2003 Earl Hindman, voice with hat, Home Improvement, dies at 61
1998 Mark McGwire breaks Roger Marris' 62 home run record for a season, and goes on to hit 70 home runs for the 1998 season
1997 700th World Series home run (Sandy Alomar, Cleveland Indians)
1997 Carolina Hurricanes 1st home game vs Pitts Penguins
1997 1st time 3 cons home runs in post season-Raines, Jeter, O'Neill (New York Yankees)
1997 Seattle Mariners break record for most home runs in a year (258)
1997 Mark McGwire joins Babe as only players to hit 50 home runs in 2 consec yrs
1996 New York Yankee Bernie Williams switch hits home runs in a post season game
1996 1st ODI played in Kenya between home team and Sri Lanka
1996 San Francisco Giant Bobby Bond is 2nd player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases
1996 New York Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 home runs by a catcher
1996 Yanks lose ending 3rd best home series victory streak at 24
1996 Hugh Henry Home Popham, aviator/writer/poet, dies at 76
1996 Ken Griffey Jr, 26, is 8th youngest to hits 200 home runs
1995 Lord Home of Hirsel, cricket (Middlesex player later British PM), dies
1995 Edgar Martinez drives home tying and winning runs to rally Mariners to 6-5 win in bottom of 11th to beat Yankees and win AL Division Series
1995 Cleveland Indian Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of season
1995 Andres Galarraga is 4th to hit 30 home runs for Rockies in 1995
1995 Padres Ken Caminiti switch hits home runs in 3rd of 4 games
1995 Birmingham Barracudas 1st CFL home game (vs Hamilton)
1995 Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL home game vs, BC Lions
1995 White Sox (5) and Tigers (7) combine for record 12 home runs at Tiger Stadium
1995 Twins Marty Cordova ties rookie record of home runs in 5 consecutive games
1995 Eddie Murray of Indians hits his 463rd career home run (ties for 18th)
1994 Mariners play Red Sox as home team at Fenway, as Kingdome is repaired
1994 Shreveport Pirates 1st CFL home game (vs Toronto Argonauts)
1994 Gas explosion at old age home in Milan, 27 killed
1994 Cleveland Indians 18 game home win streak ends to Yanks 11-6
1994 Jeff Bagwell of Astros is 28th to hit 2 home runs in an inning
1994 Ken Griffey, Jr. breaks Ruth's record for most home runs by end of June (31)
1994 Tigers tie record of hitting home runs in 25th consecutive games
1994 Cab Calloway suffered massive stroke at his home in White Plaines NY
1994 Indians, begin a 18 home game hoome win streak at Jacobs Field
1994 Chuck Jones found guilty of breaking into Marla Maples home
1994 Cubs Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes, hit 3 home runs in 1993 hits 3 home runs on opening
1994 Walter Kent, U.S. composer (I'll Be Home for Christmas), dies at 82
1993 Cards Mark Whiten, hits 4 home runs and 12 RBIs in 2nd game of doubleheader
1993 Fred McGriff and David Justice are 6th to hit back-to-back home runs twice in same game
1993 Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. is 3rd to hit home runs in 8 straight games
1993 Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most home runs by a catcher
1993 Indians' Carlos Baerga hits 3 home runs against Detroit
1993 Ken Griffey, Jr. slugs his 100th career home run in Seattle's
1993 Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head and goes over fence for a home run
1993 Colorado Rockies 1st home game and 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos
1993 Indians' Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit home runs in same inn (vs Yanks)
1992 Queen Elizabeth's home Windsor Castle catches fire
1992 1st time Baltimore Orioles draw 3 million fans at home
1992 Dorothy MacKaye, marital advisor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 88
1992 New York Mets score in 9th to end home shut-out streak at 3 games
1992 New York Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962
1991 Stuart Karl, CEO (Karl Home Video), dies at 38 of skin cancer
1991 With two months left, White Sox set new home attendance (2,150,951)
1991 Carol Gillies, actress (Back Home, Baby Boom), dies at 50
1991 Calumet Farm, home to 8 Kentucky Derby winners, files bankruptcy
1991 Gordon Greenidge scores 223 vs. Aus, his last Test Cricket knock at home
1991 New York - New Jersey Knights 1st home game (Giant Stadium) lose to Frankfurt 27-17
1991 Planeloads of U.S. troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists and 2 American soldiers it captured
1991 NH snaps its 32-game losing streak at home beating Holy Cross, 72-56
1991 Dale Long, hit home runs in 8 consecutive games, dies at 66
1990 Tiger Cecil Fielder becomes 11th, to hit 50 home runs (& 51st)
1990 Pirate Bobby Bond is 2nd to hit 30 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season (so he can play in 6 decades) because it is a publicity stunt
1990 Ken Griffey, Sr and Jr, hit back-to-back home runs in 1st inning
1990 New York Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 15 home runs (approx 132 at bat)
1990 New York Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 14 home runs (approx 128 at bat)
1990 Mark McGwire is 1st to hit 30 home runs in each of his 1st 4 seasons
1990 New York Yankee Kevin Maas is fastest to get 13 home runs (110 at bats)
1990 Carlton Fisk ties Johnny Bench hitting 327 home runs as a catcher
1990 Yankees rookie Kevin Maas hits his 10th home run in just 77 at bats
1990 Police find marijuana at Chuck Berry's home
1990 Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with switch hit home runs in 10 games
1990 For 2nd time this season, Cecil Fielder belts 3 home runs in a game
1990 New York Yankees hit 6 home runs to beat Minnesota Twins 12-0
1990 8 2/3 inning perfect game pitched by Brian Holman of Oakland A's is spoiled by a home run hit by Ken Philips
1990 Supreme Court rules states could make it a crime to possess or look at child pornography, even in one's home
1989 Howard Johnson joins B Bonds and W Mays to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases
1989 Braves Dale Murphy, hits 2 3-run home runs in an inning, 14th man to hit 2 home runs in an inning. Also ties record of 6 RBIs in an inning
1989 Mets win 11th consecutive home opener 8-4 over St. Louis at Shea Stad
1989 NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers win 22nd straight home game
1989 Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife
1988 "ET" released to home video (14 million presold)
1988 Mike Tyson smashes TV camera outside his Bernardsville New Jersey home
1988 Darrell Evans hits his 400th career home run
1988 Boston Red Sox win AL record 24 straight home games
1988 Boston Red Sox set AL consecutive home victories at 23
1988 Red Sox beat Tigers 9-4 for AL record 23rd consecutive win at home
1988 Jose Canseco becomes 11th to get 30 home runs and 30 steals in a season
1988 Oakland A's Jose Canseco becomes 11th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases
1988 Jose Canseco is 1st to hit 30 home runs in 1st 3 years
1988 Rick Sutcliffe swipes home, 1st pitcher since Pascual Perez in 1984 to steal home
1988 Winnie Mandella's home in Soweto, South Africa destroyed by arson
1988 Red Sox begin AL record 23rd consecutive home win streak
1988 WABC officially becomes the New Jersey Devils new home radio
1988 Jeff Hamilton, hits 8,000th Dodger home run
1988 Boston Red Sox Barrett steals home
1988 NH begins a NCAA record 32-game losing streak at home (ends Feb 1991)
1987 In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 2, later bodies of 14 of his relatives are found at his home near Dover Ark
1987 Alfred M Landon, former Kansas Gov, dies at his Topeka home at 100
1987 Toronto Blue Jays hit a record 10 home runs vs Baltimore Orioles
1987 Kevin Bass is 1st NLer to switch hit home runs in a game twice in 1 season
1987 Kirby Puckett goes 6-for-6 with 2 home runs in Minnesota 10-6 win over Milwaukee
1987 Eric Davis is 7th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in one season
1987 Oriole Eddie Murray hits his 299th and 300th career home runs
1987 New York Yankees Don Mattingly ties record of home runs in 8 cons games
1987 Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit home runs in 7 straight AL games (en route to 8)
1987 A's Mark McGwire is 1st rookie to hit 30 home runs before All Star break
1987 Andy Van Slyke home runs off R McDowell in both ends of double header
1987 Oriole Eddie Murray is 1st to switch hit home runs in 2 consecutive games
1987 46 home runs hit in 13 baseball games
1987 Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run (vs Robinson-Pirates)
1987 1st 3 San Diego Padres hit home runs off San Francisco starter Roger Mason
1986 Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 home runs in a season
1986 Bob Horner becomes 11th player to hit 4 home runs in a game
1986 Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record
1985 Expos Andre Dawson joins Willey McCovey to hit 2 home runs in an inn twice
1985 New York Mets Gary Carter's 2 home runs ties record of 5 home runs in 2 games
1985 New York Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive home runs in a game
1985 A's Dave Kingman is 21st to hit 400 home runs (off Matt Young at Seattle)
1985 Los Angeles Dodger Pedro Gonzalez sets NL record of 15 home runs in June
1985 Pirates score 10 in top of 1st, but lose 15-11 to Phillies, as Steve becomes 1st Phillie to switch hit home runs in same game
1985 Ranger Larry Parrish is 5th to hit 3 home runs in a game in both leagues
1984 New York Met Rusty Staub joins Ty Cobb, who hit home runs as a teen and in 40s
1984 Cubs break 2 million in home attendance for 1st time
1984 Oakland A's Dave Kingman hits 3 home runs including a grand slam
1984 Nate Nelson, R&B-singer (Flamingos-I'll Be Home), dies on 52 birthday
1984 Supreme Court rules (5-4) oks private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws
1983 Joan Miro, Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90
1983 Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in season
1983 Greg Luzinski is 1st player to put 3 home runs onto roof at Comiskey Park
1982 California Doug DeCinces hits 3 home runs again in game
1982 Prince Chuck and Lady Di take Prince William home from hospital
1982 Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins
1981 Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him
1981 Viv Richards scores century in the 1st Test at his home Antigua
1980 1st consumer use of home banking by computer
1980 Macaulay Culkin, New York City, actor, Home Alone, My Girl, Richie Rich
1980 California Angels Freddie Patek, hits 3 home runs and double to beat Red Sox 20-2
1980 Steve Garvey, hits the 7,000th Dodger home run
1980 2 Oakland A's steal home in 1st inning
1980 Fire in nursing home in Kingston Jamaica, kills 157
1980 Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 home runs in 5th inning vs New York Mets
1980 Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, and home in one inning for Phillies
1980 Samm-Art Williams' "Home," premieres in New York City
1979 New York Stars (WBL) home opener at MSG in New York City
1979 Larry Parrish (Expos) home runs off Rawly Eastwick (Phillies) in DH
1979 Willie Horton becomes 43rd player to hit 300 home runs in the majors
1979 Bobby Bonds hits his 300th HR (2nd to have 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases)
1979 Home rule introduced to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
1979 Islanders ends 23 undefeated games at home streak (15-0-8)
1978 New York Islanders start a streak of 23 undefeated games at home (15-0-8)
1978 100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome Sadat home from Camp David summit
1978 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit
1978 Reds Joe Morgan is 1st to hit 200 home runs and have 500 stolen bases
1978 Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run
1978 Lee Lacy hits record 3rd consecutive pinch-hit home run
1978 New York Yanks defeat White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day
1977 Red Sox wallop a major league-record 8 home runs beating Toronto 9-6
1977 Yankee DH Cliff Johnson hit 3 consecutive home runs in Toronto
1977 Willie McCovey smashes 2 home runs in inning for 2nd time (Apr 12, 1973)
1977 Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose
1976 In pre-game promo at Atlanta County Stadium, 34 couples wed at home plate followed by Championship Wrestling "Headlocks and Wedlocks"
1976 Philadelphia Flyers win record tying 20th straight NHL home game
1976 "Home Sweet Homer" opens and closes at Palace Theater New York City
1976 Liberty Bell moves to new home behind Independence Hall
1975 Yanks sponsor Army Day at temporary home, Shea Stadium during 21-gun salute, part of fence is blown away, and another part is set afire
1975 Phillies Mike Schmidt's 2 home runs ties NL record of 11 home runs in April
1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL home victory, beating Chicago 4-3
1974 A's Ken Holtzman, who hasn't batted all season, belts 3rd inning home run in Game 4 and gets the win, 5-2
1974 Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1
1974 Rhino Store gives people 5 cents to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album
1973 Hank Aaron sets record of most home runs in 1 league (709)
1973 Joe Ferguson, hits the 6,000th Dodger home run
1973 Angels outfielder Bobby Valentine breaks his leg trying to scale wall to prevent a Dick Green home run during a 5-4 loss to the A's
1973 For 2nd time, Johnny Bench hits 3 home runs in a game
1973 In an exhibition game with the Pirates, Twins Larry Hisle becomes the 1st designated hitter (he hits 2 home runs and knocks in 7 RBIs)
1972 Hank Aaron hits 660th and 661st home runs for Braves, record for 1 team
1972 Nate Colbert of San Diego Padres hits record tying 5 home runs in a double header
1972 Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65
1971 Last Washington Senator home game, Yanks win career 5th forfeit game Yanks trailing 4-2 in 9th with 2 outs, fans rush field
1971 Harmon Killebrew hits home runs #500 and 501
1971 Phillies Deron Johnson 3 home runs caps his 4 in a row
1971 Phillies' Rick Wise hits 2 home runs and no-hits Reds
1970 Cleve Cavaliers 1st NBA home victory, beating Buffalo Braves 108-106
1970 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99
1970 Molukkers occupy Indonesian ambassador's home in Wassenaar
1970 Phillies Larry Bowa steals home for 2nd time in 1970
1970 Reds Johnny Bench hits 3 consecutive home runs of Phillies Steve Carlton
1970 Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run
1970 Reds clout 7 home runs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 HRs, 6 for one team and 9 different batters for two teams, all tie or set records
1970 Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the club's home opener Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation
1969 Cincinnati Red Lee May hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader
1969 Rod Carew ties record with his 7th steal of home in a season
1969 120 joints found at George and Patti Harrison's home
1968 Dorothy Gish, [de Guiche], actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70
1968 Frank Howard ties AL record with HR in his 6th consecutive game his 10 home runs in the most in 6 games
1967 World Series record 3 consecutive home runs (Carl Yastremski, Reggie Smith, and Rico Petrocelli) by Red Sox
1967 Chicago Cubs (7) and New York Mets (4) tie record of 11 home runs in a game
1967 Monkees take home an Emmy for their Outstanding comedy Series
1967 Francis Chichester arrives home at Plymouth from Round-the-world trip
1967 White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game)
1966 Cincinnati Red Leo Cardenas hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader
1966 Randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home
1966 Atlanta Braves win NL-record 18 straight home games (17 in Milwaukee)
1965 Jim Hickman becomes 1st New York Met to hit 3 home runs in a game
1965 Willie Mays sets NL record for home runs in a month with his 17th of August
1965 Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, actress (Revolt in Mental Home), dies
1965 Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron (1954-65) pass Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig hitting 772 home runs while playing together on the same team
1965 Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder, priced at $995
1965 Yankees Tom Tresh bangs 3 consecutive home runs beating White Sox 12-0
1965 William McNamara, born in Dallas, Texas, actor, Texasville, Beat, Stealing Home
1964 During services held for Sam Cooke fans caused damage to Funeral Home
1964 Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit home runs runs on back-to-back pitches
1964 Despite 3 home runs by Johnny Callison, Phils are 14-8 losers to Braves
1964 Reds Chico Ruiz steals home, beats Phillies 1-0. Phillies start a 10 game losing streak that gives Cards the pennant
1964 Ground is broken for Anaheim Stadium, future home of Angels
1964 A's Bert Campaneris home runs on 1st pitch, hits a 2nd HR on 2nd at bat
1964 Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years
1963 Mark Chesnutt, born in Beaumont, Texas, country singer, Too Cold at Home
1963 St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Curt Simmons steals home plate
1963 Harmon Killebrew (Twins) home runs off Pete Burnside (Senators) in DH
1963 Indians' Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona, and Larry Brown hit consecutive home runs in one inning (vs California Angels)
1963 Frank "Home Run" Baker, (hit 2 home runs in 1911 world series) dies at 77
1963 1st demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London
1962 Frank Howard, hits the 5,000th Dodger home run
1962 A record 54 home runs hit in baseball
1962 Joe Pepitone 2nd Yankee to hit 2 home runs in 1 inning (Joe DiMaggio)
1961 Roger Maris sets record of 61 home runs (off of Tracy Stallard)
1961 Roger Maris hits home run # 59 and barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yanks clinch pennant #26
1961 Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 and 40 in a doubleheader
1961 Roger Maris hits 4 home runs, in a doubleheader
1961 St. Louis Cardinal Bill White hits 3 home runs and a double
1961 Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more home runs twice in a season
1961 Milwaukee sets record of 4 consecutive home runs (Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron Joe Adcock and Frank Thomas)
1961 Record 27 home runs hit in 7 AL games
1961 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays hits 4 home runs in a game
1961 Niagara ends St. Bonaventura's 99-game home basketball win streak
1960 Tad Mosels "All the Way Home," premieres in New York City
1960 George Crowe sets record of 12 pinch hit home runs with a runner on
1959 Rocky Colovito hits 4 consecutive home runs in 1 game
1959 Tiger's Charlie Maxwell hits 4 consecutive home runs in a doubleheader
1958 Joe Diffie, Tulsa, Oklahoma, country singer/guitarist, Home
1958 Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at LA Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line
1957 Duke Snider's 39th and 40th home runs are last hit at Ebbets Field
1957 White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits 2 home runs to beat Washington Senators 8-6
1957 Red Sox set AL record by smashing 4 home runs in 6th inning in 11-0 win
1957 Cavern Club opens (home of Beatles' 1st appearance)
1956 Mickey Mantle is 8th to hit 50 home runs in a seaon
1956 Yanks Yogi Berra ties career record for home runs (236) by a catcher
1956 Curt Robert of Columbus (International League) hits 4 home runs in 7 inning game
1956 Cin Reds (8) and Cubs (2) combine to hit 10 home runs in a 9 inning game
1956 Dale Long becomes 1st to hit home runs in 8 straight games
1956 Bob Saget, Philadelphia, comedian, Full House, America's Funniest Home Video
1956 Martin Luther King, Jr's home bombed
1955 Don Zimmer, hits 4,000th Dodger home run
1955 Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive home runs of at least 463'
1955 Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak
1954 Ted Kluszewski is 1st Cincinnati Red to hit 40 home runs en route to 49
1954 Dean Stone gets credit for AL win, although he didn't retire a batter, he threw out Shoendienst trying to steal home, AL-11 NL-9
1954 Cards' Joe Cunningham hits 2 home runs for record 3 home runs in his 1st 2 days
1954 Stan Musial hits 5 home runs in a doubleheader
1954 James F Reilly II, born in Mt Home AFB Idaho, PhD/astronaut, STS 89, sk:100
1953 U.S. district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games
1953 Roy Campanella sets record for home runs by a catcher at 38
1953 New York Giants Willie Mays and Darryl Spencer each hit 2 home runs and a triple
1951 In opening World Series game, Giant Monte Irvin steals home in 1st inn
1951 Cleveland Indians win 16th straight home game
1951 Willie Mays gets his 1st major league hit, a home run
1951 Ivor Novello, British writer (Keep the Home Fires Burning), dies at 58
1951 Patricia Richardson, Bethesada, Maryland, actress, Double Trouble, Home Imp
1950 For a record 6th time, New York Yankee Johnny Mize hits 3 home runs in one game
1950 Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 home runs and a single in a game vs Braves
1950 Pee Wee Reese, hits the 3,000th Dodger home run
1950 Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits home runs twice in a game
1950 New York Giant Wes Westrum hits 3 home runs and a triple
1950 St. Louis Browns pitcher Harry Dorish swipes home vs Washington Senators
1949 Robb Weller, TV host, Entertainment Tonight, Home Show
1949 Inidian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 home runs to beat Senators, 7-5
1949 Pamela Reed, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Grand, Kindergarten Cop, Home Court
1949 Eddie Money, [Mahoney], born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and guitarist, Take Me Home Tonight
1949 Chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist, Ten Years After-I'm Going Home
1948 Southside Johnny Lyon, New Jersey, rocker, Asbury Jukes-Don't Want Go Home
1948 Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 home runs in a game
1948 Joe Cronin pinch hit home runs in both ends of a doubleheader
1948 Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57
1948 Walter P Reuther UAW President shot and wounded at his home in Detroit
1948 Walter P Reuther, President (United Auto Workers), shot at his home
1948 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie
1947 New York Giants set season record for home runs by a club 183 (en route to 221)
1947 Jackie Robinson swipes home for 1st of 19 times in his career
1945 Arthur Laurent's "Home of the Brave," premieres in New York City
1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt buried on grounds of Hyde Park home
1945 Kentucky begins 130 home basketball game win streak, ends in 1955
1945 Betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61
1944 Germans raid Achterhuis, home of Anne Frank and family
1944 Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader
1944 76th Belmont: G L Smith aboard Bounding Home wins in 2:32.2
1944 Arnold Muhren, Dutch pop bassist/singer, The Cats-Sailin' Home
1943 Player-manager Joe Cronin of Red Sox hits two 3-run pinch home runs
1943 Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided
1943 Piet Veerman, Dutch rock vocalist and guitarist, Cats-Sailin' Home
1942 Garrison Keillor, humorist, Praire Home Companion
1942 Garrison Keillor, born in Minnesota, PBS radio personality, Prairie Home Companion
1942 Pitcher Jim Tobin belts 3 home runs in a game
1942 New York Yankees annouce 5,000 uniformed soldiers admitted free at each of their upcoming home games
1942 Slim Whitman, yoddler/country singer, Home on the Range
1941 American Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Phila
1940 Yankee Charlie Keller hits 3 home runs to beat White Sox 10-9
1940 British Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms
1940 Mont Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home
1939 Charles Wardle, MP/under sect of state British home office
1939 New York Giants beat Reds 17-3, with 5 home runs in 4th inning
1938 Only time brothers hit back-to-back home runs (Lloyd and Paul Waner, Pitts)
1938 Leo Durocher, hits 2,000th Dodger home run
1938 Lefty Grove defeats Tigers 4-3 for 1st of record 20 consecutive wins at his home field Fenway Park; he doesn't lose there until May 12 1941
1938 Gary Collins, born in Venice, California, actor, 6th Sense, Home Show
1937 Det's rookie Rudy York sets record for home runs of 18 home runs in August
1937 Cub Augie Galan becomes 1st player to switch hit home runs in a game
1937 Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive home runs against St. Louis Browns
1936 Phillies Chuck Klein becomes 4th to hit 4 home runs in a game
1936 Joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit 2 home runs in 1 inn, Yanks beat Browns 18-4
1936 Bruce Dern, Winnetka, Illinois, actor, Coming Home, Silent Running, Tatoo
1935 Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs. Pirates
1934 NL votes to permit night baseball (up to 7 games per home team)
1934 Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 home runs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12
1934 Ruth hits 700th career home run
1934 Pittsburgh is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday
1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Home Owners Loan Act
1934 Electric Home and Farm Authority incorporated
1933 Electric Home and Farm Authority Inc, authorized
1933 Rocky Colavito, Bronx, baseball player, Hit 4 home runs in a game
1933 David M Storey, British rugby player/playwright, Home
1933 Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation authorized
1933 Spottiswoode Aitken, actor (Eagle, Home Sweet Home), dies at 64
1932 Jimmie Foxx of A's hits 50th and 51st home runs to become 3rd to hit 50
1931 Mickey Mantle, New York Yankee, home run slugger, 1956 Triple Crown
1931 Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he and Babe Ruth tie for season
1930 Cub's Hack Wilson's 2 home runs give him NL record 56 HRs
1930 New York Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing hits 2 home runs to beat St. Louis Browns, 7-6
1930 Dumont's 1st TV broadcast for home reception (New York City)
1930 Pitts Pie Traynor ends both games with home runs (1st in 9th, 2nd in 13th)
1930 Sarnoff reports in New York Times "TV would be a theater in every home"
1930 Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in a game, Ruth hits 3 in doubleheader
1930 Ruth hits 3 home runs as Yanks blow 6-0 lead in 7th and lose 15-7
1930 Yankee "Bronx Bombers" hit 14 home runs in a game
1930 Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game
1930 Edward W. Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66
1929 Baroness Ewart-Biggs, British, Lab, spokesperson on Home Affairs
1929 In game between Pirates and Phillies 9 home runs hit 1 in each inning
1929 Chicago Blackhawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home
1928 Ty Cobb, 41, steals home for 50th and final time
1928 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples and 2 home runs to be White Sox 15-7
1927 Yanks clinch pennant, Ruth hits 2 home runs (52 en route to 60)
1927 Mel Ott, 18, hits his 1st league home run (inside the park)
1927 Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in 11-4 victory over Red Sox
1927 Tony Lazzeri hits 3 home runs Yanks beat White Sox 12-11
1927 New York Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd and home
1927 Babe Ruth hits 1st of 60 home runs of season (off A's Howard Ehmke)
1926 Babe Ruth hits 3 home runs in a World Series game, Yanks beat Cards 10-5
1926 Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard
1925 New York Giant Hack Wilson hits 2 home runs in 3rd inning beating Phillies, 16-7
1924 John Kilgour, director of prison medical services, Home Office
1924 New York Giants George Kelly is 1st to hit home runs in 6 cons games
1924 Woodrow Wilson, 28th President (1913-21), dies at his home in Washington at 67
1923 Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a World Series game
1923 Bernie Neis, hits the 1,000th Dodger home run
1923 10 home runs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St. Louis Cardinals
1922 Catcher Butch Henline is 1st NLer to hit 3 home runs in a game since 1897
1922 Yankees play their farewell home game in Polo Grounds win doubleheader
1922 Dedication of Frederick Douglas' home in Washington D.C. as national shrine
1922 M. Alain Resnais, born in Vannes, France, director, Melo, I Want to Go Home
1921 Milos Jancso, Vac Hungary, director, My Way Home
1921 Yankee Ruth hits home runs 57 and 58 to beat Indians 8-7
1921 Franklin D. Roosevelt stricken with polio at summer home on Canadian Is of Campobello
1921 Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs
1921 Yanks' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs beating Tigers 11-8
1920 King George V signs Home Rule Act
1920 Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54
1920 Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54
1920 Ruth ties his record of 29 home runs in a season
1920 Hugh Henry Home Popham, aviator/writer/poet
1920 British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law
1920 Ottalee Baker, Frank "Home Run" Baker's wife, dies at 31
1919 Government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland)
1919 New York City welcomes home Gen John J Pershing and 25,000 WW I soldiers
1919 Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a game for his 1st of 72 times
1919 Giants play their 1st legal Sunday home game, 35,000 see Phils win 4-3
1916 New York Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500
1915 Frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season
1914 Irish home rule bill receive Royal assent
1914 British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule
1913 Rabbit Maranville, is thrown out trying to steal home 3 times
1913 Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens (New York City) starring Ed Wynn
1913 House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill
1912 Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game
1912 Phillies Sherry Magee steals home twice in 1 game
1911 1st old-age home opened in Prescott, Arizona
1909 Ty Cobb steals home in World Series game
1909 Reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of 1st home in Tel-Aviv
1909 Frank "Home Run" Baker's 1st career home run
1908 B Tarkington and HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in New York City
1908 Michael Richardson, commandant, Home for Disabled Sailors
1908 Groundbreaking on Philadelphia's Shibe Park (home of A's and Phillies)
1907 Frederik of Oaths disbands mental home colony Walden
1907 Cards Ed Konetchy steals home twice and Joe Delahanty also steals home for record 3 steals of home (vs Boston)
1907 Government of Transvaal sends home 50,000 Chinese day workers
1906 Fredric [William] Brown, U.S., sci-fi author, Martians Go Home
1904 Chuck Klein, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Philadelphia Phillies, 43 home runs in 1929
1903 Tigers play a home game in Toledo Ohio, Yanks win 12-8
1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) 1st home game, (Hilltop Park-168th St. and Broadway, Manhattan), they beat Washington Senators, 6-2
1902 Cleveland is 1st AL team to hit 3 consecutive home runs in same inning
1902 Minor League's most lopsided baseball game: Corsicana 51; Texarkana 3 Justin Clark of Corsicana, Texas minors hits 8 home runs in 1 game
1901 In their long-delayed AL home opener, Boston defeats Philadelphia 12-4
1901 Erve Beck hits American League's 1st home run
1900 Polly Adler, Russia, bordello proprieter/author, House is not a Home
1898 [Le]Roy Harris, Oklahoma, composer, When Johnny Comes Marching Home
1896 Ed Delahanty, becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 4 home runs in a game
1896 Blanche Sweet, born in Chicago, actress, Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience
1894 Bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 home runs in 1 baseball game
1891 Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party leader, dies at 45
1890 1st Dodger home run (Dave Foutz)
1886 John "Home Run" Baker, hall of famer, hit 2 HR in 1911 world series
1883 "Ladies Home Journal" begins publishing
1883 Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces
1880 Charlie Jones becomes 1st to hit 2 home runs in 1 inning
1879 1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London and Cyprus
1876 Batholdi visits Bedloe Island, future home of his Statue of Liberty
1876 Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League
1868 Spottiswoode Aitken, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actor, Eagle, Home Sweet Home
1865 Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 1,547. 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" blows up
1864 Robert E. Lee's home area, Arlington, Virginia, becomes a military cemetery
1864 Solomon George Washington Dill, poor white ally of blacks, assassinated in his home by white terrorists in SC
1864 Stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in NY
1863 Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA-Jefferson Davis' home burnt
1849 Home Department (Interior Department), forms
1847 United Shakespeare Company buys his home in Stratford-upon-Avon
1847 Urbain J J Leverrier and John Couch Adams, codiscoverers of Neptune meet for 1st time at home of John Herschel
1846 Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party-Lower house member
1842 Ellen Henrietta Richards, U.S., chemist, Amer Home Eco Assn-1st Pres
1837 Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke North Carolina killing 100
1831 Friedrich C. K. von Bodelschwingh, German theologist, Home Mission
1823 "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London)
1811 Issac Merrit Singer, inventor, 1st practical home sewing machine
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
1805 30 women meet at Mrs. Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset Maine, organizes
1793 1st cabinet meeting (At George Washington's home)
1791 John Howard Payne, U.S., author/actor/diplomat, Home Sweet Home
1778 Liberty Bell came home to Philadelphia after the British had left
1342 Bilbo Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, (Shire Reconning)
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