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Training
1993
Marlins beat Astros 12-8 in their 1st spring training game
1993
Florida Marlins open their 1st spring training camp
1992
Ground breaking of Florida Marlins 7,500 seat spring training stadium
1988
Angela Aames, actress (Lost Empire, Basic Training), dies
1987
New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl
1987
Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training
1978
Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training)
1976
Owners announce spring training won't open without a labor contract
1967
White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game)
1963
Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training
1958
Ann Dusenberry, born in Tucson, Arizona, actress, Jaws 2, Lies, Basic Training
1956
AL plans to test automatic intentional walk during spring training
1954
In spring training, Ted Williams breaks his collarbone
1954
Ted Williams fractures collarbone in 1st game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War
1952
Marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada
1948
Yanks and Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17, spring training game
1945
Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain, New York
1944
Peter Ryan, British national director, Police Training
1942
1st detachment of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, begin basic training
1942
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps began basic training at Fort Des Moines
1942
Ian Fleming graduates from a training school for spies in Canada
1940
Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Selective Training and Service Act (1st peacetime draft)
1937
1st Santa Claus Training School opens in Albion, New York
1931
Spring training site of New York Yankees in St. Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager
1916
U.S. Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps
1910
Barbara Woodhouse, dog training expert
1909
Nannie Burroughs forms national training School for Women
1876
U.S. Coast Guard officers' training school established New Bedford, Massachusetts
1750
1st American school to offer manual training courses opens, Md
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