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Pirate
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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