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1991 Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris home run record and determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings

1991 Mona Maris, actress (Camila, Berlin Correspondent), dies at 88

1985 Roger Maris, home run hitter, 61 in 61, New York Yankees, dies of cancer at 51

1985 New York Yankees retire Roger Maris (9) and Elston Howard (32) uniforms

1966 A terrible Yankee trade, Roger Maris for Card's Charlie Smith

1964 Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit home runs runs on back-to-back pitches

1962 Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inn game

1961 Roger Maris is voted AL MVP

1961 Roger Maris sets record of 61 home runs off of Tracy Stallard

1961 Roger Maris hits home run number 60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record

1961 Roger Maris hits home run # 59 and barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yankees clinch pennant #26

1961 Maris hits his 50th of 61 homers

1961 Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 and 40 in a doubleheader

1961 Roger Maris hits 4 home runs, in a doubleheader

1961 Roger Maris loses a home run (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th

1961 Maris hits 29th and 30th en route to 61 homers

1961 New York Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 home runs

1961 Roger Maris hits 19th and 20th of 61 home runs

1961 Maris hits his 10th and 11th of 61 home runs

1961 Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961

1960 Roger Maris nips Mickey Mantle as AL MVP, 225-222

1959 Yankees trade Marv Thronberry, Don Larsen, Hank Bauer and Norm Seibern for Roger Maris, Kent Hadley and Joe Deaestri

1934 Roger Maris, Yankee, home run champ, 61 in 1961, AL MVP 1960, 1961

1910 Willem Maris, painter (Hague School), dies at 66

1844 Willem Maris, Dutch painter, Hague School

1839 Thijs Maris, Dutch painter/etcher


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