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1996 Baltimore Oriole Roberto Alomar spits in face of umpire John Hirschbeck

1995 Frank Hammond, tennis umpire, dies of ALS at 66

1991 Major league umpire Steve Palermo and former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed

1990 National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards

1989 Yankees beat Milwaukee Brewers 4-1, score is changed to 5-1 after game is over. Umpire rules Roberto Kelly scored before a double-play

1985 On a poor call in 6th game, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of events costing Cardinals the World Series

1983 AL President Lee MacPhail threw out umpire's decision and allows

1979 Wildest U.S. Tennis Open match, McEnroe defeats Ilie Nastase 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Nastase was defaulted by the umpire then reinstated

1977 Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, U.S. baseball player/umpire, dies at 77

1972 1st black NL umpire (Art Williams-Los Angeles vs San Diego)

1972 Bernice Gera becomes 1st female umpire in pro baseball

1972 Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire

1966 Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire

1963 Brian Harvey, baseball umpire, NL

1961 Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies

1956 AL umpire Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game

1956 Steve Randell, Tasmanian cricket Test umpire, international panel

1955 Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester

1952 Darrell Hair, cricketer, Australian Test umpire since 1993-94

1952 1st black umpire in organized baseball certified (Emmett Ashford)

1946 Steve Bucknor, cricketer, West Indian Test umpire, FIFA referee

1945 Barry Dudleston, cricket umpire

1945 V K Ramaswamy, cricketer, Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup

1944 Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire

1943 Barrie Leadbeater, cricket umpire

1943 Steve Dunne, cricketer, New Zealand Test umpire on international panel

1941 Benjamin Dwight, U.S. tennis championship umpire, dies

1941 Cyril Cooray, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test umpire on International panel

1940 Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire

1938 Mahboob Shah, cricketer, Pakistani Test umpire on International panel

1938 Cyril Mitchley, cricket wicket-keeper, Transvaal, later Test umpire

1937 Kenneth Palmer, cricket umpire

1935 Donald Thompsett, cricket umpire

1933 Harold "Dickie" Bird, cricketer, noted England Test umpire

1932 John Bond, cricket umpire

1921 Mick Harvey, cricketer, in Newcastle Brother of Neil Test umpire

1919 Tom Brooks, cricketer, NSW fast bowler of the 30's, later Test umpire

1917 Hugo Yarnold, cricketer, Worcestershire keeper and Test umpire

1913 Phillies lead Giants 8-6 in top of 9th, fans in bleachers try to distract Giants, Umpire forefeits game to Giants, later overruled

1906 New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all game balls

1900 Dodgers score 7 in top of 11th to go ahead of Phillies, 20-13, In bottom of 11th Phillies stalls so umpire forfeits game to Dodgers

1882 NL expels umpire Richard Higham for dishonesty

1870 Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years


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