1997 New York Yankee Cecil Fielder hits his 300th HR
1997 New York Yankee 3rd baseman Wade Boggs pitches a scoreless inning vs Anaheim
1997 New York Yankee Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault
1997 Hideki Irabu makes his debut as a New York Yankee, he beats Tigers 10-3
1996 New York Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)
1996 New York Yankee Bernie Williams switch hits home runs in a post season game
1996 New York Yankee Jim Leyitz is 2nd catcher to wear a hockey mask
1996 New York Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th HR
1996 New York Yankee John Weteland sets record of 24 consecutive saves
1996 Yankee John Weteland sets record of 20th cons saves en route to 24
1996 New York Yankee John Weteland ties Lee Smith's record of 19 consecutive saves
1996 New York Yankee Dwight Gooden no-hits Seattle Mariners 2-0
1996 New York Yankee Dwight Gooden wins his 1st AL game beating Tigers 10-3
1996 Gerald Williams is 1st New York Yankee since 1934 to get 6 hits in a game
1995 New York Yankee Tony Fernandez hits for the cycle
1994 Don Mattingly becomes 6th New York Yankee to get 2,000 hits
1994 Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706
1993 Jim Abbott pitches 4-0, no-hit win over Indians at Yankee Stadium
1993 New York Yankee Mark Hutton is 1st Australian to be a starting pitcher, He beats Angels 5-2; Yanks, Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st
1993 New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits his 200th HR
1992 New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is reinstated for 8th time
1992 Faye Vincent reinstates Yankee owner George Steinbrenner, eff 3/1/93
1992 New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is banned from baseball for 7th time
1992 New York Yankee Scott Sanderson becomes 9th to beat all 26 teams
1992 Joseph A. Molloy elected New York Yankee general partner
1992 Yankee pitcher Pascual Perez suspended for 1 year due to cocaine
1991 Daniel R McCarthy elected New York Yankee managing general partner
1991 New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe arrested for cocaine possession
1991 Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as New York Yankee manager
1991 Yankee Stadium fans throw cups and blowup dolls at Jose Canseco
1991 Seattle Jay Buhner hits a 479' HR in Yankee Stadium
1991 With New York Yankee victory, 10 of 14 AL teams are at .500 or better
1991 New York Yankee Steve Howe records his 1st major league save since 1987
1991 Yankee pitchers pick-off 3 Toronto Blue Jays
1991 Yankee Stadium fans sing "Like a Virgin" to Jose Canseco
1991 Don Mattingly named 10th New York Yankee Captain
1990 Robert E. Nederlander appointed New York Yankee managing general partner
1990 1st time in New York Yankee history they are completely swept season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0
1990 Gene Michael names New York Yankee VP/GM replacing Harding Peterson
1990 George Steinbrenner steps down as New York Yankee owner
1990 New York Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 15 home runs (approx 132 at bat)
1990 New York Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 14 home runs (approx 128 at bat)
1990 New York Yankee Kevin Maas is fastest to get 13 home runs (110 at bats)
1990 New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 12th HR in 1st 92 at bats and becomes 21st to hit a ball into 3rd deck of Seattle's Kingdome
1990 New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 11th HR in 1st 86 at bats
1990 New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 10th HR in 1st 72 at bats
1990 Dave Raghetti pitches in his 499th game as a New York Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a New York Yankee
1990 New York Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer
1990 Chicago White Sox Melido Perez no-hits Yankees 8-0 in a rain shortened 6 inning game at Yankee Stadium (7th no-hitter of 1990)
1990 After pitching a no-hitter lose, New York Yankee Andy Hawkins pitches a complete 12 inn game and loses 2-0
1990 New York Yankee Andy Hawkins throws no-hitter in Comiskey Park, losing 4-0
1990 Billy Joel performs a concert at Yankee Stadium
1990 At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a New York Yankee baseball cap and proclaims "I am a Yankee!"
1990 New York Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves
1990 Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as New York Yankee manager
1989 Billy Martin, New York Yankee manager, killed in a car accident at 61
1989 Bob Quinn resigns as New York Yankee VP/GM and replaced by Harding Peterson
1989 Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green as New York Yankee manager
1989 Blue Jays Dave Steib's perfect game broken up in 9th with 2 outs by New York Yankee Roberto Kelly
1989 New York Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA)
1989 Carlton Fisk becomes AL catcher HR hitter, 307th at Yankee stadium
1989 New York Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season
1989 New York Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yanks beat Twins on opening day 4-2
1989 1st New York Mets - New York Yankee game in New York City since 1983, Yanks win 4-3
1988 Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as New York Yankee manager
1988 Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases for record 249 as a New York Yankee
1987 Woody Woodward resigns as New York Yankee GM, Lou Piniella is named GM and Billy Martin is named New York Yankee manager for 5th and final time
1987 New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits record 6th grand slam of year
1986 New York Yankee Dave Righetti saves doubleheader for then record 46 saves
1986 New York Yankee Don Mattingly is 6th to hit 3 sacrifice flies in a game
1986 James Cagney, actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies in New York at 86
1985 New York Yankee Don Mattingly easily wins AL MVP
1985 Lou Piniella named New York Yankee manager
1985 Yankee Phil Niekro becomes 18th pitcher to win 300 games and also at 46 becomes oldest to pitch a shut-out beating Toronto 8-0
1985 Rickey Henderson steals Yankee record 75th base of season
1985 New York Yankee Don Baylor is hit by a pitch for a record 190th time
1985 Billy Martin named New York Yankee manager for 4th time
1984 New York Yankee Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 avg
1984 Jim Deshales becomes 1,000th playing Yankee
1984 Lou Pinella Day at Yankee Stadium
1984 New York Yankee Phil Niekro is 9th to strikeout 3,000
1983 Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time
1983 Bobby Murcer Day at Yankee Stadium
1983 While warming up before 5th inning Yankee Dave Winfield accidentally kills a seagull
1983 New York Yankee Dave Righetti no-hits the Red Sox
1983 New York Yankee Bobby Murcer retires
1983 Billy Martin named New York Yankee manager for 3rd time
1982 Clyde King named Yankee manager
1982 Clyde King replaces Gene Michaels as New York Yankee manager
1982 Gene Michael becomes New York Yankee manager for 2nd time
1982 Dolores Moran, actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at 56
1981 New York Yankee Dave Righetti wins AL Rookie of Year Award
1981 New York Yankee George Frazier loses 3 World Series games
1981 Bob Lemon named New York Yankee manager for 2nd time
1981 Yankee Ron Davis strikes out 8 consecutive Angels, ran record of 13 strikeouts of last 14 faced, also saved Gene Nelsons 1st win, 4-2
1980 New York Yankee Dave Winfield becomes highest-paid player, 10 years $15M
1980 Bronze plaque dedicated to memory of Thurman Munson at Yankee Stadium
1980 Plaque dedicated in Thurman Munson's memory at Yankee Stadium
1980 New York Yankee Bob Watson hits Seattle Kingdome speaker, 2nd straight day
1979 Billy Martin fired as Yankee manager (2nd time)
1979 Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium
1979 Thurmon Munson, New York Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32
1979 Billy Martin becomes Yankee manager (2nd time), replacing Bob Lemon
1978 New York Yankee Ron Guidry unanimously wins AL Cy Young Award
1978 New York Yankee Reggie Jackson causes World Series controversy by getting in the way of a throw to 1st and deflects the ball away
1978 New York Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry wins his 20th (on way to 25-3 season)
1978 Yankee Catfish Hunter's 6-2 win gives him a perfect 6-0 in Aug 1978
1978 On Old Timer's Day, New York Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return as New York Yankee manager in 1980 and Bob Lemon will become GM
1978 Bob Lemon replaces Billy Martin as Yankee manager
1978 Billy Martin resigns as Yankee manager after "one is a born liar the other a convicted one" comment about Steinbrenner and Jackson
1978 New York Yankee manager Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson fight in dug out
1978 Pitcher Ron Guidry sets Yankee record of 13-0 start
1978 Ron Guidry sets Yankee record with 18 strike-outs
1977 Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more
1977 Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night"
1977 New York Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men and beats Texas Rangers 1-0
1977 Toby Harrah and Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park-homers off Yankee Ken Clay at Yankee Stadium, Rangers won 8-2
1977 48th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-5 at Yankee Stadium, New York
1977 Yankee DH Cliff Johnson hit 3 consecutive home runs in Toronto
1977 Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6
1976 New York Yankee Thurman Munson ties World Series mark of 6 straight singles
1976 Yankee stadium reopens, Yanks beat Twins after trailing 4-0
1975 Great Yankee trade getting Willie Randolph, Dock Ellis and Ken Brett from Pirates for George "Doc" Medich
1975 Casey Stengel, New York Yankee manager (1949-60), dies in Glendale at 85
1973 Yankee GM and President Lee MacPhail named AL president
1973 Yanks close 50th year at Yankee Stadium losing 8-5, Ralph Houk
1973 Steinbrenner replaces Mike Burke with Gabe Paul as Yankee president
1973 Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes 1st designated hitter, he walks
1973 Yankee pitchers Peterson and Kekich announce they swapped wives
1972 New York Yankees sign 30-year lease to play in remodeled Yankee Stadium
1970 Hal March, actor (Atomic Kit, Outrage, Yankee Pasha), dies at 49
1969 New York Yankee Joe Pepitone is reinstated
1968 New York Yankee outfield Rocky Colavito pitches 2 2/3 innings and beats Tigers 6-5; he played right field in 2nd game and homered
1967 Clifford Ann Creed/Margie Masters wins Yankee Ladies' Team Golf Champ
1967 Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball
1967 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career HR #500 off Stu Miller
1967 Yankee Stadium, Elston Howard singles on a 3-2 pitch
1966 A terrible Yankee trade, Roger Maris for Card's Charlie Smith
1966 Smallest Yankee stadium crowd, 413 see White Sox win 4-1
1966 Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game
1966 Yankee manager Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame
1966 Gloria Ehret/Judy Kimball wins LPGA Yankee Women's Golf Open
1965 Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game
1965 New York Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam
1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Yankee Golf Open
1964 Yankee Phil Linz plays harmonica on bus despite Yogi Berra's orders
1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Yankee Women's Golf Open
1963 New York Yankee Elston Howard is 1st black ever voted AL MVP
1963 Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade
1962 Jack Reed's 22nd-inning HR wins longest New York Yankee game in history
1962 Joe Pepitone 2nd Yankee to hit 2 home runs in 1 inning (Joe DiMaggio)
1962 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th HR
1961 New York Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 HRs
1960 Ralph Houk, 41, replaces Casey Stengel as Yankee manager
1960 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' HR over right field roof in Detroit
1960 29th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, New York
1960 John Miljan, actor (Charlie Chan in Paris, Yankee Clipper), dies at 66
1959 Yankee catcher Yogi Berra's errorless streak of 148 games ends
1959 Yankee Whitey Ford strikes-out 15, beating Senators, 1-0 in 14 innings
1957 Yankee Bill Skowron becomes 3rd player to hit a ball out of Fenway
1956 Phil Rizzuto signs as New York Yankee radio-TV announcer
1956 Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs
1956 Mickey Mantle HR just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof
1956 Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting 1st HR out of Yankee Stadium
1956 NFL's New York Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium
1955 Yankee Mickey Mantle pulls a hamstring muscle running out a bunt
1955 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' HR off Chicago Billy Pierce
1955 Elston Howard becomes the 1st black to wear the Yankee uniform
1955 John Williams Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962)
1954 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio marries actress Marilyn Monroe
1953 Yankee Irv Noren hits into a triple-play, Yanks beat Washington 12-4
1951 New York Yankee Gil McDougald wins AL Rookie of Year
1951 New York Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra wins 1st of his 3 MVP awards
1951 Yankee Joe DiMaggio and mgr Casey Stengel feud
1951 New York Yankee Gil McDougald is 5th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (9th)
1951 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle goes 1-for-4 in his 1st game
1951 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle's 1st game, he goes 1 for 4
1950 For a record 6th time, New York Yankee Johnny Mize hits 3 home runs in one game
1950 Ron "Louisiana Lightning" Guidry, Yankee pitcher, Cy Young 1978
1948 Chris Chambliss, 1st baseman, New York Yankee
1948 Casey Stengel takes over as Yankee manager
1948 Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th
1947 Yankee Yogi Berra becomes 1st to pinch hit a World Series homer
1947 Record World Series crowd of 73,365 at Yankee Stadium ($325,828)
1947 New York Giants 183-185 HR of year breaks Yankee mark of 182 in 1936
1947 Bobo Newsom wins 200th game, 1st as a Yankee and Yanks 18th straight In nightcap Vic Rashi extends streak to 19
1947 Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium and through out US
1946 Johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager
1946 1st night game at Yankee stadium (Senators 2, Yanks 1)
1946 Bill Dickey replaces Joe McCarthy as Yankee manager
1944 Stan Bahnsen, pitcher, New York Yankee, 1968 AL Rookie-of-year
1944 Joe McCarthy returns as Yankee manager after an illness
1943 Ken Holtzman, Cub/Oriole/Yankee pitcher, 2 no-hitters
1943 Yankee 2nd baseman Joe Gordon announces retirement (hates New York)
1943 Lou Pinella, Yankee manager, 1969 AL rookie of the year
1943 Tommy John, pitcher, Yankee/Dodger
1943 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio, enlists into the U.S. army
1941 Mel Stottlemyre, Wash, pitcher, New York Yankee, /pitching coach, New York Met
1941 Yankees beat Dodgers 3-2 at Yankee Stadium in opener of World Series
1941 New York Yankee Lefty Gomez walks most (11) in a shutout (Yanks 9, St. L 0)
1941 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland
1941 Lou Gehrig, 1st baseman (New York Yankee), dies of ALS in Riverdale New York at 37
1940 Joe Pepitone, baseball 1st baseman, New York Yankee
1940 Yankee Charlie Keller hits 3 home runs to beat White Sox 10-9
1940 Paul Rudd, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Conn Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1939 New York Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph)
1939 Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs
1939 New York Yankee Atley Donald sets AL rookie record with 12 consecutive win
1939 7th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York New York Yankee/AL maanager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees
1939 Ted Williams' 1st hit (off of Yankee Red Ruffing) a double
1939 Ed Barrow is elected Yankee president succeeding deceased J Ruppert
1938 Tom Tresh, New York Yankee, 1962 AL Rookie of Year
1938 "Yankee Clipper" completes 1st passenger flight over Atlantic
1938 Joe Louis KOs Max Schmeling at 2:04 of 1st round at Yankee Stadium
1938 Yanks sweep Red Sox 10-0 and 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium
1937 Josh Gibson HR's just 2 feet below rim of Yankee Stadium, 580' drive
1936 Record 66,669 at Yankee Stadium for 4th game of World Series
1936 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits
1935 Joe Louis defeats Primo Carnera at Yankee Stadium
1934 Babe Ruth's final game as a Yankee, goes 0 for 3
1934 2500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium
1934 Roger Maris, Yankee, HR champ, 61 in 1961, AL MVP 1960, 1961
1934 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle beating White Sox 11-2,
1934 Yankee Myrl Hoag hits 6 singles in one game
1933 New York Yankee Russ Van Atta shuts out Washington Senators 16-0
1932 Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing homers and wins game 1-0 in 10 tying
1931 Mickey Mantle, New York Yankee, home run slugger, 1956 Triple Crown
1931 Joe McCarthy debuts as New York Yankee manager
1930 New York Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing hits 2 home runs to beat St. Louis Browns, 7-6
1930 Yankee "Bronx Bombers" hit 14 home runs in a game
1930 New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers
1930 Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth"
1929 Cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium crushes 2 people to death
1929 Elston Howard, Yankee catcher, 1st black New York Yankee/1963 AL MVP
1928 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples and 2 home runs to be White Sox 15-7
1927 Rodgers and Hart's musical "Connecticut Yankee," premieres in New York City
1927 New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits record 60th HR of season off Tom Zachry
1927 Tony Lazzeri Day at Yankee Stadium
1927 Rumour starts that Yankee Lou Gehrig will be traded to Tigers
1927 1st HR hit out of Comiskey Park Chicago (New York Yankee Babe Ruth)
1927 New York Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd and home
1925 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers
1925 Yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak
1925 New York Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery
1925 Al Rosen, born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, 3rd baseman, AL MVP 1953, /NY Yankee pres
1925 Joan Leslie, Detroit, actress, High Sierra, Yankee Doodle Dandy
1923 New York Giants and New York Yankees become 1st teams to play each other for 3 consecutive World Series, also 1st played at Yankee Stadium
1923 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 HRs
1923 New York Yankee Sad Sam Jones no-hits Philadelphia A's, 2-0
1923 74,000 (62,281 paid) on hand for opening of Yankee Stadium
1922 Construction begins on Yankee Stadium
1922 Mayor Hylan closes streets for building of Yankee Stadium
1922 Babe Ruth signs 3 years at $52,000 a year New York Yankee contract
1921 New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th HR
1921 Yankee Ruth hits home runs 57 and 58 to beat Indians 8-7
1921 Yankee pitcher Harry Harper hits 3 batters in an inning tying record
1921 Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium
1920 Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee HR and 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds
1919 Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at 28 off of Yankee Bob Shawkey
1919 Yankee Muddy Ruel hits into a triple-play
1919 Allie Reynolds, New York Yankee pitcher, 1952 AL ERA leader, 2.07,
1917 Yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway
1914 "Joltin'" Joe DiMaggio, Yankee Clipper, 56 game hitting streak
1914 Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager
1914 Yankee catcher Nunamaker throws out 3 would be stealers in 1 inning
1913 Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager
1912 Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game
1909 Jack Chesbro's final Yankee game
1908 Jack Chesbro's final Yankee victory, beats Walter Johnson 2-1
1908 Yanks replace Clark Griffith with Kid Elberfeld as manager who is destined to have worse won-lost pct of any Yankee mgr 27-71 (.276)
1907 Bill Dickey, New York Yankee hall-of-fame catcher, 1928-43, /manager, 1946
1906 Yankee 1st baseman Hal Chase's 22 put-outs ties record
1906 Richard Whorf, actor and director, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Keeper of Flame
1904 Boston Herald again refers to New York baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," Yankee name not official till 1913
1904 Boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade "Dougherty as a Yankee," 1st known reference to New York club as Yankees (became Yankees in 1913)
1904 Charles "Red" Ruffing, New York Yankee pitcher, hitter, 1930-46
1904 New York Yankee Jack Chesbro's 1st of 41 wins this year
1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox
1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out, Philadelphia A's win 6-0
1900 James Cagney, actor, Yankee Doodle Dandy, hold that grapefruit
1864 Off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners
1853 John Morrissey wins boxing title, when Yankee Sullivan leaves ring after 36th round to slug Morrissey's fans
1806 1st trotter to break 3 minute mile, Yankee
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