1997 U.N. pulls out arms inspection teams from Iraq
1997 Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams
1995 1st meeting of NBA expansion teams, Raptors beat Grizzlies 93-81
1995 1st CFL game between 2 U.S. teams, Las Vegas Posse vs. Sacramento Gold
1995 26 HNL teams unanimously ratify agreement to end NHL strike
1992 New York Yankee Scott Sanderson becomes 9th to beat all 26 teams
1992 Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (New York Yanks 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yanks score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2
1991 Joe Carter is 1st to have 3 consec 100-RBI seasons with 3 differ teams
1991 Joe Coleman 3rd 100 RBI season in a row 3 teams (Cleve, SD and Toronto)
1991 With New York Yankee victory, 10 of 14 AL teams are at .500 or better
1991 NFL Owners agree to add 2 teams in 1994
1990 NL releases short list of teams for 1993 NL expansion
1990 Calif's Chuck Finley and Seattle's Randy Johnson combine to pitch a no-hitter in exhibition game between U.S. and Japanese all-star teams
1990 NL announces plans to expand from 12 to 14 teams for 1993 season
1989 Nolan Ryan becomes 2nd pitcher to defeat all 26 teams
1988 Nolan Ryan is 7th to win 100 game on 2 teams, as Astro beat Mets 6-3
1985 Baseball's new agreement permits 2 new NL teams in 1993
1984 NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams
1979 NHL votes to accept 4 WHA teams (Oilers, Jets, Nordiques and Whalers)
1979 2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period
1978 NASL realligns its 24 teams into 6 divisions
1978 1st 6 teams of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, NJ, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota and Dayton
1977 KC releases Tommy Davis, ends an 18-year career with 10 teams
1976 South Africa decides to allow multi-racial teams to represent them
1973 San Francisco 49er President Lou Spadia proposes NFL expand to 30 teams
1972 U.S. Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to U.S.S.R. (disputed)
1972 NCAA announces freshman can play on teams starting in fall
1970 Reds clout 7 home runs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 HRs, 6 for one team and 9 different batters for two teams, all tie or set records
1970 NBA expands to 18 teams with Buffalo, Cleveland, Houston and Portland
1969 Expansion teams Royals, Expos, Padres and Pilots win their 1st games
1968 U.S. pro soccer 14 teams merged into 1 all star team
1968 NL owners approve expansion for 2 new teams
1967 Seattle awarded one of the 2 AL expansion franchise teams
1967 AL votes to allow Athletics to move from Kansas City to Oakland and expand league to 12 teams in 1971 with Kansas City and Seattle teams
1964 Phils bomb Reds 10-0 as both teams finish one game behind St. Louis
1964 North Carolina high school basketball teams play to 56-54 score in 13 overtime
1959 AFL announced with 8 teams
1959 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams Teams reenact the original contest
1959 Ranjan Madugalle, cricketer, pioneer of Sri Lanka's Test teams
1957 All NL teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is 1st black on Phillies
1955 Jane Crafter, born in Perth, Australia, golfer, 1987 JC Penney Mixed Teams
1955 Sandy Koufax fans 14 Reds, both teams combine for record 23 strikeouts
1950 Browns lose to Giants, setting club record for fewest points scored by both teams (tied in 1979), New York 6, Cleveland 0
1946 11 Basketball of America Association teams meet to schedule 1st season
1943 Teams agrees to start season later due to WW II
1939 James Deacon White, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi), dies at 91
1935 1st time brothers on opposing teams hit HRs, Tony and Al Cuccunello
1933 1st time, brothers on opposite teams homer in the same game. Red Sox
1931 Round-robin playoff among New York City's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants and Yanks
1924 Carl Mays is 1st pitcher to win 20 games seasons for 3 different teams
1923 New York Giants and New York Yankees become 1st teams to play each other for 3 consecutive World Series, also 1st played at Yankee Stadium
1922 Cards enter 1st place, marks 1st time both St. Louis teams are on top
1922 Cubs swap Max Flack for Cards Cliff Heathcote during middle of doubleheader. Both play for both teams that day
1920 National Football League organizes in Canton Ohio 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Prof Football Assn
1913 Federal League organizes with 6 teams
1910 Using 20, 137,000 candlepower arc lights, 2 amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park
1902 Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League
1900 NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville and Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee)
1888 Chicago and All America baseball teams play exhibition in Auckland, NZ
1881 Metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season They win 80 of 151 games (18-43 versus NL teams)
1876 Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis
1874 1st baseball teams to play outside U.S., Boston-Philadelphia in British Isles
1847 James Deacon White, Canton, New York, ball player jumped teams in 1876, Chi
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