1996 Event Baltimore Oriole Roberto Alomar spits in face of umpire John Hirschbeck 1995 Death Frank Hammond, tennis umpire, dies of ALS at 66 1991 Event Major league umpire Steve Palermo and former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed 1990 Event National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards 1989 Event 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 Event On a poor call in 6th game, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of events costing Cardinals the World Series 1983 Event AL President Lee MacPhail threw out umpire's decision and allows 1979 Event 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 Death Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, U.S. baseball player/umpire, dies at 77 1972 Event 1st black NL umpire (Art Williams-Los Angeles vs San Diego) 1972 Event Bernice Gera becomes 1st female umpire in pro baseball 1972 Event Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire 1966 Event Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire 1961 Death Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies 1956 Event AL umpire Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game 1956 Birthday Steve Randell, Tasmanian cricket Test umpire, international panel 1955 Event Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester 1952 Birthday Darrell Hair, cricketer, Australian Test umpire since 1993-94 1952 Event 1st black umpire in organized baseball certified (Emmett Ashford) 1946 Birthday Steve Bucknor, cricketer, West Indian Test umpire, FIFA referee 1945 Birthday Barry Dudleston, cricket umpire 1945 Birthday V K Ramaswamy, cricketer, Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup 1944 Birthday Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire 1943 Birthday Barrie Leadbeater, cricket umpire 1943 Birthday Steve Dunne, cricketer, New Zealand Test umpire on international panel 1941 Death Benjamin Dwight, U.S. tennis championship umpire, dies 1941 Birthday Cyril Cooray, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test umpire on International panel 1940 Birthday Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire 1938 Birthday Mahboob Shah, cricketer, Pakistani Test umpire on International panel 1938 Birthday Cyril Mitchley, cricket wicket-keeper, Transvaal, later Test umpire 1937 Birthday Kenneth Palmer, cricket umpire 1935 Birthday Donald Thompsett, cricket umpire 1933 Birthday Harold "Dickie" Bird, cricketer, noted England Test umpire 1932 Birthday John Bond, cricket umpire 1921 Birthday Mick Harvey, cricketer, in Newcastle Brother of Neil Test umpire 1919 Birthday Tom Brooks, cricketer, NSW fast bowler of the 30's, later Test umpire 1917 Birthday Hugo Yarnold, cricketer, Worcestershire keeper and Test umpire 1913 Event Phillies lead Giants 8-6 in top of 9th, fans in bleachers try to distract Giants, Umpire forefeits game to Giants, later overruled 1906 Event New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all game balls 1900 Event 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 Event NL expels umpire Richard Higham for dishonesty 1870 Birthday Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years
