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
1997 1st time 3 cons home runs in post season-Raines, Jeter, O'Neill (New York Yankees)
1997 Seattle Mariners break record for most home runs in a year (258)
1997 Mark McGwire joins Babe as only players to hit 50 home runs in 2 consec yrs
1997 Expos trailing San Francisco Giants by 9 runs comeback to win 14-13
1996 Steelers' Kordell Stewart runs quarterback record 80 yds for TD
1996 Braves beat New York Yanks by record tying 11 runs, 12-1 in a World Series
1996 New York Yankee Bernie Williams switch hits home runs in a post season game
1996 San Francisco Giant Bobby Bond is 2nd player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases
1996 Bangladesh beat UAE by 104 runs to win the ACC Trophy Final
1996 New York Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 home runs by a catcher
1996 Ken Griffey Jr, 26, is 8th youngest to hits 200 home runs
1996 Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi
1996 Leeward Islands beat Trinidad by 73 runs to win Red Stripe Trophy
1995 Edgar Martinez drives home tying and winning runs to rally Mariners to 6-5 win in bottom of 11th to beat Yankees and win AL Division Series
1995 Andres Galarraga is 4th to hit 30 home runs for Rockies in 1995
1995 Padres Ken Caminiti switch hits home runs in 3rd of 4 games
1995 White Sox (5) and Tigers (7) combine for record 12 home runs at Tiger Stadium
1995 Twins Marty Cordova ties rookie record of home runs in 5 consecutive games
1995 Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0
1995 Mashonaland beat Mashonaland U-24 by 165 runs to win Logan Cup
1995 Letitia Vriesde runs S Amer indoor record 800m (2:00.35)
1995 Michael Johnson runs world record 400m indoor (44.63 sec)
1995 Irina Privalova runs indoor woman's European record 200m (22.10 sec)
1995 Linford Christie runs world record 200m indoor (20.25 sec)
1995 Linford Christie runs European record 60m indoor (6.47 sec)
1995 Dieter Baumann runs European record 3k indoor (7:37.51)
1995 Moses Kiptanui runs world record 3k indoor (7:35.15)
1995 Irina Privalova runs female world record 50m (5.96 sec)
1994 Noureddine Morceli runs world record 3000m (7:25.11)
1994 William Sigei runs world record 10k (26:52.53)
1994 Sonia O'Sullivan runs 3K (8:21.64)
1994 Sonia O'Sullivan runs female world record 2K (5:25.36)
1994 Sonia O'Sullivan runs world record 2k (5:25.36)
1994 Sonia O'Sullivan runs female 2K world record (5:25.36)
1994 Irina Privalova runs 100m European Record (10.77)
1994 Lerou Burrell runs world record 100m (9.85)
1994 Jeff Bagwell of Astros is 28th to hit 2 home runs in an inning
1994 Ken Griffey, Jr. breaks Ruth's record for most home runs by end of June (31)
1994 Tigers tie record of hitting home runs in 25th consecutive games
1994 Cricketer Brian Lara hits record 501 not out/390 runs in 1 day
1994 Haile Gebre Selassie runs world record 5 km (12:56.96)
1994 Cricketer Brian Lara hits 375 runs on 1 day (world record)
1994 Cubs Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes, hit 3 home runs in 1993 hits 3 home runs on opening
1994 Colin Jackson runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.30 sec)
1994 Merlene Ottey runs world record 50 m indoor (6.00 sec)
1994 Irina Privalova runs world record 50m indoor (6.03 sec)
1994 South Africa beat Australia in the Sydney Test by 5 runs
1993 Junxia Cheek runs ladies world record 3000m (8:06.11)
1993 Junxia Cheek runs 3000 m ladies world record (8:12.29)
1993 Junxia Qu runs 1500m ladies world record (3:50.46)
1993 Cards Mark Whiten, hits 4 home runs and 12 RBIs in 2nd game of doubleheader
1993 Noureddine Morceli runs world record mile (3:44,39)
1993 Fred McGriff and David Justice are 6th to hit back-to-back home runs twice in same game
1993 Colin Jackson runs world record 110m hurdles (12.91)
1993 Sally Gunnell runs lady world record 400m hurdles (52.74")
1993 Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. is 3rd to hit home runs in 8 straight games
1993 Yobes Ondieki runs world record 10km (26:58.38)
1993 Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most home runs by a catcher
1993 Indians' Carlos Baerga hits 3 home runs against Detroit
1993 Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks, he damages his arm
1993 Indians' Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit home runs in same inn (vs Yanks)
1993 Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
1993 Allan Border beats Gavaskar's record for most Test Cricket runs 10,123
1993 Ljubow Kremljowa runs world record 1000m indoor (2:34:84)
1993 Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (21.87 sec)
1993 Irina Privalova runs world record 60m indoor (6.92 secs)
1993 Irina Privalova runs world record 50m indoor (6.05 sec)
1992 Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m (3:28.86)
1992 Moses Kiptanui runs world record 3k (7:28.96)
1992 New York Yankees score 9 runs before 1st out in 8th inn, beat Brewers 13-7
1992 WA beat NSW by 44 runs to win the Sheffield Shield Final
1992 Ann Transon runs female world record 50k (3:35:31)
1992 Pakistan defeats England by 22 runs to win World Cup
1992 Zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury
1992 Andre Cason runs world record 6 m indoor (6.41 sec)
1992 Merlene Ottey runs world record 60m indoor (6.96 sec)
1992 Michael Johnson runs indoor world record 400m (44.97 sec)
1992 Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45.02 sec)
1991 Yolanda Gail Devers runs U.S. female record 100m hurdles (12.48 secs)
1991 With 3 runs in 9th, Balt ends Twins 15 game win streak 6-5
1991 Arturo Barrios runs world record one-hour distance (21,096 km)
1991 Haryana beat Bombay in the Ranji Cricket Trophy final by 2 runs
1991 Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 m indoor (22.24 sec)
1991 Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (22.24 sec)
1991 Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m indoor (3:34:16)
1991 Dale Long, hit home runs in 8 consecutive games, dies at 66
1990 Tiger Cecil Fielder becomes 11th, to hit 50 home runs (& 51st)
1990 Pirate Bobby Bond is 2nd to hit 30 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season (so he can play in 6 decades) because it is a publicity stunt
1990 Ken Griffey, Sr and Jr, hit back-to-back home runs in 1st inning
1990 New York Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 15 home runs (approx 132 at bat)
1990 New York Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 14 home runs (approx 128 at bat)
1990 Mark McGwire is 1st to hit 30 home runs in each of his 1st 4 seasons
1990 New York Yankee Kevin Maas is fastest to get 13 home runs (110 at bats)
1990 Carlton Fisk ties Johnny Bench hitting 327 home runs as a catcher
1990 Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with switch hit home runs in 10 games
1990 For 2nd time this season, Cecil Fielder belts 3 home runs in a game
1990 74th Indianapolis 500 runs
1990 New York Yankees hit 6 home runs to beat Minnesota Twins 12-0
1990 Pakistan beat Aust by 36 runs to win Austral-Asia Cup, Sharjah
1990 NSW beat Queensland by 345 runs to win Sheffield Shield Final
1990 Doina Melinte runs world indoor record 1.5k (4:00:27) and mile (4:17:13)
1990 Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45:04)
1990 Lyudmila Narozhi-Lenko runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.69)
1990 Avianca Flight 52, runs out of fuel and crashes in Cove Neck NY, 73 die
1990 Lynn Jennings runs world record 5K indoor at 15:22.64
1989 Howard Johnson joins B Bonds and W Mays to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases
1989 Said Aouita runs world record 3000 m (7:29.45)
1989 Cin Reds send record 20 men to bat with a record 16 hits in 1 inning as they score 14 runs in 1st inning
1989 Braves Dale Murphy, hits 2 3-run home runs in an inning, 14th man to hit 2 home runs in an inning. Also ties record of 6 RBIs in an inning
1989 Paula Ivan runs female world record 1 mile (4:15.61)
1989 Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers
1989 Argentina, hit by rocketing inflation, runs out of money
1989 Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec)
1989 Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60m hurdles (7.37 secs)
1989 Elly Verhulst runs world record 3000 m indoor (8:33.82)
1989 Exxon Houston runs aground in Hawaii, spills 117,000 gallons of oil
1988 Florence Griffith Joyner runs Olympic record 100m in 10.54s
1988 Canada's Ben Johnson runs drug-assisted 100 m in 9.79 sec
1988 Carl Lewis runs world record 100m (9.92 sec)
1988 Yordanka Donkova runs world record 100 m hurdles (12.21)
1988 Butch Reynolds runs world record 400m (43.29)
1988 Butch Reynolds runs world record 400 m (43.29)
1988 Jose Canseco becomes 11th to get 30 home runs and 30 steals in a season
1988 Oakland A's Jose Canseco becomes 11th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases
1988 Jose Canseco is 1st to hit 30 home runs in 1st 3 years
1988 Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100 m in 9.78 sec
1988 Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds
1988 Karolina Szabo runs female world record 25k (1:29:30)/30k (1:47;06)
1988 Ethiopian Belayneh Densimo runs world record marathon (2:06:50)
1988 Rob Druppers runs world record indoor 1000m (2:16.2)
1988 Christine Wachtel runs world record 800m indoor (1:56:40)
1988 Ronald Weigel runs unofficial world record speed walking (18:11.41)
1987 Australia hang on for draw vs. NZ at MCG, 1 wkt left 17 runs short
1987 Carla Beurskens runs Dutch female record marathon (2:26:34)
1987 Australia beat England by 7 runs to win cricket World Cup
1987 Phil Niekro final appearance and is pounded for 5 runs in 3 innings
1987 Toronto Blue Jays hit a record 10 home runs vs Baltimore Orioles
1987 Kevin Bass is 1st NLer to switch hit home runs in a game twice in 1 season
1987 Ben Johnson of Canada runs 100 m in world record 9.83 sec
1987 Kirby Puckett goes 6-for-6 with 2 home runs in Minnesota 10-6 win over Milwaukee
1987 Yves Pol of France runs complete marathon backwards (3:57:57)
1987 Eric Davis is 7th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in one season
1987 Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH)
1987 Oriole Eddie Murray hits his 299th and 300th career home runs
1987 Said Aouita of Morocco runs world record 5,000 m (12:58.39)
1987 New York Yankees Don Mattingly ties record of home runs in 8 cons games
1987 Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit home runs in 7 straight AL games (en route to 8)
1987 Said Aouita runs world record 2000m (4:50.81)
1987 A's Mark McGwire is 1st rookie to hit 30 home runs before All Star break
1987 Andy Van Slyke home runs off R McDowell in both ends of double header
1987 "Nightline" presents it's 1st "Town Meeting" the subject is AIDS and the show runs until 3:47 AM
1987 Oriole Eddie Murray is 1st to switch hit home runs in 2 consecutive games
1987 46 home runs hit in 13 baseball games
1987 Brewers score 5 runs in 9th to win 6-4 and record 12th straight AL win
1987 1st 3 San Diego Padres hit home runs off San Francisco starter Roger Mason
1987 Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning vs Kansas City Royals
1987 Gavaskar becomes 1st cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs
1987 Bruno Marie-Rose runs world record 200m indoor (20.36 sec)
1986 Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 home runs in a season
1986 Red Sox Spike Owens scores 6 runs in a 24-5 rout of Cleveland Indians
1986 With 2 outs in 6th inning, Red Sox score 11 runs
1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000 m in world record 30:13.74
1986 Maricica Puica of Romania runs 2,000 m in 5:28.69 (record for women)
1986 Zimbabwe beats Netherlands by 25 runs to win ICC Trophy
1986 Bob Horner becomes 11th player to hit 4 home runs in a game
1986 Madrid-Nelli Cooman runs world record 60m indoor (7 sec)
1986 U.S. submarine Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea
1986 Nelli Fiere-Cooman runs world record 60 m indoor (7.00 sec)
1985 ARCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles, WA
1985 Expos Andre Dawson joins Willey McCovey to hit 2 home runs in an inn twice
1985 Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs vs. India
1985 Mary Decker Tabb Slaney runs U.S. 3K female record (8:25.83)
1985 New York Mets Gary Carter's 2 home runs ties record of 5 home runs in 2 games
1985 New York Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive home runs in a game
1985 Mary Decker Slaney runs mile in world record 4:16.71
1985 A's Dave Kingman is 21st to hit 400 home runs (off Matt Young at Seattle)
1985 Los Angeles Dodger Pedro Gonzalez sets NL record of 15 home runs in June
1985 Pirates score 10 in top of 1st, but lose 15-11 to Phillies, as Steve becomes 1st Phillie to switch hit home runs in same game
1985 Dale Murphy drives in record tying 28th and 29th runs of April
1985 Ranger Larry Parrish is 5th to hit 3 home runs in a game in both leagues
1985 Carlos Lopes runs world record marathon (2:07:12)
1985 New Jersey General Hershel Walker runs for USFL record 233 yards
1985 Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final
1984 Steve Jones runs Chicago Marathon in world record 2:08:05
1984 New York Met Rusty Staub joins Ty Cobb, who hit home runs as a teen and in 40s
1984 Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43)
1984 Oakland A's Dave Kingman hits 3 home runs including a grand slam
1984 India beat Pak by 58 runs to win 1st Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah
1983 Tim Raines is 1st since Ty Cobb to steal 70 and drive in 70 runs
1983 Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in season
1983 Greg Luzinski is 1st player to put 3 home runs onto roof at Comiskey Park
1983 Rangers explode for 12 runs in 15th inning of a 16-4 win over the A's
1983 India beat West Indies by 43 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1983 Marlies Gohr runs female European record 100m (10.81)
1983 Rosa Mota runs female world record 20k (1:06:55.5)
1983 Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29)
1983 Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:51:49)
1983 NSW beat Western Australia by 54 runs to win Sheffield Shield
1983 Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 minutes 7.1 seconds
1982 England defeat Australia by three runs at cricket MCG
1982 Scott Weiland runs Detroit marathon backwards in less than 5 hours
1982 Twins Terry Felton loses and runs career to 0-14 (en route to 0-16)
1982 California Doug DeCinces hits 3 home runs again in game
1982 Steve Scott of U.S. runs mile in a record 3:47.69
1982 Carlos Lopes runs Europe record 10k (27:34.39)
1981 Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricket (2 Tests for India, 29 runs and 0-13), dies
1981 Silvana Cruciata runs 15k female world record (49:44.0)
1981 Oakland A's runs record to 11-0
1981 Toshihiko Seko runs world record 25k (1:13:55.8)/30k (1:29:18.8)
1981 Suleiman Nyambui runs world record 5k indoor (13:20.4)
1980 Spectacular Bid runs in Belmont alone as 3 horses drop out
1980 Steve Overt runs world record 3:48.8 mile in Oslo
1980 California Angels Freddie Patek, hits 3 home runs and double to beat Red Sox 20-2
1980 Jeff Norman runs world record 50k (2:48:06)
1980 Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 home runs in 5th inning vs New York Mets
1980 Gerard Nijboer runs Dutch record marathon (2:09:01)
1980 Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final
1980 Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Aust vs. Pak cricket draw
1980 J P Duminy, cricket (30 runs at 5 and 1 wkt at 39 in 3 Test S Af), dies
1979 Larry Parrish (Expos) home runs off Rawly Eastwick (Phillies) in DH
1979 Pietro Mennea runs world record 200 m (19.72")
1979 Ian Botham makes 1000 runs/100 wkts in Tests in his 21st match
1979 Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo
1979 Rocker Nigel Olsson runs a stop sign, crashes and kills a driver
1979 West Indies beat England by 92 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1979 Sri Lanka beat Canada by 60 runs to win the 1st ICC Trophy
1979 Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset
1979 Willie Horton becomes 43rd player to hit 300 home runs in the majors
1979 Bobby Bonds hits his 300th HR (2nd to have 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases)
1979 Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
1978 Don Ritchie runs world record 100k (6:10:20)
1978 Grete Weitz runs female world record marathon (2:32:29.8)
1978 Reds Joe Morgan is 1st to hit 200 home runs and have 500 stolen bases
1978 Tatyana Providokhina runs female world record 1k (2:30.6)
1978 Yanks score 5 runs in top of 7th. but rain causes game to be halted and thus score goes back to previous inning, Balt wins 3-0
1978 Brigitte Kraus runs world record 1000 m indoor (2:34.8)
1977 Don Ritchie runs world record 100 mile (11:30:51)
1977 Yankees win AL pennant by rallying for 3 runs in 9th to beat Kansas City Royals 5-3 in 5th and deciding playoff game
1977 Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:34:47.5)
1977 Red Sox wallop a major league-record 8 home runs beating Toronto 9-6
1977 Marlies Gohr runs Europen record 100m (10.88 sec)
1977 Yankee DH Cliff Johnson hit 3 consecutive home runs in Toronto
1977 Willie McCovey smashes 2 home runs in inning for 2nd time (Apr 12, 1973)
1977 Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:35:15.4)
1977 Cincinnati Reds tie record of 12 runs in 5th inning beating Braves 23-9
1977 Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877
1977 Tony Dorsett runs for record 202 yards in the Sugar Bowl
1976 Waldemar Cierpinski runs Olympic marathon (2:09:55.0)
1976 Annegret Richter runs 100m (11.01)
1976 Inge Helten runs female European record 100m (11.04)
1976 Jos Hermens, runs Dutch record for 20K (57:24.2)
1975 New York Daily News runs headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead"
1975 Jacqueline Hansen runs women's world record marathon (2:38:19)
1975 West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1975 A's release pinch runner Herb Washington (played 104 games without batting, pitching, or fielding He stole 30 bases, and scored 33 runs)
1975 Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:40:15.8)
1975 Phillies Mike Schmidt's 2 home runs ties NL record of 11 home runs in April
1975 Australia beat England by 171 runs in 4th Test to regain Ashes
1974 Jacqueline Hansen runs female world record marathon (2:43:54.5)
1974 Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:46:24)
1974 Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153
1973 Hank Aaron sets record of most home runs in 1 league (709)
1973 Rick Wohlhuter runs record 880 yards in 1:44.6
1973 For 2nd time, Johnny Bench hits 3 home runs in a game
1973 San Francisco Giants score 7 runs with 2 outs in 9th to beat Pirates, 8-7
1973 In an exhibition game with the Pirates, Twins Larry Hisle becomes the 1st designated hitter (he hits 2 home runs and knocks in 7 RBIs)
1973 Belgian Emiel Puttemans runs 3000m indoor record 7:39.2
1973 Manfred Kokot runs world record 50m indoor (5.61 sec)
1972 Renate Stecher runs 100m European female record (11.07 sec)
1972 Lasse Viren runs Olympic/world record 10,000m (27:38.4)
1972 Hank Aaron hits 660th and 661st home runs for Braves, record for 1 team
1972 Nate Colbert of San Diego Padres hits record tying 5 home runs in a double header
1971 Adrienne Beames runs female world record marathon (2:46:30)
1971 Harmon Killebrew hits home runs #500 and 501
1971 Phillies Deron Johnson 3 home runs caps his 4 in a row
1971 Phillies' Rick Wise hits 2 home runs and no-hits Reds
1971 Willie Mays hits his 638th HR, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored
1971 Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3:01:42)
1971 Jim A J Christy, cricket (10 Tests for S Af, 638 runs at 34 33), dies
1971 John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs
1970 Reds Johnny Bench hits 3 consecutive home runs of Phillies Steve Carlton
1970 Reds clout 7 home runs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 HRs, 6 for one team and 9 different batters for two teams, all tie or set records
1970 Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53)
1969 Cincinnati Red Lee May hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader
1969 Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:08:33.6) at Antwerp
1968 J R Hines of U.S. runs 100m in world record 9.95 sec
1968 Frank Howard ties AL record with HR in his 6th consecutive game his 10 home runs in the most in 6 games
1967 Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:09:36.4)
1967 Freddie Martin, cricket WI batsman, (9 Tests 486 runs 1 century), dies
1967 World Series record 3 consecutive home runs (Carl Yastremski, Reggie Smith, and Rico Petrocelli) by Red Sox
1967 Anni Pede runs female world record marathon (3:07:26)
1967 Chicago Cubs (7) and New York Mets (4) tie record of 11 home runs in a game
1967 Maureen Wilton runs female world record marathon (3:15:22)
1966 Belgium's Gaston Roelants runs 12-4/5 miles in 1 hour
1966 Cincinnati Red Leo Cardenas hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader
1966 Most runs scored in 11th inning (9) Phils score 5 to beat Pirates 8-7
1965 Jim Hickman becomes 1st New York Met to hit 3 home runs in a game
1965 Willie Mays sets NL record for home runs in a month with his 17th of August
1965 Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron (1954-65) pass Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig hitting 772 home runs while playing together on the same team
1965 Australian Ronald Clarke runs world record 10k (27:39.4)
1965 Morio Shigematsu runs world record marathon (2:12:00)
1965 Frenchman, Machal Jazy, runs record mile in 3:53.6
1965 Yankees Tom Tresh bangs 3 consecutive home runs beating White Sox 12-0
1964 Viking Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in wrong direction for a safety
1964 Abebe Bikila runs world/olympic record marathon (2:12:11.2)
1964 Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit home runs runs on back-to-back pitches
1964 Despite 3 home runs by Johnny Callison, Phils are 14-8 losers to Braves
1964 St. Louis is 1st NL to score runs in every game since 1923, win 15-2
1964 A's Bert Campaneris home runs on 1st pitch, hits a 2nd HR on 2nd at bat
1964 Mildred Simpson runs female world record marathon (3:19:33)
1964 Basil Heatley runs world record marathon (2:13:55)
1964 Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3:27:45)
1964 1st BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth)
1964 Tom O'Hara runs world record mile (3:56.4)
1963 Dear Abby show premieres on CBS radio (runs 11 years)
1963 Clarke runs world record 10k (28:15.6)
1963 Harmon Killebrew (Twins) home runs off Pete Burnside (Senators) in DH
1963 Indians' Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona, and Larry Brown hit consecutive home runs in one inning (vs California Angels)
1963 Frank "Home Run" Baker, (hit 2 home runs in 1911 world series) dies at 77
1963 Buddy Nobles runs world record marathon (2:14:28)
1963 Toru Terasawa runs world record marathon (2:15:15.8
1962 Gerda Kroon runs European record 800 m in 2:02.8
1962 Bolotnikov runs world record 10km (28:18.2)
1962 Phillies score 10 runs in an inning against Reds en route to 13-8 win
1962 A record 54 home runs hit in baseball
1962 Jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8)
1962 Joe Pepitone 2nd Yankee to hit 2 home runs in 1 inning (Joe DiMaggio)
1961 Roger Maris sets record of 61 home runs (off of Tracy Stallard)
1961 Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 and 40 in a doubleheader
1961 Roger Maris hits 4 home runs, in a doubleheader
1961 St. Louis Cardinal Bill White hits 3 home runs and a double
1961 Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more home runs twice in a season
1961 Milwaukee sets record of 4 consecutive home runs (Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron Joe Adcock and Frank Thomas)
1961 Record 27 home runs hit in 7 AL games
1961 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays hits 4 home runs in a game
1960 Abebe Bikila runs Olympic/World record marathon (2:15:16.2)
1960 Ljudmila Shevcova runs female olympic record 800m (2:04.3)
1960 George Crowe sets record of 12 pinch hit home runs with a runner on
1960 Armin Hary runs world record 100m (10.0)
1959 Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies
1959 Rocky Colovito hits 4 consecutive home runs in 1 game
1959 Giants Jim Hearn allows 2 runs against Pirates, game is suspended, Hearn is released and charged with loss 2 months after his retirement
1959 Tiger's Charlie Maxwell hits 4 consecutive home runs in a doubleheader
1959 Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City Athletics 20-6, in 1 inning Sox score 11 runs on 1 hit, 10 walks, and 3 errors
1958 Charles Macartney, cricket (35 Tests 1907-26, 2131 runs 45 wkts), dies
1958 Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at LA Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line
1957 Duke Snider's 39th and 40th home runs are last hit at Ebbets Field
1957 Milwaukee Braves' Frank Torre scores 6 runs in 1 game
1957 White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits 2 home runs to beat Washington Senators 8-6
1957 Red Sox set AL record by smashing 4 home runs in 6th inning in 11-0 win
1956 Pyotr Bolotnikov runs world record 10k (28:42.8)
1956 1st Pakistan vs. Australia Test 95 runs scored on 1st day
1956 Mickey Mantle is 8th to hit 50 home runs in a seaon
1956 Vladimir Kuts runs world record 10k (28:42.8)
1956 Yanks Yogi Berra ties career record for home runs (236) by a catcher
1956 Curt Robert of Columbus (International League) hits 4 home runs in 7 inning game
1956 Cin Reds (8) and Cubs (2) combine to hit 10 home runs in a 9 inning game
1956 Iharos runs world record 10k (28:42.8)
1956 Dale Long becomes 1st to hit home runs in 8 straight games
1956 Jim Bailey (U.S.) runs mile a record 3:58.6 in Los Angeles California
1955 Emile Zatopek runs world record 15 mile (1:14:01) and 25,000m (1:16:36)
1955 Roger Moens runs world record 800 m (1:45.7)
1955 Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive home runs of at least 463'
1954 Chris Tavare, cricketer, England opener and occasional scorer of runs
1954 Ted Kluszewski is 1st Cincinnati Red to hit 40 home runs en route to 49
1954 Cards' Joe Cunningham hits 2 home runs for record 3 home runs in his 1st 2 days
1954 Jim Peters runs marathon in 2:17:39.4
1954 John Landy runs world record mile (3:58.0)
1954 Emile Zatopek runs record 6 mile: (27:59.2)/10,000m (28:54.2)
1954 Emile Zatopek runs world record 5K (13:57.2)
1954 Stan Musial hits 5 home runs in a doubleheader
1954 7-time winner of Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th
1953 Emile Zatopek runs world record 10K (29:01.6) and 6 mile (28:08.4)
1953 Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:17:39.4)
1953 Roy Campanella sets record for home runs by a catcher at 38
1953 Vic Raschi sets pitcher record by driving in 7 runs and wins 15-0
1953 Eugene Stephens is 1st to get 3 hits and Red Sox score 17 runs in 1 Inning (7th) Red Sox beat Detroit 23-3
1953 Most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox)
1953 Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:18:40.2)
1953 New York Giants Willie Mays and Darryl Spencer each hit 2 home runs and a triple
1953 Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston
1952 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record marathon (2:23:03.2)
1952 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record 5K (14:06.6)
1952 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic Record 10K (29:17.0)
1952 Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:20:42.2)
1952 Brooklyn Dodgers score 15 runs in 1st inning and beat Cin Reds, 19-1
1951 Emile Zatopek runs world record 30,000m, 25,000m and 15 miles
1951 Emile Zatopek runs world record 20,000 m and 10 mile
1951 Emil Zatopek runs 15,000m in record 44 min, 54.6 sec
1951 Emile Zatopek runs world record 20k (1:01:15.8)
1950 For a record 6th time, New York Yankee Johnny Mize hits 3 home runs in one game
1950 Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 home runs and a single in a game vs Braves
1950 Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits home runs twice in a game
1950 West Indies beat England by 326 runs thanks Ramadhin and Valentine
1950 New York Giant Wes Westrum hits 3 home runs and a triple
1950 Cleveland Indians score 14 runs in 1st inning, beat A's 21-2
1950 Boston Red Sox beat St. Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs)
1949 Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:21.2)
1949 Viljo Heino runs world record 10k (29:27.2)
1949 Inidian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 home runs to beat Senators, 7-5
1949 Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricket player, opener, 10122 Test runs
1949 Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m, 29:28.2
1949 England beat South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes
1948 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record (10K - 29:59.6)
1948 Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 home runs in a game
1948 Joe Cronin pinch hit home runs in both ends of a doubleheader
1948 Australia scores 721 runs in one day vs. Essex, world record
1947 With only 1 out to go, Yank Floyd Beven gives up a double breaking his World Series no-hit bid, it scored 2 runs and he lost game
1947 New York Giants set season record for home runs by a club 183 (en route to 221)
1947 Joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for Eng 1907-08), dies
1947 SS Himera runs aground at Athens, kills 392
1946 Red Sox Johnny Pesky scores 6 runs in 1 game
1945 England win the second Victory test cricket at Bramall Lane by 41 runs
1944 Biggest and last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground
1944 Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader
1944 Arne Andersson runs world record 1 mile (4:01.6)
1944 Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 and break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row
1944 New York Giant, Mel Ott scores 6 runs in 1 game drawing 5 walks for 4th time
1943 Indians score 12 runs in 4th inning and beat Yankees 12-0
1943 Fanny Blankers-Koen runs Dutch record 200m (24.5)
1943 Player-manager Joe Cronin of Red Sox hits two 3-run pinch home runs
1942 Pitcher Jim Tobin belts 3 home runs in a game
1941 Rudolf Harbig runs world record 1k (2:21.5)
1940 Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 and 94 yard touchdowns
1940 Yankee Charlie Keller hits 3 home runs to beat White Sox 10-9
1939 New York Giants beat Reds 17-3, with 5 home runs in 4th inning
1938 Only time brothers hit back-to-back home runs (Lloyd and Paul Waner, Pitts)
1938 England beat Australia by an innings and 579 runs at The Oval
1938 Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL records off one hurler in a single inning
1937 Det's rookie Rudy York sets record for home runs of 18 home runs in August
1937 Detroit Tigers score 36 runs in double header vs St. Louis Browns
1937 Cub Augie Galan becomes 1st player to switch hit home runs in a game
1937 Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive home runs against St. Louis Browns
1936 New York Yankees score World Series record 18 runs, beating Giants 18-4
1936 Phillies Chuck Klein becomes 4th to hit 4 home runs in a game
1936 Joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit 2 home runs in 1 inn, Yanks beat Browns 18-4
1935 Prakash Bhandari, cricketer, 3 Tests for India in mid-50's, 77 runs
1935 Kitei Son runs world record marathon (2:26:42)
1935 Willy de Supervise swims runs world record 200 m freestyle (2:25.2)
1935 Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs. Pirates
1935 Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44)
1935 Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:27:49)
1934 Australia beat England by 562 runs to regain Cricket Ashes
1934 Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 home runs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12
1934 New York Giants Mel Ott sets record of 6 runs in game and beats Phillies 21-4
1934 Phillies score 11 runs in an inning, beats Cincinnati 18-0
1934 Ivan Madray, WI cricket leg-spin all rounder, 2 Tests 3 runs 0-108
1934 Red Sox score 12 runs in 4th inning including record 4 consecutive triples hit by Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell, and B Walters
1933 Rocky Colavito, Bronx, baseball player, Hit 4 home runs in a game
1933 A's score 11 runs in 2nd, Yanks score 10 in 5th and win 17-11
1933 Trailing 11-3, Yanks score 12 runs in 8th and beat White Sox 15-11
1932 Bradman completes 10000 runs in first-class cricket, 126 innings
1932 Jimmie Foxx of A's hits 50th and 51st home runs to become 3rd to hit 50
1932 Bradman makes 299* vs South Africa, runs out partner going for 300th
1931 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2 mile (8:59.6)
1931 West Indies beat Australia for the 1st time, by 30 runs at SCG
1930 J T Tyldesley, cricket (1661 runs in 31 Tests for Eng 1898-1909), dies
1930 New York Giant Hap Moran runs 91 yards for a TD from a scrimmage
1930 Jules Ladoumegue runs world record 1 km (2:23.6)
1930 Cub's Hack Wilson's 2 home runs give him NL record 56 HRs
1930 New York Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing hits 2 home runs to beat St. Louis Browns, 7-6
1930 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 20,000m (1:04:38.4)
1930 Percy Williams runs world record 100m (10.3 sec)
1930 Pitts Pie Traynor ends both games with home runs (1st in 9th, 2nd in 13th)
1930 Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in a game, Ruth hits 3 in doubleheader
1930 Ruth hits 3 home runs as Yanks blow 6-0 lead in 7th and lose 15-7
1930 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile, 29:36.4
1930 Yankee "Bronx Bombers" hit 14 home runs in a game
1930 123 runs are scored in 7 major league games
1930 West Indies make 1st Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England
1929 Philadelphia A's set World Series record of 10 runs in an inning
1929 In game between Pirates and Phillies 9 home runs hit 1 in each inning
1929 Dodgers beat Phillies 20-16 and lost 8-6 in 2nd game (record 50 runs)
1929 Roy Riegels runs 60 yds the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery
1928 England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane
1928 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10 miles (50:15.0)
1928 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 15m (46:49.6)
1928 Yanks score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1
1928 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples and 2 home runs to be White Sox 15-7
1927 Yanks clinch pennant, Ruth hits 2 home runs (52 en route to 60)
1927 Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in 11-4 victory over Red Sox
1927 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000 m: 5:24.6
1927 Tony Lazzeri hits 3 home runs Yanks beat White Sox 12-11
1927 Babe Ruth hits 1st of 60 home runs of season (off A's Howard Ehmke)
1926 Victoria (1107) beat NSW (221 and 230) by an innings 656 runs
1926 Babe Ruth hits 3 home runs in a World Series game, Yanks beat Cards 10-5
1926 Violet Percy runs female record marathon (3:40:22)
1926 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:20.4)
1926 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000 m (8:25.4)
1925 Albert Michelsen runs world record marathon (2:19:01.8)
1925 New York Giant Hack Wilson hits 2 home runs in 3rd inning beating Phillies, 16-7
1924 Harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs)
1924 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 4 mile (19:15.4) and 5 mile (24:06.2)
1924 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:06.2)
1924 New York Giants George Kelly is 1st to hit home runs in 6 cons games
1924 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 1500m (3:52.6)
1924 Madhussudan Rege, cricketer, 15 runs in only Test India vs. WI 1948-49
1923 Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a World Series game
1923 Yankees Everett Scott runs his consecutive-game streak to 1,138
1923 Albin Stenroos runs world record 20 km (1:07:11.2)
1923 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3 mile (14:11.2)
1923 Kenneth Rickards, cricketer, WI batsman two Tests 104 runs
1923 Paavo Nurmi runs world record mile (4:10.4)
1923 John Holt, Jr., cricketer, WI batsman in 17 Tests, 1066 runs at 36 75
1923 Carl Mays gave up 13 runs and 20 hits in 13-0 lose to Indians
1923 Cleveland Indians beat Boston Red Sox 27-3 with 13 runs in 6th inning
1923 10 home runs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St. Louis Cardinals
1923 George Bean, cricketer, 92 runs in 3 Tests for Eng vs. Aust
1922 Catcher Butch Henline is 1st NLer to hit 3 home runs in a game since 1897
1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:35.4)
1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000m (5:26.3)
1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:28.6)
1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:28.2)
1921 Yankee Ruth hits home runs 57 and 58 to beat Indians 8-7
1921 Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs
1921 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:40.2)
1921 Yanks' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs beating Tigers 11-8
1921 Charles Paddock runs world record 100m (10.4 secs)
1921 Steamer "Hong Koh" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000
1921 Billy Gunn, cricket (score 392 runs for Eng including a century), dies
1920 Ruth ties his record of 29 home runs in a season
1919 Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a game for his 1st of 72 times
1919 Brooklyn Dodgers score 10 runs in 13th to beat Reds 10-0
1917 Telephone Co runs 1st ad for Army operators, gets 7,000 applicants
1913 Pirates Max Carey goes hitless, but scores 5 runs against Phillies
1913 Alexis Ahlgren runs world record maraton (2:36:06.6)
1913 Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2)
1913 German passenger ship Imperator runs aground
1912 Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record marathon (2:29:39.2)
1912 Kenneth McArthur runs Olympic record marathon (2:36:54.8)
1912 Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record 5000m (14:36.6)
1912 Donald Lippincott runs world record 100m (10.6)
1909 Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6)
1909 Frederick Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31)
1909 Robert Fowler runs world record marathon (2:46:52.6)
1909 Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4)
1908 Donald [George] Bradman, Australian cricketer, 6,996 runs
1908 Queensland beat NSW by 171 runs for their 1st cricket win at Gabba
1904 Chuck Klein, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Philadelphia Phillies, 43 home runs in 1929
1903 Niagera Falls runs out of water because of a drought
1903 Due to drought the U.S. side of Niagara Falls runs short of water
1902 Australia beat England by 3 runs at Old Trafford
1902 Cleveland is 1st AL team to hit 3 consecutive home runs in same inning
1902 Minor League's most lopsided baseball game: Corsicana 51; Texarkana 3 Justin Clark of Corsicana, Texas minors hits 8 home runs in 1 game
1901 Indians score 9 runs after 2 outs in 9th to beat Senators 14-13
1901 In last of 9th, Detroit Tigers, trailing by 13-4, score 10 runs to win one of greatest comebacks in baseball (1st game in Detroit)
1900 Otto Nothling, cricketer, Test for Australia 1928, 52 runs aver 26
1897 New York Sun runs famous "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus," editorial
1896 Ed Delahanty, becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 4 home runs in a game
1894 England beat Australia by 10 runs in the 1st six-day Test Cricket
1894 Bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 home runs in 1 baseball game
1893 1st auto built in U.S. (by Duryea brothers) runs in Springfield
1893 Arthur Shrewsbury is 1st to score 1,000 runs in Test Cricket
1889 F R Foster, cricketer, 330 runs and 45 wickets for England
1886 Guy Hecker scores 7 runs in 1 game
1883 New York Giants score 13 runs in an inning against Phillies
1882 Jack Hobbs, cricketer, 1st-class runs, the most ever
1882 Australia beat England by 7 runs "Death of English cricket"
1881 200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla Mexico
1880 Charlie Jones becomes 1st to hit 2 home runs in 1 inning
1877 Australia beat England by 45 runs in very 1st Test match
1876 1st to hit 2 HRs; and score 5 runs in 9 inn NL game (George Hall, A's)
1864 Confederate warship CSS Alabama runs into harbor of Cherbourg
1862 Confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London
1859 Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die
1857 Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs
1844 Canada defeat USA by 23 runs in the 1st cricket international
1830 1st locomotive in U.S., "Tom Thumb," runs from Balt to Ellicotts Mill
1816 French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas
1804 1st locomotive, Richard Trevithick's, runs for 1st time, in Wales
1765 Adm Nelsons sailboat HMS Victory runs aground
1678 French adm Jean d'Estrees' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curaeao
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