2000 Vickie Sue Robinson, disco diva, Turn the Beat Around, dies at 45
1997 Chicago Cubs turn baseballs 68th triple play (vs San Francisco Giants)
1994 O.J. Simpson doesn't turn himself in on murder charges, Los Angeles police chase his Ford Bronco for 1 hours, eventually gives up
1992 Cleveland Indians turn a triple play
1991 4,355 turn out to see Expos play New York Mets at Shea Stadium
1990 Minn Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0
1989 Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4
1984 5,251 turn out to see Phillies play New York Mets at Shea Stadium
1983 3,112 turn out to see Pirates play New York Mets at Shea Stadium
1982 2,251 turn out to see Expos play New York Mets at Shea Stadium
1980 1,754 turn out to see Phillies play New York Mets at Shea Stadium
1978 Senate votes to turn Panama Canal over to Panama on Dec 31, 1999
1977 Texas Rangers turn their 1st triple play (vs A's)
1977 Roy Wilkins turn over NAACP leadership to Benjamin L Hooks
1977 "Turn Loose On My Leg" by Jim Stafford peaks at #98
1974 Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes
1973 Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica
1968 "National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning
1968 Yanks turn 21st triple-play in their history lose 4-3 to Twins
1967 Beatles turn down $1 million New York concert offer by Sid Berstein
1962 New York Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play and beat New York 5-1
1960 Eillen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turn (for > 30 yrs)
1957 Richenel, [Hubertus R Baars], singer/performer, Turn My Page
1954 B Britten's opera "Turn of the Screw," premieres in Venice
1950 Teddy Pendergrass, born in Philadelphia, singer, Turn Off the Lights
1946 Yankees turn triple-play and defeat Tigers' 5-3
1944 German occupier turn off electricity in Amsterdam
1944 Clarence White, guitarist, Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!
1944 Michael Clarke, born in New York City, rock drummer, Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!
1943 Fabian Forte, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, vocalist, Turn Me Loose, Tiger
1942 Chris Hillman, born in San Diego, California, singer, Byrds-Turn Turn Turn
1942 Roger McGuinn, guitarist, Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr. Tambourine Man
1941 Ian Whitcomb, born in England, rocker, You Turn Me On
1936 Red Sox turn a triple-play on Yankees
1934 [Clyde] Skip Batten, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, Byrds-Turn Turn Turn
1931 Yanks turn triple-play but lose 7-5 to Indians
1920 Red Sox turn triple-play, but Ruth's 35th HR leads Yanks to 8-2 win
1920 Dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies
1916 Yanks turn triple-play beating Browns 10-6
1912 Pirates turn a rare 5-3-7 doubleplay (left fielder covers 2nd base)
1906 Yankees turn triple-play, beat Cleveland 6-4
1873 M. A. Noble, cricketer, great Australian all-rounder at turn of century
1870 Joe Darling, cricketer, Australian lefty batsman at turn of century
1869 Bill Howell, cricketer, Australian bowler at turn of century
1869 Ernest Jones, cricket pace bowler, marvellous Aust at turn of century
1867 Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner, great Aust at turn of century
1867 Queen Victoria and Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel
1843 Henry James, US/British writer/critic, Turn of the Screw, Bostonians
1834 HMS Beagle sails from Port Famine to Cape Turn
1825 Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government and migrate west by Sept 1, 1826
1741 Benedict Arnold, U.S. general turn traitor, Revolutionary War
1202 Knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39
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