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 In spring training, Ted Williams breaks his collarbone
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 Yanks 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
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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