1997 Sammy Sosa (Cubs) and Tony Womack (Pirates) hit inside the park HRs
1997 New York Mets C. Everett and Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1997 Kansas City Royal Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 HRs
1997 48th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, Carlos Perez (Mon)/Darren Holmes
1996 Yanks (3) and Orioles (3) combine to tie play off record of 6 HRs
1996 Baltimore Orioles end season with record 257 HRs
1996 Orioles Brady Anderson is 14th to hit 50 HRs
1996 Sammy Sosa is 1st Chicago Cub to hit 2 HRS in 1 inning
1995 John Valentin hits 3 HRs
1995 47th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, K Foster (Cubs)/M Freeman (Rocks)
1994 Eddie Murray sets record for switch hit HRS in a games (11 times)
1993 Dale Murphy ends carreer at 398 HRs
1992 New York Met Eddie Murray is 24th to hit 400 HRS
1991 New York Mets M Sasser and Mark Carreon are 8th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1990 Andre Dawson steals his 300th base and is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals and 2,000 hits
1990 Cub's Ryne Sandberg is 1st 2nd baseman to hit 30 HRs, consecutively
1990 Bo Jackson hits 4th of 4 consecutive HRs
1988 Jose Canseco is baseball's 1st to steal 40 bases and hit 40 HRs
1988 45th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, Mark Davis (Padres)/Mike Krukow
1988 Mets set Opening Day record with 6 HRs
1987 Detroit Tiger Darrell Evans is 1st 40 year old to hit 30 HRs
1987 Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams and Willie McCovey with 522 HRs
1987 Record archery score for a pair over 24 hrs, is set
1986 Texas Rangers O McDowell and Porter are 7th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1986 Reginald Huffstetler trode water for 985 hrs
1986 Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hrs
1985 Baltimore Orioles W Gross and L Sheets are 6th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1985 Von Hayes becomes 21st to hit 2 HRS in an inning (Phils-26, Mets-7)
1985 Thomas Creighton, U.S. heart patient (3 implants in 46 hrs), dies at 33
1984 Reggie Jackson is 13th to hit 500 HRs
1983 Kirk Gibson (Tigers) and Jorge Orta (Blue Jays) hit inside park HRs
1982 Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer, held Washington Monument hostage. After 10 hrs, police kill him he had no explosives
1982 Tigers outfielder Larry Herndon is 14th to hit 4 consecutive HRs
1979 Royals George Brett is 6th to have 20 doubles/triples/HRs in a season
1979 Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hrs, 49 min
1979 Phillies beat Cubs, 23-22, on 50 hits with 11 HRs
1979 Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka [From May 2]
1979 Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hrs, begins
1978 Royals' George Brett hits 3 HRs, Yanks win championship game 3, 6-5
1978 Expos crush Braves, 19-0, collecting 28 hits and NL-record-tying 8 HRs
1978 Giants' Willie McCovey becomes 12th to hit 500 HRs
1977 Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hrs)
1977 Red Sox set 3 game record of 16 HRs, all against Yanks
1976 St. Louis Cardinals Lou Brock and Hector Cruz hit inside-the-park HRs
1976 NL greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 Phils win 18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive HRs
1975 Los Angeles Dodgers W Crawford and Lee Lacy are 5th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1974 Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs
1973 Willie McCovey becomes 15th to hit 400 HRs
1973 San Francisco Giants Bobby Bonds sets NL record with 22 lead off HRs
1971 Twins' Harmon Killebrew is 10th to amass 500 HRs, and adds his 501st
1971 Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15" in 24 hrs
1971 Apollo 14, 3rd U.S. manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro Alan Shepard and Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hrs
1970 Bobby Murcer ties record of 4 consecutive HRs
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
1968 Pittsburgh Pirate Willie Stargell hits 3 HRs, a double and a single
1967 Jimmy Foxx, baseball hall of famer (Det Tigers/534 HRs), dies at 59
1966 Baltimore Orioles Roznovsky and B Powell are 4th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1964 Pirates and Cubs combine for 9 HRs, Pirates win 8-5
1963 Los Angeles Dodgers F Howard and B Skowron are 3rd to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1963 Cleve ties record of 4 consecutive HRS (Held, Ramos, Francona, Brown)
1962 Willie Mays hits 4 HRs
1961 New York Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 HRs
1961 Roger Maris hits 19th and 20th of 61 HRs
1961 Maris hits his 10th and 11th of 61 HRs
1961 U.S. nuclear submarine Patrick Henry arrives at Scottish naval base of Holy Loch from South Carolina in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hrs
1960 Yanks win 8-7, ending season on a 15 game win streak, and record 193 HRs
1960 Longest speech in United Nations history (4 hrs, 29 mins, by Fidel Castro)
1960 Mickey Mantle is 18th to hit 300 HRs
1959 Cincinnati Red Frank Robinson hits 3 consecutive HRs
1959 San Francisco Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits 1st of his 521 HRs
1958 San Francisco Giants Hank Sauer and B Schmidt are 2nd to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1958 Lee Walls hits 3 HRS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2
1956 Reds Frank Robinson hits his 1st of 586 HRs
1955 Willie Mays is 7th player to reach 50 HRS in a season
1955 Smokey Burgess hits 3 HRS to help Pirates beat Reds 16-5
1955 New York Yankees Bob Cerv and E Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1954 Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 hrs, 1 double)
1951 Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double and single vs Red Sox
1950 Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) and Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park HRs
1950 Johnny Pramesa (Reds) and Hank Thompson (Giants) hit inside the park HRs
1950 Yanks and Tigers hit record 11 HRs, Tigers win 10-9
1950 Pittsburgh Johnny Hopp goes 6 for 6 including 2 HRs
1949 Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop round- the-world flight at Fort Worth, Tx, covering 23,452-mis in 94 hrs
1948 Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs
1947 Lynn Fitzgerald, marathoner, ran 133 miles 939 yards in 24 hrs
1947 Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs
1941 Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour law, sets min wages and max hrs
1939 Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs
1939 Yanks hit 13 HRs, sweep A's 23-2 and 10-0
1936 1st time in 20th century, 1st 2 batters in a game-Roy Johnson and Rabbit Warstler of Boston Bees-lead off with HRs
1936 Phillies John Moore hits 3 consecutive HRs
1935 1st time brothers on opposing teams hit HRs, Tony and Al Cuccunello
1934 Nick Nolte, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actor, Teachers, 48 Hrs, Rich Man Poor Man
1934 Hank Aaron, baseball player, record 755 HRs, 1957 NL MVP
1933 A's Jimmie Foxx homers his 1st 3 at bats for 4 consecutive HRs
1932 Yanks' Ben Chapman hits 2 inside-the-park HRs, tying record
1932 Lou Gehrig is 1st to hit 4 consecutive HRs; Yanks beat A's 20-13
1931 Willie Mays, baseball centerfielder, "Say Hey Kid", 660 HRs, MVP 1954
1930 Cub's Hack Wilson's 2 home runs give him NL record 56 HRs
1930 1st non-stop airplane flight from Europe to U.S. (37 hrs)
1929 Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9
1927 Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs
1927 Babe Ruth hits 19th and 20th of 60 HRs
1926 Edwin "Duke" Snider, Brooklyn Dodger centerfielder, 406 HRs
1926 Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1 hrs
1923 Young Stribling held light-heavyweight boxing championship for shortest amount of time (3 hrs). Referee overturns decision
1923 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 HRs
1923 1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs
1922 Largest Polo Grounds crowd see Meusel, Ruth and Gehrig consecutive HRs
1922 Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hrs)
1919 Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson's major league mark of 27 HRs
1911 Josh Gibson, pro baseball player, "Negro Babe Ruth", hit 800+ HRs
1909 Ty Cobb hits 2 inside-the-park HRs
1909 Mel Ott, 1st NLer to hit 500 HRs, hall of famer for the New York Giants
1908 Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hrs
1906 Philadelphia A's pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield and hits 2 HRs
1905 Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in world (NY-Chicago in 18 hrs)
1900 An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hrs
1887 Henry Zimmerman, baseball player, 1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs
1876 1st to hit 2 HRs; and score 5 runs in 9 inn NL game (George Hall, A's)
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