2011 Event The Nobel Prize for Physics is awarded to Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam Riess, for their work on the accelerating expansion of the universe 2011 Event Google awards its outgoing CEO Eric Schmidt $100 million 1995 Event Richie Ashburn and Mike Schmidt enter basaeball's Hall of Fame 1995 Event Mike Schmidt is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame 1994 Death Schmidt Hans Burkhardt, artist, dies at 89 1990 Event Philadelphia Phillies retire Mike Schmidt's uniform #20 1989 Event Despite retiring May 29, Mike Schmidt elected to start All Star game 1989 Event Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt, 39, retires 1988 Event Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies and New York Mets end that game at 2:13 AM 1988 Event Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th home run into 7th place 1988 Event Mike Schmidt hits his 535th home run, moving into 8th place 1987 Event Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams and Willie McCovey with 522 home runs 1987 Event Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run vs Robinson-Pirates 1986 Event Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins NL MVP 1982 Event West Germany's Parliament ousts Helmut Schmidt for Helmut Kohl 1981 Event Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins his 2nd consecutive NL MVP 1981 Event Phils Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career home run off New York Met Mike Scott 1980 Event Mike Schmidt is unanimous choice as NL MVP 1980 Event Mike Schmidt's 2-run home run clinches NL East title for Phillies 1980 Event West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt visits Moscow 1979 Death Arno Schmidt, German writer, author, translator, individualist, solipsist, admired for colloquial language style and theory of etyms he developed in magnum opus, titled Zettels Traum, dies at 65 1976 Event NL greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 Phillies win 18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive home runs 1975 Event Phillies Mike Schmidt's 2 home runs ties NL record of 11 home runs in April 1974 Birthday Christian Schmidt, actor, Mullers Buro 1974 Event Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker on Astrodome roof 1974 Event Helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor 1973 Birthday Jason Schmidt, Lewiston ID, pitcher, Atlanta Braves 1971 Birthday Jeff Schmidt, U.S. baseball pitcher for the California Angels 1966 Death Kasimir Edschmid, Karl E Schmidt, German writer, dies at 75 1963 Birthday Blaine Schmidt, CFL offensive linebacker for the Hamilton Tiger Cats 1963 Event Maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars 1961 Birthday Alexander Payne, born in Omaha, Nebraska, film director, screenwriter, co-wrote, 'About Schmidt' and 'I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry' 1960 Event Harvey Schmidt/Tom Jones' musical "Fantasticks," premieres in New York City 1958 Event San Francisco Giants Hank Sauer and B Schmidt are 2nd to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1956 Death Karl L Schmidt, German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum), dies at 64 1953 Birthday Kate Schmidt, U.S. javelin thrower 1972 Olympics bronze 1951 Death Bobel, Braune, Naumann, Ohlendorf, Pohl, Schallenmair and Otto Schmidt, Nazi war criminals, hanged 1949 Birthday Mike Schmidt, born in Dayton, Ohio, 3rd baseman and home run hitter, Phillies 1947 Birthday Timothy B Schmidt, born in Oakland California, rocker, Eagles 1944 Event German troops reconquer Schmidt Hurtgenwald 1944 Event U.S. 28th Infantry division occupies Schmidt Hurtgenwald 1944 Event U.S. 28th Infantry division opens assault on Schmidt Hurtgenwald 1944 Birthday Stanley Schmidt, American Writer 1943 Death Gustav Schmidt, German Lieutenant-General, dies in battle 1943 Death Fritz Schmidt, Nazi commissioner in Holland, commits suicide at 39 1942 Birthday Daniel Winslow Schmidt, composer 1939 Death Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 64 1937 Birthday Irmin Schmidt, rocker, Can 1936 Birthday Annerose Schmidt, East German pianist 1935 Death Bernard Schmidt, inventor (Schmidt camera), dies 1932 Birthday Joe Schmidt, NFL Hall of Fame linebacker, Detroit Lions 1932 Birthday Joe Schmidt, NFL Hall-of-Famer 1929 Birthday Maarten Schmidt, Netherlands/U.S. astronomer, quasars 1929 Birthday Harvey Lester Schmidt, composer 1918 Birthday Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany, SPD, 1974- 1914 Birthday Arno Schmidt, born in Hamburg, Germany, German writer, author, translator, individualist, solipsist, admired for colloquial language style and theory of etyms he developed in magnum opus, titled Zettels Traum 1911 Birthday Annie M G Schmidt, writer, Fam Doorsnee, Jip and Janneke 1910 Birthday Willi Schmidt, Germany, director 1909 Birthday Alfred Uhl, born in Austria, composer, professor, studied at Vienna Music Academy with Franz Schmidt, vibrant style combined neo-classicism, atonality, serialism, works include concerto for clarinet and orchestra 1903 Birthday Fritz Schmidt, German street photographer 1902 Death Auguste Schmidt, German teacher/feminist, dies at 68 1897 Birthday Willie Corsari, Wilhelmina A Schmidt, Dutch writer 1891 Birthday Karl L Schmidt, German/Swiss theologist, Urchristentum 1882 Death Gustav Schmidt, composer, dies at 65 1874 Birthday Franz Schmidt, composer 1868 Birthday Wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist/linguist, Anthropos 1853 Death Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73 1833 Birthday Auguste Schmidt, German teacher/feminist 1816 Birthday Gustav Schmidt, composer 1806 Birthday Max Stirner, Johann C Schmidt, German philosopher, Der Einzige 1793 Death Johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51 1779 Birthday Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer 1741 Birthday Johann Michael Schmidt, composer 1728 Death Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer, dies at 63 1712 Birthday Georg F Schmidt, German engraver/etcher 1664 Birthday Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer
