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1994
Bernie Kosar is 2nd QB to throw TD passes in AFC and NFC Champ games
1991
Ricky Pierce (Seattle) ends NBA free throw streak of 75 games
1991
Ricky Pierce (Seattle) begins NBA free throw streak of 75 game
1991
Yankee Stadium fans throw cups and blowup dolls at Jose Canseco
1991
Joe Dumaars (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games
1991
Reggie Miller (Indiana) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games
1991
Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games
1991
Reggie Miller (Indiana) begins NBA free throw streak of 52 games
1990
Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games
1989
Larry Bird, of the Celtics, begins NBA free throw streak of 71 games
1989
Walter Davis (Denver) ends NBA free throw streak of 53 games
1989
Walter Davis (Denver) begins NBA free throw streak of 53 games
1989
Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1989
Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1988
Anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59
1987
Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1987
Larry Bird (Celtics), begins NBA free throw streak of 59
1987
Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1984
John Long (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1984
John Long (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1983
NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule
1982
Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw
1982
Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw
1981
Ben Plucknett of U.S. throws discus 72.34 m, but throw is disqualified
1980
Calvin Murphy (Rockets) begins longest NBA free throw streak of 78
1980
Mike Bratz (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1980
Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1978
New York Yankee Reggie Jackson causes World Series controversy by getting in the way of a throw to 1st and deflects the ball away
1976
Rick Barry (SF), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
1976
Rick Barry (SF), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
1975
Calvin Murphy (Houston) ends NBA free throw streak of 58 games
1975
Calvin Murphy (Houston) begins NBA free throw streak of 58 games
1974
A's pitcher Paul Lindblad makes an errant throw in 1st inning of 6-3 loss to Balt ends his record streak of 385 consecutive errorless games
1972
Kiteman attempting to throw out 1st ball in Phillie Vet crashes into centerfield seats
1967
Haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funneral to mark end of hippies
1962
Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts
1959
Phils Wally Post is only outfielder to throw out 2 runners in an inning twice (Losing to Giants 6-0)
1957
Glen Gorbous, Canada, longest throw of a regulation baseball, 445'10"
1956
Bill Sharman (Boston) ends NBA free throw streak of 55 games
1956
Bill Sharman (Boston) begins NBA free throw streak of 55 games
1955
Yankees Whitey Ford is 5th to throw consecutive 1-hitters, beats A's
1919
Reds beat White Sox, 5 games to 3 in 16th World Series. This series is known as black sox scandal as 8 White Sox throw series
1919
World Series begins as a best of 9 affair, White Sox intentionally throw this series to satisfy gamblers (Black Sox Scandal)
1910
Taft is 1st President to throw out a 1st ball at a baseball game
1908
Cubs' Ed Reulbach becomes only pitcher to throw doubleheader shutout
1905
Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play
1892
Eduard J Dijksterhuis, Dutch mathematician/historian, Fall and Throw
1880
Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters
1419
Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, stormtown hall in Prague and throw Catholic councillors out the windows
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