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2011 Event - In Berlin, Social Democrats do well in a state election; the Pirate Party enters a state parliament for the first time, with the Free Democrats achieving 2% of the vote

2010 Event - Germany holds its first pirate trial in 400 years, placing ten Somalia�s on trial for attacking a German ship

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

1990 Event - 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 Event - 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 Event - Willie Stargell (Pittsburgh Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1969 Birthday - Jamie Walter, actor, Pirate Island

1968 Event - Pittsburgh Pirate Willie Stargell hits 3 home runs, a double and a single

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

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

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

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

1952 Event - 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 Event - Pirate's Gus Bell hits for cycle helps beat Phillies 12-4

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

1947 Event - Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th home run in 4 games

1947 Event - Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive home runs

1943 Event - Last German Q/pirate ship sinks near Easter Island

1941 Event - German Q/pirate ship Kormoran sinks near Australia

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

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

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

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

1925 Event - Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play

1915 Event - Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam home run

1900 Birthday - Billie Dove, Lilian Bohny, New York City, actress, Black Pirate, Stolen Bride

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

1854 Event - English pirate Plumridge robs along pro-English Finnish coast

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

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

1699 Event - Pirate Captain William Kidd is captured in Boston

1671 Event - Pirate Henry Morgen lands at Panama City

1671 Event - Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panama

1655 Event - English Admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet

1652 Birthday - William Dampier, English explorer/pirate

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

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

1440 Death - Bluebeard, pirate, executed

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