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1997 Rocker Rick Danko gets suspended sentence in Japan for drug smuggling
1996 Orioles' Roberto Alomar suspended 5 games for spitting at ump 1995 Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days 1994 New York Met Pitcher Dwight Gooden suspended for 60 days due to drug charges 1993 Marge Schott suspended from baseball for 1 year due to racism 1993 Cincinnati Red owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments 1992 Yankee pitcher Pascual Perez suspended for 1 year due to cocaine 1991 Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long loses his steroids appeal and is suspended without pay by NFL for 4 weeks 1991 Atlanta's Otis Nixon suspended for rest of 1991 due to cocaine 1991 Norm Charlton suspended for 7 days for intentionally hitting Steve Scioscia with a pitch 1991 Dana Plato receives 6 yr suspended sentence for robbing a video store 1991 Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession and distribution of illegal narcotics 1991 Argentine soocer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use 1990 New York Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur 1990 "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine 1989 Cards outfielder Leon Durham suspended for 60 days due to drugs 1989 Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling 1988 Expos Pitcher Floyd Youmans suspended for 60 days due to drugs 1988 Doughnutgate incident: New Jersey Devils' coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee Don Koharski to 'eat another doughnut you fat pig!,' he is suspended 1988 Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump 1987 Fiji's constitution is suspended 1986 Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs 1986 Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 and suspended for 10 weeks 1985 Cards' Joaquin Andujar suspended for 10 games for bumping an ump 1984 Kuhn announces Vida Blue is suspended due to cocaine conviction 1984 Pitcher Vida Blue suspended for rest of 1984 due to drug use 1984 Braves pitcher Pascual Perez suspended due to cocaine usage 1983 3 Kansas City Royals suspended due to cocaine usage 1983 Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use 1981 Longest game in Fenway Park, suspended in 19, Mariners-7, Red Sox-7 1981 Mariners manager Maury Wills is suspended for 2 games after ordering Seattle's grounds crew to enlarge batter's boxes by one foot 1981 Rochester Red Wings and Pawtucket Red Sox play to 2-2 tie in 32 innings, game suspended at 4:07 AM (Pawtucket later wins in 33rd) 1977 Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada 1974 South Africa suspended from United Nations General Assembly over racial policies 1972 Lerrin LaGrow Campy, who had been hit by a pitch, is fined and suspended 1971 George Harrison is fined and his driving license is suspended for 1 year 1970 AL Cy Young winner Denny McLain suspended for bookmaking 1966 Walt Disney, animator, dies at 65, put in suspended animation 1965 U.S. - Japan baseball relations suspended over Masanori Murakami dispute 1964 Bo Belinsky is suspended after attacking sportswriter Braven Dyer 1963 Paul McCartney is fined 31 pounds and his license is suspended for one year for speeding 1962 Some provisions of Kuwaiti constitution are suspended 1959 Giants Jim Hearn allows 2 runs against Pirates, game is suspended, Hearn is released and charged with loss 2 months after his retirement 1956 Autherine J Lucy admitted to University of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot 1955 Maurice "Rocket" Richard suspended, sparks 7 hour riot in Montreal 1951 AL alters its restrictions on night games, adopting NL's suspended game rule and lifting its ban on lights for Sunday games 1946 Giants Filchock and Hapes suspended by NFL, didn't report bribe attempt 1946 Spain suspended from UN 1945 A's catcher George George punches ump Joe Rue gets suspended 1944 Browns Nelson Potter is 1st pitcher suspended for throwing spitballs 1942 New York Yankees Frank Crosetti shoves ump Bill Summers in World Series, he is fined $200 and suspended for 1st 30 days of 1943 season 1940 Leo Durocher suspended from Ebbetts Field for "inciting a riot" 1934 In India, Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience 1933 Lou Gehrig and Joe McCarthy thrown out of game, McCarthy suspended 3 games but Gehrig isn't, so he continues his streak at 1,249 games 1923 Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in New York City 1922 Babe Ruth suspended 1 day and fined $200 for throwing dirt on an ump 1922 Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel, suspended on October 16, 1921, by Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, return to the New York lineup and go hitless 1918 Tris Speaker suspended for season due to assault on ump Tom Connolly 1912 Hamilton Alerts suspended by ORFU for refusing to field a full team in a replay of a protested game 1912 Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a New York Highlander game and is suspended 1909 Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years 1901 Joe McGinnity, suspended from NL for punching and spitting on an ump 1808 Political rights of Jews suspended in Duchy of Warsaw 1561 By Edict of Orleans persecution of French Huguenots is suspended |
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