2000 The Democratic party nominates Al Gore to run for president
2000 The Republican party nominates George W. Bush to run for president
1999 During a bombing run over Belgrade, NATO accidentally bombs the Chinese embassy, killing four which launches massive protests throughout China
1998 Mark McGwire breaks Roger Marris' 62 home run record for a season, and goes on to hit 70 home runs for the 1998 season
1998 53rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship at Blackwolf Run GC, Kohler WI
1997 Detroit Lions Barry Sanders is 3rd to run for 2,000 yards in a season
1997 700th World Series home run (Sandy Alomar, Cleveland Indians)
1996 Bob Dole, Sen-R-KS, resigns from U.S. senate to run for president
1996 St. Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1
1995 Cleveland Indian Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of season
1995 Eddie Murray of Indians hits his 463rd career home run (ties for 18th)
1995 Amtrak New York City - Tampa run ends
1994 1st trains for public run in English Channel Tunnel
1994 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Barathea, Cherokee Run, Concern, Flanders, One Dreamer, Tikkanen, Timber Country
1994 Final Episode of LA Law after 8 year run
1994 Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for New York governor
1993 Richard Chelimo run world record 10 km (27:07.91)
1993 Ken Griffey, Jr. slugs his 100th career home run in Seattle's
1993 "Scrabble," second run," TV Game Show; last airs on NBC-TV
1993 Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head and goes over fence for a home run
1993 6th annual business person run held in Wall Street
1993 CBS' Knots Landing ends 14 year run with 334th show in Netherlands
1993 Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands
1993 Richard Sale, writer and director (Oscar, Torpedo Run), dies at 80
1993 West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide
1992 Deron Johnson, 1965 NL run leader, dies of cancer at 53
1992 Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill
1992 Ross Perot says he'll run for President on Larry King Show
1991 Ayrton Senna wins shortest Formula One race ever run (17 laps)
1991 Former California Governor Jerry Brown announce run for presidency
1991 Greatest extra-inning comeback, Pitts scores 6 in bottom of 11th erasing 5 run Cub lead, Pirates also trailed 7-2 in bottom of 9th
1991 Soap opera "Generation's" last episode after a 2 year run
1990 NFL New York Giants beat Det Lions 20-0, to run 1990 record to 10-0
1990 Yankees rookie Kevin Maas hits his 10th home run in just 77 at bats
1990 1st Zen winter session in Sydney Zen Center's Gorrick's Run Zendo
1990 8 2/3 inning perfect game pitched by Brian Holman of Oakland A's is spoiled by a home run hit by Ken Philips
1989 Lewis/Everett/Burrell/Heard run world record 4x200 m (1:19.38)
1989 New York Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season
1989 1st Tour de Trump bicycle race run (Atlanta)
1989 "Ryan's Hope" ends 13 year run on ABC-TV
1988 With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run HR to gives Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of World Series
1988 Darrell Evans hits his 400th career home run
1988 Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992
1988 Jeff Hamilton, hits 8,000th Dodger home run
1988 Graeme Hick scores his 1,000th run of 1st-class cricket season
1987 22,000 run in New York City Marathon (won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya 2:11:01)
1987 Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run (vs Robinson-Pirates)
1986 TV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run
1986 Allan Border scores the 10,000th run in Tests (v India, Bombay)
1986 RUN DMC calls for a day of peace among LA street gangs
1986 Cleveland Browns' Gerald McNeil sets the team record for the longest punt return with an 84-yard run (and TD), Browns 24, Detroit 21
1986 Ruth Polsky, record promoter, dies after being run over by a cab at 30
1985 Patrick Barr, actor (Black Orchid, On the Run), dies at 77
1985 Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader
1984 TV soap "Edge of Night" ends 28 year run
1984 Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run
1983 Ron Grant completes a 217 day, 8,316 mile run around Australia
1983 George Brett's 2 run HR against Yanks on July 24 (pine tar game)
1983 Ray Cooney's "Run for your Wives," premieres in London
1982 TV soap "Doctors" ends 19 year run
1982 SF's cable cars made a final run before closing down for 20-month
1982 Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec)
1982 Test Cricket debut of Martin Crowe, vs. Australia Wellington, run out 9
1982 New York City Mayor Koch announces he will run for New York governor (unsuccessful)
1981 French Train Grande Vitesse averages 380 kph on trial run
1980 Sadaharu Oh, 40, pro baseball's all-time HR run king with 868, retires
1980 Chantal Langlace sets women's record for fastest 100K run (7h27m22s)
1980 Steve Garvey, hits the 7,000th Dodger home run
1980 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Can in 2:34:28 Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women's champ she hadn't run entire course
1980 Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run
1980 Mary Decker became 1st woman to run a mile in under 4 minutes
1978 Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run
1978 Down 9-7 in 10th with 2 outs, Yanks Paul Blair hits a 3 run HR
1978 Lee Lacy hits record 3rd consecutive pinch-hit home run
1977 90 minute pilot of "Logan's Run" premieres on TV
1977 U.S. Railway Post Office final train run, New York to Washington D.C.
1977 Final European scheduled run of Orient Express (94 years)
1976 TV soap "Somerset" ends 6 year run
1976 Hank Aaron singles in his last at bat and drives in his 2,297th run
1975 Houston's Bob Watson scores baseball's one-millionth run of all time
1974 Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years
1974 A's Ken Holtzman, who hasn't batted all season, belts 3rd inning home run in Game 4 and gets the win, 5-2
1974 Danielle DuClos, actress, Midnight Run, Zits
1974 Wings release "Band on the Run" and "Zoo Gang" in UK
1974 Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run"
1974 Soap opera "Secret Storm" ends a 20 year run
1974 "Happy Days" begins an 11 year run on ABC
1973 Wings release "Band on the Run"
1973 Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" album
1973 New York Times reports almost all Superfectas run at Yonkers, Roosevelt and Monticello from Jan-Mar of 1973 were fixed
1973 Glenn Turner scores his 1,000th cricket run of English season
1973 Joe Ferguson, hits the 6,000th Dodger home run
1973 Angels outfielder Bobby Valentine breaks his leg trying to scale wall to prevent a Dick Green home run during a 5-4 loss to the A's
1973 After a 5 year run soap "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" ends
1972 Reginald Owen, actor (Above Suspicion, Love on the Run), dies at 85
1972 "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio
1972 Last train run between Penrith to Keswick United Kingdom
1971 Sci-fi soap opera "Dark Shadows" concludes an almost 5 year run
1970 Colin Cowdrey becomes Test Crickets' leading run scorer (7,250)
1970 Oriole's Brooks Robinson get his 2,000 career hit, a 3 run HR
1970 Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run
1969 Jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV
1968 Ron Hill sets record 10-mile run (46:44) at Leicester England
1968 Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 loses by 1 run
1968 Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds
1968 "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 540 performances
1967 Final run of "20th Century Limited," famed NY-Chicago luxury train
1967 Sen Eugene McCarthy begins run for U.S. presidency
1966 Joseph "Run" Simmons, rapper, Run DMC
1966 Roberta Bignay becomes 1st woman to run in the Boston Marathon
1965 "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 540 performances
1964 Joseph "Run" Simmons, rapper, RUN DMC
1964 Ford Frick says he will not run for another term as commissioner
1964 1st driverless trains run on London Underground
1964 "What Makes Sammy Run?" opens at 84th St. Theater New York City for 540 performances
1963 Frank "Home Run" Baker, (hit 2 home runs in 1911 world series) dies at 77
1962 Frank Howard, hits the 5,000th Dodger home run
1962 Ruby Turner, rocker, No Where to Run
1962 Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run, a new NL record
1961 Roger Maris hits home run # 59 and barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yanks clinch pennant #26
1960 Cleveland's Bernie Parrish sets club record for longest interception return with a 92 yard run
1960 John F. Kennedy announces run for U.S. Presidency
1959 Cleveland Browns' halfback Bobby Mitchell sets club record for longest run from scrimmage (90-yards), beat Washington 31-17
1957 Cleveland Browns' Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburgh 24-0
1956 Peter Hook, English rock bassist, New Order-Round and Round, Run
1955 Don Zimmer, hits 4,000th Dodger home run
1955 Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted
1954 1st FORTRAN computer program run
1954 Reds Ted Kluszewski scores a run in record 17 consecutive games
1952 Jenny Agutter, born in Taunton, England, actress, Logan's Run, Equus, Amy
1951 Willie Mays gets his 1st major league hit, a home run
1950 Little Steven, [Van Zandt], Asbury Park, New Jersey, rocker, Born to Run
1950 Pee Wee Reese, hits the 3,000th Dodger home run
1950 Gregory Harrison, Catalina California, actor, Trapper John, Logan's Run
1950 Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run
1950 Randolph Powell, born in Iowa City, Iowa, actor, Alan-Dallas, Logan's Run
1949 Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run
1949 Heather Menzies, born in Toronto, Canada, actress, Jessica-Logan's Run
1948 1st stored computer program run, on Manchester Mark I
1948 Patricia [Anne] McKillip, U.S., sci-fi author, Fool's Run
1946 TV's 1st network dramatic serial "Faraway Hill" ends 2 month run
1946 Bradman and Barnes complete 405 run 5th wkt stand, score 234 ea
1945 "Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt says he would run for a 4th term
1943 Janet Margolin, born in New York City, actress, Take the Money and Run, David and Lisa
1942 1st European bombing run undertaken by U.S. forces
1942 Michael York, born in England, actor, Cabaret, Logan's Run, 3 Musketeers
1941 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes it's last run
1940 Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams pitches the last 2 innings in a 12-1 loss to Detroit Tigers, Williams allows 3 hits and 1 run
1939 Herman van Keeken, Dutch singer, Daddy don't run so fast
1939 Janet Suzman, South Africa, actress, Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run
1938 Leo Durocher, hits 2,000th Dodger home run
1938 Bill Edrich scores his 1,000th run of cricket season, all at Lord's
1938 Bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of Eng season, earliest to do so
1937 Don Wilson, rock guitarist, Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme
1936 Don Bowden, U.S., 1st American to run a sub 4 min mile
1936 Ruby Johnson, U.S. singer, I'll Run Your Hurt Away
1934 Ruth hits 700th career home run
1933 Dom DeLuise, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, End, Cannonball Run, Fatso
1933 Don McNeill's Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35 year run on NBC
1933 William Davis, author/broadcaster, Battle at Bull Run
1933 Bank holidays declared in 6 states, to prevent run on banks
1933 Nick Georgiade, New York City, actor, Untouchables, Run Buddy Run
1933 "Lone Ranger" begins a 21-year run on ABC radio
1932 Pitcher John Quinn, 47, is oldest player to have an extra-base hit (a double) and bat in a run, as the Dodgers beat the Cubs 9-2
1932 John Updike, born in Shillington, Pennsylvania, poet and novelist, Rabbit Run
1931 Jack Sheldon, born in Jacksonville, Florida, actor, Run Buddy Run, Merv Griffin
1931 Mickey Mantle, New York Yankee, home run slugger, 1956 Triple Crown
1931 Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he and Babe Ruth tie for season
1930 Donald Moffat, Plymouth England, actor, Kent-Logan's Run
1930 Mt Van Hoevenberg bobsled run at Lake Placid, New York opens
1930 1st Irish Sweepstake run
1930 Ben Gazzara, New York City, actor, Run for Your Life, QB VII
1930 Bradman gets his 1,000th run of the English Cricket season
1929 St. Louis has 2, 10 run innings and beats Phillies 28-6
1929 Roger Bannister, born in England, 1st to run a 4 minute mile, May 6, 1954
1929 66 horses run in Irish Grand National Sweepstakes
1928 Charlie Hallows scores his 1,000th run of Cricket season
1928 "Bunion Run" race from Los Angeles to New York City begins; It is won by Andy Payne
1927 Mel Ott, 18, hits his 1st league home run (inside the park)
1927 Hammond scores his 1,000th cricket run of the season after 22 days
1926 Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard
1926 Run on Belgian banks
1923 Bernie Neis, hits the 1,000th Dodger home run
1923 1st Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance is run
1922 1st slalom ski race run, Murren, Switzerland
1921 Peter Ustinov, born in London, actor, Death on Nile, Logan's Run, Billy Budd
1920 Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54
1920 Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54
1920 Big Show ends 2 year run on NBC radio
1920 Phillies mgr Gravvy Cravath puts himself in as pinch hitter, his 3- run homer beats New York Giants 3-0
1920 Ottalee Baker, Frank "Home Run" Baker's wife, dies at 31
1917 German troops over run Riga Latvia
1917 Cin Fred Tooney and Chic's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits and a run in 10th, so Cin wins 1-0
1916 New York Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500
1915 Red Sox, 3-1, with an 8th inning 2 run rally
1915 German troops over run Brest-Litovsk, Russia
1915 German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana
1915 German troops over run Warsaw
1915 Frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season
1914 Swedish troops over run Belgrade in Austria-Hungary
1914 German troops over run Lodz
1914 Zapata and Pancho Villa over run Mexico
1913 Phillies and Braves tie record of only 1 run in a double header, Phillies win 1st game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th
1912 Serbian troops over run Skopje (Uskup)
1911 1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run
1909 Frank "Home Run" Baker's 1st career home run
1909 Harry Hillman and Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds
1908 Giant Fred (Bonehead) Merkle fails to touch 2nd, causes 3rd out in 9th and disallows winning run (game ends tied, Cubs win replay and pennant)
1908 Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England
1905 RAC Tourist Trophy, 1st run, on Isle of Man
1903 1st trotter to run a mile under 2 minutes (Lou Dillon 1:58.1)
1902 Limari Salminen, Finland, 10K run 1936 Olympics gold
1902 Cleve's Bill Bradley is 1st ALer to hit a HR run in 4 consecutive games, not duplicated until Babe Ruth does it June 25, 1918
1901 Erve Beck hits American League's 1st home run
1900 British troops over run Johannesburg
1900 Tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074)
1895 W. G. Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days
1890 John Owen is 1st man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds
1890 1st Dodger home run (Dave Foutz)
1888 Teatotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa)
1886 John "Home Run" Baker, hall of famer, hit 2 HR in 1911 world series
1883 Orient Express' 1st run, linking Turkey to Europe by rail
1880 Tom Mix, Mix Run, Pennsylvania, silent screen cowboy actor, Dick Turpin
1876 Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League
1876 Philadelphia Nationals Wes Fisler scores baseball's 1st run
1873 1st women's prison run by women opens at Indiana Reformatory Institute
1873 1st trial run of San Francisco cable car, Clay Street between Kearny and Jones
1865 2nd day of battle at Dabney's Mills (Hatcher's Run)
1865 Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia (Armstrong's Mill, Dabney's Mill)
1864 8th/last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia (about 3900 casualties)
1864 6th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia: Confederate assault
1864 4th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia, Federal assault
1864 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia: Federal assault
1864 3rd and last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia
1864 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia
1863 Battle of Franklin's Crossing, Virginia, Deep Run
1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run - Confederates beat Union
1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins
1862 Battle of Bull Run, Virginia (Manassas, Gainesville, Bristoe Station)
1862 Battle of Plum Run Bend, Tennessee (Plum Point Bend)
1862 Swift Run Gap, West Virginia skirmishes
1861 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins
1861 Battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought
1861 Battle of Hoke's Run, West Virginia - small Union victory
1831 1st U.S. steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, New York)
1831 1st practical U.S. coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Pennsylvania
1831 1st US-built locomotive to pull a passenger train makes 1st run
1809 1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England
1783 1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France
1776 St. Leger horse race run for 1st time
1653 An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St. Albans to London in less than 90 minutes
1535 12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets
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