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1993 Houston's Darryl Kile throws 3rd no-hitter of season in 7-1 over Mets 1993 Met Vince Coleman injures 3 when he throws cherry bomb at Dodger fans 1992 Court throws out Apple's lawsuit against Microsoft 1991 Del Ballard, Jr. throws most famous gutter ball in PBA Tour history 1990 New York Yankee Andy Hawkins throws no-hitter in Comiskey Park, losing 4-0 1989 California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs 1989 Cleveland's Chris Dudley misses 5 free throws during 1 foul attempt 1989 Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws in a game against Milwaukee, one missed by 2 feet 1987 Larry Bird, ends streak of 59 consecutive free throws 1987 Petra Felke (E Ger) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record) 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 1985 Libya throws out 1000s Tunisian/Egyptian gas workers 1985 Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game 1984 Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record) 1984 Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m 1984 Yuri Sedykh of U.S.S.R. throws hammer a record 86.33 m 1984 Cincinnati Reds Mario Soto throws 4 strikeouts in one inning 1984 Adrian Dantly (Utah), ties NBA record of 28 free throws 1983 Syria throws out PLO leader Arafat 1983 Yuri Dumchev of U.S.S.R. throws discus a record 71.86 m 1983 Los Angeles Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws 1983 France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats 1981 NBA New York Knick Bill Cartwright, ties record of 19 of 19 free throws 1981 Ben Plucknett of U.S. throws discus 72.34 m, but throw is disqualified 1981 Calvin Murphy (Houston), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws 1981 China PR throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan 1980 Tampa Bay Buccaneer QB Doug Williams throws for 486 yards 1980 Palestinian throws hand grenade on Jewish children in Antwerp, 1 dead 1979 Kevin St. Onge throws a playing card a record 185' 1979 J. R. Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome 1979 High-school player Daryl Moreau makes 126th consecutive free throws 1978 Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded 1977 Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his NL record tying 5th one-hitter 1974 California Angel Nolan Ryan throws fastest recorded pitch (100.9 MPH) 1972 Dictator Idi Amin throws 8,000 Asians out of Uganda 1972 Uganda president Idi Amin throws out all 80,000 Asians 1972 Egypt president Sadat throws 20,000 Russian military aids out 1972 John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded 1967 Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses 1964 George Blanda of Houston throws NFL-record 37 passes in 68 attempts 1964 Sandy Koufax throws his 9th complete game without allowing a walk 1962 Houston Oiler George Blanda throws for 6 TD passes vs New York Titans 56-17 1962 John F. Kennedy throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium 1961 St. Louis Hawk Bob Pettit sets NBA record, hitting 19 of 19 free throws 1960 Cowboy QB Eddie LeBaron throws shortest touchdown pass (2") 1957 Glen Gorbous throws a baseball a record 136 m (445'10") 1955 Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers 1954 Frank Selvy of Milwaukee sets then NBA record of 24 of 26 free throws 1952 Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tenn) 1944 Braves Red Barrett throws only 58 pitches to shut out Cin Reds 2-0 1943 Elly Dammers throws Dutch record spear (41,43m) 1943 Pirates Rip Sewell 1st throws his dew-drop (eephus) ball in a game 1942 Seinheuer throws female world record spear (47.24m) 1935 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses and sinks 371 more 1931 Stalin throws Krupskaya Lenin out of Central Committee 1930 Stomboli volcano (Sicily) throws 2-ton basaltic rocks 2 miles 1929 Stalin throws Nicolai Bucharin out of Politburo 1926 Russian Politburo throws out Leo Trotsky and followers 1925 Turkish government throws out Constantine VI of Constantinople 1921 Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball 1917 Ernie Shore replaces Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth with a runner on, he throws him out and retires all 26 he faces for a perfect game 1914 Yankee catcher Nunamaker throws out 3 would be stealers in 1 inning 1913 Suffragette Emily Davinson throws himself in front of king's horse 1913 President Woodrow Wilson throws out 1st ball, Senators beat Yankees 2-1 1911 Audience throws vegetables at actors for 1st recorded time in US 1910 Passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard, found June 6, 1983 in Queensland 1897 Washington Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers 1825 Dutch King Willem I throws foreign students out 1649 Czar Aleksei throws out English merchants from Moscow 1597 Germany throws out English sales people 1584 English parliament throws out Jesuits 1538 Geneve throws out Calvijn 1474 Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon/Italians 1202 King Philip II throws out John without Country, from France

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