1997 Death Eddie Arcaro, jockey (won 2 Triple Crowns), dies at 81 1997 Event Baseball's triple A Anerican Association (formed in 1902) votes to disband 1997 Event Chicago Cubs turn baseballs 68th triple play (vs San Francisco Giants) 1994 Event Country singer George Jones undergoes triple bypass surgery 1994 Event Leonid Voloshin triple jumps world record 17.77m 1993 Event Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m) 1992 Event Phils' Mickey Moradini makes an unassisted triple play 1992 Event Cleveland Indians turn a triple play 1992 Event Stan Hansen beats Jumbo Tsuruta to win All Japan Triple Crown 1991 Event Scorecard Harry, Space Appeal and Cafe Lex in 9th race at Belmont, creating 2nd triple dead heat in New York thoroughbred racing history 1991 Event Jumbo Tsuruta beats Stan Hansen to win All Japan Triple Crown title 1990 Event Li Hui Rong of China sets triple jump woman's record (47'8 ") 1990 Event Baltimore Orioles pull their 10th triple play (1-6-3 vs Oakland) 1990 Event Minn Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0 1989 Event Baltimore Orioles pull their 9th triple play, vs. Yankees 1989 Event Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4 1988 Event Matti Nykanen becomes winter olympics 1st triple gold medalist 1987 Event Ohio nurse Donald Harvey sentence to triple life (poisoned 24) 1987 Event Philip Rush of New Zealand, set record for triple crossing English Channel his time 28:21, 10 hours faster than 1st man to do it 1987 Event Mike Conley triple jumps world indoor record (17.76m) 1985 Event Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump record (58'11 ") in Indianapolis quadruple bogies 5th hole and never recovers 1983 Event Triple A baseball's Louisville Redbirds breaks 1 million fan mark 1982 Event Elaine Zayak, lands 6 triple jumps to win world skating championship 1981 Event Jon Erikson (U.S.) becomes 1st to triple cross English Channel (38:27) 1980 Birthday Chingy, born in St. Louis, Missouri, born Howard Bailey, Jr., rapper, debut album, 'Jackpot' produced hit titled, 'One Call Away' and went Triple Platinum 1979 Event Baltimore Orioles pull their 8th triple play, 5-4-3 vs. Cleveland 1979 Event Gary Roenicke hits into Orioles 13th triple play (Oakland) 1979 Event Joanne Carner wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament 1978 Event Baltimore Orioles pull their 7th triple play (5-4-3 vs Toronto) 1978 Event Joanne Carner wins Colgate Triple Crown Match-Play Golf Championship 1977 Event Texas Rangers turn their 1st triple play (vs A's) 1977 Event Baltimore Orioles pull their 6th triple play (9-6-4-6-6 vs Kansas City Royals) 1977 Event Jane Blalock wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament 1976 Event Wings release triple album "Wings Over America" 1975 Event Jane Blalock wins LPGA 14 Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament 1975 Event Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Colgate Golf Triple Crown 1973 Event Baltimore Orioles pull their 5th triple play (5-4-3 vs Detroit) 1973 Event Baltimore Orioles pull their 4th triple play, 5-4-3 vs Oakland 1973 Event Triple Crown horse Secretariat bought for a record $5.7m 1972 Event Triple album set "Concert for Bangladesh" released in UK 1971 Birthday Erick Walder, Mobile Alabama, triple jumper 1970 Event George Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass" 1970 Birthday LaMark Carter, Shreveport Louisiana, triple jumper 1970 Birthday Secreteriat, race horse, triple crown, 1973 1969 Birthday Andrew Murphy, Australian long jumper/triple jumper 1996 Olympics 1969 Event Baltimore Orioles pull their 3rd triple play, 5-4-3 vs Kansas City Royals 1968 Event Washington D.C. Ron Hansen makes unassisted triple play vs. Cleveland 1967 Birthday Elexa Wills/Orrange, Orange Texas, long jumper/triple jumper 1967 Event Oriole Brooks Robinson hits into a record 4th triple play 1967 Birthday Sheila Hudson, U.S. triple jumper, U.S. record 1992 1967 Birthday Rogel Nachum, Israel, Men's triple jump, 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Inessa Kravets, Ukraine, long/triple jumper, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Jonathan Edwards, Britain, triple jumper, gold medal 2000 Olympics, silver medal 1996 Atlanta 1965 Event Cubs tie major league record of 3 triple plays in a season 1965 Birthday Kenny Harrison, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, triple jumper 1964 Event Phillies tie major league record with season's 3rd triple play (Reds) 1962 Birthday Michael Alexander Conley, Chic, triple jumper, Olympics gold 92, 96 1962 Birthday Mike Conley, born in Chicago, Illinois, triple jumper 1984 Olympics silver 1962 Event New York Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play and beat New York 5-1 1962 Event Donald Jackson of Canada, is 1st to land a triple lutz ice skate jump 1961 Birthday Yolanda Chen, born in Moscow, Russia, triple jumper, indoor record 1960 Birthday Alfrederick Joyner, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, triple jumper, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics 1959 Birthday Stephen Roche, born in Dundrum, Ireland, racing cyclist, second ever to win Triple Crown victories, 58 professional career wins 1959 Event Baltimore Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Washington Senators) 1958 Event Brooks Robinson, hits into 1st of record 4 triple plays 1958 Event New York Giants Willie Mays and Darryl Spencer each hit 2 home runs and a triple 1957 Birthday Keith Connor, Anguilla, British triple jumper 1984 Olympics bronze 1955 Event Baltimore Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs Kansas City Athletics) 1954 Birthday Jon Erikson, U.S., 1st to triple cross English Channel, 1981 1954 Event Peter B Cortese of U.S. achieves a one-arm deadlift of 370 lbs; 22 lbs over triple his body weight, at York, Pennsylvania 1954 Birthday Joao Carlos De Oliveira, Brazil, triple jumper, Olympic-bronze-1976, 80 1952 Event Dick Button performs 1st figure skating triple jump in competition 1950 Event Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium 1950 Event New York Giant Wes Westrum hits 3 home runs and a triple 1950 Birthday James A. Butts, born in Los Angeles, California, triple jumper 1976 Olympics silver 1948 Event New York Yankees Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, home run) 1945 Birthday Viktor Saneyev, U.S.S.R., triple jumper, Olympic-3 gold/1 silv-1968-80 1943 Birthday Giuseppi Gentile, Italy, triple jumper 1968 Olympics bronze 1942 Event Despite Ted Williams wins Triple Crown, Yankees Joe Gordon wins AL MVP 1941 Event 73rd Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway win in 2:31, triple crown 1937 Event St. Louis Cardinals Triple Crown winner Joe Medwick is named NL MVP 1934 Event Although Lou Gehrig wins Triple Crown, Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP 1931 Birthday Mickey Mantle, New York Yankee, home run slugger, 1956 Triple Crown 1930 Event Philadelphia Athletics triple steal in 1st and 4th innings vs Cleveland 1930 Event Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket 1st triple century 1927 Birthday Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, born in Brazil, triple jumper, Gold Medals 1952, 1956 Olympics 1927 Birthday Stanley Dancer, harness racer, 4 Hambletonians, 3 Trot Triple Crown 1927 Event Tiger 1st baseman Johnny Neun makes an unassisted triple play 1925 Event Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play 1923 Event 1st NL unassisted triple play (Ernie Padgett, Braves against Phillies) 1923 Event Red Sox 1st baseman George Burns pulls off an unassisted triple play 1920 Event 1st Grandslam in WS (Smith) and 1st unassisted triple play (Wambsganss) 1920 Event Indian Bill Wambsganns makes 1st unassisted World Series triple play 1918 Event Babe Ruth's blast over the fence in Fenway scores Amos Strunk, the Red Sox win 1-0 over Cleveland, prevailing rules reduce Babe's Hhome runR to a triple 1918 Event White Sox losing 5-4 against New York Yankees, load the bases in 9th with no outs Chick Gandil lines to Frank Baker who turns a triple play 1916 Birthday Eddie Arcaro, jockey, 1958 Racing Hall of Fame, 2 triple crowns 1915 Event Italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb and Germany 1912 Event Pirates Owen "Chief" Wilson hits record 36th triple of season 1909 Event Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball executes an unassisted triple play 1907 Event England, Russia and France form Triple Entente 1905 Birthday Mikio Oda, Japan, triple jumper, 1928 Olympics gold 1903 Event Pirates win a triple header from Dodgers 1892 Event Triple Alliance between Germany, Italy and Austria forms 1890 Birthday Andrew Sandham, cricketer, Test cricket's 1st triple centurion 1887 Event Germany, Austria-Hungary and France end Triple Alliance 1882 Event Germany/Austria-Hungary/France sign Triple Alliance 1881 Event Triple landslides bury Elm, Switzerland 1878 Event 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines 1872 Event George Westinghouse, Jr. patents triple air brake for trains 1788 Event Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90 1718 Event Austrian joins Triple Alliance 1717 Event Netherlands, England and France sign Triple Alliance 1674 Event Spain, France and Netherlands form Triple Alliance 1668 Event England, Netherlands and Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French
