1995 Event Earliest 1st-class cricket in Australia season (Qld vs. Western Prov) 1994 Event Earliest start of Sheffield Shield season (Queensland vs. Tasmania) 1987 Event Cincinnati Red Eric Davis becomes 7th and earliest 30 home run - 30 steal man 1977 Event Paleontologist Elso Barghoorn announces that 3.4-billion-year-old one-celled fossils, the earliest life forms, had been discovered 1975 Event Cincinnati Reds, win earliest NL division title 1969 Event Baltimore Orioles, win earliest AL Eastern division title 1958 Event AL announces Opening Day in 1959 will be earliest ever, April 9 1955 Event Earliest clinching of an NL pennant (Brooklyn Dodgers) 1946 Event 66,545 fans help Yankees break million attendance mark, the earliest 1941 Event New York Yankees, win earliest AL pennent (full season) 1941 Event Yankees beat Red Sox 6-3 and clinch their 12th and earliest pennant 1936 Event Yankees sweep Indians, New York clinches pennant on earliest date in history 1927 Event Earliest date for a film to be considered for the Academy Awards 1918 Event Boston Red Sox, win earliest AL pennent ever (season ended Sept 2) 1918 Event Chicago Cubs, win earliest pennent ever (season ended Sept 2) 1913 Event Billboard publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers among Popular Songs" Malinda's Wedding Day is #1 1902 Event Pittsburgh Pirates, win earliest pennent (full season) 1786 Event Earliest 32 degrees F (0 degrees C) recorded temp in New York City 1743 Event Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton) 1743 Event Earliest recorded prize fighting rules formulated 1667 Event Earliest recorded hurricane in U.S., Jamestown, Virginia 1611 Event John Fabricius dedicates earliest sunspot publication 1457 Event Earliest dated book, "Mainz Psalter," completed 337 Event Earliest possible date that Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th 143 Event Earliest known date in Amer-pre Mayan king Harvest-Bergvorst installed
