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2004 Democrats nominate John Kerry as their Presidential candidate
2004 Lynn Cartwright, actress, A League of Their Own, dies at 76 1999 Two disaffected students brought guns to their high school in Columbine, Colorado and murdered twelve students, one teacher and then killed themselves 1998 U.S. hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympic village in Japan 1998 Dallas Cowboys sign Chan Gailey as their 4th head coach 1997 Tampa Bay Devil Rays name their 1st manager Larry Rothschild 1997 Anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth 1996 Marlins sign their 6th free-agent since Nov 22, Moises Alou 1996 Goa upset Karnataka to win their 1st Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever 1996 Bob Dole and President Bill Clinton meet in their 1st debate 1996 Texas Rangers retire their 1st number, Nolan Ryan's #34 1996 Erik and Lyle Menendez found guilty of killing their parents 1996 Montreal Canadian's 1st game in their new arena 1996 Thomas Hamilton kills 16 kindergardeners, their teacher and himself 1995 Carolina Panthers lose their 1st NFL game (Atlanta-23 Carolina-20 OT) 1995 Jacksonville Jaguars lose their 1st NFL game (Houston-10, Jaguars-3) 1995 Carolina Panthers beat Jacksonville Jaguars in their 1st NFL exhibition game 20-14 1995 New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers, to go to their 1st Stanley Cup finals 1994 North Korea signs pact to end their nuclear projects 1994 Netherlands averages 21.4 degrees C; their warmest July since 1783 1994 Stockholms avgs 21.5 degrees C; their warmest July since 1855 1994 Brazil beats Italy in a shoot out, for their 4th soccer world cup 1994 U.S. ties Switzerland 1-1 in their 1st game of 1994 soccer World Cup 1993 Mighty Ducks win their 1st NHL game 1993 Indians play their last game at Cleveland Stadium, Chicago wins 4-0 1993 Indians win their last game at Cleveland Stadium, beating Brewers 6-4 1993 LA Mighty Ducks play their 1st NHL pre-season game against Penguins 1993 Montreal Expo retires their 1st #, #10 for Rusty Staub 1993 Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak 1993 Marlins beat Astros 12-8 in their 1st spring training game 1993 Florida Marlins introduce their mascot "Billy" 1993 Florida Marlins open their 1st spring training camp 1992 Toronto Blue Jays beats Oakland A's to win their 1st AL pennant 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title 1992 Cleveland Browns suffer their worst preseason loss, 56-3, to Vikings 1992 Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 vs. Australia 1992 Florida Marlins unveil their uniform 1992 Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft 1992 Tampa Bay Lightning make goalie Wendell Young their 1st draft 1992 Wilson Phillips release their 2nd album "Shadows and Light" 1992 New York Yankees play in their 4th straight extra inning game 1992 New York Rangers wins their 1st ever 7th game of a playoff (vs New Jersey Devils) 1992 Martina Navratilova and Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit 1991 Florida Marlins sign their 1st player, 16 year old pitcher Clemente Nunez 1991 San Jose Sharks beat Calgary for their 1st NHL win, 4-3 1991 New Jersey Devils begin their 10th Anniversary with a 7-2 win over the Blues 1991 San Jose Sharks lose 4-3 to Vancouver Canucks in their 1st NHL game 1991 Orlando Thunder beats San Antonio Riders in their 1st WLAF game 35-34 1991 Barcelona Dragons beat NY/New Jersey Knights 19-7 in their 1st WLAF game 1991 Kuwaiti resistance leaders declare they have control of their capital 1990 Ted Turner and Jane Fonda announce their engagement 1990 Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia hold their 1st joint session 1990 NFL's New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers after winning their 1st 10 games both 1990 Producers confirm that Milli Vanilla didn't sing on their album 1990 Baltimore Orioles pull their 10th triple play (1-6-3 vs Oakland) 1990 East and West Germany merge their economies 1990 New York Mets tie their team career high 11 game win streak 1990 Supreme Court rules family members cannot end lives of comatose relatives unless those relatives previously made their wishes known 1990 Reds win running their record to 9-0, best start in club history 1990 Greenidge and Haynes make 298 opening stand (v Eng), their best 1989 Eastern Airlines pilots and flight attendants end their strike, but most are not rehired 1989 East Germans begin their flight to west (via Hungary and Czechoslovakia) 1989 Princess Anne and Mark Phillips announce their separation 1989 Baltimore Orioles pull their 9th triple play, vs. Yankees 1989 Pirates score 10 in 1st (their best inning since 1942), prompts Pirate Jim Rooker to say he would walk from Pitts to Philadelphia if Pirates lost, Phillies beat them 15-11, Rooker walks at end of season broadcaster 1989 Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4 1989 "Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance 1989 Critics Siskel and Ebert film their 500th TV movie-review show 1989 New York Yankees announce that Tom Seaver is their new TV sportscaster 1988 Seattle Seahawks win their 1st ever division title with 9-7 record 1988 Milwaukee Bucks win their 1,000th NBA game (2nd fastest) 1988 New Jersey Devils raise their 1st pennant (Patrick Div Playoff Champs) 1988 Iran and Iraq begin talks to end their 8 year war 1988 Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT) 1988 Cubs beat Mets 6-4 in their 1st official night game at Wrigley Field 1988 Writers guild end their 6 months strike 1988 Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat begin their NBA expansion draft 1988 Democratic convention picks Michael Dukakis as their President candidate 1987 New Orleans Saints win, assuring their 1st winning NFL season 1987 Minnesota Twins win their 1st World Series championship beating St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3 in 84th World Series 1987 Salt Lake City Trappers lose 7-5 to Billings Mustangs, ending their professional-record winning streak at 29 consecutive 1987 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials 1987 Pakistan score their 1st innings win over England, at Leeds 1987 Geffen records sign their 1st artist, Donna Summer 1987 New York Yankees play their 13,000th game 1987 Peggy Bacon, author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads), dies at 91 1986 Baltimore loses assuring Orioles of their 1st last-place finish 1985 James Vance (20) and Raymond Belknap (18), commit suicide, sparking their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages 1985 Bret Saberhagen gives Kansas City Royals their 1st World Series win 1985 Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals win their league championships 1985 Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs vs. India 1985 Coca Cola announces they'd bring back their 99-year-old formula 1985 New Jersey Devils score their fastest hat trick in 42 seconds 1984 New York Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Tor Maple Leafs (6) 1983 New York Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Pitts Penguins 1983 Denver Nugget coach Doug Moe, hoplessly behind, advise team to let Blazers break their scoring record 1983 Chicago White Sox clinch their 1st-ever AL West championship, 1983 Radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (Coco2) 1983 New Zealand score their 1st Test Cricket match victory in England 1983 New Jersey Devils purchase AHL Maine Mariners as their farm team 1983 Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, vs. Australia 1983 Surrey all out for 14 vs. Essex, their lowest score ever 1982 Prince Chuck and Lady Di name their baby "William" 1982 Chicago Cubs win their 8,000th (beat Astros) 1982 Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game 1982 Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days 1981 Brewers (since 1970) and Expos (1969) clinch their 1st-ever postseason 1981 Rolling Stones begin their 6th U.S. tour at John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia 1981 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike 1981 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike 1981 New York Islanders give up their most goals (11) vs Calgary Flames 1980 Honduras and El Salvador settle their boundary dispute 1980 Phillies win their 1st World Championship in their 98-year history 1980 Led Zeppelin begins their last European tour 1980 Phillies and San Francisco Giants end their game at 3:11 AM 1979 California Angels win their 1st NL West pennant 1979 Baltimore Orioles pull their 8th triple play, 5-4-3 vs. Cleveland 1979 Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles 1978 Yankees win 22nd World Championship capping their great comeback year 1978 Baltimore Orioles pull their 7th triple play (5-4-3 vs Toronto) 1978 Reggie Jackson returns and helps Yankees win their 5th straight 1978 Rhino Records releases their 1st album "Wildmania" 1977 New York Yankees win their 21st World Championship, 4 games 1977 Cleveland Browns play their 1st overtime game, beat Patriots 30-27 1977 N.Y. Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland, Oregon, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship 1977 Texas Rangers turn their 1st triple play (vs A's) 1977 Baltimore Orioles pull their 6th triple play (9-6-4-6-6 vs Kansas City Royals) 1977 Clash releases their 1st recording "White Riot" 1977 Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards 1976 The Cars played their 1st gig 1976 Sex Pistols release their debut single "Anarchy In The UK" 1976 New AL franchises in Seattle and Toronto fill up their rosters 1976 Phillies clinch their 1st NL East Division title 1976 36-hour kidnap of 26 school children and their bus driver in California 1976 Australian band AC/DC begin their 1st headline tour of Britain 1976 Kiss performs their 1st concert 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers win their 1st NBA Central Division title 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers clinch their 1st ever NBA playoff bearth 1976 New Zealand scores their 1st innings win in Test Cricket, vs. India 1975 Supreme Court rules teachers could spank their pupils after warning 1974 Milwaukee Bucks lose their 11th straight NBA game (team record) 1974 Jefferson Starship begins their 1st tour 1973 6 Persian Gulf nations double their oil prices 1973 President Nixon tells AP "...people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook" 1973 Baltimore Orioles pull their 5th triple play (5-4-3 vs Detroit) 1973 Baltimore Orioles pull their 4th triple play, 5-4-3 vs Oakland 1973 Isle of Man begins issuing their own postage stamps 1973 UCLA wins their 7th straight NCAA basketball title 1973 Philadelphia 76ers lose their 20th NBA game in a row 1973 KISS plays their 1st show (Coventry Club in Queens New York) 1972 In 1 of their worst trades Yankees get Rich McKinney for Stan Bahnsen 1971 Wings release their 1st album "Wild Life" 1971 Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors win their 1st U.S. Open tennis matches 1971 India beat England by 4 wickets, their win against the Poms 1971 33rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Villanova 68-62 UCLA wins their 5th consecutive NCAA basketball title 1971 Chatrooms make their debut on the Internet 1971 Milwaukee Bucks win their 20th straight NBA game (team record) 1970 Cleveland Cavaliers lose to Buffalo Braves in their 1st game 107-92 1970 Baseball umpires call their 1st strike 1970 U.S. casts their 1st United Nations Security Council veto (Support England) 1970 Milwaukee Brewers make their 1st trade (with Oakland A's) 1969 Plastic Ono Band, play their only concert at London's Lyceum Ballroom 1969 Jackson Five made their 1st appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show" 1969 John and Yoko release their 2nd album "Wedding Album" in UK 1969 Hanif, Mushtaq and Sadiq Mohammad start their only Test Cricket together 1969 Guernsey and Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps 1969 New York Jets beat New York Giants 37-14 in their 1st meeting (pre season) 1969 Baltimore Orioles pull their 3rd triple play, 5-4-3 vs Kansas City Royals 1969 Mets help their power needs by adding 1st baseman Donn Clendenon 1969 John and Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal) 1969 Paul McCartney says their is no truth to rumors he is dead 1969 The Band (formerly The Hawks), perform their 1st concert 1969 Expansion teams Royals, Expos, Padres and Pilots win their 1st games 1969 John and Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam) 1969 John and Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton) 1969 Beatles perform their last gig together, a free concert 1969 Cream releases their last album "Goodbye" 1968 John and Yoko release their 1st album "Two Virgins" in UK 1968 Milwaukee Bucks make their 1st NBA trade, giving Bob Love and Bob Weiss to Chicago Bulls for Flynn Robinson 1968 Beatles release "Beatles," (White Album) their only double album 1968 Milwaukee Bucks win their 1st game beating Detroit 138-118 (6th game) 1968 Milwaukee Bucks play their 1st game losing 89-84 to Chicago Bulls 1968 Yankees turn 21st triple-play in their history lose 4-3 to Twins 1968 Beatles begin work on their only double album "Beatles" 1968 Rock group Genesis release their 1st record "Silent Sun" 1967 Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower announce their engagement 1967 BBC starts their own popular music radio station 1967 Phillies release pitcher Dallas Green, their future manager 1967 Greek regime deprives 480 Greeks of their citizenship 1967 BBC starts their World Radio Club 1967 Monkees take home an Emmy for their Outstanding comedy Series 1967 Pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne) 1967 Pink Floyd release their 1st single "Arnold Layne" 1967 Peter (Asher) and Gordon (Waller) discontinue their singing partnership 1967 New Orleans Saints sign their 1st player (Paige Cothren-kicker) 1966 Orioles beat A's 6-1 to clinch their 1st AL pennant 1966 NFL and AFL announce their merger 1966 Atlanta Braves win their 1st game, beating New York Mets 8-4 1966 Stephen Mailer, born in New York City, actor, Red Meat, League of Their Own, War and Love 1965 Preparing a move to Anaheim, Angels change their name from LA to California 1965 Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction" (their 1st #1 U.S. hit) 1965 Rolling Stones score their 1st #1, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" 1965 Kinks arrive in New York City beginning their 1st U.S. tour 1965 Sonny and Cher make their 1st TV appearance, "American Bandstand" 1965 Beatles announce their film is named "8 Arms to Hold on to You" (Help) 1965 Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turned down 1965 The Who make their 1st appearance on British TV 1964 Yankees clinch their 5th straight pennant, and 29th in club's history 1964 Rolling Stones record their 12x5 album at Chess Studios in Chicago 1964 Beatles arrive back in England after their 1st U.S. visit 1963 Beatles release their 2nd album "With the Beatles" in UK 1963 Ed Sullivan witnesses Beatles and their fans at London Airport 1963 Beatles begin their 1st full foreign tour in Sweden 1963 Idle Dodgers clinch their 2nd LA pennant as Cubs beat Cards 1963 Beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income 1963 Peter, Paul and Mary win their 1st Grammy (If I Had a Hammer) 1963 Beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me) 1963 Beatles release their 1st single in U.S. "Please Please Me" 1963 Beatles begin their own music publishing company (Northern Songs) 1963 Beatles tape 10 tracks for their 1st album 1962 Fab Four have their 1st recording session under name Beatles 1962 Beatles release their 1st record "Love Me Do" 1962 Peter, Paul and Mary release their 1st hit "If I Had a Hammer" 1962 3 convicts used spoons to dig their way out of Alcatraz 1962 Beatles meet their producer George Martin for 1st time, they record "Besame Mucho" with Peter Best on drums 1962 Beatles sign their 1st contract with EMI Pstlophone 1962 New York Mets win their 1st game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pirates 9-1 1962 Rosie O'Donnell, comedienne, League of Their Own, Flintstones, Rosie 1962 Beatles made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio 1962 Beach Boys introduced a new musical style with their hit "Surfin" 1962 2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit 1961 Beach Boys play their debut gig under that name 1961 Expansion Washington Senators are 30-30, latest date an expansion team will be at .500, Washington will lose their next 10 games 1961 Trucial States (now UAE) issue their 1st postage stamps 1960 AFL begins placing players names on back of their jersies 1960 Beatles give their 1st public performance (Kaiserkeller in Hamburg) 1960 Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their backs 1960 Giants move their offices to Candlestick Park 1959 Jack Benny (violin) and Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet 1959 Japanese-Americans regain their citizenship 1959 New York Yankees unveil their 1st message scoreboard 1959 Baltimore Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Washington Senators) 1959 San Francisco Giant's rename their stadium Candlestick Park 1958 Indians minority stockholders sell their stock to William Delay 1958 Jordan and Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months 1958 Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo 1958 U.S. launches their 1st artificial satellite, Explorer 1 1957 New York Yankees appear in their 25th World Series 1957 New York Giants play and lose their last game at Polo Grounds (9-1 to Pitts) 1957 SF Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game 1957 New York Giants vote 8-1 to move their franchise to San Francisco in 1958 1957 Jon Lovitz, Tarzana California, actor, SNL, League of their Own, Critic 1956 Jeff Dujon, cricket wicket-keeper, WI 1981-91, their most successful 1956 New Zealand bowl out WI for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win 1955 Washington Senators lose their 99th and 100th games of season 1955 Australia score 8-758 vs. West Indies at Kingston, their best ever 1955 Baltimore Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs Kansas City Athletics) 1955 Brooklyn Bulletin ask Dodger fans not to call their team "Bums" 1954 Bill Pullman, actor, Sommersby, League of their Own, Independence Day 1954 Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns and win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Washington 62-3 1954 Yankees tie a record, 3 of their pinch hitters strike out in 1 inning 1954 Russia wins title in their 1st international ice hockey competition 1953 Giants end their tour of Japan (players got $331 of $3,000 promised) 1953 Bill Veeck tells Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply 1953 Supreme Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day their 14th anniversary 1953 Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St. Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee 1952 Yankees tie their own record of 4 consecutive World Series wins 1952 Mahes Goonatillake, cricketer, Sri Lankan keeper in their 1st 5 Tests 1952 Puerto Rico approves their 1st self written constitution 1950 Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium 1950 New York Yankees obtain their 1st black players, Elston Howard and Frank Barnes 1949 U.S.S.R. explodes their 1st atom bomb 1949 New York Giants purchase Monty Irvin and Henry Thompson, their 1st blacks 1949 New York Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin and Ford Smith 1947 Un-American Activities Committee finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists 1947 U.N. General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps 1946 University of Tennessee refuses to play Duquesne U, because they may use a black player in their basketball game 1946 Indians play their final game in League Park, ending a 55-year stay 1945 35 Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up Nazi rubber plant in Silesia 1945 Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops 1944 St. Louis Browns win 1st World Series game in their only appearance 1944 St. Louis Browns win their only AL pennant 1944 Jewish survivors of Kovono Ghetto emerge from their bunker 1944 Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 and break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row 1944 Exercise "Tiger" ends with 750 U.S. soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal after their convoy ships were attacked by German torpedo boats 1943 Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany 1943 4 chaplains drown after giving up their life jackets to others 1942 During WW II Germany completes their occupation of France 1942 Lynn Farleigh, Bristol England, actress, Lovers of Their Time 1942 German occupiers forbids Dutch access to their beach 1942 New York Yankees annouce 5,000 uniformed soldiers admitted free at each of their upcoming home games 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers win their 1st pennant in 21 years 1941 Jews of Vilna Poland confined to their ghetto 1941 Yankees beat Red Sox 6-3 and clinch their 12th and earliest pennant 1941 Jewish veterans honor their dead 1941 Germans made their last major air attack on Britain 1941 Dodgers start to wear liners in their caps 1940 4 teens, following their dog down a hole near Lascaux France discover 17,000-year-old drawings now known as Lascaux Cave Paintings 1940 Batman Comics, mobsters rubbed out a circus highwire team known as the Flying Graysons, leaving their son Dick (Robin) an orphan 1940 Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour" 1939 New York Yankees clinch their 11th and 4th successive pennant 1939 Yankees beat Red Sox on a forfeit, their 4th forfeit win 1938 Italy passes their own version of anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws 1938 Phil Emmett Mueller and Dodger Ernie Koy both homer in their 1st at bat 1937 Cleveland (Los Angeles) Rams plays their 1st NFL game, lose 28-0 1935 Nazi's deprive German Jews of their citizenship 1935 Mao Tse Tung and his Communist forces ended their "Long March" at Yan'an, in Shaanxi China 1933 Chicago Bears win their 1st NFL Game beating New York Giants 23-21 1932 New York Yankees clinch their 7th AL pennant 1932 President Hoover evicts bonus marchers from their encampment 1929 Lundy, part of British Isles, issue their own stamps 1928 Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane 1927 After losing 21 in a row to NY, the Browns win their last meeting, 6-2 1927 Harlem Globetrotters play their 1st game 1926 Queensland win their 1st Sheffield Shield cricket match, vs. NSW 1926 NHL's Chicago Black Hawks play their 1st game, beat Tor St. Pats 4-1 1926 U.S. defeats France for their 7th straight Davis Cup championship 1926 Tennis star Suzanne Lenglen beats Helen Wills in their only match 1925 Phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row 1924 Washington Senators win their 1st World Series beat Giants in 7 1924 Giants clinch their 4th straight pennant, beating Phils 5-1 1924 Yankees win by forfeit over Tigers, their 3rd forfeit win 1923 Ban Johnson persuades AL owners to prohibit boxing in their parks 1923 U.S. beats Australia in tennis, for their 4th straight Davis Cup 1923 Firestone puts their inflatable tires into production 1923 Cards announce their players will wear numbers on their uniforms 1922 Yankees play their farewell home game in Polo Grounds win doubleheader 1921 Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti convicted in Dedham Massachusetts, of killing their shoe company's paymaster 1919 Giants play their 1st legal Sunday home game, 35,000 see Phils win 4-3 1917 Quebec Bulldogs play their 1st professional hockey game 1917 Robins (Dodgers) play their 1st Sunday game in Brooklyn 1916 Cleveland Indians experiment with #s on their jerseys (one game) 1915 Phillies win their 1st and only World Series game before 1980, beating 1915 Philadelphia Phillies clinch their 1st pennant 1915 Red Sox ask Braves for use of their larger park for World Series 1914 Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves 1914 Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index 1912 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break 1912 Argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket 1st-class fixture 1909 Bruce Mitchell, cricketer, South African bat, their top run-scorer, 3471, 1908 Queensland beat NSW by 171 runs for their 1st cricket win at Gabba 1907 U.S. Congress raised their own salaries to $7,500 1906 Chicago Cubs win their 116th game (116-36 .763) of year 1906 Yankees win by forfeit, for their 1st time 1906 South Africa beat England by one wicket, their 1st Test win 1904 Orville and Wilbur Wright fly a circle in their Flyer II 1904 Islands of Manu'a group (Samoa) ceded to U.S. by their chiefs 1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) win their 1st game beating Washington Senators 7-2 1903 New York Highlanders play their 1st game, with Jack Chesbro losing 3-1 to Al Orth and Washington 1903 George Dickinson, cricketer, bowled for New Zealand in their 1st 3 Tests 1902 New York Giants lose their 1st game under new manager John McGraw 1902 Orioles forfeit to St. Louis having only 5 players available to play they then forfeit their franchise back to the AL 1902 Australia Cricket all out 36 vs. England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever 1901 In their long-delayed AL home opener, Boston defeats Philadelphia 12-4 1898 Tom Lowry, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in seven Tests and their 1st Test captain 1896 Cyril Allcott, cricketer, New Zealand all-rounder in their early Tests 1896 South Africa all out for 30 vs. England - their lowest ever 1896 Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their 1st ever innings victory 1895 Peggy Bacon, Ridgefield, Connecticut, author/illustrator, Off With Their Heads 1895 Auguste and Louis Lumiere show their 1st movie to an invited audience 1894 Indian chiefs from the Sioux and Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounce Christianity and return to their old Indian faith 1888 USC Trojans (then Methodists) play their 1st football game 1887 England all out for 45 vs. Australia SCG, their lowest total ever 1885 Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes and businesses 1882 Athletics reveal $22,000 profit in their 1st season in the American Association 1881 Revival of Hebrew language as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends agree to use Hebrew exclusively in their conversations 1879 NL owners meeting in Buffalo adopt reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to their players 1878 Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match 1876 Ottawa Rough Riders play their 1st game 1870 3rd French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king 1869 Cleveland's Forest City play their 1st game, vs Cincinnati Red Stockings 1869 Cincinnati Reds play their 1st baseball game, win 41-7 1865 Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 1,547. 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" blows up 1862 38 Santee Sioux Indians hanged in Mankato Minn, due to their uprising 1849 1st chamber music group in U.S. gives their 1st concert (Boston) 1827 Creek-indians lose all their property in US 1825 Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government and migrate west by Sept 1, 1826 1788 Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves 1787 Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval 1784 Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state and name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it 1783 Britain evacuates New York City, their last military position in US 1782 Suriname forbids selling slave mothers without their babies 1774 England passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes 1766 London auctioneers Christie's hold their 1st sale 1752 This day never happened nor next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives 1638 Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues 1526 Parliament of Spiers: Lutheran monarchy freed of their belief 1476 Emperor Frederik III of Habsburg and duke Charles the Stout arrange marriage of their children 1349 700 Jews of Basel Switzerland, burned alive in their houses 841 Battle at Fontenay: Louis and Charles beat their brother Lotharius I |
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