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1998 Helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92

1991 Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees

1988 10th time, 4 players hit baseball major-league record grand slams

1987 Yanks blow 11-4 lead but trailing 14-11 Dave Winfield's 8th inning grand slammer beats Toronto 15-14; Mattingly also grand slams

1987 Cubs and Astro tie Oriole and Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game

1986 Pitcher Bob Forsch grand slams to lead Cards to a 5-4 win over Pirates

1986 Orioles, Dwyer and Sheets, and Rangers, Harrah, hit record 3 grand slams

1981 180 dies as Yugoslav DC-9 jetliner slams into a mountain

1980 Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper and Money hit grand slams)

1978 Phillies Dave Johnson is 1st to hit 2 pinch hit grand slams in a year

1970 Frank Robinson hits 2 grand slams as Orioles beat Senators 12-2

1966 Brave pitcher Tony Cloninger, is 1st NL to hit 2 grand slams in a game

1962 Minn Twins Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn and Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning

1962 Umrigar slams 172* vs. WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes

1961 Jim Gentile's ties record of 5 grand slams in a year

1961 Baltimore Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minnesota Twins

1961 Jim Gentile is 4th to hit grand slams in consecutive innings

1960 Record 4 grand slams hit today

1949 Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit

1946 Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game, gets 10 RBIs

1939 Red Sox Jim Tabor hits 2 grand slams in 1 game

1936 Tony Lazerri 2 grand slams (11 RBIs); Ben Chapman sets record by reaching 1st 7 times safely, Yanks beat A's 25-2

1935 A hurricane slams Florida Keys killing 423

1930 Lou Gehrig grand slams as Yanks beat Red Sox 14-13

1929 Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games

1927 Babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games



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