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2000 After years of preparation for Y2K, only minor computer-related problems were reported (a problem with Hotmail, with a nuclear power plant in Japan and with apartment heating in Korea)
1999 John Minor Wisdom, American Judge 1998 Twins trade Chuck Knoblauch to New York Yankees for $3M and 4 minor leaguers 1992 Colorado Rockies 1st minor league team's (Bend Oregon in Class A) game 1989 Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St. Louis 1987 Cubs trade Dennis Eckersley to A's for 3 minor leaguers 1981 Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League)) 1976 Minor White, American Photographer 1973 Deon Minor, Paris Texas, 400m runner 1972 George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident 1971 Greg Minor, NBA guard for the Boston Celtics 1969 Seattle Pilots trade minor league outfielder Lou Piniella to Royals 1966 Blas Minor, Merced California, pitcher for the Seattle Mariners 1965 Minor Watson, actor (Woman of the Year, Viva Cisco Kid), dies at 75 1957 CBS states it won't broadcast baseball where minor league games are on 1957 Israeli troops leave Egypt; Suez Canal re-opened for minor ships 1957 Dodgers (Ft. Worth) and Cubs (LA) "trade" minor league franchises 1953 Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St. Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee 1952 St. Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan 1946 U.S. General MacNarney gives 800,000 "minor Nazi's" amnesty 1944 Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore 1942 Bill Terry resigns as supervisor of New York Giants minor league system 1938 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis frees 74 St. L Cardinals minor leaguers 1920 Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to 1913 Hugo Pos, Suriname/Netherlands WW II prosecutor of minor war crimes Tokyo 1909 1st pro baseball game, minor league, played under lights 1908 Minor White, American Photographer 1905 John Minor Wisdom, American Judge 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 1893 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducted 1st performance of "Symphony Number Six in B minor, "Pathetique" 1889 Minor Watson, Marianna AR, actor, Woman of the Year, Viva Cisco Kid 1887 1st minor league baseball association organizes in Pittsburgh 1879 Northwestern League (minor baseball league) organized, Rockford, Ill 1877 International Association (minor baseball league) organizes 1873 Sergei Rachmaninoff, born in Novgorod, Russia, composer, Prelude in C# Minor 1859 Brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover 1810 Frederic Chopin, born in Poland, composer/pianist, Concert in F Minor 1750 Minor earthquake in London 1750 Tomaso Albinioni, Italian composer (Adagio in G Minor), dies at 78 1536 English king Henry VIII expropriate minor monasteries 787 2nd Council of Nicaea (7th ecumenical council) opens in Asia Minor 325 1st Christian ecumenical council opens at Nicaea, Asia Minor |
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