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1997 Mark McGwire joins Babe as only players to hit 50 home runs in 2 consec yrs
1997 Quarterback Brett Favre, re-signs with Green Bay Packers for $50M for 7 yrs 1989 Soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for 1st Sino-Soviet summit in 30 yrs 1988 U.S. agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Org (1st time in 13 yrs) 1988 Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; 1st time in 38 yrs 1988 Oldest known insect fossils (390 million yrs) reported in Science 1985 Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 yrs 1984 Arnold Palmer fails to make U.S. Open golf tournament 1st time in 32 yrs 1975 Australian Prime Minister removed by crown (1st elected Prime Minister removed in 200 yrs) 1975 John Wooden's final game, UCLA, wins 10th NCAA championship in 12 yrs 1975 John Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman sentenced to 2-8 yrs 1974 Art Modell gets snowed in and misses his 1st Cleveland Brown game in 33 yrs 1973 Helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for 1st time in 7,000 yrs 1971 John Sinclair (sentence: 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed 1963 Joseph Self, murderer, executed; last Washington state execution in 25 yrs 1962 Ohio ends suit against Reds when they agree to stay in Cincinnati for 10 yrs 1960 Eillen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turn (for > 30 yrs) 1954 Last day of Test Cricket for Khalid Hassan aged 16 yrs, 356 days 1950 Gillette and Mutual buy All Star and World Series rights ($6M for 6 yrs) 1906 Shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt (Captain of Kopenick) sentenced to 4 yrs 1896 Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for 1st time in 50 yrs 1861 Leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest 1790 Jeremiah Carlton, laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at 19 went to bed and stayed there for next 70 yrs, dies at 89 1717 Prussian king Frederik Willem I gives compulsory education to 5-12 yrs |
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