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1997 Mark McGwire joins Babe as only players to hit 50 home runs in 2 consec yrs

1995 Cable News Network joins internet

1995 Darryl Strawberry joins the New York Yankees

1994 "Cats" 5,000th Broadway performance (joins Chorus Line and Oh! Calcutta!)

1993 Seattle's Randy Johnson joins 300-strikeout club

1993 Connie Chung joins Dan Rather as anchors of CBS Evening News

1992 Barry Bonds joins Willie Mays, Howard Johnson and Ron Gant as having (2) 30-HR/30-steal seasons

1992 Expos Gary Carter is 3rd to catch 2,000 games (joins Boone and Fisk)

1990 Sting joins wrestlings 4 Horsemen (Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson)

1989 Glenn Frey joins Don Henley on-stage (for 1st time since 1981)

1989 Howard Johnson joins B Bonds and W Mays to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases

1988 Braves Bruce Sutter joins Fingers and Gossage to save 300 games

1987 Orioles Cal Ripkin becomes 1st to manage 2 sons, as Billy joins Cal

1986 Senate joins House of Representatives voting for sweeping tax reforms

1985 Expos Andre Dawson joins Willey McCovey to hit 2 home runs in an inn twice

1984 New York Met Rusty Staub joins Ty Cobb, who hit home runs as a teen and in 40s

1984 Eddie Van Halen joins in, in a Jacksons concert

1983 Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton to reach 3,500 career strikeouts this season, he also wins his 1st game as a Royal

1982 Mary Hart joins Entertainment Tonight

1982 WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network

1980 Jerry Mumphrey joins Ozzie Smith, and Gene Richards to steal 50 bases this year for Padres

1980 Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa

1979 Ian Palce joins Whitesnake

1979 People's Republic of China joins IOC

1978 Steve Perry joins Journey

1977 Dusty Baker 30th HR joins teammates Steve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32), and Ron Cey (30) in make Dodgers 1st team to boast 4 30-HR hitters

1974 Mick Ronson joins Mott the Hoople

1974 Jeff "Skunk" Baxter joins Doobie Brothers

1974 Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan and joins Doobie Brothers

1973 Gene Shalit joins Today Show panel

1972 Ras al Khaima joins United Arab Emirates

1970 John Creach, joins Jefferson Airplane

1970 Christine McVie joins Fleetwood Mac

1970 Republic Biafra disbands/joins Nigeria

1969 Rod Stewart joins Small Faces

1969 Mick Taylor leaves John Mayall Band and joins Rolling Stones

1968 David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd

1967 Joe Garagiola joins Today Show panel

1967 Mickey Hart joins the Grateful Dead and plays the Straightater

1966 Peter Green joins John Mayall's Bluebreakers

1965 House of Representatives joins Senate establish Department of Housing and Urban Develop

1964 Japan joins OECO

1963 Little Richard joins Everly Brothers Tour

1960 Washington Senators joins American League

1959 Florence Henderson joins Today Show panel

1959 U.S. House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood

1958 George Harrison joins Quarrymen (Lennon-McCartney-Best-Sutcliffe)

1958 Betsy Palmer joins Today Show panel

1958 Alan Freed joins WABC (New York City) radio

1958 Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761)

1958 Syria joins Egypt in United Arab Republic

1956 Helen O'Connell joins Today Show panel

1955 Lee Merriwether joins Today Show panel

1955 German Federal Republic joins NATO

1955 West Germany joins NATO

1954 German FR joins NATO

1954 West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization

1954 Elvis Presley joins Memphis Federation of Musicians, Local 71

1954 U.S.S.R. joins UNESCO

1953 J. Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show"

1952 Spain joins UNESCO

1952 1st "Bandstand" broadcast in Philadelphia on WFIL-TV (Dick Clark joins in 1955 as a substitute-host)

1948 Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel

1947 U.S.S.R. joins International Amateur Athletic Union

1945 Uruguay joins UN

1945 Mel Ott is 1st in NL to hit 500th HR (joins Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx)

1945 Peru, Paraguay, Chile and Ecuador joins UN

1945 France joins the UN

1940 Hungary joins 3 Power pact

1940 Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France and Britain

1934 U.S.S.R. joins League of Nations (Netherland, Switz and Portugal vote no)

1932 Journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS

1932 Iraq gains full independence from Britain, joins League of Nations

1926 Germany joins League of Nations

1925 Italians liberal-national party joins fascist

1924 Santo Domingo joins League of Nations

1923 Irish Free state joins League of Nations

1920 China joins the League of Nations

1920 Azerbaijan SSR joins U.S.S.R. (1st time)

1920 Netherlands joins League of Nations

1914 Japan joins side of allies

1914 German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen/Turkey joins Germany

1913 John McGraw joins Fred Clarke, Cap Anson, Frank Selee, and Connie Mack

1873 Prince Edward Island joins Canada

1816 Bavarian joins Saint Alliance

1788 Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90

1780 Benedict Arnold joins the British

1778 Baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge

1756 Russia joins the Alliance of Versailles

1745 Warship Elisabeth joins Bonnie Prince Charlies frigate Doutelle

1745 Warship Elisabeth joins Bonnie Prince Charlies frigate Doutelle

1718 Austrian joins Triple Alliance

1688 General strategist John Churchill joins with Willem III

1652 Duke of Orleans joins Fronde rebels

1580 Drenthe joins Union of Utrecht

1579 Venlo joins Union of Utrecht

1579 Friesland joins Union of Utrecht

1579 Veluwe joins Union of Utrecht

1579 Betuwe joins Union of Utrecht

1564 Spanish king Philip II joins Council of Trente

1531 Bavaria joins Schmalkaldische Union

1530 German Parliament joins to Augsburg together

1526 German evangelical monarchy joins Schmalkaldische League



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