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2000 Wimbledon Men's Finals, Pete Sampras beat Pat Rafter

1999 Pete Conrad, "astronaut, businessman", third man to walk on the moon, dies at 69

1999 Wimbledon Men's Finals, Pete Sampras beat Andre Agassi

1998 Wimbledon Men's Finals, Pete Sampras beat Goran Ivanisevic

1997 111th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats C Pioline (64 62 64)

1997 85th Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Carlos Moya (62 63 63)

1996 [Alvin] Pete Rozelle, commissioner (NFL), dies at 70

1996 116th U.S. Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Michael Chang (61 64 76)

1995 115th U.S. Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi (64 63 46 75)

1995 109th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats B Becker (67 62 64 62)

1995 Andre Agassi defeats Pete Sampras to win Australian Open

1994 Egbert George "Pete" Pitterson, trumpeter, dies at 73

1994 82nd Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Todd Martin (76 64 64)

1993 113rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Cedric Pioline (64 64 63)

1993 107th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Courier (76 76 36 63)

1992 112th U.S. Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Pete Sampras (36 64 76 62)

1992 Steffan Edberg beats Pete Sampress to win U.S. Open

1991 BPAA U.S. Open by Pete Weber

1991 Hall of Fame's board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose

1991 Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame

1990 19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win U.S. Open

1990 110th U.S. Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi (64 63 62)

1990 Pete Sampras ends Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight U.S. Open final

1990 Pete Rose begins 5-ms prison term at Marion (IL) Federal prison camp

1990 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion

1990 Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income

1989 Lou Piniella is named manager of the Reds, replacing banned Pete Rose

1989 Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling

1989 Pete de Freitas, drummer (Echo and the Bunnyman), dies

1989 Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years

1989 Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation

1989 Pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling

1988 Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump

1988 "Pistol Pete" Mavarich, NBAer (Atlanta), dies of a heart attack at 40

1986 Lloyd Haynes, actor (Pete Dixon-Room 222), dies at 54

1985 Pete Rose of Cin Reds gets career hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb's record

1985 Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with 4,191 hits

1985 Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader

1985 Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cincinnati Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez and Cesar Cedeno

1984 Pete Rose returns to Cin Reds as player-manager (gets 2 hits)

1984 Reds' Pete Rose collects record 3,053rd career single (vs Phila)

1984 Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single

1984 Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski

1984 Pete Rose becomes 1st NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career

1983 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose ends consecutive games played streak at 745

1983 Pete Farndon, rock bassist (Pretenders), dies

1982 Pete Vuckovich becomes Milwaukee's 2nd consecutive AL Cy Young

1982 Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance

1982 Pete Rose (Phillies) 12,365 at bat sets record (passes Aaron)

1982 Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd hit, moves past Aaron into 2nd place

1982 Pete Rose is 5th to appear in 3,000 games (Cobb, Musial, Aaron, Yaz)

1981 Pete Rose, 3,631 career hit, breaks Stan Musial's NL hit record

1981 Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits

1981 Pete Squires sets record for 1575 steps of Empire State Bldg, 10m

1980 Pete Comita replaces Tom Peterson as bassist of Cheap Trick

1980 Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, and home in one inning for Phillies

1979 Pete Rose reaches 200 hits in a season for 10th time

1979 Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single

1978 Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies

1978 Phillies Pete Rose becomes highest paid baseball player

1978 3rd annual reentry free-agent draft, Pete Rose, Tommy John, and Darrell Evans, available

1978 Braves stop Reds Pete Rose's hitting streak at 44 games

1978 Pete Rose goes hitless, ends his 44 game hitting streak (ties NL)

1978 Pete Rose ties NL record hitting streak at 44

1978 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games

1978 Pete Rose ties NL hitting streak of 37 games

1978 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits

1977 Pete Rose passes Frankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881

1977 New Orleans' Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 pts

1976 Connee Boswell, singer (Pete Kelly's Blue), dies at 68

1975 Pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27

1974 Pete Kelley, 218 lbs, 99 kg, U.S. weightlifter, Olympics-14th-1996

1974 Pete Chryplewicz, tight end, Detroit Lions

1973 Pete Rose wins NL MVP

1973 NLCS game 3 brawl between Cins' Pete Rose and New York Met Bud Harrelson

1973 Pete Rose and Willie Davis both get career hit # 2,000

1972 Pete Gogolak scores New York Giant record 8 pts after a touchdown

1972 Pete Kendall, NFL guard for the Seattle Seahawks

1971 Pete Bercich, NFL linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings

1971 Pete Vordenberg, Rota Spain, U.S. cross country skier 1994 Olympics

1971 Pete Mitchell, NFL tight end for the Jacksonville Jaguars

1971 Pete Sampras, born in Washington D.C., tennis champ, U.S. Open-1990, 93 95

1971 Pete Pierson, NFL tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1970 LSU's "Pistol" Pete Marovich scores 69 pts in losing cause

1970 Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points

1969 Pete Marovich sets NCAA record of hitting 30 of 31 foul shots

1969 Pete Shufelt, WLAF linebacker for the Rhein Fire

1969 Joe Namath resigns from NFL after Pete Rozelle, football commissioner, said he must sell his stake in a bar

1969 Who's Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey charged with assault

1969 Pete Schourek, born in Austin, Texas, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds

1969 LSU Pete Maravich scores 66, despite losing to Tulane 101-94

1968 Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP

1968 Pete Chilcutt, NBA forward for the Vancouver Grizzlies

1968 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Pete Tountas

1967 Pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km

1967 Pete Stoyanovich, NFL kicker, Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs

1966 Pete Harnisch, Commack, New York, pitcher for the New York Mets

1966 Pete Smith, U.S. baseball player, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets

1964 Pete McCutcheon, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Quebec Open

1964 Pete Jordan, born in Elmhurst, Illinois, Nike golfer, 1992 Fresno Open-2nd

1964 Pete Incaviglia, born in Pebble Beach, California, outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies

1963 Cincinnati 2nd baseman Pete Rose wins NL Rookie of Year

1963 Harmon Killebrew (Twins) home runs off Pete Burnside (Senators) in DH

1963 Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit

1963 Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training

1962 Drummer Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best of the Beatles

1962 Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr

1962 Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatle drummer

1962 Beatles, with Pete Best, TV debut (perform "Dream Baby" on BBC)

1962 U.S. Open Tennis: Jimmy Bostwick defeats brother Pete to win

1961 Pete De Freitas, rocker, Echo and the Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here

1961 Pete de Freitas, Trinidad, rock drummer, Echo and the Bunnyman

1960 Boston 2nd baseman Pete Runnels goes 6-for-7

1960 Pete Metzelaars, NFL tight end, Seattle Seahawks, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers and the Detroit Lions

1960 Pete Rozelle elected NFL commissioner on 23rd ballot

1959 Pete Burns, rocker, Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round

1959 Pete Trewavas, Middlesbrough, bassist, Marillion-Clutching at Straws

1958 24th Heisman Trophy Award: Pete Dawkins, Army (HB)

1958 Pete Runnels wins Comeback Player of Year (avg went from .230 to .322)

1958 90th Belmont: Pete Anderson aboard Cavan wins in 2:30.2

1958 Pete Wylie, born in Liverpool, rocker, Sinful

1957 Frank Milton "Pete" Higgins II, VP, Microsoft Desktop

1957 Pete Jones, rocker

1957 Floyd Patterson KOs Pete Rademacher in 6 for heavyweight boxing title

1957 Pete Murphy, rocker, Love Hysteria

1955 Pete Shelley, vocal/guitar, Buzzcocks-Going Steady, Love Bites

1954 Pete Byrne Bath England, rocker, Naked Eyes

1954 Patty Berg/Pete Cooper wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament

1951 Timothy Gullikson, tennis player and coach, Pete Sampras

1948 "Pistol" Pete Maravich, NBA star for the Atlanta Hawks

1948 Pete Sears, bassist, Jefferson Starship

1947 Pete "Overend" Watts, rock bassist, Mott The Hoople-All Young Dudes

1947 Pete Ham, born in Swansea, Wales, rock vocalist, Badfinger-Come and Get It

1947 Marc A "Pete" Mitscher, U.S. lt-adm (WW II-Task Force 58), dies at 60

1947 Pete Waterman, rocker, Stock Aitken and Waterman-Road Block

1946 Pete Coors, American Businessman

1946 Pete Gavin, rocker

1945 Pete Townshend, British Musician

1945 1 armed outfielder, St. L Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4

1945 Pete Postlethwaite, actor, The Boxer

1943 Pete Qualfe, rocker

1941 Pete Best, drummer, Beatles

1941 Pete Birrell, rock bassist, Freddie and The Dreamers

1941 Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds, Charlie hustle, most hits in majors

1940 Pete Brown, rocker

1939 Pete Moore, born in Detroit, Michigan, rocker, Miracles

1939 Warren "Pete" Moore, U.S. singer, Miracles-Tears of a Clown

1938 Paul Waner (Pirates) homers off Pete Sivess (Phillies) in DH

1936 Charles Dierkop, LaCrosse Wisconsin, actor, Det Pete Royster-Police Woman

1936 Pete Graves, rocker, Moonglows

1935 Pete Hamill, born in Brooklyn, New York, journalist, New York Post

1935 Pete du Pont, American Politician

1934 Pete Barbutti, Scranton, Pennsylvania, comedian, Garry Moore Show

1933 Pete Wilson, Sen-R-CA, 1983-88/Gov-R-Ca 1991-

1932 Lloyd Haynes, South Bend Indiana, actor, Pete Dixon-Room 222

1932 Pete Domenici, American Politician

1932 "Pete the Tramp" cartoon strip by C D Russell debuts

1931 Fortney H [Pete] Stark, Rep-D-CA, 1973-

1931 Pete Stark, American Politician

1930 Pete Fountain, born in New Orleans, jazz clarinetist, Lawrence Welk 1957-59

1930 Charles Pete Conrad, Jr., Philadelphia, USN/astro, Gem 5 11, Ap 12, Skylab 2

1929 William Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot, X-15

1926 Pete Rozelle, NFL commissioner 1960-89

1925 Cara Williams, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Pete and Gladys, Cara Williams Show

1923 Pete Pihos, NFL end, Phil Eagles

1923 Pete V. Domenici, Sen-R-NM, 1973-

1922 Pete Henry makes longest known NFL drop-kicked field goal, 45 yards

1921 Egbert George "Pete" Pitterson, trumpeter

1919 Pete Seeger, New York City, folk singer, Weaver, Goodnight Irene

1919 Than Wyenn, New York City, actor, Pete Kelly's Blues

1915 Pete Rugolo, bandleader/arranger, Fugitive

1915 Pete Gray, one-armed outfielder, St. Louis Browns

1911 Pete Piute, [Morris Kaufman], born in New York City, comedian, Village Barn

1907 Connee Boswell, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, Pete Kelly's Blue

1907 Pete Desjardins, U.S., platform and springboard diver 1928 Olympics gold

1902 Seton I Miller, Chehalis, Washington, writer, Pete's Dragon, Istanbul

1897 Wilbur, Pete, Henry, NFL tackle, Canton, New York Giants, Pottsville

1888 Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose

1887 Marc A. "Pete" Mitscher, U.S. lt-admiral, WW II-Task Force 58



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