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1997 Montreal Expos retire Andre Dawson's uniform #10

1997 Minnesota Twins retire Kirby Puckett's uniform number

1995 New York Islanders retire Bobby Nystrom's uniform #23

1993 Blandine Ebinger, [Loeser], actress (Madchen in Uniform), dies at 94

1992 Florida Marlins unveil their uniform

1992 Los Angeles Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform

1990 Philadelphia Phillies retire Mike Schmidt's uniform #20

1989 New York Rangers retire goalie Eddie Giacomin's #1 uniform

1986 Billy Martin Day, his uniform number 1 retired

1984 Cincinnati Reds retire Johnny Bench's #5 uniform

1975 Supreme Court rules uniform minimum legal fees are a violation

1955 Elston Howard becomes the 1st black to wear the Yankee uniform

1943 Cubs return to original uniform after experimenting with a vest

1939 Yankees retire 1st uniform (Lou Gehrig #4), 1st Old Timers Day

1934 National and American baseball leagues select a uniform ball

1932 Lou Gehrig plays 1,103rd successive game in a New York uniform, equaling Joe Sewell's record with one team (Cleveland)

1931 Baseball cuts squad from 25 to 23 players and NL continues to prohibit uniform numbers

1930 New German Reichstag opens with 107 NSDAP'ers in uniform

1929 New York Yankees become 1st team to wear uniform numbers

1923 Babe Ruth makes a postseason exhibition appearance in a Giants uniform

1911 Cy Young's farewell appearance in a major league game is a letdown as he loses to Brooklyn 13-3 in a Braves uniform in his 906th game

1908 1st football uniform numerals used (University of Pittsburgh)

1890 Chicago Mainbocher, uniform designer, Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Waves

1871 The decimal currency system is made uniform in Canada

1868 Standard uniform approved for postal carriers

1845 1st nationally observed uniform election day in US

1845 Uniform U.S. election day for president and VP authorized

1787 Louis Angely, German, comedy writer, Sieben Madchen in Uniform



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