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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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