1990 Event The ML umpires announce that they will boycott exhibition games 1988 Event New York Yankees Dave Winfield gets his 29th RBI of April - Sets AL and ties ML Record 1985 Event Indians-Brewers game at Cleveland Stadium is 1st rain-out of 1985, ends record string of 458 ML games since Opening Day without a rain-out 1984 Death ML de Braauw, esquire/DS'70-minister of Wetenschapsbeleid, dies at 59 1973 Event Frank Robinson homers in record 32nd ML park in Arlington, Texas 1964 Event ML King speaks to J Edgar Hoover about his slander campaign 1963 Event ML Rules Committee bans oversized catcher's mitts, effective in 1965 1956 Event 1st ML baseball game in New Jersey, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium 1911 Event Cleve's League Park hosts 1st unofficial ML All Star game (benefit game for Addie Joss' family). Cleveland Naps lose to All Stars 5-3 1889 Event Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss 1627 Birthday Anne ML of Orleans, duchess of Montpensier, Grand Mademoiselle
