1996 Event Braves Andruw Jones is youngest player to homer in World Series 1995 Event Orioles Jeff Manto, hits his 4th consecutive homer 1991 Death Ernestine McClendon, director/actress (Homer and Eddie), dies 1991 Event Frank Thomas is 1st White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park 1990 Event Reds Eric Davis is 22nd player to homer in his 1st World Series at bat 1990 Event New York Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer 1989 Death Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, country singer (Homer and Jethro), dies at 69 1984 Event Phillie pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer 1978 Event Yankees win 3rd straight AL East beating Red Sox 5-4 in a playoff game. Guidry wins #25 aided by Dent's homer and Pinella's fielding 1977 Event Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more 1976 Event Chris Chambliss' 9th inning lead off homer gives New York Yankees pennant #30 1976 Event "Home Sweet Homer" opens and closes at Palace Theater New York City 1974 Event Brooklyn pitcher Dan Bankhead is 1st black to homer in his 1st at bat 1972 Event Oakland A Gene Tenace is 1st to homer in 1st 2 World Series at bats 1972 Event Baltimore Roric Harrison is last AL pitcher to homer until interleague play 25 years later 1972 Event Chicago's Dick Allen is 4th (Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, and Alex Johnson) to homer into Comiskey Park's center field bleachers 1972 Event In Willie Mays 1st game as a New York Met his homer beats San Francisco Giants, 5-4 1971 Event New York Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet 1968 Event Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536 1968 Event Frank Howard fails to homer, after hitting 10 in 6 consecutive games 1966 Event 5 Minnesota Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, and Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A's 9-4 1963 Event Leslie Narum is only Baltimore Oriole to homer on his 1st at bat 1962 Event Homer Blancos plays finest round in golf, shooting a 55 1962 Event Brothers Hank and Tommie Aaron homer in same inning 1962 Event Mantle hits his 3rd and 4th consecutive homer 1960 Event Ted Williams hits his final homer #521 1956 Event Yankees set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway 1956 Event Yankees clinch pennant #22 on Mantle's 50th homer of year 1955 Event Bauer and Berra homer in 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st 1953 Event Billy Hunter is last St. Louis Browns player to homer in a game 1953 Death Sidney Homer, composer, dies at 88 1953 Event Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds' center field bleachers 1950 Death Eduard Hermann, German linguist (Homer), dies at 80 1947 Event Yankee Yogi Berra becomes 1st to pinch hit a World Series homer 1941 Birthday Homer Banks, U.S. singer and songwriter, Be What You Are 1940 Event Reds Bucky Walters is 1st pitcher in 14 years to homer in World Series 1938 Event Phil Emmett Mueller and Dodger Ernie Koy both homer in their 1st at bat 1933 Event Ruth's homer leads AL to a 4-2 win in 1st All Star Game 1933 Event 1st time, brothers on opposite teams homer in the same game. Red Sox 1930 Event Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball 1926 Birthday Harry "Little" Caesar, blues singer and actor, City Heat, Homer and Eddie 1923 Birthday Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, country singer, Homer and Jethro 1921 Event Babe Ruth's 1st World Series homer; only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays 1920 Event Phillies manager Gravvy Cravath puts himself in as pinch hitter, his 3- run homer beats New York Giants 3-0 1920 Death Homer Newton Bartlett, composer, dies at 74 1920 Birthday Jethro Burnsburns, country singer, Homer and Jethro 1919 Event Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at 28 off of Yankee Bob Shawkey 1915 Birthday Homer Keller, composer 1910 Death Winslow Homer, painter (Prout's Neck), dies 1892 Event Homer A. Plessy refuses to go to segregated RR car (Plessy vs. Ferguson) 1869 Birthday Eduard Hermann, Coburg Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, German linguist, Homer 1864 Birthday Sidney Homer, composer 1845 Birthday Homer Newton Bartlett, composer 1836 Birthday Winslow Homer, U.S., painter, Gulfstream 1783 Birthday Vasili A. Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator, Homer
