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2012 Event - Despite being under house arrest in the United Kingdom, Julian Assange announces his plan to run for the Senate of Australia 2012 Event - Josefina Vazquez Mota is the first woman ever endorsed by a major Mexican party to run for President of Mexico 2012 Event - Protests run by Occupy Oakland in Oakland City, California turn violent; approximately 300 people are arrested 2011 Event - With an unbeaten run of 14 wins, Australian mare Black Caviar ties the horse racing record for consecutive victories set by Phar Lap 2011 Event - In Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah announces reforms that give women the right to vote and run in municipal elections 2011 Event - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accepts a proposal from President Dmitry Medvedev to run in Russia's 2012 Presidential election 2011 Event - Major League Baseball history is made when Derek Jeeter of the New York Yankees makes a home run off of the Tampa Bay Rays, becoming the 28th member of the 3,000 hit club 2010 Event - The musician Wyclef Jean confirms his intention to run for the presidency in Haiti 2010 Event - After serving twenty-one terms, U.S. Representative, Democrat, and Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Dave Obey, announces he will not run for re-election 2010 Event - Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili dies in a fatal crash during a training run for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, hours before the opening ceremonies 2000 Event - The Democratic party nominates Al Gore to run for president 2000 Event - The Republican party nominates George W. Bush to run for president 1999 Event - During a bombing run over Belgrade, NATO accidentally bombs the Chinese embassy, killing four which launches massive protests throughout China 1998 Event - 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 Event - 53rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship at Blackwolf Run GC, Kohler WI 1997 Event - Detroit Lions Barry Sanders is 3rd to run for 2,000 yards in a season 1997 Event - 700th World Series home run (Sandy Alomar, Cleveland Indians) 1997 Event - St. Louis Card Mark McGwire hits his 58th home run of 1997 (34 with Oak A's) 1997 Event - Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his 56th home run of 1997 1997 Event - Mike Piazza is 2nd to hit a home run out of Dodger Stadium 1997 Event - New York Yankee Cecil Fielder hits his 300th home run 1997 Event - Dan Wilson hits Seattle Mariners 3,000th home run 1997 Event - 4-1, Mark McGwire his a 538 foot home run 1997 Event - Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his 250th home run 1997 Event - Mark McGwire, is 4th to home run on Detroit Tiger left field roof (others are Frank Howard, Harmon Killibrew, and Cecil Fielder) 1996 Event - 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 Event - Baltimore Orioles' Eddie Murray's 500th career home run 1996 Event - New York Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th home run 1996 Event - Bob Dole, Senator-R-Kansas, resigns from U.S. senate to run for president 1996 Event - St. Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1 1995 Event - Cleveland Indian Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of season 1995 Event - Jeff King of Pirates is 16th NL player to home run twice in one inning 1995 Event - Rockies' Andres Galarraga is 4th to home run in 3 consecutive innings 1995 Event - Marlins outfielder Andre Dawson hits his 400th NL career home run (429) 1995 Event - Eddie Murray of Indians hits his 463rd career home run (ties for 18th) 1995 Event - Kansas City Royal John Nonely is 70th to home run on his 1st at bat 1995 Event - Amtrak New York City - Tampa run ends 1994 Event - 1st trains for public run in English Channel Tunnel 1994 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Barathea, Cherokee Run, Concern, Flanders, One Dreamer, Tikkanen, Timber Country 1994 Event - 11,000th home run in New York Yankees history, Matt Nokes 1994 Event - Final Episode of LA Law after 8 year run 1994 Event - Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for New York governor 1993 Event - New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits his 200th home run 1993 Event - Richard Chelimo run world record 10 km (27:07.91) 1993 Event - Dave Winfield hits 442nd home run to move into 19th place 1993 Event - Ken Griffey, Jr. slugs his 100th career home run in Seattle's 1993 Event - "Scrabble," second run," TV Game Show; last airs on NBC-TV 1993 Event - Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head and goes over fence for a home run 1993 Event - 6th annual business person run held in Wall Street 1993 Event - CBS' Knots Landing ends 14 year run with 334th show in Netherlands 1993 Event - Kansas City Royal George Brett hits his 300th home run 1993 Event - Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands 1993 Event - Dante Bichette hits the 1st Colorado Rockie home run (Shea Stadium New York) 1993 Death - Richard Sale, writer and director (Oscar, Torpedo Run), dies at 80 1993 Event - West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide 1992 Event - Barry Bonds joins Willie Mays, Howard Johnson and Ron Gant as having (2) 30-home run/30-steal seasons 1992 Event - Lou Whitaker hits his 200th career home run 1992 Event - Carlos Martinez hits a ball off Jose Canseco's head for a home run 1992 Death - Deron Johnson, 1965 NL run leader, dies of cancer at 53 1992 Event - Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill 1992 Event - Ross Perot says he'll run for President on Larry King Show 1991 Event - Ayrton Senna wins shortest Formula One race ever run (17 laps) 1991 Event - Former California Governor Jerry Brown announces run for presidency 1991 Event - 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 Event - Royals Warren Cromartie's 1st major league home run since 1983 1991 Event - Twins Dave Winfield is 23rd to hit 400 home run 1991 Event - Darrin Lewis hits his 1st major league home run 1991 Event - Seattle Jay Buhner hits a 479' home run in Yankee Stadium 1991 Event - 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 Event - Soap opera "Generation's" last episode after a 2 year run 1990 Event - NFL New York Giants beat Det Lions 20-0, to run 1990 record to 10-0 1990 Event - Dodger Jose Offerman hits home run in his 1st at bat 1990 Event - Carlton Fisk hits White Sox record 187th home run 1990 Event - 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 Event - New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 11th home run in 1st 86 at bats 1990 Event - New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 10th home run in 1st 72 at bats 1990 Event - Yankees rookie Kevin Maas hits his 10th home run in just 77 at bats 1990 Event - 1st Zen winter session in Sydney Zen Center's Gorrick's Run Zendo 1990 Event - Phil Bradley hits 18th inside-the-park home run in Oriole history 1990 Event - 46th time opposing pitchers hit home run, Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos) 1990 Event - 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 Event - 5 days after hitting a home run for Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Mariners, 1989 Event - Los Angeles Dodgers beat Montreal Expos, 1-0, in 22 innings (Rick Dempsey home run) 1989 Event - Lewis/Everett/Burrell/Heard run world record 4x200 m (1:19.38) 1989 Event - Cleveland Indian Joe Carter has his 4th 3 home run game 1989 Event - Barry Bond's home run sets father-son (Bobby) home run record at 408 1989 Event - Mark McGwire's gets 100th home run, 2nd fastest (1400 at bats) (to Kiner) 1989 Event - Carlton Fisk becomes AL catcher home run hitter, 307th at Yankee stadium 1989 Event - New York Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season 1989 Event - 1st Tour de Trump bicycle race run (Atlanta) 1989 Event - Junior Felix of Toronto becomes 53rd to hit home run on 1st at bat 1989 Event - "Ryan's Hope" ends 13 year run on ABC-TV 1988 Event - 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 Event - Darrell Evans hits his 400th career home run 1988 Event - 225 at bats after #299, Met Gary Carter is 59th to hit 300th home run 1988 Event - Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th home run into 7th place 1988 Event - Chris Speier hits for the cycle and Ernest Riles hits 10,000th Giant home run 1988 Event - Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992 1988 Event - Jeff Hamilton, hits 8,000th Dodger home run 1988 Event - Graeme Hick scores his 1,000th run of 1st-class cricket season 1988 Event - Mike Schmidt hits his 535th home run, moving into 8th place 1988 Event - Yankees home run 9,999 (D Winfield) 10,000 (C Washington) 10,001 (J Clarke) 1987 Event - 22,000 run in New York City Marathon (won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya 2:11:01) 1987 Event - Giant's Jeffrey Leonard hits playoff record home run in his 4th cons game 1987 Event - Carlton Fisk clubs his 300th career home run off Danny Jackson 1987 Event - Oakland's Mark McGwire sets rookie home run record at 39, en route to 49 1987 Event - Cincinnati Red Eric Davis becomes 7th and earliest 30 home run - 30 steal man 1987 Event - Eddie Murray hits his 300th home run 1987 Event - Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run vs Robinson-Pirates 1986 Event - TV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run 1986 Event - Allan Border scores the 10,000th run in Tests (v India, Bombay) 1986 Event - RUN DMC calls for a day of peace among LA street gangs 1986 Event - Indians Jay Bell is 10th to hit a home run on 1st major league pitch he sees 1986 Event - 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 Event - Bo Jackson's 1st home run - a 475-foot blast (longest at Royal Stadium) 1986 Death - Ruth Polsky, record promoter, dies after being run over by a cab at 30 1986 Event - A's Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league home run 1986 Event - Reggie Jackson hit his 537th home run passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place 1986 Event - Cubs 3rd baseman Ron Cey hits his 300th and 301st home run 1985 Death - Roger Maris, home run hitter, 61 in 61, New York Yankees, dies of cancer at 51 1985 Event - Tigers Darrell Evans is 1st to hit 40 home run seasons in both leagues 1985 Death - Patrick Barr, actor (Black Orchid, On the Run), dies at 77 1985 Event - Dave Kingman hits his 400th home run 1985 Event - Oakland A's Dave Kingman becomes 21st to hit 400 home run 1985 Event - Reggie Jackson hits his 513th home run to move into 10th place 1985 Event - Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader 1984 Event - TV soap "Edge of Night" ends 28 year run 1984 Event - Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run 1984 Event - Toronto's Cliff Johnson hits record 19th career pinch home run 1984 Event - Cliff Johnson sets a record with his 19th pinch hit home run 1984 Event - Joe Morgan sets career home run mark for 2nd basemen with #265 1983 Event - Ron Grant completes a 217 day, 8,316 mile run around Australia 1983 Event - George Brett's 2 run home run against Yankees on July 24 (pine tar game) 1983 Event - Pine Tar Game: Brett's home run disallowed against Yankees (overturned) 1983 Event - Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit home run 1983 Event - Ray Cooney's "Run for your Wives," premieres in London 1982 Event - TV soap "Doctors" ends 19 year run 1982 Event - SF's cable cars made a final run before closing down for 20-month 1982 Event - 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 Event - Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec) 1982 Event - Test Cricket debut of Martin Crowe, vs. Australia Wellington, run out 9 1982 Event - New York City Mayor Koch announces he will run for New York governor (unsuccessful) 1981 Event - George Foster hits his 8th home run into red seats at Riverfront 1981 Event - Phils Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career home run off New York Met Mike Scott 1981 Event - French Train Grande Vitesse averages 380 kph on trial run 1980 Event - Sadaharu Oh, 40, pro baseball's all-time home run run king with 868, retires 1980 Event - Mike Schmidt's 2-run home run clinches NL East title for Phillies 1980 Event - Chantal Langlace sets women's record for fastest 100K run (7h27m22s) 1980 Event - Yankees Reggie Jackson hits his 400th home run off Chicago's Britt Burns 1980 Event - Johnny Bench hits his 314th home run as a catcher breaks Yogi Berra's record 1980 Event - Steve Garvey, hits the 7,000th Dodger home run 1980 Event - Bucky Dent hits an inside park home run, Royals walk 14 Yankees including 5 with bases loaded, Yankees win 16-3 1980 Event - Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st and final home run 1980 Event - 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 Event - Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run 1979 Event - KC's Willie Wilson hits 5th inside-the-park home run (most since 1925) 1979 Event - Dave Kingman becomes 6th to have a 2nd 3 home run game 1979 Event - Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th home run 1979 Event - New York Giants Willie McCovey 513th home run is an NL lefty record 1979 Event - Bobby Bonds hits his 300th home run (2nd to have 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases) 1978 Event - Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 home run in 11 straight years 1978 Event - Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run 1978 Event - Down 9-7 in 10th with 2 outs, Yankees Paul Blair hits a 3 run home run 1978 Event - Lee Lacy hits record 3rd consecutive pinch-hit home run 1978 Event - Jackson slugs a 3-run home run in the 1st inning, and the field is showered 1977 Event - 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 Event - 90 minute pilot of "Logan's Run" premieres on TV 1977 Event - Japan's Sadaharu Oh hits 756th home run to surpass Hank Aaron's total 1977 Event - U.S. Railway Post Office final train run, New York to Washington D.C. 1977 Event - Willie Stargell hits his 400th career home run 1977 Event - Former White House chief of staff home run Haldeman enters prison 1977 Event - Final European scheduled run of Orient Express (94 years) 1977 Event - Red Sox (6) and Brewers (5) tie single game home run record of 11 1977 Event - Eddie Murray hits his 1st home run 1976 Event - TV soap "Somerset" ends 6 year run 1976 Event - Hank Aaron singles in his last at bat and drives in his 2,297th run 1976 Event - Al Bumbry hits 17th inside-the-park home run in Oriole history 1976 Event - Only home run of Joe Niekro's 22-year career, comes off brother Phil 1976 Event - St. Louis Cardinal Reggie Smith hits 3 home run 1975 Event - Red Sox Carlton Fisk's 12th inning home run beats Reds 7-6 in game 6 of WS 1975 Event - Billy Williams's 400th career home run 1975 Event - Hank Aaron's 1st home run in Milwaukee since 1965 1975 Event - Houston's Bob Watson scores baseball's one-millionth run of all time 1974 Event - Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years 1974 Event - 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 Event - Hank Aaron's 733rd career home run on his last NL at bat 1974 Birthday - Danielle DuClos, actress, Midnight Run, Zits 1974 Event - Clarence Jones of Kintetsu Buffaloes hits his 38th home run, 1st American to win a Japanese home run title 1974 Event - New York Met Benny Ayala hits a home run in his 1st at bat 1974 Event - Wings release "Band on the Run" and "Zoo Gang" in UK 1974 Event - Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" 1974 Event - Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park home run against New York Yankees 1974 Event - Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th home run, breaks Babe Ruth's record 1974 Event - Soap opera "Secret Storm" ends a 20 year run 1974 Event - "Happy Days" begins an 11 year run on ABC 1973 Event - Wings release "Band on the Run" 1973 Event - Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" album 1973 Event - New York Times reports almost all Superfectas run at Yonkers, Roosevelt and Monticello from Jan-Mar of 1973 were fixed 1973 Event - Willie Mays hits 660th and last home run (off Don Gullett of Cincinnati) 1973 Event - Braves Hank Aaron hits Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th home run 1973 Event - Phillies Ken Brett 4th consecutive game home run in which he pitched 1973 Event - Glenn Turner scores his 1,000th cricket run of English season 1973 Event - Joe Ferguson, hits the 6,000th Dodger home run 1973 Event - 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 Event - After a 5 year run soap "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" ends 1972 Death - Reginald Owen, actor (Above Suspicion, Love on the Run), dies at 85 1972 Event - 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 Event - Greg Luzinski's 500' home run hits Liberty Bell monument in Philadelphia Vet 1972 Event - "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio 1972 Event - Last train run between Penrith to Keswick United Kingdom 1971 Event - Frank Robinson hits his 500th home run 1971 Event - Willie Mays hits record 22nd and last extra inning home run 1971 Event - Willie Mays hits his 638th home run, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored 1971 Event - Sci-fi soap opera "Dark Shadows" concludes an almost 5 year run 1970 Event - Colin Cowdrey becomes Test Crickets' leading run scorer (7,250) 1970 Event - Tony Perez becomes 1st to hit a home run in red seats at Riverfront 1970 Event - Oriole's Brooks Robinson get his 2,000 career hit, a 3 run home run 1970 Event - Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run 1969 Event - 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 Event - T Agee and Ed Kranepool home run, Agee makes 2 great catches, Mets win 5-0 1969 Event - Red Sox Rico Petrocelli hits shortstop record 40th home run of season 1969 Event - San Francisco Giant Willie Mays, becomes 2nd player to hit home run number 600 off Mike Corkins 1969 Event - Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a home run outside of Dodger Stadium 1968 Event - Ron Hill sets record 10-mile run (46:44) at Leicester England 1968 Event - Denny McLain's 31st win and Mickey Mantle's 535th home run 1968 Event - Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 loses by 1 run 1968 Event - Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th home run off San Francisco Giant Mike McCormick 1968 Event - Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds 1968 Event - "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 540 performances 1968 Event - AL Kaline hits his 307th home run, surpassing Hank Greenberg as a Tiger 1968 Event - Frank Howard ties AL record with home run in his 6th consecutive game his 10 home runs in the most in 6 games 1968 Event - Frank Howard belts record 8th home run in 5th straight game 1967 Event - Final run of "20th Century Limited," famed N.Y. - Chicago luxury train 1967 Event - Senator Eugene McCarthy begins run for U.S. presidency 1967 Event - Astro Eddie Matthews hits his 500th home run off San Francisco Giant Juan Marichal 1967 Event - Mickey Mantle's 500th home run off Oriole's Stu Miller 1967 Event - Hank Aaron only inside the park home run vs Jim Bunning 1967 Event - New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career home run #500 off Stu Miller 1966 Birthday - Joseph "Run" Simmons, rapper, Run DMC 1966 Event - Johnny Miller becomes 1st Yank to hit a home run on his 1st at bat 1966 Event - Willie Mays takes 2nd place on all-time home run list 1966 Event - Indians set club record by hitting 7 home run in 15-2 win over Detroit 1966 Event - Only home run ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson) 1966 Event - Roberta Bignay becomes 1st woman to run in the Boston Marathon 1965 Event - Willie Mays's 500th home run (off Don Nottebart), Giants 11th straight win 1965 Event - Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his 400th home run off Curt Simmons 1965 Event - Hank Aaron loses a home run, because he hit it out of batter's box 1965 Event - "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 540 performances 1965 Event - Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' home run out of Connie Mack Stadium 1965 Event - Willie Mays 512th home run breaks Mel Ott's 511th NL record 1964 Birthday - Joseph "Run" Simmons, rapper, RUN DMC 1964 Event - Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 and 2001 and his 450th home run 1964 Event - 10th time Mantle switch-hits home run in a game, one goes 502 feet 1964 Event - Mickey Mantle switch-hits home run record 10th and final time in a game 1964 Event - Ford Frick says he will not run for another term as commissioner 1964 Event - A's Bert Campaneris home runs on 1st pitch, hits a 2nd home run on 2nd at bat 1964 Event - Longest home run (471') in Baltimore Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota) 1964 Event - 1st driverless trains run on London Underground 1964 Event - "What Makes Sammy Run?" opens at 84th St. Theater New York City for 540 performances 1963 Event - Stan Musial hits a home run in his 1st at bat as a grandfather 1963 Event - Jerry Lynch's record 15th pinch-hit home run gives Pirates a 7-6 win 1963 Event - Philadelphia Phillies Roy Siever hits home run # 300 1963 Event - Giant Willie Mays' home run in 16th inning gives them a 1-0 win over Braves 1963 Death - Frank "Home Run" Baker, (hit 2 home runs in 1911 world series) dies at 77 1963 Event - New York Mets Jimmy Piersall, hits his 100th home run, he circles bases backwards 1963 Event - New York Met Duke Snider hits his 400th home run 1962 Event - New York Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th home run in 3 games 1962 Event - Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets home run record of 31 by a pitcher 1962 Event - Frank Howard, hits the 5,000th Dodger home run 1962 Event - Jack Reed's 22nd-inning home run wins longest New York Yankee game in history 1962 Birthday - Ruby Turner, rocker, No Where to Run 1962 Event - Lou Brock is 2nd to home run into Polo Grounds right-center field bleachers 1962 Event - 3 more Cleveland home run set AL record for most home runs (26) over 8 games 1962 Event - Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run, a new NL record 1962 Event - New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th home run 1961 Event - Ted Williams hits a home run on his last at bat 1961 Event - Roger Maris hits home run number 60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record 1961 Event - Roger Maris hits home run # 59 and barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yankees clinch pennant #26 1961 Event - Mickey Mantle becomes 7th to hit home run # 400 1961 Event - Roger Maris loses a home run (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th 1961 Event - Astro's Eddie Matthews hits home run #500 1960 Event - Cleveland's Bernie Parrish sets club record for longest interception return with a 92 yard run 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 1960 Event - Ted Williams last at bat is his 521st home run off Jack Fisher 1960 Event - New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' home run over right field roof in Detroit 1960 Event - White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run home run is disallowed as ump called time 1960 Event - Gil Hodges set NL righty home run record with #352 1960 Event - George Crowe's record 11th pinch-hit home run 1960 Event - Los Angeles Dodger Norm Sherry's 11th home run wins the game for brother Larry 1960 Event - John F. Kennedy announces run for U.S. Presidency 1959 Event - Cleveland Browns' halfback Bobby Mitchell sets club record for longest run from scrimmage (90-yards), beat Washington 31-17 1959 Birthday - Jesse Barfield, Illinois, outfielder, Blue Jays, Yankees, 1986 home run leader 1959 Event - White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own home run 1959 Event - Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day home run 1958 Event - Gil Hodges hits his 300th home run and Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game 1958 Death - Chuck Klein, Philadelphia Phillie home run hitter, dies at 53 1957 Event - Cleveland Browns' Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburgh 24-0 1957 Event - Mickey Mantle hits career home run # 200 1957 Event - Ted Williams becomes 1st ALer to have 2, 3-home run games in a season 1956 Event - Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th home run 1956 Event - New York Yankees Mickey Mantle hits his 52nd home run of season 1956 Event - Cincinnati Red Frank Robinson ties rookie record with his 38th home run 1956 Event - Mickey Mantle home run just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof 1956 Event - Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting 1st home run out of Yankee Stadium 1956 Event - Pirate Dale Long hits 9th-inning home run, 1st home run in 8 straight games 1956 Event - Mickey Mantle hits home run from both sides of plate for record 3rd time 1956 Birthday - Peter Hook, English rock bassist, New Order-Round and Round, Run 1955 Event - Willie Mays hits record tying 9th home run at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock) 1955 Event - Don Zimmer, hits 4,000th Dodger home run 1955 Event - Phillies Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th home run of season 1955 Event - Harmon Killebrew hits his 1st home run (off Billy Hoeff) 1955 Event - Mickey Mantle hits career home run # 100 1955 Event - New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' home run off Chicago Billy Pierce 1955 Event - Stan Musial hits his 300th home run 1955 Event - Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted 1954 Event - 1st FORTRAN computer program run 1954 Event - Reds Ted Kluszewski scores a run in record 17 consecutive games 1954 Event - Robin Roberts gives up a home run then retires next 27 men in a row 1953 Event - Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league home run 1953 Event - Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) home run in Washington D.C.'s Griffith Stadium 1952 Birthday - Jenny Agutter, born in Taunton, England, actress, Logan's Run, Equus, Amy 1952 Event - New York Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game and hits his only home run 1951 Event - Bobby Thomson home run - Giants win pennant defeating Dodgers 1951 Event - After going 0-for-12, Willie Mays connects for his 1st home run 1951 Event - Willie Mays gets his 1st major league hit, a home run 1951 Event - Mickey Mantle's 1st home run 1950 Birthday - Little Steven, Van Zandt, Asbury Park, New Jersey, rocker, Born to Run 1950 Event - Phillies win NL pennant on last day of season (10th inning home run) 1950 Event - Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st to hit 3 home run in a game at Griffith Stadium 1950 Event - Pee Wee Reese, hits the 3,000th Dodger home run 1950 Event - Single day 16 team home run record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12) 1950 Birthday - Gregory Harrison, Catalina California, actor, Trapper John, Logan's Run 1950 Event - Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run 1950 Birthday - Randolph Powell, born in Iowa City, Iowa, actor, Alan-Dallas, Logan's Run 1949 Event - Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run 1949 Birthday - Heather Menzies, born in Toronto, Canada, actress, Jessica-Logan's Run 1949 Event - Pirates Ralph Kiner hits his 54th home run and NL record 16th in September 1949 Birthday - Mike Schmidt, born in Dayton, Ohio, 3rd baseman and home run hitter, Phillies 1948 Event - 1st stored computer program run, on Manchester Mark I 1948 Event - New York Yankees Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, home run) 1948 Birthday - Patricia [Anne] McKillip, U.S., sci-fi author, Fool's Run 1947 Event - Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th home run in 4 games 1947 Event - New York Giants 183-185 home run of year breaks Yankee mark of 182 in 1936 1947 Event - 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a home run on 1st at bat) 1946 Event - TV's 1st network dramatic serial "Faraway Hill" ends 2 month run 1946 Event - Bradman and Barnes complete 405 run 5th wkt stand, score 234 ea 1946 Event - 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 Event - Vance Dinges hits only Phillie pinch hit inside-the-park home run 1946 Event - Manager Mel Ott of Giants hits 511th and final home run 1945 Event - Hank Greenberg's final day home run wins pennant for Tigers 1945 Event - Jimmie Foxx hits his 534th and final home run 1945 Event - Joe Kuhel hits inside-the-park home run, only home run hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium 1945 Event - Dodgers Tommy Brown, 17, is youngest player to hit a home run 1945 Event - Tommy Brown, Brooklyn Dodger becomes youngest home run hitter (17) 1945 Event - Mel Ott is 1st in NL to hit 500th home run (joins Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx) 1945 Event - "Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio 1945 Birthday - 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 Event - Frank McCormick (Reds) home run off Ace Adams (Giants) in both games of DH 1944 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt says he would run for a 4th term 1943 Birthday - Janet Margolin, born in New York City, actress, Take the Money and Run, David and Lisa 1942 Event - 1st European bombing run undertaken by U.S. forces 1942 Birthday - Michael York, born in England, actor, Cabaret, Logan's Run, 3 Musketeers 1941 Event - 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes it's last run 1941 Event - New York Giant Mel Ott hits his 400th home run and his 1,500th RBI 1940 Event - Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career home run 1940 Event - St. Louis Browns Johnny Lucadello is 2nd to home run from each side of plate 1940 Event - 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 Birthday - Sadaharu, Ohio, of Yomiuri Giants, Japan, hit 868 career home run 1940 Event - Boston's Jimmie Foxx home run goes over Comiskey Park's left field roof 1940 Birthday - Willie Stargell, outfielder/1st baseman, Pirates, 1971 NL home run leader 1939 Birthday - Herman van Keeken, Dutch singer, Daddy don't run so fast 1939 Event - Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st home run 1939 Birthday - Janet Suzman, South Africa, actress, Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run 1938 Event - Leo Durocher, hits 2,000th Dodger home run 1938 Event - Bill Edrich scores his 1,000th run of cricket season, all at Lord's 1937 Event - Josh Gibson home run just 2 feet below rim of Yankee Stadium, 580' drive 1937 Birthday - Don Wilson, rock guitarist, Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme 1936 Birthday - Don Bowden, U.S., 1st American to run a sub 4 minute mile 1936 Birthday - Ruby Johnson, U.S. singer, I'll Run Your Hurt Away 1935 Event - Yankees set solo home run record with 6 beat Boston 7-2 1935 Event - Babe Ruth's 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, included a home run 1934 Event - Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's home run, Japan beats U.S. 1-0 1934 Birthday - Roger Maris, Yankee, home run champ, 61 in 1961, AL MVP 1960, 1961 1934 Event - New York Times erroneously declares Ruth 700 home run record to stand for all time 1934 Event - Ruth hits 700th career home run 1934 Event - Babe Ruth hits home run number 700, against Detroit 1934 Event - Jimmie Foxx hits 1st home run in Comiskey Park center field bleachers 1933 Birthday - Dom DeLuise, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, End, Cannonball Run, Fatso 1933 Event - Don McNeill's Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35 year run on NBC 1933 Birthday - William Davis, author/broadcaster, Battle at Bull Run 1933 Event - Bank holidays declared in 6 states, to prevent run on banks 1933 Birthday - Nick Georgiade, New York City, actor, Untouchables, Run Buddy Run 1933 Event - "Lone Ranger" begins a 21-year run on ABC radio 1932 Event - Jimmie Foxx hits his 58th home run in last game of season 1932 Event - Bkln Dodger Johnny Frederick hits his record 6th pinch hit home run 1932 Event - Dodgers Johnny Frederick hits record 6th pinch-hit home run of the season 1932 Event - 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 Birthday - Jack Sheldon, born in Jacksonville, Florida, actor, Run Buddy Run, Merv Griffin 1931 Birthday - Mickey Mantle, New York Yankee, home run slugger, 1956 Triple Crown 1931 Birthday - Ed Matthews, Hall of Famer/Milwaukee Brave/home run hitter, 512 1931 Event - Gehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in 4 days and his 6th home run in consec games 1931 Event - Babe Ruth hits his 600th home run, off George Blaeholder of Browns 1931 Event - 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 Birthday - Donald Moffat, Plymouth England, actor, Kent-Logan's Run 1930 Event - Mount Van Hoevenberg bobsled run at Lake Placid, New York opens 1930 Event - Baseball changes rule, ball bounces into stands not a home run, now a double 1930 Event - 1st Irish Sweepstake run 1930 Event - Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez hits major league's last recorded bounce home run 1930 Birthday - Ben Gazzara, New York City, actor, Run for Your Life, QB VII 1930 Event - Hack Wilson hits his 44th home run, breaks Chuck Klein's NL record 1930 Event - Bradman gets his 1,000th run of the English Cricket season 1930 Event - Ruth hits 3 consecutive home run (8th-10th of 60 in 1930) 1929 Event - Phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a home run 1929 Event - St. Louis has 2, 10 run innings and beats Phillies 28-6 1929 Event - Cleveland Indian Earl Averill, becomes 1st AL to hit a home run on 1st at bat 1929 Birthday - Roger Bannister, born in England, 1st to run a 4 minute mile, May 6, 1954 1929 Event - 66 horses run in Irish Grand National Sweepstakes 1928 Event - New York Yankees sweep Cards in 25th World Series, Ruth hits 3 home run in game 1928 Event - Babe Ruth hits home run number 42 and is 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace 1928 Event - Charlie Hallows scores his 1,000th run of Cricket season 1928 Event - "Bunion Run" race from Los Angeles to New York City begins; It is won by Andy Payne 1927 Event - Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th home run, off Tom Zachary 1927 Event - New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits record 60th home run of season off Tom Zachry 1927 Event - 1st home run hit out of Comiskey Park Chicago by New York Yankee Babe Ruth 1927 Event - Mel Ott, 18, hits his 1st league home run (inside the park) 1927 Event - Hammond scores his 1,000th cricket run of the season after 22 days 1926 Event - Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard 1926 Event - Run on Belgian banks 1925 Event - Salt Lake City (PCL) Tony Lazzeri hits his 60th home run of the season 1925 Event - Ty Cobb hits his 5th home run in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884 1923 Birthday - Bobby Thomson, home run hitter, Giants win the pennant 1923 Event - New York Giant's Casey Stengel home run beats Yankees 1-0 in World Series 1923 Event - Bernie Neis, hits the 1,000th Dodger home run 1923 Event - 1st Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance is run 1922 Birthday - Ralph Kiner, home run hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates/sportscaster for the New York Mets 1922 Event - Roger Hornsby sets NL home run mark at 42 1922 Event - 1st slalom ski race run, Murren, Switzerland 1921 Event - New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th home run 1921 Event - Babe Ruth becomes all time home run champ with number 120, Gavvy Cravath 1921 Birthday - Peter Ustinov, born in London, actor, Death on Nile, Logan's Run, Billy Budd 1920 Event - Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54 1920 Event - Red Sox turn triple-play, but Ruth's 35th home run leads Yankees to 8-2 win 1920 Event - Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54 1920 Event - Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee home run and 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds 1920 Event - Big Show ends 2 year run on NBC radio 1920 Event - Phillies manager Gravvy Cravath puts himself in as pinch hitter, his 3- run homer beats New York Giants 3-0 1920 Death - Ottalee Baker, Frank "Home Run" Baker's wife, dies at 31 1919 Event - Babe Ruth's 29th home run is 1st of year in Washington (1st in every park in league in one season) 1919 Event - Babe Ruth hits his 26th home run off Jack Quinn in New York, breaking Buck Freeman's 1899 home run mark of 25 1917 Event - German troops over run Riga Latvia 1917 Event - Walt Cruise hit 1st home run out of Braves Field 1917 Event - 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 Event - Honus Wagner, 42, is oldest to hit an inside-the-park home run 1916 Event - New York Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500 1915 Event - Red Sox, 3-1, with an 8th inning 2 run rally 1915 Event - German troops over run Brest-Litovsk, Russia 1915 Event - German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana 1915 Event - German troops over run Warsaw 1915 Event - Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam home run 1915 Event - Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut and 1st home run, loses to Yankees 4-3 in 15 1915 Event - Frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season 1914 Event - Swedish troops over run Belgrade in Austria-Hungary 1914 Event - German troops over run Lodz 1914 Event - Zapata and Pancho Villa over run Mexico 1913 Event - 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 Event - Serbian troops over run Skopje (Uskup) 1911 Event - 1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run 1909 Event - Ty Cobb clinches AL home run title with his 9th home run (all inside-the-park) 1909 Event - Frank "Home Run" Baker's 1st career home run 1909 Event - Harry Hillman and Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds 1908 Event - 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 Event - Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England 1907 Birthday - Jimmy Foxx, baseball home run hitter, 534, Detroit Tigers 1906 Event - Washington National's pitcher Tom Hughes hits home run to win his own game 1-0 in 10th 1905 Event - RAC Tourist Trophy, 1st run, on Isle of Man 1903 Event - 1st trotter to run a mile under 2 minutes (Lou Dillon 1:58.1) 1902 Birthday - Limari Salminen, Finland, 10K run 1936 Olympics gold 1902 Event - 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 Event - Erve Beck hits American League's 1st home run 1900 Event - British troops over run Johannesburg 1900 Event - Tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074) 1897 Event - George Davis (Giants) home run off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in DH 1895 Event - W. G. Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days 1890 Event - John Owen is 1st man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds 1890 Event - 1st Dodger home run (Dave Foutz) 1888 Event - Teatotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa) 1886 Birthday - John "Home Run" Baker, hall of famer, hit 2 home run in 1911 world series 1883 Event - Orient Express' 1st run, linking Turkey to Europe by rail 1880 Birthday - Tom Mix, Mix Run, Pennsylvania, silent screen cowboy actor, Dick Turpin 1876 Event - Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League 1876 Event - Philadelphia Nationals Wes Fisler scores baseball's 1st run 1873 Event - 1st women's prison run by women opens at Indiana Reformatory Institute 1873 Event - 1st trial run of San Francisco cable car, Clay Street between Kearny and Jones 1865 Event - 2nd day of battle at Dabney's Mills (Hatcher's Run) 1865 Event - Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia (Armstrong's Mill, Dabney's Mill) 1864 Event - 8th/last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia (about 3900 casualties) 1864 Event - 6th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia: Confederate assault 1864 Event - 4th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia, Federal assault 1864 Event - 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia: Federal assault 1864 Event - 3rd and last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia 1864 Event - 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia 1863 Event - Battle of Franklin's Crossing, Virginia, Deep Run 1862 Death - James Creighton, dies of rupture bladder from hitting home run on Oct 14th 1862 Event - Baseballer James Creighton ruptures bladder hitting home run, dies 10/18 1862 Event - 2nd Battle of Bull Run - Confederates beat Union 1862 Event - 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins 1862 Event - Battle of Bull Run, Virginia (Manassas, Gainesville, Bristoe Station) 1862 Event - Battle of Plum Run Bend, Tennessee (Plum Point Bend) 1862 Event - Swift Run Gap, West Virginia skirmishes 1861 Event - 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins 1861 Event - Battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought 1861 Event - Battle of Hoke's Run, West Virginia - small Union victory 1858 Event - John Holden hits 1st recorded home run (Brooklyn vs New York) 1831 Event - 1st U.S. steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, New York) 1831 Event - 1st practical U.S. coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Pennsylvania 1831 Event - 1st US-built locomotive to pull a passenger train makes 1st run 1809 Event - 1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England 1783 Event - 1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France 1776 Event - St. Leger horse race run for 1st time 1653 Event - An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St. Albans to London in less than 90 minutes 1535 Event - 12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets |
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