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Selected
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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