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1998 Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1997 Phillies 3rd baseman Scott Rolen selected unanimous Rookie of Year 1997 Athen's Greece selected for 2004 Olympics 1995 Mario Tremblay, selected 22nd NHL coach of Montreal Canadians 1994 Miss India (Sushmita Sen) selected Miss Universe 1993 Janet Reno selected by Clinton as U.S. Attorney General 1991 New York Yankees selected 19-year-old Brien Taylor, #1 in amateur draft 1988 Michael Dukakis selected Democratic presidential nominee 1984 Cubs Rick Sutcliffe, selected as a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young 1981 Seoul, South Korea is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics 1979 Warren Giles and Hack Wilson selected to baseball Hall of Fame 1976 Oscar Charleston selected to baseball's the Hall of Fame 1975 William "Judy" Johnson selected to baseball Hall of Fame 1972 Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard selected to Hall of Fame 1972 Lefty Gomez, Ross Youngs and William Harridge selected for Hall of Fame 1967 Red Ruffing selected to Hall of Fame 1966 Frank Robinson selected AL MVP 1966 1st black selected for President cabinet (Lyndon Baines Johnson selects Robert C Weaver-HUD) 1964 Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, and Miller Huggins are selected to Hall of Fame 1957 Tony Kubek of the Yanks selected as AL Rookie of the Year 1952 A's Harry Byrd selected AL Rookie of Year 1950 Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer selected as Manager of Year 1950 Walt Dropo of Boston Red Sox selected AL Rookie of Year 1949 Tiger 2nd baseman Charlie Gehringer selected to Hall of Fame 1948 Player-manager Lou Boudreau is selected AL MVP 1945 San Francisco selected for site of United Nations Conference 1943 General Eisenhower selected to command the allied armies in Europe 1942 Rogers Hornsby is 14th player selected to the Hall of Fame 1935 Gabby Hartnett selected NL MVP 1935 Hank Greenberg selected AL MVP unanimously 1906 London selected to host 1908 Olympics 1899 Conrad Aiken, U.S., poet/short story writer/critic, Selected Poems 1896 Dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks 1786 Abraham Baldwin selected president of University of Georgia 573 Gregory of Tours selected bishop of Tours

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