2005 Lance Armstrong retires after winning his 7th straight Tours de France
2001 Beatrice Straight, actress, Network, dies at 82
2000 Richard Farnsworth, actor/stunt man, The Straight Story, dies at 80
1997 Cleve Marquis Grissom hit in his 15th straight World Series game (streak ends at 15, he is 2nd to Hank Baur with 17)
1997 New York Rangers are 1st NHL team to open with 4 straight ties
1997 Yanks break Minnesota Twins Brad Radke's string of 12 straight wins
1997 White Sox Frank Thomas reaches base safely for 15th straight time
1997 Cubs beat New York Mets ending NL worst opening, lost 14 straight games
1996 Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yanks win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses)
1996 New York Yankees set record by coming back from 6-0 in World Series game to beat Atlanta Braves 8-6, also set record of 7th straight road win
1996 New York Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)
1996 Cigar wins record 16th straight win, (ties Citation in 1940)
1995 Cal Ripken, Jr. breaks Gehrig's record, plays in 2,131 straight games
1995 Cal Ripken, Jr. ties Gehrig's record of playing in 2,130 straight games
1995 Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59)
1993 Tom Glavine wins 20 games in 3 straight years
1993 Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. is 3rd to hit home runs in 8 straight games
1993 New York Met Anthony Young loses record 27th straight
1993 New York Met Anthony Young, loses his 26th straight game, goes to 27
1993 New York Met Anthony Young loses a record 25th straight game (goes to 27)
1993 New York Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game
1993 New York Met Anthony Young ties record of 23rd straight lose
1993 Ottawa Senators win 1st road game (Islanders) after 38 straight loses
1992 New York Jet Al Toon becomes 10th NFL to catch a pass in 100 straight games
1992 Atlanta Braves wins 2nd straight NL West title
1992 Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title
1992 A's Dennis Eckersley sets record of 26th straight save of season
1992 Despite trailing 7-1, New York Yanks tie Milwaukee Brewers and then score 1 in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game
1992 New York Yankees play in their 4th straight extra inning game
1990 Oakland A's clinch 3rd straight AL West title
1990 Pete Sampras ends Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight U.S. Open final
1990 NBC decides to air episodes of "Quantum Leap" for 5 straight days
1990 Pat Lafontaine sets New York Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight
1989 Vince Coleman, record streak stopped at 50 straight stolen bases
1989 Susan Lucci loses daytime emmy for 10th straight year
1989 NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers win 22nd straight home game
1988 Walt Weiss wins AL rookie of year (3rd straight for Oakland A's)
1988 Boston Red Sox win AL record 24 straight home games
1988 Baltimore Orioles win record 14th straight from beginning of season
1987 Red Sox Wade Boggs ties AL record of 200 hits for 5 straight seasons
1987 Vince Coleman steals his 100th base for 3rd straight year
1987 Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit home runs in 7 straight AL games (en route to 8)
1987 Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season and ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8)
1987 Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season
1987 Brewers score 5 runs in 9th to win 6-4 and record 12th straight AL win
1987 Bob Land wins his 6th straight Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race
1987 Wayne Gretzky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title
1986 Islander Mike Bossy, 1st NHLer to score 50 goals in 9 straight seasons
1985 New York Islander Mike Bossy is 1st to score 50 goals in 8 straight seasons
1984 Detroit Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game
1984 Detroit Tigers win AL record tying 16th straight road game
1984 Buffalo Sabres win NHL record 10th straight road game
1983 Philadelphia Flyers win 13th straight NHL game
1983 Oakland's Rickey Henderson 3rd straight 100 steals for season
1982 Atlanta Braves win record 12th straight from beginning of season
1982 Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game
1982 Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Astros)
1982 New York Islanders wins then NHL record 15th straight game
1982 Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins
1980 John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg stage one of the greatest U.S. Open finals as 21 year old McEnroe fends off Borg to win his 2nd straight title
1980 New York Yankee Bob Watson hits Seattle Kingdome speaker, 2nd straight day
1980 Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat
1979 Milwaukee Brewers lose 5-0 ending 213 straight games without a shutout
1979 A's Matt Keough A's beats Brewers 6-1 for 1st win after 14 straight losses, ended 1978 with 4 loses (1 shy of the record 19)
1978 Yanks win 3rd straight AL Championship, all against Kansas City
1978 Yanks win 3rd straight AL East beating Red Sox 5-4 in a playoff game. Guidry wins #25 aided by Dent's homer and Pinella's fielding
1978 Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years
1978 Jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores 10 straight dead center strikes on a 4" disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia
1978 Reggie Jackson returns and helps Yankees win their 5th straight
1977 Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title
1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors" is #1 for 19th straight week
1977 Nolan Ryan strikes out 300 batters for 5th straight year
1977 For 2nd straight day, Oakland's Manny Sanguillen foils a no-hit bid
1977 Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose
1976 Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award
1976 New York Yankee Thurman Munson ties World Series mark of 6 straight singles
1976 90th U.S. Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats E Goolagong Cawley (63 60) Evonne Goolagong loses her 4th straight U.S. Open Final (Evert wins)
1976 Baltimore Oriole Reggie Jackson homers in 6th straight game
1976 Philadelphia Flyers win record tying 20th straight NHL home game
1975 Mike Vail extends hitting streak ton rookie-record 23 straight game
1975 Washington Caps win 1st game on road after 37 straight road loses also
1975 Washington Capitals play record NHL 37th road game without a win and NHL record of 17 straight loses
1974 Milwaukee Bucks lose their 11th straight NBA game (team record)
1974 Oakland A's beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 71st World Series makes A's only team other than Yanks to win 3 straight series
1973 UCLA wins their 7th straight NCAA basketball title
1973 Bernice Fekete skips her curling rink to 2nd straight 8-ender, Edm
1972 Chic Cub Ferguson Jenkins wins his 20th game for 6th straight year
1972 Phillies Steve Carlton wins his 15th straight game
1972 Los Angeles Lakers 33 straight win streak snapped, losing to Bucks 120-104
1971 Brooks Robinson ties Series record, reaches base 5 straight times
1971 Boston Bruins win 13th straight NHL game
1971 Milwaukee Bucks win their 20th straight NBA game (team record)
1970 Roberto Clemente compiles his record 2nd straight 5-hit game
1970 Baltimore defeats Kansas City 10-8, Orioles 23rd straight win over the Royals
1970 Cincinnati Red Stockings loses 1st game after winning 130 straight
1970 U.S.S.R. wins its 8th straight world hockey championship
1969 Atlanta's 10th straight win, clinches NL West pennant
1968 Carl Yastrzemski .3005 avg wins his 2nd straight batting crown
1968 Don Drysdale pitches his 6th straight shutout, en route to 58 innings
1968 Cubs Billy Williams sets outfielder record of 695 straight game
1968 Frank Howard belts record 8th HR in 5th straight game
1967 Phillies Larry Jackson beats New York Mets for 18th straight time
1967 Curt Flood's record 568 straight chances without an error ends (227 straight games)
1967 Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers
1966 Cleveland ties record with 10th straight win since Opening Day
1966 Atlanta Braves win NL-record 18 straight home games (17 in Milwaukee)
1965 Robert Mitera aces 447-yd 10th hole at Miracle Hills, Omaha, Nebr to score world's longest straight hole-in-one
1965 Los Angeles Dodger Don Drysdale (23-12) wins 13th straight game, 7 by shutouts
1965 Willie Mays's 500th HR (off Don Nottebart), Giants 11th straight win
1965 Braves 2nd straight one-hitter against the Mets
1965 Curt Flood's record of 568 straight chances without an error begins
1964 Yankees clinch their 5th straight pennant, and 29th in club's history
1964 Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place
1964 St. Louis Card Curt Flood gets 8 straight hits in a doubleheader
1964 Oriole Bob Johnson's 6th straight hit as a pinch hitter
1962 Paula Abdul, born in Van Nuys, California, singer and choreographer, Straight Up
1962 New York Mets tiea NL record by losing 9 straight to start season
1962 Pirates tie then record of 10 straight wins to start season
1961 Whitey Ford's 3rd straight World Series shutout
1961 Phillies set then dubious record of 23 straight loses, beat Braves
1961 Philadelphia Phillies lose 17th straight game
1961 Phillies lose 1st of 23 straight games
1961 Ryne Duren sets AL record with 7 straight strikeouts against Red Sox
1959 Phils' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit
1959 13th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics sweep Minnesota Lakers in 4 games Boston Celtics wins 8th straight title
1959 Boston Celtic's Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throws
1958 Michael Madsen, Chicago, actor, Reservoir Dogs, Straight Talk
1958 Dorothy Straight, 4 year old author, How World Begun
1956 Cincinnati Red pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins
1956 Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs
1956 Dale Long becomes 1st to hit home runs in 8 straight games
1956 Pirate Dale Long hits 9th-inning HR, 1st HR in 8 straight games
1955 After playing 274 straight games at 2nd base, Nellie Fox is given a day off he comes back next 798 consecutive games
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season
1954 Pat Travers, rock guitarist, Puttin' it Straight
1953 Yanks clinch 5th straight pennant with 8-5 win over Indians
1953 Yanks sweep Indians 6-2, 3-0 before 74,708 win streak at 18 straight
1952 Yanks clinch 4th straight and 19th AL pennant, beating A's 5-2
1952 Rocky Marciano defeated Lee Savold for his 39th straight win
1951 Cleveland Indians win 16th straight home game
1950 University of Miami ends William and Mary straight tennis match victories at 82
1949 Brenda Sykes, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, actress, Ozzie's Girls, Getting Straight
1947 Bobo Newsom wins 200th game, 1st as a Yankee and Yanks 18th straight In nightcap Vic Rashi extends streak to 19
1946 Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yanks 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam
1946 Wash's Cecil Travis gets 6 straight hits before being stopped
1945 Tigers and A's both have 7 straight games postponed due to rain
1941 Joe Dimaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th straight game
1941 After winning 20 straight at Fenway, Lefty Grove loses to Browns
1940 Matthias Habich, actor, Straight to the Heart, A Corps Perdu
1940 Mont Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home
1939 Don Lash wins 6th straight AAU cross-country 10K championship
1939 New York Yankees sweep Reds in 36th World Series, 4th straight WS win
1939 SA wicketkeeper Bradman gets his 6th straight ton, 135* vs. NSW
1938 New York Yankees sweep Cubs in 35th World Series, 3rd straight WS win
1938 Baseball's Pinky Higgins gets 12th straight hit
1936 Carl Hubbell's 1st start of season is his 17th straight win
1935 U.S. captures Davis Cup for 7th straight year
1934 Claude Jarman, Jr., born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Rio Grande, Inside Straight
1934 Tigers' Goose Goslin grounds into 4 straight double plays
1933 Lou Gehrig breaks record by playing in his 1,308th straight game
1932 Yanks 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland and Boston
1932 Sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title
1931 World Series is a rematch as A's seek 3rd straight title vs Cards
1931 Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game (.3486) Jim Bottomley (.3481)
1931 Philadelphia A's Lefty Grove, loses 1-0 (Browns) after winning 16 straight
1931 Philadelphia Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses
1930 2nd time in 1930, Chuck Klein of Phillies hits in 26 straight games
1930 Chuck Klein sets Phillies hitting streak at 26 straight games
1930 Boston Bruins wins then NHL record 14th straight game
1929 Chicago Black Hawks shut-out for NHL record 8th straight game
1929 Chicago Blackhawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home
1929 Ulu Grosbard, Belgium, actor, Straight Time, Georgia, Falling in Love
1927 Peter Falk, born in Ossining, New York, actor, Colombo, Scared Straight
1926 U.S. defeats France for their 7th straight Davis Cup championship
1925 Bill Tilden wins 6th straight U.S. tennis championship
1924 Giants clinch their 4th straight pennant, beating Phils 5-1
1923 U.S. beats Australia in tennis, for their 4th straight Davis Cup
1923 Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in New York City
1922 St. Louis Brown Hub Pruett strikes out Babe Ruth 3 straight times
1921 Babe Ruth starts streak of an extra-base hit in 9 straight games
1919 Yanks and Senators play 2nd straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15
1917 Pittsburgh Pirates play 4th straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee sets record of 11 at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Dodgers
1916 Beatrice Straight, Old Westbury, New York, actress, Poltergeist, Nun's Story
1914 Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves
1914 Jeff Corey, born in New York City, actor, Getting Straight, Superman and Mole Men
1913 After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk
1912 Red Sox pitcher Joe Wood ties then record of 16 straight wins
1912 Giants Rube Marquard loses after winning 21 straight
1911 New York Giant Christy Mathewson loses after beating Reds 22 straight times
1911 Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game. Does not get a hit next day
1906 New York Highlanders win 5th straight doubleheader
1906 New York Highlanders win 6th game in 3 days from Washington (3 straight DHs)
1906 Chicago White Sox win 19th straight, beating Washington Senators
1906 After 20 straight wins, Boston Pilgrims lose to Chicago White Sox 3-0
1905 Giant's Christy Mathewson's 3rd straight World Series shutout
1903 Phillies suffer record 9th straight posponed game
1900 Emerson Treacy, Philadelphia, actor, California Straight Ahead
1900 Dodgers' Brickyard Kennedy walks 6 straight Phillies
1892 Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories
1887 Phillies set club record 16th straight victory
1821 Alexander Peter "Old Straight" Stewart, Lieutenant General Confederate Army
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