giant's Stadium opens
1976 San Francisco Giant John Montefusco no-hits Atlanta Braves, 9-0
1975 San Francisco Giant Ed Halick no-hits New York Giants, 6-0
1974 Jack Brisco beats Giant Baba in Tokyo, to become NWA wrestling champ
1974 Giant Baba beats Jack Brisco in Kagoshimi, to become NWA champ
1972 "December Giant" largest sinkhole in U.S. collapses (Alabama)
1972 Pete Gogolak scores New York Giant record 8 pts after a touchdown
1972 Ron Johnson becomes 1st New York Giant to score 4 TDs (vs Phila)
1972 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 New York Giant football team announces they're leaving Bronx for New Jersey in 1975
1970 San Francisco Giant Jim Ray Hart is 8th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th)
1969 San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey edges Tom Seaver as NL MVP
1969 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays, becomes 2nd player to hit HR # 600
1968 Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off San Francisco Giant Mike McCormick
1968 Edna Ferber, U.S. author (Giant, Showboat), dies at 80
1967 Astro Eddie Matthews hits his 500th HR off San Francisco Giant Juan Marichal
1966 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year
1965 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 All star MVP: Juan Marichal (SF Giant)
1964 Jesus Alou is 1st Giant in 40 years to get 6 hits in a game
1963 Giant Willie Mays' HR in 16th inning gives them a 1-0 win over Braves
1962 New York Giant YA Title sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31)
1962 New York Giant YA Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs Washington Redskins (49-34)
1961 David Huff, rocker, Giant
1961 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays hits 4 home runs in a game
1960 Juan Marichal debuts as San Francisco Giant pitcher, beats Phillies on 1 hitter
1959 In his major league debut, San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey goes 4-for-4
1959 Rigardus "Rijn" Rijnhout, Giant of Rotterdam (2.375m), dies at 38
1959 San Francisco Giant's rename their stadium Candlestick Park
1958 Mel Ott, New York Giant baseball star (1926-1947), dies at 49
1958 Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock and ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain
1956 Kathy Kreiner, Canada, giant slalom 1976 Olympics gold
1956 New York Giant Bill White, homers in his 1st at bat
1955 James Dean, U.S. actor (East of Eden, Giant), dies
1953 "Take a Giant Step," opens on Broadway
1952 New York Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game and hits his only HR
1952 Antonia Maury, discoverer (supergiant, giant and dwarf stars), dies
1951 In opening World Series game, Giant Monte Irvin steals home in 1st inn
1951 Giant's Bob Niemans homers on his 1st 2 at bats
1951 New York Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)
1951 Gustavo Thoeni, Italy, giant slalom, Olympics gold 1972
1950 Gary Green, rocker, Gentle Giant
1950 Gene Roberts sets NFL New York Giant rushing record (218 yds) vs Chic Cards
1950 New York Giant Wes Westrum hits 3 home runs and a triple
1949 Heini Hemmi, born in Switzerland, giant slalom 1976 Olympics gold
1948 New York Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions
1948 Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a New York Giant
1948 Kerry Minnear, rocker, Gentle Giant
1946 New York Giant Mel Ott is 1st mgr ejected from both games of a doubleheader
1945 Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa
1944 New York Giant Phil Weintraub gets 11 RBIs
1944 New York Giant, Mel Ott scores 6 runs in 1 game drawing 5 walks for 4th time
1943 Nancy Greene, Canada, giant slalom, 1968 Olympics gold
1941 New York Giant Mel Ott hits his 400th HR and his 1,500th RBI
1941 Senta Berger, Vienna Austria, actress, Cast a Giant Shadow
1938 Yvonne Ruegg, Switzerland, giant slalom 1960 Olympics gold
1938 Willie "Stretch" McCovey, 1st baseman, San Francisco Giant #44
1937 Phil Shulmon, rocker, Gentle Giant
1937 Brooklyn Dodgers snap New York Giant Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak
1936 1st giant panda imported into US
1936 Su-Lin, 1st giant panda to come to U.S. from China, arrives in SF
1931 James Dean, born in Marion, Indiana, stage/film actor, Giant, Rebel Without a Cause
1930 New York Giant Hap Moran runs 91 yards for a TD from a scrimmage
1929 New York Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pittsburgh Pirates
1929 New York Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pirates, 11-0
1928 New York Giant Fred Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader
1927 Stein Eriksen, Norway, giant slalom 1952 Olympics gold
1927 Giant Panda discovered, China
1925 Ossi Reichert, German FR, giant slalom 1956 Olympics gold
1925 Dirk de Vroome, [Red Giant], SS'er
1925 Dorothea Hochletiner, born in Austria, giant slalom 1956 Olympics bronze
1925 New York Giant Hack Wilson hits 2 home runs in 3rd inning beating Phillies, 16-7
1924 Julia Perry, born in Lexington, Kentucky, composer, Selfish Giant
1923 New York Giant's Casey Stengel HR beats Yanks 1-0 in World Series
1922 New York Giant Jesse Barnes no-hits Phillies, 2-0
1915 New York Giant Rube Marquard no-hits Bkln, 2-0
1913 Alexander Scourby, Brooklyn, actor, Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant
1912 New York Giant Jeff Tesreau no-hits Philadelphia, 3-0
1912 New York Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak
1912 New York Giant Josh Devore steals 4 bases in an inning (2nd and 3rd twice)
1912 New York Giant Christy Mathewson wins his 300th game
1911 New York Giant Christy Mathewson loses after beating Reds 22 straight times
1911 New York Giant Fred Merkle is 1st to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st)
1910 Roger L. Stevens, producer, Giant
1909 New York Giant Red Ames 2nd no-hitter, loses in 13 on a 7 hitter to Dodgers
1908 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 New York Giant George "Hooks" Witse no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0 in 10 inn
1908 Giant fireball impacts in Siberia (Tunguska Event) (Enckes comet)
1907 New York Giant Roger Bresnahan becomes 1st catcher to wear shin guards
1905 Giant's Christy Mathewson's 3rd straight World Series shutout
1905 New York Giant Christy Mathewson 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago Cubs, 1-0
1903 New York Giant Red Ames no-hits St. Louis, 5-0 in a 5 inning game
1901 New York Giant Christy Mathewson no-hits St. Louis, 5-0
1900 New York Giant Christy Mathewson begins career losing to Brooklyn Superbas
1899 Kenneth Thomson, Pitts, actor, Broadway Melody, Little Giant
1897 New York Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game
1888 New York Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record
1888 New York Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak
1881 Japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian
1870 Cardiff Giant (supposed petrified human) proved to be gypsum
1861 Stephen A Douglas, "Little Giant", senator (Lincoln Debates), dies
1837 Martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87
1813 Stephen Arnold Douglas, Little giant, U.S. senator, Lincoln debates
1770 Daniel Lambert, born in England, giant, weighed 739 lbs, 334 kg, at death
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