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2002 Mickey Newbury, singer, member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, wrote songs for Acuff-Rose Music, dies

1996 Mickey Fenn, docker/socialist, dies at 58

1995 Mickey Mantle, baseball great, New York Yankees, dies of cancer at 63

1992 Phils' Mickey Moradini makes an unassisted triple play

1991 James G MacDonald, cartoon voice (Mickey Mouse), dies at 84

1990 Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with switch hit home runs in 10 games

1989 Mickey Leland, Representative-D-Texas 1979 - 1989, and 15 others die in plane crash in Ethiopia

1988 Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th home run into 7th place

1986 Reggie Jackson hit his 537th home run passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place

1985 Mickey Simpson, actor (Wagonmaster), dies of a heart attack at 72

1985 Mickey Shaughnessy, actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at 65

1985 Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle

1985 Mickey Mouse welcomed in China

1983 Edmonton Oilers beat New Jersey Devils, 13-4, Wayne Gretzky calls the Devils "a Mickey Mouse organization"

1983 Baseball orders Mickey Mantle to sever ties with Claridge Casino

1981 Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker, welterweight champ (1922-26) dies at 79

1980 Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and Mickey Hart are arrested for incitement

1977 Tisha Dabber, Shelbyville Indiana, actress, New Mickey Mouse Club

1977 Jason Miller, born in Silver Springs, Maryland, actor, New Mickey Mouse Club

1977 Josh Ackerman, actor, Mickey Mouse Club

1976 Keri Russell, actress, Mickey Mouse Club, Lottery, Daddy Girls

1975 Minta Durfee, actress (Keystone Comedies, Mickey), dies at 85

1974 Detroit Red Wing Mickey Redmond scores 1st hat trick against Washington Caps

1974 Yankees Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford become 1st teammates elected to hall of fame on same day

1974 New York Yankees Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford elected to Hall of Fame

1973 2nd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright

1973 Mickey Welch, George Kelly and Billy Evans elected to Hall of Fame

1970 Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio

1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational

1969 Mickey Mantle Day, 60,096 saw #7 retired (I was there-BTG)

1969 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational

1969 New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle retires

1968 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational

1968 Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536

1968 Denny McLain's 31st win and Mickey Mantle's 535th home run

1968 Mickey Wright wins LPGA "500" Ladies Golf Classic

1968 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open

1968 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Palm Beach County Golf Open

1968 Mickey Wright wins Port Malabar Golf Invitational

1967 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies' Golf Invitational

1967 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Seven Lakes Golf Invitational

1967 Mickey Hart joins the Grateful Dead and plays the Straightater

1967 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational

1967 Mickey Wright wins Lady Carling Golf Open

1967 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational

1967 Gertrude "Mickey" MacFadden, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 67

1967 Mickey Mantle's 500th home run off Oriole's Stu Miller

1967 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career home run #500 off Stu Miller

1967 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational

1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational

1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shirley Englehorn Golf Invitational

1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Pacific Ladies' Golf Classic

1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Ladies' World Series of Golf

1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open

1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Ladies Golf Invitational

1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational

1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Venice Ladies Golf Open

1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational

1965 Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game

1965 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open

1965 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun

1965 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational

1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational

1964 Mickey Wright shoots a 62, lowest golf score for a woman pro

1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open

1964 Sammee Tong, actor (Bachelor Father, Mickey), dies at 63

1964 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational

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

1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Visalia Ladies' Golf Open

1964 Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 and 2001 and his 450th home run

1964 On Elston Howard Night, Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth's career strikeout record (1,330)

1964 Mickey Mantle switch-hits home run record 10th and final time in a game

1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open

1964 19th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright

1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waldemar Golf Open

1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Lady Carling Eastern Golf Open

1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open Invitational

1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Squirt Ladies' Golf Open Invitational

1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Clifford Ann Creed Golf Invitational

1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational

1963 Mickey Wright/Dave Ragan, Jr. wins LPGA Haig and Haig Scotch Mixed Golf

1963 9th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright

1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational

1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Visalia Ladies' Golf Open

1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Idaho Centennia Golf Tournament

1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament

1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waterloo Women's Golf Open Invitational

1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open

1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open

1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open

1963 Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade

1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open

1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Alpine Civitan Golf Open

1963 Mickey Mantle of New York Yankees sign a baseball contract worth $100,000

1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open

1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational

1962 Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP

1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Carlsbad Cavern Golf Open

1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open

1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Spokane Golf Open

1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Salt Lake City Golf Open

1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament

1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament

1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Milwaukee Golf Open

1962 Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59

1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Western Golf Open

1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship

1962 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th home run

1962 Mickey Wright/Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Naples Pro-Am Golf Tournament

1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational

1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Open

1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sacramento Valley Golf Open

1961 Mickey Mantle becomes 7th to hit home run # 400

1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Spokane Women's Golf Open

1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open

1961 16th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright

1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Columbus Golf Open

1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship

1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Miami Golf Open

1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open

1960 Mickey Vernon is hired as 1st manager of new Washington team

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

1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Memphis Golf Open

1960 Mickey Tettleton, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, catcher for the Texas Rangers

1960 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' home run over right field roof in Detroit

1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open

1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Grossinger Golf Open

1960 6th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright

1960 Mickey Mantle is 18th to hit 300 home runs

1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open

1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational

1959 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Machine International Golf Open Alliance

1959 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Hoosier Celebrity Golf Tournament

1959 14th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright

1959 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Cavalier Golf Open

1959 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open

1958 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open

1958 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Opie Turner Golf Open

1958 13th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright

1958 4th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright

1958 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open

1957 Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP

1957 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open

1957 Mickey Mantle hits career home run # 200

1957 Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey vs. Northants

1957 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open

1957 Mickey Wright wins Sea Island Golf Open

1956 "I Love Mickey" by Mickey Mantle and Teresa Brewer peaks at #87

1956 New York Yankees Mickey Mantle hits his 52nd home run of season

1956 Mickey Mantle is 8th to hit 50 home runs in a seaon

1956 Mickey Rourke, born in Schenectady, New York, actor, 9 Weeks, Wild Orchid, Homeboy

1956 At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there)

1956 Mickey Mantle home run just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof

1956 Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting 1st home run out of Yankee Stadium

1956 Mickey Mantle hits home run from both sides of plate for record 3rd time

1956 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open

1955 "Mickey Mouse Club" premieres

1955 Yankee Mickey Mantle pulls a hamstring muscle running out a bunt

1955 Mickey Mantle hits career home run # 100

1955 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' home run off Chicago Billy Pierce

1955 "Mickey Rooney Show," TV comedy last airs on NBC

1955 Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive home runs of at least 463'

1954 Yogi Berra plays his only game at 3rd and Mickey Mantle plays shortstop

1953 Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam in World Series

1953 Mickey Rourke, boxer/actor, Wild Orchid, Barfly

1953 Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) home run in Washington D.C.'s Griffith Stadium

1952 Mickey Jones, Washington D.C., rock bassist

1952 Mickey Mantle hits his 1st grand-slammer

1951 Mickey Mantle's 1st home run

1951 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle goes 1-for-4 in his 1st game

1951 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle's 1st game, he goes 1 for 4

1949 Mickey Thomas, rock vocalist, Jefferson Airplane, Starship

1949 Mickey Lee Davis, Jr., Tennessee, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List

1945 Ivan "Ironman" Stewart, Mickey Thompson off-road champ, 1983, 84, 90

1945 Cleveland Browns organization formed by Arthur "Mickey" McBride

1944 Mickey Leland, born in Lubbock, Texas, Representative-D-Texas 1979 - 1989

1943 Mickey Hart, drummer, Grateful Dead

1942 Annette Funicello, born in Utica, New York, actress, Mickey Mouse Club

1941 Mickey Owens drops a 3rd strike, Tom Hendrick reaches 1st safely - would have been last out, instead Yankees score 4 and win 7-4

1941 Dodger Mickey Owens is 1st to catch 3 foul flies in an inning (3rd)

1941 Stacy Keach, Savannah, Georgia, actor, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

1940 Mickey Lolich, pitcher, Detroit Tiger, won 25 in 1971

1940 Mickey Newbury, born in Houston, Texas, singer, member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, wrote songs for Acuff-Rose Music

1938 Mickey Stratton, born in Meriden, Connecticut, softball catcher, Hall of Fame 1969

1937 Mickey Edwards, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Representative-R-Oklahoma 1977 - 1993

1937 Mickey McGill, U.S. vocalist, Dells-Love is Blue

1936 Joe McCarthy is named to manage AL All-Stars, rather than high-strung Mickey Cochrane, who is very close to a nervous breakdown

1936 Sylvia Robinson, rocker, Mickey and Sylvia-Love is Strange

1936 Mickey Gilley, born in Ferriday, Louisiana, country singer, Urban Cowboy

1935 Mickey Wright, born in San Diego, California, LPGA golfer, 4 times LPGA champ

1934 Although Lou Gehrig wins Triple Crown, Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP

1933 Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Detroit Tigers for $100,000

1932 Mickey Stewart, manager, England Cricket Team

1932 Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney

1932 "Mickey Mouse" and "Silly Symphony" comics syndicated

1931 Mickey Mantle, New York Yankee, home run slugger, 1956 Triple Crown

1930 "Mickey Mouse" comic strip 1st appears

1928 Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in New York in "Steamboat Willie"

1928 Mickey Mouse, cartoon strip

1928 Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP honors, edging Heinie Manush by 2 points

1928 Mickey Mouse's screen debut (Steamboat Willie at Colony Theater New York City)

1928 Mickey Mouse made his 1st appearance

1925 Mickey Baker, rocker

1920 Mickey Rooney, American Actor

1918 Mickey Spillane, Frank, born in Brooklyn, New York, mystery writer, I the Jury

1903 Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, .320 avg

1901 Walt Disney, born in Chicago, animator, Mickey Mouse

1901 Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker, welterweight boxing champ, 1922-26

1894 Mabel Normand, Muriel Fortescue, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedienne, Mickey

1884 Mickey Welsh strikes-out 1st 9 men he faces


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