1998 Twins trade Chuck Knoblauch to New York Yankees for $3M and 4 minor leaguers
1997 South African and U.S. surgeons separate Zambian Siamese twins joined at the head
1997 Yanks break Minnesota Twins Brad Radke's string of 12 straight wins
1997 Minnesota Twins retire Kirby Puckett's uniform number
1996 Celeste and Johnny Edison, Assyria and Pele's twins, boy and girl
1996 Paul Molitor of Twins is 21st player to reach 3,000 hits
1996 Kirby Puckett, retires from Minnesota Twins
1996 Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Twins 24, Tigers 11
1996 15 day old siamese twins separated - Sarah Morales survives, Sarahi dies
1995 Twins Marty Cordova ties rookie record of home runs in 5 consecutive games
1995 Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0
1995 Twins beat Indians 10-9 in 17 innings, 6 hours and 36 minutes
1994 Twins righty Scott Erickson no-hits Brewers 6-0
1993 Minn Twins Dave Winfield, is 19th to get 3,000 hits
1993 Minnesota Twins beat Cleveland Indians 5-4 in 22 innings
1993 All star MVP: Kirby Puckett for the Minnesota Twins
1991 Minn Twins beat Altanta Braves 1-0 in 10 to win World Series in 7
1991 Minnesota Twins win AL pennant beating Toronto in 5 games
1991 Nolan Ryan's 4-3 victory over Twins is his 312th career win
1991 Twins Dave Winfield is 23rd to hit 400 HR
1991 Minnesota Twins win a team record 15 games in a row
1991 With 3 runs in 9th, Balt ends Twins 15 game win streak 6-5
1990 Minn Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0
1990 New York Yankees hit 6 home runs to beat Minnesota Twins 12-0
1989 Kirby Pucket signs record $3,000,000 per year Minnesota Twins contract
1989 Twins trade AL Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola to Mets
1989 New York Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yanks beat Twins on opening day 4-2
1989 Trey Wilson, actor (Bull Durham, Twins, Raising Arizona), dies
1988 Minn Twins are 1st AL club ever to break 3 million season attendance
1988 Minnesota Twins pull 2nd triple-play of year and beat Cleveland 6-2
1987 Minnesota Twins win their 1st World Series championship beating St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3 in 84th World Series
1987 Minnesota Twins beat Detroit Tigers for AL pennant
1987 Twins Joe Niekro is caught with a file on the mound and is ejected
1987 Yanks trailing by 7 score 7 in 7th on 7/7 and 5 in 8th-Beat Twins 12-7
1987 Expos trade Jeff Reardon to Twins for Neal Heaton
1986 Twins fire manager Ray Miller and replace him with coach Tom Kelly
1986 Game between Angels and Twins delayed for 9 minutes by strong winds
1985 Kent Hrbek signs 5-year, $6 million contract with Minnesota Twins
1984 Cleveland Indians down 0-10 to Minnesota Twins, win 11-10
1984 Calvin Griffith signs letter of intent to sell ownership of Twins
1984 Carl Pohlad becomes CEO of Minnesota Twins
1984 Boston's Roger Clemens beats Twins, 5-4, for his 1st victory
1984 Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game
1984 Minnesota Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles
1983 Rachel and Ross Trudeau, twins of Jane Pauley and Gerry Trudeau
1983 Twins draft pitcher Tim Belcher #1
1982 Twins Terry Felton loses and runs career to 0-14 (en route to 0-16)
1982 Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, removes himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans
1980 Twins Ken Landreaux ends his hitting streak after 31 games
1979 Twins John Castino and Jays Alfredo Griffin tie for AL Rookie of Year
1979 Minnesota Twins trade Rod Carew to California for 4 players
1976 Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox for $1 million over 4 years
1976 Yanks beat Twins 5-4 in 19 innings
1976 Yankee stadium reopens, Yanks beat Twins after trailing 4-0
1974 1st baseball arbitration Twins pitcher Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 wins, Twins offered $23,000
1973 In an exhibition game with the Pirates, Twins Larry Hisle becomes the 1st designated hitter (he hits 2 home runs and knocks in 7 RBIs)
1972 Francisco Rodriguez, born in Brooklyn, New York, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
1972 Brad Radke, Eau Claire WI, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
1972 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started 5/12)
1972 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5/13)
1972 Richard Becker, Aurora, Illinois, outfielder for the Minnesota Twins
1971 Matthew Lawton, Gulfport MS, outfielder for the Minnesota Twins
1971 Twins' Harmon Killebrew is 10th to amass 500 HRs, and adds his 501st
1971 Greg Hansell, born in Bellflower, California, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
1970 Twins Jim Perry wins AL Cy Young Award
1970 Eddie Guardado, Stockton California, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
1970 Oakland A's Vida Blue no-hits Minnesota Twins, 6-0
1970 Scott Stahoviak, born in Waukegan, Ilinois, infielder for the Minnesota Twins
1970 Dave Stevens, Fullerton California, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
1970 Daniel Naulty, born in Los Angeles, California, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
1969 Billy Martin fired as Twins' manager
1969 Billy Martin (97-65) is fired as manager of AL West-winning Twins
1969 Baseball's 1st divisional playoff games, Mets beat Braves 9-5 and Orioles beat Twins 4-3 in 12 innings
1969 Matthew Walbeck, Sacramento California, catcher for the Minnesota Twins
1969 Marty Cordova, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, outfielder for the Minnesota Twins
1968 Cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt
1968 Mike Trombley, Springfield, Massachusetts, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
1968 Billy Martin named manager of Twins
1968 Twins' Cesar Tovar pitched a hitless inning and plays all 9 positions
1968 Rich Robertson, Nacogdoches, Texas, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
1968 Pat Meares, born in Salina, Kansas, infielder for the Minnesota Twins
1968 Chuck Knoblauch, born in Houston, Texas, shortstop, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins
1968 Cleveland Indian Luis Tiant strikes out 19 Minnesota Twins
1968 Scott Aldred, born in Flint, Michigan, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
1968 Yanks turn 21st triple-play in their history lose 4-3 to Twins
1968 Jim (Catfish) Hunter of Oakland pitches perfect game vs Twins (4-0)
1968 Mike Milchin, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
1968 Scott Erickson, born in Long Beach, California, pitcher, Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles
1967 Dean Chance pitches a 2-1 no-hitter, and Twins sweep Cleveland
1967 Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18
1966 Ron Coomer, Crest Hill, Illinois, infielder for the Minnesota Twins
1966 5 Minnesota Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, and Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A's 9-4
1966 Dave Hollins, Buffalo, New York, infielder for the Minnesota Twins
1966 Greg Myers, born in Riverside, California, catcher for the Minnesota Twins
1965 Twins SS Zoilo Versalles is named AL MVP
1965 Dodgers and Sandy Koufax win 7th game of 62nd World Series vs Twins
1965 Sandy Koufax hurls his 2nd shutout of World Series beating Twins 2-0
1964 Chip Hale, Santa Clara California, infielder for the Minnesota Twins
1964 Roberto Kelly, born in Panama, outfielder, New York Yanks, for the Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins
1964 Jeff Reboulet, born in Dayton, Ohio, infielder for the Minnesota Twins
1964 Kevin Tapani, Des Moines, Iowa, pitcher, Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins
1963 Harmon Killebrew (Twins) home runs off Pete Burnside (Senators) in DH
1962 Kelly Preston, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actress, Mischief, Twins, A Tigers Tale
1962 Minn Twins Jack Kralick no-hits Kansas City A's, 1-0
1962 Minn Twins Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn and Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning
1962 Kirby Puckett, centerfielder for the Minnesota Twins
1961 Rick Aguilera, San Gabriel California, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
1961 Baltimore Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minnesota Twins
1961 Twins agree on $500,000 payment to AA for Minn/St. Paul territory
1960 Minneapolis-St. Paul baseball club takes the name Twins
1960 AL approves Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins and announces franchises in LA and Washington D.C. for 1961
1960 Frank Viola, Hempstead, New York, pitcher, Twins, Mets/Cy Young-1988
1957 Joe Leeway, rocker, Thompson Twins
1957 Alannah Currie, Auckland NZ, rock xylophone/vocalist, Thompson Twins
1956 Paul Molitor, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, infielder, Mn Twins, 1993 World Series MVP
1953 1st successful separation of Siamese twins
1952 Nicolette Larson, born in Kansas City, Missouri, rock vocalist, Twins, Lotta Love
1952 Rick Waits, baseball pitcher, Rangers, Indians, Twins
1952 Ron Necciai of Pitts Pirate's Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27, as he no-hits Welch Minors, 4 Minors do reach base
1951 Ron and Don Gaylon, midwest U.S., siamese twins, Jerry Springer Show
1951 Dave Winfield, baseball outfielder, New York Yankees, Blue Jays, Twins
1944 Danny DeVito, Neptune, New Jersey, actor, Taxi, Ruthless People, Twins
1944 Danny DeVito, born in Neptune, New Jersey, actor, Louie-Taxi, Twins
1941 John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies
1938 James Katt, pitcher/sportscaster, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins
1936 Harmon Killebrew, baseball player, Minnesota Twins
1926 Roy Smalley, shortstop, Cubs, Braves, Phillies, Twins, Yankees
1912 Millie and Christine, Siamese twins, dies at 61
1875 Giovanni and Giacomo Tocci, Italy, siamese twins
1874 Chang and Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, dies at 62
1865 John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer, Plaskett's twins
1851 Millie and Christine, North Carolina, siamese twins
1829 Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker arrive in Boston to be exhibited
1829 Ritta and Christina, Siamese twins, in Sardinia
1811 Chang and Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins
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