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 Yanks 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, NZ 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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