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1997 Eddie Arcaro, jockey (won 2 Triple Crowns), dies at 81
1997 Baseball's triple A Anerican Association (formed in 1902) votes to disband 1997 Chicago Cubs turn baseballs 68th triple play (vs San Francisco Giants) 1994 Country singer George Jones undergoes triple bypass surgery 1994 Leonid Voloshin triple jumps world record 17.77m 1993 Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m) 1992 Phils' Mickey Moradini makes an unassisted triple play 1992 Cleveland Indians turn a triple play 1992 Stan Hansen beats Jumbo Tsuruta to win All Japan Triple Crown 1991 Scorecard Harry, Space Appeal and Cafe Lex in 9th race at Belmont, creating 2nd triple dead heat in New York thoroughbred racing history 1991 Jumbo Tsuruta beats Stan Hansen to win All Japan Triple Crown title 1990 Li Hui Rong of China sets triple jump woman's record (47'8 ") 1990 Baltimore Orioles pull their 10th triple play (1-6-3 vs Oakland) 1990 Minn Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0 1989 Baltimore Orioles pull their 9th triple play, vs. Yankees 1989 Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4 1988 Matti Nykanen becomes winter olympics 1st triple gold medalist 1987 Ohio nurse Donald Harvey sentence to triple life (poisoned 24) 1987 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 Mike Conley triple jumps world indoor record (17.76m) 1985 Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump record (58'11 ") in Indianapolis quadruple bogies 5th hole and never recovers 1983 Triple A baseball's Louisville Redbirds breaks 1 million fan mark 1982 Elaine Zayak, lands 6 triple jumps to win world skating championship 1981 Jon Erikson (U.S.) becomes 1st to triple cross English Channel (38:27) 1979 Baltimore Orioles pull their 8th triple play, 5-4-3 vs. Cleveland 1979 Gary Roenicke hits into Orioles 13th triple play (Oakland) 1979 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament 1978 Baltimore Orioles pull their 7th triple play (5-4-3 vs Toronto) 1978 Joanne Carner wins Colgate Triple Crown Match-Play Golf 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 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament 1976 Wings release triple album "Wings Over America" 1975 Jane Blalock wins LPGA 14 Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament 1975 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Colgate Golf Triple Crown 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 Triple Crown horse Secretariat bought for a record $5.7m 1972 Triple album set "Concert for Bangladesh" released in UK 1971 Erick Walder, Mobile Alabama, triple jumper 1970 George Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass" 1970 LaMark Carter, Shreveport Louisiana, triple jumper 1970 Secreteriat, race horse, triple crown, 1973 1969 Andrew Murphy, Australian long jumper/triple jumper 1996 Olympics 1969 Baltimore Orioles pull their 3rd triple play, 5-4-3 vs Kansas City Royals 1968 Washington D.C. Ron Hansen makes unassisted triple play vs. Cleveland 1967 Elexa Wills/Orrange, Orange Texas, long jumper/triple jumper 1967 Oriole Brooks Robinson hits into a record 4th triple play 1967 Sheila Hudson, U.S. triple jumper, U.S. record 1992 1967 Rogel Nachum, Israel, Men's triple jump, 1996 Olympics 1966 Inessa Kravets, Ukraine, long/triple jumper, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1966 Jonathan Edwards, Britain, triple jumper, gold medal 2000 Olympics, silver medal 1996 Atlanta 1965 Cubs tie major league record of 3 triple plays in a season 1965 Kenny Harrison, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, triple jumper 1964 Phillies tie major league record with season's 3rd triple play (Reds) 1962 Michael Alexander Conley, Chic, triple jumper, Olympics gold 92, 96 1962 Mike Conley, born in Chicago, Illinois, triple jumper 1984 Olympics silver 1962 New York Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play and beat New York 5-1 1962 Donald Jackson of Canada, is 1st to land a triple lutz ice skate jump 1961 Yolanda Chen, born in Moscow, Russia, triple jumper, indoor record 1960 Alfrederick Joyner, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, triple jumper, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics 1959 Stephen Roche, born in Dundrum, Ireland, racing cyclist, second ever to win Triple Crown victories, 58 professional career wins 1959 Baltimore Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Washington Senators) 1958 Brooks Robinson, hits into 1st of record 4 triple plays 1957 Keith Connor, Anguilla, British triple jumper 1984 Olympics bronze 1955 Baltimore Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs Kansas City Athletics) 1954 Jon Erikson, U.S., 1st to triple cross English Channel, 1981 1954 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 Joao Carlos De Oliveira, Brazil, triple jumper, Olympic-bronze-1976, 80 1953 New York Giants Willie Mays and Darryl Spencer each hit 2 home runs and a triple 1952 Dick Button performs 1st figure skating triple jump in competition 1950 Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium 1950 New York Giant Wes Westrum hits 3 home runs and a triple 1950 James A. Butts, born in Los Angeles, California, triple jumper 1976 Olympics silver 1948 New York Yankees Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, home run) 1945 Viktor Saneyev, U.S.S.R., triple jumper, Olympic-3 gold/1 silv-1968-80 1943 Giuseppi Gentile, Italy, triple jumper 1968 Olympics bronze 1942 Despite Ted Williams wins Triple Crown, Yankees Joe Gordon wins AL MVP 1941 73rd Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway win in 2:31, triple crown 1937 St. Louis Cardinals Triple Crown winner Joe Medwick is named NL MVP 1934 Although Lou Gehrig wins Triple Crown, Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP 1931 Mickey Mantle, New York Yankee, home run slugger, 1956 Triple Crown 1930 Philadelphia Athletics triple steal in 1st and 4th innings vs Cleveland 1930 Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket 1st triple century 1927 Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, born in Brazil, triple jumper, Gold Medals 1952, 1956 Olympics 1927 Stanley Dancer, harness racer, 4 Hambletonians, 3 Trot Triple Crown 1927 Tiger 1st baseman Johnny Neun makes an unassisted triple play 1925 Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play 1923 1st NL unassisted triple play (Ernie Padgett, Braves against Phillies) 1923 Red Sox 1st baseman George Burns pulls off an unassisted triple play 1920 1st Grandslam in WS (Smith) and 1st unassisted triple play (Wambsganss) 1920 Indian Bill Wambsganns makes 1st unassisted World Series triple play 1918 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 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 Eddie Arcaro, jockey, 1958 Racing Hall of Fame, 2 triple crowns 1915 Italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb and Germany 1912 Pirates Owen "Chief" Wilson hits record 36th triple of season 1909 Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball executes an unassisted triple play 1907 England, Russia and France form Triple Entente 1905 Mikio Oda, Japan, triple jumper, 1928 Olympics gold 1903 Pirates win a triple header from Dodgers 1892 Triple Alliance between Germany, Italy and Austria forms 1890 Andrew Sandham, cricketer, Test cricket's 1st triple centurion 1887 Germany, Austria-Hungary and France end Triple Alliance 1882 Germany/Austria-Hungary/France sign Triple Alliance 1881 Triple landslides bury Elm, Switzerland 1878 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines 1872 George Westinghouse, Jr. patents triple air brake for trains 1788 Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90 1718 Austrian joins Triple Alliance 1717 Netherlands, England and France sign Triple Alliance 1674 Spain, France and Netherlands form Triple Alliance 1668 England, Netherlands and Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French |
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