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1991 Pittsburgh Pirate President Carl Barger becomes 1st President of Florida Marlins

1990 Pirate Bobby Bond is 2nd to hit 30 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season (so he can play in 6 decades) because it is a publicity stunt

1989 Pirates score 10 in 1st (their best inning since 1942), prompts Pirate Jim Rooker to say he would walk from Pitts to Philadelphia if Pirates lost, Phillies beat them 15-11, Rooker walks at end of season broadcaster

1988 Willie Stargell (Pitts Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1981 Pirate Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Brave Terry Harper, then retires next 27 batters

1976 Pitt Pirate John Candelaria no-hits Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-0

1972 Roberto Clemente, slugger (Pitts Pirate), dies in a plane crash at 38

1972 Pirate's Gene Alley bases-loaded walk, beats Padres 1-0 in 18th

1970 Pitts Pirate Doc Ellis no-hits San Diego Padres, 2-0

1969 Pittsburgh Pirate Bob Moose no-hits New York Mets, 4-0

1969 Pirate Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium

1969 Jamie Walter, actor, Pirate Island

1968 Pittsburgh Pirate Willie Stargell hits 3 HRs, a double and a single

1963 Pirate's Bob Friend balks 4 times in a game

1960 Pirate's Mazeroski's bottom of 9th lead off HR beats New York Yankees 10-9 in game 7 of 57th World Series

1958 Pirate Roberto Clemente ties record of 3 triples in a game

1956 Pirate Dale Long hits 9th-inning HR, 1st HR in 8 straight games

1952 Ron Necciai of Pitts Pirate's Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27, as he no-hits Welch Minors, 4 Minors do reach base

1951 Pirate's Gus Bell hits for cycle helps beat Phillies 12-4

1951 Pittsburgh Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0

1947 Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games

1947 Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs

1943 Last German Q/pirate ship sinks near Easter Island

1941 German Q/pirate ship Kormoran sinks near Australia

1941 Ump Jocko Conlan ejects Pirate manager Frankie Frisch for coming out on field holding an umbrella to get a rainout

1940 Frederic from G and S "Pirates of Penzance" finally released by pirate

1933 1st game at NFL Pitts Pirate's Forbes Field, lose to Brooklyn Dodgers 32-0

1929 Eva Bartok, Budapest Hungary, actress, Assassin, Crimson Pirate

1925 Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play

1915 Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam HR

1900 Billie Dove, [Lilian Bohny], New York City, actress, Black Pirate, Stolen Bride

1862 Nat Gordon, last pirate, hanged in New York City for stealing 1,000 slaves

1854 English pirate Plumridge robs along pro-English Finnish coast

1718 Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, English pirate, killed off Virginia coast

1701 William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock

1699 Pirate Capt William Kidd is captured in Boston

1671 Pirate Henry Morgen lands at Panama City

1671 Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panama

1655 English Admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet

1652 William Dampier, English explorer/pirate

1616 Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31

1595 Francis Drake, English pirate (Porto Bello West Indies), dies at 50

1440 Bluebeard, pirate, executed



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