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1997 Don Mattingly's #23 is retired by New York Yankees
1992 Mike Bossy's #22 is 2nd # retired by New York Islanders 1992 Denis Potvin's #5 becomes 1st number retired by New York Islanders 1989 Last graffiti covered New York City subway car retired 1989 Retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists 1988 Raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo 1986 Billy Martin Day, his uniform number 1 retired 1985 Retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin, arrested of spying for China 1982 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart 1978 Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr., retired Air Force general, dies at 58 1975 Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired after 36 years 1974 Steve Busby retires 1st 9 White Sox to set AL record with 33 consecutive batters retired 1972 San Francisco Giant Jim Barr retires 1st 20 batters he faces added to last 21 he retired 6 days earlier for record 41 in a row 1969 Last wooden passenger subway cars retired at Brooklyn Myrtle Beach el 1969 Mickey Mantle Day, 60,096 saw #7 retired (I was there-BTG) 1967 Ethel Percy Andrus, educator and founder of AARP, the American Association of Retired Persons , dies 1967 Roberto Baggio, born in Caldogno, Italy, retired Italian footballer, greatest of 125 footballers in 2004 FIFA 100 list 1965 Andrea Jaeger, born in Chicago, tennis player, retired as a teenager 1960 Casey Stengel retired by New York Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years) 1955 Norio Honaga, born in Japan, athlete, professional wrestler, junior heavyweight three-time, New Japan Pro Wrestling Champion in IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, retired and became referee in 1988 1954 Yank pitcher Tom Morgan ties record by hitting 3 batters in 1 inning This was also Bobby Brown's last game; he retired to become a doctor 1939 Retired German Colonel General Gerd von Runstedt returns to service 1934 Norman Schwarzkopf, born in Trenton, New Jersey, nicknamed, Stormin' Norman, The Bear, Commander, Coalition Forces in the Gulf War, 1991, retired U.S. Army General 1921 Last San Francisco firehorses retired 1912 G E V Crutchley (Oxford) 99 retired measles vs. Cambridge 1898 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Retired Colourman" 1884 Ethel Percy Andrus, born in San Francisco, California, educator and founder of AARP, the American Association of Retired Persons 1777 Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes 1st circus |
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