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1989 Trumbull Conn, is 1st U.S. team since 1983 to win Little League WS

1986 Michael Sergio Parachutes into Shea Stadium during game 6 of WS

1980 Phils rally from 4-0 deficit to beat the Royals, 7-6 to take WS opener

1979 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to WS Merwin

1978 Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectactular plays in WS game 3 as Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yanks win next 4

1977 "Throwaway Game" Catfish Hunter loses WS 6-1 resting Yank pitchers

1976 WS shortstop Toby Harrah plays DH without touching a batted ball

1975 Red Sox Carlton Fisk's 12th inning HR beats Reds 7-6 in game 6 of WS

1956 Oriole Connie Johnson beats WS Jack Harshman (1-0) in dual 1 hitters

1953 50th World Series sees New York Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2, as New York Billy Martin's 12 hits set record; Yanks win record 5th consec WS

1947 Yanks beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised

1939 New York Yankees sweep Reds in 36th World Series, 4th straight WS win

1938 New York Yankees sweep Cubs in 35th World Series, 3rd straight WS win

1924 William Rehnquist, Ws, Supreme Court, 1972-86, /chief justice, 1987-

1921 Babe Ruth's 1st WS homer; only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays

1920 1st Grandslam in WS (Smith) and 1st unassisted triple play (Wambsganss)

1919 Lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies

1916 Babe Ruth pitches and wins longest WS game (14 innings) 2-1



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