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Reggie Jackson, Mr. October - baseball rightfielder, Yankees, A's
Reggie Jackson History: August 14, 1993 - Reggie Jackson Day - New York Yankees retire 13th # (#44)
August 1, 1993 - Reggie Jackson enshrined in Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York
January 5, 1993 - Reggie Jackson elected to Hall of Fame
May 14, 1986 - Reggie Jackson hit his 537th home run passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place
June 19, 1985 - Reggie Jackson hits his 513th home run to move into 10th place
September 17, 1984 - Reggie Jackson is 13th to hit 500 home runs
May 13, 1983 - Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times
August 11, 1980 - Yankees Reggie Jackson hits his 400th home run off Chicago's Britt Burns
October 14, 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
September 2, 1978 - Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 home run in 11 straight years
July 23, 1978 - Reggie Jackson returns and helps Yankees win their 5th straight
July 17, 1978 - Reggie Jackson refusal to bunt causes manager Billy Martin to suspend him
October 18, 1977 - Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive homers tying Ruth's series record
November 29, 1976 - Free agent Reggie Jackson signs 5 year pact with New York Yankees
July 23, 1976 - Baltimore Oriole Reggie Jackson homers in 6th straight game
June 5, 1974 - A's Reggie Jackson and Bill North engage in clubhouse fight at Detroit
November 13, 1973 - Oakland A's Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP unanimously
June 14, 1969 - Oakland A's Reggie Jackson gets 10 RBIs to beat Red Sox 21-7
June 7, 1966 - New York Mets pass up Reggie Jackson to draft Steve Chilcott #1
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1897 - Frank Capra, Italy, director, Its a Wonderful Life, Arsenic and Old Lace
1883 - Walter Gropius, Berlin Germany, architect, Bauhaus school of design
1872 - Bertrand Russell, England, mathematician/philosopher, Nobel 1950
