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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) 1997 St. Louis Card Mark McGwire hits his 58th home run of 1997 (34 with Oak A's) 1997 Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his 56th home run of 1997 1997 Mike Piazza is 2nd to hit a home run out of Dodger Stadium 1997 New York Yankee Cecil Fielder hits his 300th home run 1997 Dan Wilson hits Seattle Mariners 3,000th home run 1997 4-1, Mark McGwire his a 538 foot home run 1997 Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his 250th home run 1997 Mark McGwire, is 4th to home run on Detroit Tiger left field roof (others are Frank Howard, Harmon Killibrew, and Cecil Fielder) 1996 New York Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season home run, as Yankees tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8) 1996 Baltimore Orioles' Eddie Murray's 500th career home run 1996 New York Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th home run 1996 Bob Dole, Senator-R-Kansas, 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 Jeff King of Pirates is 16th NL player to home run twice in one inning 1995 Rockies' Andres Galarraga is 4th to home run in 3 consecutive innings 1995 Marlins outfielder Andre Dawson hits his 400th NL career home run (429) 1995 Eddie Murray of Indians hits his 463rd career home run (ties for 18th) 1995 Kansas City Royal John Nonely is 70th to home run on his 1st at bat 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 11,000th home run in New York Yankees history, Matt Nokes 1994 Final Episode of LA Law after 8 year run 1994 Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for New York governor 1993 New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits his 200th home run 1993 Richard Chelimo run world record 10 km (27:07.91) 1993 Dave Winfield hits 442nd home run to move into 19th place 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 Kansas City Royal George Brett hits his 300th home run 1993 Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands 1993 Dante Bichette hits the 1st Colorado Rockie home run (Shea Stadium New York) 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 Barry Bonds joins Willie Mays, Howard Johnson and Ron Gant as having (2) 30-home run/30-steal seasons 1992 Lou Whitaker hits his 200th career home run 1992 Carlos Martinez hits a ball off Jose Canseco's head for a home run 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 Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris home run record and determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings 1991 Royals Warren Cromartie's 1st major league home run since 1983 1991 Twins Dave Winfield is 23rd to hit 400 home run 1991 Darrin Lewis hits his 1st major league home run 1991 Seattle Jay Buhner hits a 479' home run in Yankee Stadium 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 Dodger Jose Offerman hits home run in his 1st at bat 1990 Carlton Fisk hits White Sox record 187th home run 1990 New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 12th home run in 1st 92 at bats and becomes 21st to hit a ball into 3rd deck of Seattle's Kingdome 1990 New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 11th home run in 1st 86 at bats 1990 New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 10th home run in 1st 72 at bats 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 Phil Bradley hits 18th inside-the-park home run in Oriole history 1990 46th time opposing pitchers hit home run, Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos) 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 5 days after hitting a home run for Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Mariners, 1989 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Montreal Expos, 1-0, in 22 innings (Rick Dempsey home run) 1989 Lewis/Everett/Burrell/Heard run world record 4x200 m (1:19.38) 1989 Cleveland Indian Joe Carter has his 4th 3 home run game 1989 Barry Bond's home run sets father-son (Bobby) home run record at 408 1989 Mark McGwire's gets 100th home run, 2nd fastest (1400 at bats) (to Kiner) 1989 Carlton Fisk becomes AL catcher home run hitter, 307th at Yankee stadium 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 Junior Felix of Toronto becomes 53rd to hit home run on 1st at bat 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 home run to gives Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of World Series 1988 Darrell Evans hits his 400th career home run 1988 225 at bats after #299, Met Gary Carter is 59th to hit 300th home run 1988 Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th home run into 7th place 1988 Chris Speier hits for the cycle and Ernest Riles hits 10,000th Giant 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 1988 Mike Schmidt hits his 535th home run, moving into 8th place 1988 Yankees home run 9,999 (D Winfield) 10,000 (C Washington) 10,001 (J Clarke) 1987 22,000 run in New York City Marathon (won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya 2:11:01) 1987 Giant's Jeffrey Leonard hits playoff record home run in his 4th cons game 1987 Carlton Fisk clubs his 300th career home run off Danny Jackson 1987 Oakland's Mark McGwire sets rookie home run record at 39, en route to 49 1987 Cincinnati Red Eric Davis becomes 7th and earliest 30 home run - 30 steal man 1987 Eddie Murray hits his 300th home run 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 Indians Jay Bell is 10th to hit a home run on 1st major league pitch he sees 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 Bo Jackson's 1st home run - a 475-foot blast (longest at Royal Stadium) 1986 Ruth Polsky, record promoter, dies after being run over by a cab at 30 1986 A's Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league home run 1986 Reggie Jackson hit his 537th home run passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place 1986 Cubs 3rd baseman Ron Cey hits his 300th and 301st home run 1985 Roger Maris, home run hitter, 61 in 61, New York Yankees, dies of cancer at 51 1985 Tigers Darrell Evans is 1st to hit 40 home run seasons in both leagues 1985 Patrick Barr, actor (Black Orchid, On the Run), dies at 77 1985 Dave Kingman hits his 400th home run 1985 Oakland A's Dave Kingman becomes 21st to hit 400 home run 1985 Reggie Jackson hits his 513th home run to move into 10th place 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 1984 Toronto's Cliff Johnson hits record 19th career pinch home run 1984 Cliff Johnson sets a record with his 19th pinch hit home run 1984 Joe Morgan sets career home run mark for 2nd basemen with #265 1983 Ron Grant completes a 217 day, 8,316 mile run around Australia 1983 George Brett's 2 run home run against Yankees on July 24 (pine tar game) 1983 Pine Tar Game: Brett's home run disallowed against Yankees (overturned) 1983 Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit home run 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 1st annual Cracker Jack Oldtimers Classic 75-year-old Luke Appling hits a 250-foot home run off Warren Spahn, AL beats NL 7-2 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 George Foster hits his 8th home run into red seats at Riverfront 1981 Phils Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career home run off New York Met Mike Scott 1981 French Train Grande Vitesse averages 380 kph on trial run 1980 Sadaharu Oh, 40, pro baseball's all-time home run run king with 868, retires 1980 Mike Schmidt's 2-run home run clinches NL East title for Phillies 1980 Chantal Langlace sets women's record for fastest 100K run (7h27m22s) 1980 Yankees Reggie Jackson hits his 400th home run off Chicago's Britt Burns 1980 Johnny Bench hits his 314th home run as a catcher breaks Yogi Berra's record 1980 Steve Garvey, hits the 7,000th Dodger home run 1980 Bucky Dent hits an inside park home run, Royals walk 14 Yankees including 5 with bases loaded, Yankees win 16-3 1980 Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st and final home run 1980 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Canada 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 1979 KC's Willie Wilson hits 5th inside-the-park home run (most since 1925) 1979 Dave Kingman becomes 6th to have a 2nd 3 home run game 1979 Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th home run 1979 New York Giants Willie McCovey 513th home run is an NL lefty record 1979 Bobby Bonds hits his 300th home run (2nd to have 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases) 1978 Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 home run in 11 straight years 1978 Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run 1978 Down 9-7 in 10th with 2 outs, Yankees Paul Blair hits a 3 run home run 1978 Lee Lacy hits record 3rd consecutive pinch-hit home run 1978 Jackson slugs a 3-run home run in the 1st inning, and the field is showered 1977 Dusty Baker 30th home run joins teammates Steve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32), and Ron Cey (30) in make Dodgers 1st team to boast 4 30-home run hitters 1977 90 minute pilot of "Logan's Run" premieres on TV 1977 Japan's Sadaharu Oh hits 756th home run to surpass Hank Aaron's total 1977 U.S. Railway Post Office final train run, New York to Washington D.C. 1977 Willie Stargell hits his 400th career home run 1977 Former White House chief of staff home run Haldeman enters prison 1977 Final European scheduled run of Orient Express (94 years) 1977 Red Sox (6) and Brewers (5) tie single game home run record of 11 1977 Eddie Murray hits his 1st home run 1976 TV soap "Somerset" ends 6 year run 1976 Hank Aaron singles in his last at bat and drives in his 2,297th run 1976 Al Bumbry hits 17th inside-the-park home run in Oriole history 1976 Only home run of Joe Niekro's 22-year career, comes off brother Phil 1976 St. Louis Cardinal Reggie Smith hits 3 home run 1975 Red Sox Carlton Fisk's 12th inning home run beats Reds 7-6 in game 6 of WS 1975 Billy Williams's 400th career home run 1975 Hank Aaron's 1st home run in Milwaukee since 1965 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 Hank Aaron's 733rd career home run on his last NL at bat 1974 Danielle DuClos, actress, Midnight Run, Zits 1974 Clarence Jones of Kintetsu Buffaloes hits his 38th home run, 1st American to win a Japanese home run title 1974 New York Met Benny Ayala hits a home run in his 1st at bat 1974 Wings release "Band on the Run" and "Zoo Gang" in UK 1974 Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" 1974 Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park home run against New York Yankees 1974 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th home run, breaks Babe Ruth's record 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 Willie Mays hits 660th and last home run (off Don Gullett of Cincinnati) 1973 Braves Hank Aaron hits Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th home run 1973 Phillies Ken Brett 4th consecutive game home run in which he pitched 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 Hank Aaron's grandslammer (14) ties him for NL lead with Gil Hodges and moves him ahead of Willie Mays as #2 home run hitter (649) 1972 Greg Luzinski's 500' home run hits Liberty Bell monument in Philadelphia Vet 1972 "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio 1972 Last train run between Penrith to Keswick United Kingdom 1971 Frank Robinson hits his 500th home run 1971 Willie Mays hits record 22nd and last extra inning home run 1971 Willie Mays hits his 638th home run, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored 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 Tony Perez becomes 1st to hit a home run in red seats at Riverfront 1970 Oriole's Brooks Robinson get his 2,000 career hit, a 3 run home run 1970 Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run 1969 Met Cleon Jones awarded 1st base when shoe polish on ball proves he is hit by a pitch, he scores on a home run in World Series 1969 T Agee and Ed Kranepool home run, Agee makes 2 great catches, Mets win 5-0 1969 Red Sox Rico Petrocelli hits shortstop record 40th home run of season 1969 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays, becomes 2nd player to hit home run number 600 off Mike Corkins 1969 Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a home run outside of Dodger Stadium 1968 Ron Hill sets record 10-mile run (46:44) at Leicester England 1968 Denny McLain's 31st win and Mickey Mantle's 535th home run 1968 Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 loses by 1 run 1968 Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th home run off San Francisco Giant Mike McCormick 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 1968 AL Kaline hits his 307th home run, surpassing Hank Greenberg as a Tiger 1968 Frank Howard ties AL record with home run in his 6th consecutive game his 10 home runs in the most in 6 games 1968 Frank Howard belts record 8th home run in 5th straight game 1967 Final run of "20th Century Limited," famed N.Y. - Chicago luxury train 1967 Senator Eugene McCarthy begins run for U.S. presidency 1967 Astro Eddie Matthews hits his 500th home run off San Francisco Giant Juan Marichal 1967 Mickey Mantle's 500th home run off Oriole's Stu Miller 1967 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career home run #500 off Stu Miller 1967 Hank Aaron only inside the park home run vs Jim Bunning 1966 Joseph "Run" Simmons, rapper, Run DMC 1966 Johnny Miller becomes 1st Yank to hit a home run on his 1st at bat 1966 Willie Mays takes 2nd place on all-time home run list 1966 Indians set club record by hitting 7 home run in 15-2 win over Detroit 1966 Only home run ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson) 1966 Roberta Bignay becomes 1st woman to run in the Boston Marathon 1965 Willie Mays's 500th home run (off Don Nottebart), Giants 11th straight win 1965 Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his 400th home run off Curt Simmons 1965 Hank Aaron loses a home run, because he hit it out of batter's box 1965 "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 540 performances 1965 Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' home run out of Connie Mack Stadium 1965 Willie Mays 512th home run breaks Mel Ott's 511th NL record 1964 Joseph "Run" Simmons, rapper, RUN DMC 1964 Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 and 2001 and his 450th home run 1964 10th time Mantle switch-hits home run in a game, one goes 502 feet 1964 Mickey Mantle switch-hits home run record 10th and final time in a game 1964 Ford Frick says he will not run for another term as commissioner 1964 A's Bert Campaneris home runs on 1st pitch, hits a 2nd home run on 2nd at bat 1964 Longest home run (471') in Baltimore Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota) 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 Stan Musial hits a home run in his 1st at bat as a grandfather 1963 Jerry Lynch's record 15th pinch-hit home run gives Pirates a 7-6 win 1963 Philadelphia Phillies Roy Siever hits home run # 300 1963 Giant Willie Mays' home run in 16th inning gives them a 1-0 win over Braves 1963 Frank "Home Run" Baker, (hit 2 home runs in 1911 world series) dies at 77 1963 New York Mets Jimmy Piersall, hits his 100th home run, he circles bases backwards 1963 New York Met Duke Snider hits his 400th home run 1962 New York Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th home run in 3 games 1962 Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets home run record of 31 by a pitcher 1962 Frank Howard, hits the 5,000th Dodger home run 1962 Jack Reed's 22nd-inning home run wins longest New York Yankee game in history 1962 Ruby Turner, rocker, No Where to Run 1962 Lou Brock is 2nd to home run into Polo Grounds right-center field bleachers 1962 3 more Cleveland home run set AL record for most home runs (26) over 8 games 1962 Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run, a new NL record 1962 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th home run 1961 Ted Williams hits a home run on his last at bat 1961 Roger Maris hits home run number 60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record 1961 Roger Maris hits home run # 59 and barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yankees clinch pennant #26 1961 Mickey Mantle becomes 7th to hit home run # 400 1961 Roger Maris loses a home run (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th 1961 Astro's Eddie Matthews hits home run #500 1960 Cleveland's Bernie Parrish sets club record for longest interception return with a 92 yard run 1960 Pirate's Mazeroski's bottom of 9th lead off home run beats New York Yankees 10-9 in game 7 of 57th World Series 1960 Ted Williams last at bat is his 521st home run off Jack Fisher 1960 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' home run over right field roof in Detroit 1960 White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run home run is disallowed as ump called time 1960 Gil Hodges set NL righty home run record with #352 1960 George Crowe's record 11th pinch-hit home run 1960 Los Angeles Dodger Norm Sherry's 11th home run wins the game for brother Larry 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 1959 Jesse Barfield, Illinois, outfielder, Blue Jays, Yankees, 1986 home run leader 1959 White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own home run 1959 Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day home run 1958 Gil Hodges hits his 300th home run and Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game 1958 Chuck Klein, Philadelphia Phillie home run hitter, dies at 53 1957 Cleveland Browns' Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburgh 24-0 1957 Mickey Mantle hits career home run # 200 1957 Ted Williams becomes 1st ALer to have 2, 3-home run games in a season 1956 Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th home run 1956 New York Yankees Mickey Mantle hits his 52nd home run of season 1956 Cincinnati Red Frank Robinson ties rookie record with his 38th home run 1956 Mickey Mantle home run just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof 1956 Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting 1st home run out of Yankee Stadium 1956 Pirate Dale Long hits 9th-inning home run, 1st home run in 8 straight games 1956 Mickey Mantle hits home run from both sides of plate for record 3rd time 1956 Peter Hook, English rock bassist, New Order-Round and Round, Run 1955 Willie Mays hits record tying 9th home run at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock) 1955 Don Zimmer, hits 4,000th Dodger home run 1955 Phillies Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th home run of season 1955 Harmon Killebrew hits his 1st home run (off Billy Hoeff) 1955 Mickey Mantle hits career home run # 100 1955 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' home run off Chicago Billy Pierce 1955 Stan Musial hits his 300th 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 1954 Robin Roberts gives up a home run then retires next 27 men in a row 1953 Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league home run 1953 Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) home run in Washington D.C.'s Griffith Stadium 1952 Jenny Agutter, born in Taunton, England, actress, Logan's Run, Equus, Amy 1952 New York Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game and hits his only home run 1951 Bobby Thomson home run - Giants win pennant defeating Dodgers 1951 After going 0-for-12, Willie Mays connects for his 1st home run 1951 Willie Mays gets his 1st major league hit, a home run 1951 Mickey Mantle's 1st home run 1950 Little Steven, Van Zandt, Asbury Park, New Jersey, rocker, Born to Run 1950 Phillies win NL pennant on last day of season (10th inning home run) 1950 Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st to hit 3 home run in a game at Griffith Stadium 1950 Pee Wee Reese, hits the 3,000th Dodger home run 1950 Single day 16 team home run record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12) 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 1949 Pirates Ralph Kiner hits his 54th home run and NL record 16th in September 1949 Mike Schmidt, born in Dayton, Ohio, 3rd baseman and home run hitter, Phillies 1948 1st stored computer program run, on Manchester Mark I 1948 New York Yankees Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, home run) 1948 Patricia [Anne] McKillip, U.S., sci-fi author, Fool's Run 1947 Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th home run in 4 games 1947 New York Giants 183-185 home run of year breaks Yankee mark of 182 in 1936 1947 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a home run on 1st at bat) 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 1946 Cleveland Lou Boudreau hits 4 doubles and a home run but Red Sox win 11-10 on Ted Williams 3 home runs with 8 RBIs 1946 Vance Dinges hits only Phillie pinch hit inside-the-park home run 1946 Manager Mel Ott of Giants hits 511th and final home run 1945 Hank Greenberg's final day home run wins pennant for Tigers 1945 Jimmie Foxx hits his 534th and final home run 1945 Joe Kuhel hits inside-the-park home run, only home run hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium 1945 Dodgers Tommy Brown, 17, is youngest player to hit a home run 1945 Tommy Brown, Brooklyn Dodger becomes youngest home run hitter (17) 1945 Mel Ott is 1st in NL to hit 500th home run (joins Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx) 1945 "Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio 1945 Clarissa Pinkola Estes, born in Indiana, writer, psychologist, certified Jungian psychoanalyst, poet, author, wrote bestseller, 'Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype' 1944 Frank McCormick (Reds) home run off Ace Adams (Giants) in both games of DH 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 1941 New York Giant Mel Ott hits his 400th home run and his 1,500th RBI 1940 Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career home run 1940 St. Louis Browns Johnny Lucadello is 2nd to home run from each side of plate 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 1940 Sadaharu, Ohio, of Yomiuri Giants, Japan, hit 868 career home run 1940 Boston's Jimmie Foxx home run goes over Comiskey Park's left field roof 1940 Willie Stargell, outfielder/1st baseman, Pirates, 1971 NL home run leader 1939 Herman van Keeken, Dutch singer, Daddy don't run so fast 1939 Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st home run 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 1937 Josh Gibson home run just 2 feet below rim of Yankee Stadium, 580' drive 1937 Don Wilson, rock guitarist, Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme 1936 Don Bowden, U.S., 1st American to run a sub 4 minute mile 1936 Ruby Johnson, U.S. singer, I'll Run Your Hurt Away 1935 Yankees set solo home run record with 6 beat Boston 7-2 1935 Babe Ruth's 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, included a home run 1934 Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's home run, Japan beats U.S. 1-0 1934 Roger Maris, Yankee, home run champ, 61 in 1961, AL MVP 1960, 1961 1934 New York Times erroneously declares Ruth 700 home run record to stand for all time 1934 Ruth hits 700th career home run 1934 Babe Ruth hits home run number 700, against Detroit 1934 Jimmie Foxx hits 1st home run in Comiskey Park center field bleachers 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 Jimmie Foxx hits his 58th home run in last game of season 1932 Bkln Dodger Johnny Frederick hits his record 6th pinch hit home run 1932 Dodgers Johnny Frederick hits record 6th pinch-hit home run of the season 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 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 Ed Matthews, Hall of Famer/Milwaukee Brave/home run hitter, 512 1931 Gehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in 4 days and his 6th home run in consec games 1931 Babe Ruth hits his 600th home run, off George Blaeholder of Browns 1931 Lou Gehrig hits a home run 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 Mount Van Hoevenberg bobsled run at Lake Placid, New York opens 1930 Baseball changes rule, ball bounces into stands not a home run, now a double 1930 1st Irish Sweepstake run 1930 Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez hits major league's last recorded bounce home run 1930 Ben Gazzara, New York City, actor, Run for Your Life, QB VII 1930 Hack Wilson hits his 44th home run, breaks Chuck Klein's NL record 1930 Bradman gets his 1,000th run of the English Cricket season 1930 Ruth hits 3 consecutive home run (8th-10th of 60 in 1930) 1929 Phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a home run 1929 St. Louis has 2, 10 run innings and beats Phillies 28-6 1929 Cleveland Indian Earl Averill, becomes 1st AL to hit a home run on 1st at bat 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 New York Yankees sweep Cards in 25th World Series, Ruth hits 3 home run in game 1928 Babe Ruth hits home run number 42 and is 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace 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 Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th home run, off Tom Zachary 1927 New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits record 60th home run of season off Tom Zachry 1927 1st home run hit out of Comiskey Park Chicago by New York Yankee Babe Ruth 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 1925 Salt Lake City (PCL) Tony Lazzeri hits his 60th home run of the season 1925 Ty Cobb hits his 5th home run in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884 1923 Bobby Thomson, home run hitter, Giants win the pennant 1923 New York Giant's Casey Stengel home run beats Yankees 1-0 in World Series 1923 Bernie Neis, hits the 1,000th Dodger home run 1923 1st Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance is run 1922 Ralph Kiner, home run hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates/sportscaster for the New York Mets 1922 Roger Hornsby sets NL home run mark at 42 1922 1st slalom ski race run, Murren, Switzerland 1921 New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th home run 1921 Babe Ruth becomes all time home run champ with number 120, Gavvy Cravath 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 Red Sox turn triple-play, but Ruth's 35th home run leads Yankees to 8-2 win 1920 Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54 1920 Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee home run and 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds 1920 Big Show ends 2 year run on NBC radio 1920 Phillies manager 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 1919 Babe Ruth's 29th home run is 1st of year in Washington (1st in every park in league in one season) 1919 Babe Ruth hits his 26th home run off Jack Quinn in New York, breaking Buck Freeman's 1899 home run mark of 25 1917 German troops over run Riga Latvia 1917 Walt Cruise hit 1st home run out of Braves Field 1917 Cincinnati Fred Tooney and Chicagos's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits and a run in 10th, so Cincinnati wins 1-0 1916 Honus Wagner, 42, is oldest to hit an inside-the-park home run 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 Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam home run 1915 Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut and 1st home run, loses to Yankees 4-3 in 15 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 Ty Cobb clinches AL home run title with his 9th home run (all inside-the-park) 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 1907 Jimmy Foxx, baseball home run hitter, 534, Detroit Tigers 1906 Washington National's pitcher Tom Hughes hits home run to win his own game 1-0 in 10th 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 Cleveland's Bill Bradley is 1st ALer to hit a home run 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) 1897 George Davis (Giants) home run off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in DH 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 home run 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 James Creighton, dies of rupture bladder from hitting home run on Oct 14th 1862 Baseballer James Creighton ruptures bladder hitting home run, dies 10/18 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 1858 John Holden hits 1st recorded home run (Brooklyn vs New York) 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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