2015 Event The U.S. Navy announces that it will allow women to undergo its intensive 6-month SEAL training; female candidates who pass the course will be able to serve on SEAL teams 2014 Event In addition to financial support and medical expertise, the U.S. is sending engineers to West Africa to build Ebola treatment clinics, will provide training for hundreds of healthcare workers, and will offer Ebola education packets to the public 2014 Event President Barack Obama announces that the U.S. will increase its support for forces fighting the advances of the Islamic State militant group; air power, military training and other aid will be provided, but U.S. troops will not be sent to battle 2013 Event A training exercise emergency causes two U.S. marine harrier jets to drop several hundred unarmed bombs on the Great Barrier Reef, a World Heritage site 2012 Event Amid tension with China, Keen Sword, the biennial naval training exercise between the United States and Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, takes place off the shore of Okinawa 2010 Event Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili dies in a fatal crash during a training run for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, hours before the opening ceremonies 1993 Event Marlins beat Astros 12-8 in their 1st spring training game 1993 Event Florida Marlins open their 1st spring training camp 1992 Event Ground breaking of Florida Marlins 7,500 seat spring training stadium 1988 Death Angela Aames, actress (Lost Empire, Basic Training), dies 1987 Event New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl 1987 Event Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training 1978 Event Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training) 1976 Event Owners announce spring training won't open without a labor contract 1974 Birthday Eva Mendes, born in Miami, Florida, actress, known for movie, 'Training Day', and films, 'Hitch', 'The Spirit', 'We Own the Night' 1970 Birthday Macy Gray, born in Canton, Ohio, singer, songwriter, actress, Grammy-Award winner, films, 'Idlewild', 'Training Day', hit song, 'I Try', famous album, 'On How Life Is' 1967 Event White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game) 1963 Event Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training 1958 Birthday Ann Dusenberry, born in Tucson, Arizona, actress, Jaws 2, Lies, Basic Training 1956 Event AL plans to test automatic intentional walk during spring training 1954 Event Ted Williams fractures collarbone in 1st game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War 1952 Event Marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada 1948 Event Yankees and Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17, spring training game 1945 Event Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain, New York 1944 Birthday Peter Ryan, British national director, Police Training 1942 Event 1st detachment of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, begin basic training 1942 Event Women's Army Auxiliary Corps began basic training at Fort Des Moines 1942 Event Ian Fleming graduates from a training school for spies in Canada 1940 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Selective Training and Service Act (1st peacetime draft) 1937 Event 1st Santa Claus Training School opens in Albion, New York 1931 Event Spring training site of New York Yankees in St. Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager 1916 Event U.S. Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps 1910 Birthday Barbara Woodhouse, dog training expert 1909 Event Nannie Burroughs forms national training School for Women 1876 Event U.S. Coast Guard officers' training school established New Bedford, Massachusetts 1750 Event 1st American school to offer manual training courses opens, Md
