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1993 Marlins beat Astros 12-8 in their 1st spring training game
1993 Florida Marlins open their 1st spring training camp 1992 Ground breaking of Florida Marlins 7,500 seat spring training stadium 1992 Professional Spring Football League begins 1991 Martha Graham, U.S., choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96 1990 Jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at 60 1987 New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl 1982 Sarah Churchill, actress (Royal Wedding, Spring Meeting), dies at 67 1978 Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training) 1976 Dominique Dawes, Silver Spring, Maryland, gymnast, Olympics-gold/brz-92, 96 1976 Owners announce spring training won't open without a labor contract 1975 Lillian Fontaine, actress (Suddenly it's Spring), dies at 88 1972 Susan Alexander, born in Silver Spring, Maryland, Miss America Maryland, 1997 1971 Spring Byington, actress (Lily Ruskin-December Bride), dies at 84 1968 Mark Lenz, U.S., 3m spring diver 1992 Olympics gold 1967 Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canada, tennis player/actress, Spring Fever 1966 Ronna Reeves, Big Spring TX 1966 Julianna Margulies, born in Spring Valley, New York, actress, Carol Hathaway-ER 1965 Emmanuelle Beart, born in St. Tropez, France, actress, Manon of the Spring 1965 Crystal Chappell, born in Silver Spring, Maryland, actress, Carly "Days of our Lives" 1965 Howard Spring, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76 1964 Rachel L Carson, U.S. biologist/author (Silent spring), dies at 56 1964 Brady Anderson, born in Silver Spring, Maryland, outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles 1963 Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training 1961 Jim Laver Carter, born in Spring Lake, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1995 Anheuser-Busch 1958 Christopher Cass, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, actor, Jack Forbes-Loving 1958 KDUH TV channel 4 in Scottsbluff-Hay Spring, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast 1956 AL plans to test automatic intentional walk during spring training 1956 KWAB TV channel 4 in Big Spring, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Tracy [Raye] Hickman, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragons of Spring Dawning 1954 WMTW TV channel 8 in Portland-Poland Spring, ME (ABC) begins 1954 Ted Williams fractures collarbone in 1st game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War 1952 34th PGA Championship: Jim Turnesa at Big Spring CC Louisville 1950 Susan Anton, Oak Glen California, actress, Golden Girl, Spring Fever 1950 Dick Spring, Irish Politician 1950 Daniel Auteuil, Algeria, actor, Elegant Criminal, Manon of Spring 1948 Yankees and Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17, spring training game 1948 Margaret [Edith] Weis, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragons of Spring Dawning 1946 Richard Spring, British MP 1946 "Day Before Spring" closes at National Theater New York City after 167 performances 1945 "Day before Spring" opens at National Theater New York City for 167 performances 1945 Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain, New York 1944 Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring," premieres in Washington D.C. 1944 Sherwood C "Woody" Spring, Hartford, Connecticut, Col USA/astronaut, STS-61B 1931 Gunnel Lindblom, Goeteborg Sweden, actor, Hunger, Virgin Spring 1931 Spring training site of New York Yankees in St. Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager 1929 Leroy Van Dyke, Spring Fork, Missouri, country singer, Walk on By 1929 June Carter Cash, born in Maces Spring, Virginia, country singer, Johnny Cash Show 1927 Maurice Bejart, France, ballet choreographer, Rite of Spring 1913 J. J. Pickle, born in Big Spring, Texas, Representative-D-Texas 1963 - 1995 1907 Rachel Louise Carson, biologist/ecologist/writer, Silent Spring 1905 Anthony Powell, England, novelist, Infants of Spring 1904 8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring of New York in 2:38:04.4 1902 William D Revelli, Spring Gulch Colorado, band leader 1900 Aaron Copeland, Brooklyn, composer, Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring 1894 Martha Graham, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, choreographer, Appalachian Spring 1889 Howard Spring, British author/novelist/writer/critic, O Absalom 1886 Spring Byington, Colorado Springs, actress, Lily Ruskin-December Bride 1886 Lillian Fontaine, Reading England, actress, Suddenly it's Spring 1882 Igor Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer, Rite of Spring, 1882 Igor Stravinsky, born in Oranienbaum Russia, composer, Rite of Spring 1865 Battle of Bluff Spring, Florida 1864 Battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee (Thomason's Station) 1862 Battle of Holly Spring, MS 1862 Battle of Hooly Spring, MS 1862 Battle of Holly Spring, MS 1862 Battle of Holly Spring, MS |
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