2006 Al Jazeera launches Al Jazeera English
2006 Egyptian ferry, Al Salam Boccaccio, sinks killing over 1200 people in the Red Sea
2005 Al Lopez, American Coach
2003 The United Nations reported that there is no link between al Queda and Iraq
2003 Al Hirschfeld, Broadway cartoonist, dies at 99
2001 Al Hibbler, singer, Unchained Melody, dies at 85
2001 Al McGuire, American Coach
2001 Al Waxman, actor, Cagney and Lacey, dies at 65
2000 Al Gore concedes presidential election, George W. Bush named president
2000 Al Gore wins the popular vote but loses the electoral vote to George W. Bush
2000 The Democratic party nominates Al Gore to run for president
2000 Al Purdy, Canadian Poet
1999 Al Hirt, jazz master, trumpeter, dies at 76
1997 Ken Griffey, Jr. unanimously wins AL MVP
1997 Roger Clemens wins his 4th AL Cy Young Award
1997 2 hours after Davey Johnson resigns, he is named AL Manager of Year
1997 Boston shortstop Nomar Garciaparra is 6th unanimous AL Rookie of Year
1997 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland
1996 Texas Ranger Juan Gonzalez wins AL MVP
1996 Toronto's Pat Hentgen wins AL Cy Young Award
1996 Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of
1996 Buland Al Haidary, poet, dies at 69
1996 Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Lash of the West), dies at 78
1996 Florida Marlin Al Leiter no hits Colorado Rockies, 11-0
1996 New York Yankee Dwight Gooden wins his 1st AL game beating Tigers 10-3
1996 Greg Pavlik one-hits Tigers making the Rangers 1st AL team to pitch back-to-back one-hitters since the Washington Senators in 1917
1995 Edgar Martinez drives home tying and winning runs to rally Mariners to 6-5 win in bottom of 11th to beat Yankees and win AL Division Series
1995 Seattle Mariners beat California Angels, 9-1 in a playoff game to win AL West
1995 Cleveland Indians clinch 1st AL Central Division title
1995 Tigers teammates Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell play in 1,914 game together tying AL record
1995 Al Hansen, artist, dies at 67
1995 Al Duncan, drummer, dies at 68
1994 Al Levitt, US/French jazz drummer, dies at 63
1994 65th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-8 at 3 Rivers Stad, Pitts
1994 Al Unser, Jr. wins 78th Indianapolis 500 in 3:06:29.006 (255.89 kph)
1994 Experts from AL certify Indian's Jacobs Field is properly lit
1993 Dennis Martinez is 7th to win 100 games in AL and NL
1993 Baseball's proposed switch to a three-division format OKed in AL
1993 64th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-3 at Camden Yards, Baltimore
1993 65th Academy Awards - "Unforgiven," Al Pacino and Emma Thompson win
1992 New York Jet Al Toon becomes 10th NFL to catch a pass in 100 straight games
1992 Toronto Blue Jays beats Oakland A's to win their 1st AL pennant
1992 Toronto down 6-1 in 7th beats A's 7-6 in 11th in AL playoff
1992 El Al cargo jet crashes into apartment complex in Amsterdam (250 die)
1992 1st time AL East and West champs have same record (96-66)-Tor and Oak
1992 El Al cargo plane crashes at Amsterdam Bijlmer, 43 die
1992 Itzhak Fuks, El Al captain, crashes in Bijlmer Netherlands
1992 Ohad Arnon, El Al captain, crashes in Bijlmer Netherlands
1992 Toronto Blue Jays win AL East title
1992 Oakland A's win AL West title
1992 Seattle's Randy Johnson ties AL record for lefties with 18 strike outs
1992 63rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-6 at Jack Murphy Stadium, SD
1992 Weird Al Yankovic begins his Off The Deep End tour
1992 Al Unser, Jr. wins Indy 500
1992 "Smells Like Nirvana," by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35
1992 Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings
1992 New York Islander, Al Arbour, coaches most NHL games (1,438)
1991 Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken wins his 2nd AL MVP
1991 Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award
1991 Minnesota Twins win AL pennant beating Toronto in 5 games
1991 Toronto Blue Jays clinches AL East title and becomes 1st team to draw 4 million fans
1991 After 3 year reign as AL champs, A's are eliminated from AL West
1991 Mike Jeffcoat is 1st AL pitcher to get an RBI since 1972
1991 With New York Yankee victory, 10 of 14 AL teams are at .500 or better
1991 62nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at SkyDome, Toronto
1991 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Babalu Music"
1990 Oakland's Rickey Henderson wins AL MVP
1990 Oakland's Bob Welch wins AL Cy Young Award
1990 Cleveland Indian Sandy Alomar, Jr. wins AL Rookie of Year, unanimously
1990 Oakland A's clinch 3rd straight AL West title
1990 Mariner Matt Young becomes 21st AL'er to strike out 4 in 1 inning
1990 61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
1990 Gary Carter catches his 1,862nd career game breaks Al Lopez's NL mark
1990 Dan Quisenberry (all-time AL save king, 238) announces his retirement
1990 Civil Rights activist Rev Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst Bkln
1989 Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Robin Yount wins AL MVP
1989 Bret Saberhagen wins AL Cy Young Award
1989 Balt's Gregg Olson is 1st relief pitcher to win AL Rookie of Year
1989 Toronto Blue Jays wins AL East title
1989 Oakland wins AL West and San Francisco wins NL West title
1989 Rev Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst
1989 Rickey Henderson sets AL mark of 50 steals in 9 seasons
1989 Twins trade AL Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola to Mets
1989 60th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim All star MVP: Bo Jackson (Kansas City Royals)
1989 Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games back in AL, and go on to win AL East
1989 Carlton Fisk becomes AL catcher HR hitter, 307th at Yankee stadium
1989 Weird Al Yankovic records "She Drives Like Crazy"
1989 Weird Al Yankovic records his UHF soundtrack
1989 Cleveland loses and drop to 21-22, this is the latest a sub .500 team is in 1st place (AL East)
1989 Red Schoendienst and Al Barlick elected to Hall of Fame
1989 Al Arbour wins his 600th NHL game as coach
1988 Jose Canseco is 1st unanimous AL MVP since Reggie Jackson
1988 Walt Weiss wins AL rookie of year (3rd straight for Oakland A's)
1988 Oakland A's sweep Boston Red Sox in 4 games for AL pennant
1988 Minn Twins are 1st AL club ever to break 3 million season attendance
1988 Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL and NL
1988 Boston Red Sox win AL record 24 straight home games
1988 Boston Red Sox set AL consecutive home victories at 23
1988 Red Sox beat Tigers 9-4 for AL record 23rd consecutive win at home
1988 59th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin
1988 A's Gene Nelson is 1st AL pitcher to steal a base since 1973
1988 Red Sox begin AL record 23rd consecutive home win streak
1988 Boston Red Sox are 10 games back in AL, and go on to win AL East
1988 "Fat" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #99
1988 New York Yank Dave Winfield gets his 29th RBI of April - Sets AL and ties ML Record
1988 Baltimore Orioles lose AL record 21 games in a row
1988 New York Met Davey Johnson becomes 2nd manager to record 400 victory in 1st 4 years (Al Lopez did it 1st)
1987 George Bell is 1st Blue Jay ever to win the AL MVP
1987 Oakland 1st baseman Mark McGwire wins AL Rookie of Year
1987 Minnesota Twins beat Detroit Tigers for AL pennant
1987 Blues Jays lose final 7 games allowing Tigers to win AL pennant
1987 Red Sox Wade Boggs ties AL record of 200 hits for 5 straight seasons
1987 Jack Morris ties AL record with 5 wild pitches in a 4-2 lose
1987 Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 cons games
1987 Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit home runs in 7 straight AL games (en route to 8)
1987 Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season and ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8)
1987 Al Unser, Sr., 47, wins his 4th Indy 500
1987 Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show
1987 Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East
1987 Brewers lose, ending AL season-opening winning streak at 13 games
1987 Brewers score 5 runs in 9th to win 6-4 and record 12th straight AL win
1987 Al Campanis, Dodger executive for more than 40 years, resigns, after making racial remarks on "Nightline"
1987 Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equiped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy
1987 New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl
1986 A's Jose Canseco wins AL Rookie of Year
1986 Roger Clemens wins AL MVP
1986 Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimously
1986 Cleveland sets AL attendance record for twi-night doubleheader, 65,934
1986 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston
1986 Kuwait's National Assembly (Majlis al Umma) dissolves
1986 Longest 9 inning AL game (4h16m), Baltimore Orioles beat Yankees 18-9
1986 Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV and finds nothing
1985 Terrorists kill 20 and wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome and Vienna airports, President Reagan blames Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi
1985 White Sox shortstop Ozzie Guillen, is named AL Rookie of Year
1985 New York Yankee Don Mattingly easily wins AL MVP
1985 Dwight Gooden (NL) and Bret Saberhagen (AL) win Cy Young
1985 Weird Al Yankovic released his Dare To Be Stupid LP
1984 Willie Hernandez wins AL MVP Award
1984 Tigers reliever Willie Hernandez wins AL Cy Young Award
1984 Yanks clinch AL East
1984 New York Yankee Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 avg
1984 Tigers clinch AL East championship (spent all year in 1st place)
1984 Al Schacht, [Clown prince of baseball], baseball player, dies at 91
1984 "Weird Al" Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair
1984 Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater
1984 Detroit Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game
1984 Detroit Tigers win AL record tying 16th straight road game
1984 "King Of Suede" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #62
1983 18/10? Albert "Carel" Willink, painter: magic(al)-realism, dies at 83
1983 19/10? Albert "Carel" Willink, painter: magic(al)-realism, dies at 83
1983 Chicago White Sox clinch their 1st-ever AL West championship,
1983 AL President Lee MacPhail threw out umpire's decision and allows
1983 54th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-3 at Comiskey Park, Chicago
1983 Fred Lynn of Angels hits All Star game 1st grand slam (AL wins 13-3)
1983 AL President Lee MacPhail suspends Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for one week, for his public criticism of umpires
1983 "Ricky" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #63
1983 Weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Washington D.C.
1983 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Ricky" and "Buckingham Blues" debut LP
1982 Orioles Cal Ripken is named AL Rookie of Year
1982 Brewers' Robin Yount wins AL MVP, unanimously
1982 Pete Vuckovich becomes Milwaukee's 2nd consecutive AL Cy Young
1982 Auburn's Al Del Greco kicks 6 field goals
1982 Milwaukee whips Baltimore 10-2 to win AL East championship
1982 1st Old Timer's All star classic - AL wins 7-2 in Washington D.C.
1982 1st annual Cracker Jack Oldtimers Classic 75-year-old Luke Appling hits a 250-foot HR off Warren Spahn, AL beats NL 7-2
1981 New York Yankee Dave Righetti wins AL Rookie of Year Award
1981 Yankees Dave Righetti wins AL Rookie of Year
1981 Rollie Fingers is 1st relief pitcher to win AL MVP
1981 Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year for the Oakland A's
1981 Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers wins AL Cy Young Award
1981 New York Yankees capture 33rd AL pennant, sweeping 3 games from Oakland A's
1981 NL beats AL 5-4 in 52nd All Star Game (Cleveland Stadium)
1981 Rangers' Bill Stein sets AL record with 7 consecutive pinch hits
1981 AL approves sale of White Sox to Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn for $20 million, and 80% of Mariners to George Argyros for $104 million
1980 Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year for the Oakland A's
1980 Despite missing 45 games, George Brett wins AL MVP
1980 Baltimore's Steve Stone wins AL Cy Young Award
1980 Astros owner John McMullen replaces GM Tal Smith with Al Rosen
1980 Yanks lose 4-2 and are swept by Royals in AL Championship series
1980 Yanks set AL attendance mark at 2,627,417
1980 A's Rickey Henderson sets AL stolen base record at 98 en route to 100
1980 Bill Veeck agrees to sell Chicago White Sox to Eddie DeBartolo Sr for $20,000,000, AL owners block the sale
1980 Texas Ranger Ferguson Jenkins becomes 4th to win 100 games in AL and NL
1979 Twins John Castino and Jays Alfredo Griffin tie for AL Rookie of Year
1979 California's Don Baylor, wins AL MVP
1979 Al Capp, U.S. cartoonist (Li'l Abner), dies at 70
1979 Mike Flanagan, wins AL Cy Young Award
1979 Red Sox Bob Watson is 1st to hit for cycle in AL and NL (Astros)
1979 Mariners draft Al Chambers #1
1979 Al Hodge, actor (Capt Video), dies at 65
1978 Boston Red Sox Jim Rice wins AL MVP
1978 Khomeini followers attack British embassy/El Al office in Iran
1978 New York Yankee Ron Guidry unanimously wins AL Cy Young Award
1978 Yanks win 3rd straight AL Championship, all against Kansas City
1978 Yanks 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
1978 Gunmen open fire on an Israeli El Al Airline bus in London
1978 Al Unser became 5th to win Indianapolis 500, 3 times
1978 AL approves transfer of Red Sox to Jean Yawkey for $15M
1978 3 PFLP members kill a cop near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris
1978 Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training)
1978 Crown Prince Sad Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah becomes Prime Minister of Kuwait
1977 Amir Sheikh Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah becomes leader of Kuwait
1977 Orioles 1st baseman Eddie Murray wins AL Rookie of Year
1977 Rod Carew wins AL MVP award
1977 Final Al Capp comic strip of "Li'l Abner" (1934-77)
1977 Yankees win AL pennant by rallying for 3 runs in 9th to beat Kansas City Royals 5-3 in 5th and deciding playoff game
1977 Yanks win 2nd consecutive AL East title
1977 Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani becomes heir apparent to throne of Qatar
1977 Joe Sewell, Amos Rusie, and Al Lopez elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1976 Balt Jim Palmer wins AL Cy Young Award
1976 New AL franchises in Seattle and Toronto fill up their rosters
1976 Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (New York Yankees)
1976 Yanks 1st AL Championship game, beat Royals 4-1
1976 Seattle and Toronto picks 30 unprotected players on other AL rosters Ruppert Jones (Seattle) and Bob Bailor (Toronto) are picked 1st
1976 Al Bumbry hits 17th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history
1976 AL approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M
1975 Red Sox's Fred Lynn is 1st rookie to win MVP (AL)
1975 Boston's Fred Lynn is the overwhelming choice as AL Rookie of Year
1975 Al Lettieri, actor (Beautiful but Deadly, Don is Dead), dies at 47
1975 Al Jackson, rock drummer (Booker T and The MG's), dies at 39
1975 4 mail truck assault on El Al B-747 in Paris, escape to Iraq
1974 Rangers' Mike Hargrove wins AL Rookie of Year
1974 Rangers' Jeff Burroughs wins AL MVP
1974 Catfish Hunter is named AL Cy Young Award
1974 Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (Texas Rangers)
1974 Al Kaline, Detroit Tiger, is 12th to get 3,000 hits
1974 Billy Martin is 1st AL manager ejected by ump from 2 games in 1 day
1974 Steve Busby retires 1st 9 White Sox to set AL record with 33 consecutive batters retired
1974 Mel Stottlemyre's AL record 272nd consecutive start, without relief
1974 Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park HR against New York Yankees
1974 Lee MacPhail takes over as AL president, succeeding Joe Cronin
1973 AL President Joe Cronin refuses to allow Dick Williams to manage Yankees
1973 Yanks sign Dick Williams as manager, overturned later by AL Pres
1973 Baltimore Oriole Al Bumbry wins AL Rookie of Year
1973 Jim Palmer is named AL Cy Young winner
1973 Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP Award unanimously
1973 Oakland A's Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP unanimously
1973 Yankee GM and President Lee MacPhail named AL president
1973 Oakland beats Baltimore 3 games to 2 to win AL pennant
1973 Baltimore Oriole Al Bumbry hits 3 triples vs Milwaukee Brewers
1973 Ozark AL plane knocked out of air by lightning, St. Louis-36 die
1973 Qaboos bin Said Al Said, becomes Sultan and Prime Minister of Oman
1973 Chicago's Cy Acosta is 1st AL pitcher to bat since DH rule (strikeout)
1973 Nixon announces resignation of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, et al
1972 Red Sox Carlton Fisk wins AL Rookie of Year, Mets Jon Matlack wins NL
1972 White Sox Dick Allen wins AL MVP
1972 Gaylord Perry wins AL Cy Young award
1972 Balt Roric Harrison is last AL pitcher to homer until interleague play 25 years later
1972 Cady Cantrell, Lanett AL, playmate, Apr, 1992
1972 Record 8 shutouts pitched in 16 major league games (AL=5, NL=3)
1972 Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani becomes Amir and Prime Minister of Qatar
1972 Ras al Khaima joins United Arab Emirates
1972 Al Goodman, Russian/US orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81
1971 Zayid bin Sultan Al Nuhayyan of Abu Dhabi becomes President of UAE
1971 Dan "DB" Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200,000
1971 Joe Torre wins NL MVP, Vida Blue wins AL MVP
1971 AL OKs Washington Senator move to Arlington (Texas Rangers)
1971 WIIQ TV channel 41 in Demopolis, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1971 Johnny Ruffin, Butler AL, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
1971 42nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-4 at Tiger Stadium, Detroit
1971 Cleveland's Steve Dunning becomes last AL pitcher to hit grand slam
1970 Yankees catcher Thurman Munson wins AL Rookie of Year
1970 Baltimore Oriole Boog Powell wins AL MVP
1970 Boog Powell wins AL MVP
1970 Twins Jim Perry wins AL Cy Young Award
1970 Al Fontenot, NFL defensive end for the Chicago Bears
1970 Michael Potts, Langdale AL, pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers
1970 Al Wilson, "Blind Owl", guitarist/vocalist (Canned Heat), dies at 27
1970 WDHN TV channel 18 in Dothan, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 Tigers Al Kaline collides with another player and swallows his tongue
1970 AL Cy Young winner Denny McLain suspended for bookmaking
1969 KC outfielder Lou Piniella is voted AL Rookie of Year
1969 Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew is voted AL MVP
1969 WHMA (now WJSU) TV channel 40 in Anniston, AL (CBS) 1st broadcast
1969 Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Politician
1969 Billy Martin (97-65) is fired as manager of AL West-winning Twins
1969 Baltimore Orioles, win earliest AL Eastern division title
1969 Rusty Greer, Ft. Rucker AL, outfielder for the Texas Rangers
1968 Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, kills 1
1968 Yankees pitcher Stan Bahnsen wins AL Rookie of Year
1968 1st AL pitcher to win MVP, Denny McLain (wins unanimously)
1968 Battles between Jordan army and Al Fatah-arm forces
1968 Detroit Tiger Denny McLain unanimously wins AL Cy Young Award
1968 AL expansion draft, Kansas City pick Roger Nelson and Pilots pick Don Mincher 1st
1968 AL and NL umpires form a new Association of Major League Umpires
1968 WGIQ TV channel 43 in Louisville, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 loses by 1 run
1968 PLO's 1st hijacking of an El Al plane
1968 Executive Council decides both AL and NL to divide into 2 divisions
1968 AL games at Balt and Chicago postponed honoring Robert Kennedy
1968 AL announces it is splitting into 2 divisions
1968 AL Kaline hits his 307th HR, surpassing Hank Greenberg as a Tiger
1968 Frank Howard ties AL record with HR in his 6th consecutive game his 10 home runs in the most in 6 games
1968 1st AL game played in Milwaukee, is a 4-2 California win against Chicago
1968 Seattle's AL club is named Pilots
1968 "Royals" chosen as the name of new Kansas City AL franchise
1967 Pacific Northwest Sports awarded AL expansion franchise (Seattle)
1967 Seattle awarded one of the 2 AL expansion franchise teams
1967 Al Martin, Covina California, outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates
1967 Boston's Carl Yastrzemski wins AL MVP
1967 NL owners OK AL expansion to Seattle and Kansas City
1967 Boston's Jim Lonborg wins AL Cy Young
1967 AL votes to allow Athletics to move from Kansas City to Oakland and expand league to 12 teams in 1971 with Kansas City and Seattle teams
1967 WFIQ TV channel 36 in Florence, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 Al Downing becomes 12th to strike-out side on 9 pitches
1967 Arabs Federation premier Hoesein Al Bayoomi resigns
1967 Al Carlay, born in Manila, Philippines, U.S. fencer-foil 1996 Olympics
1966 Al Nelson sets NFL record returning missed field goal, 100 yards
1966 Chicago outfielder Tommie Agee is voted AL Rookie of Year
1966 Frank Robinson selected AL MVP
1966 Orioles beat A's 6-1 to clinch their 1st AL pennant
1966 Cleve pitchers set AL record striking out 19 batters in 1st 9 innings
1966 Al Kelly, double talk comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at 67
1966 48th PGA Championship: Al Geiberger shoots a 280 at Firestone CC Akron
1966 AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner
1966 Al Iafrate, born in Dearborn, Michigan, NHL defenseman, San Jose Sharks
1966 Buffalo Springfield form (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al)
1966 Al Jaworsky, [Alan Doughty], pop bassist, Jesus Jones
1965 Al Ritz, actor (Gorilla, Hi Ya Chum), dies at 62
1965 Twins SS Zoilo Versalles is named AL MVP
1965 Glen Edward Day, Mobile AL, PGA golfer, 1994 Anheuser-Busch-2nd
1965 WCFT TV channel 33 in Tuscaloosa, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1965 Al Leiter, Toms River, New Jersey, pitcher, Florida Marlins, New York Mets
1965 WBMG TV channel 42 in Birmingham, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1965 Minnesota gains its 1st AL pennant by defeating Washington, 2-1
1964 Al Smith, NFL linebacker for the Houston Oilers
1964 Baltimore Oriole Brooks Robinson wins AL MVP
1964 Orioles Frank Robinson unanimous choice as AL MVP
1964 WEIQ TV channel 42 in Mobile, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 Al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor
1964 Jose Canseco, born in Havana, Cuba, outfielder, Oak A's, Red Sox, 1988 AL MVP
1964 WKAB TV channel 32 in Montgomery, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 AL owners vote 9-1 against Charlie Finley moving Kansas City A's to Louisville
1963 WHNT TV channel 19 in Huntsville, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1963 New York Yankee Elston Howard is 1st black ever voted AL MVP
1963 1st time since 1910 no AL player, played in every game
1963 Mark McGwire, 1st baseman, AL rookie of year 1988, Oakland A's, Cards
1963 "Nick Teen and Al K Hall" by Rolf Harris peaks at #95
1963 Al MacInnis, Inverness NS, NHL defenseman, Team Canada, St. Louis
1963 Al St. John, actor (Law and Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70
1962 WAIQ TV channel 26 in Montgomery, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP
1962 Indians and Angels set AL record of 40 strikeouts in a doubleheader
1962 Yankees clinch AL pennant
1962 33rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
1962 3 more Cleveland HR set AL record for most HR (26) over 8 games
1962 Al Unser, Jr., Indy-car racer, over 10 wins
1962 Al Del Greco, NFL kicker for the Houston/Tennessee Oilers
1961 Roger Maris is voted AL MVP
1961 Ryne Duren sets AL record with 7 straight strikeouts against Red Sox
1961 Record 27 home runs hit in 7 AL games
1961 "Bonanza" by Al Caiola Orchestra hits #19
1960 AL grants Gene Autry a franchise, LA Angels
1960 Roger Maris nips Mickey Mantle as AL MVP, 225-222
1960 Balitmore Oriole shortstop Ron Hansen voted AL Rookie of Year
1960 AL admits LA and Washington to the league
1960 AL approves Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins and announces franchises in LA and Washington D.C. for 1961
1960 Eastern AL Electra turbo-prop crashed in Boston Harbor (61 die)
1960 New York Yankees clinch AL pennant
1960 Arnon Ohad, co-pilot, El Al, plane that crashed on Bijlmer Amsterdam
1960 Pulitzer prize awarded to Al Drury (Advice and Consent)
1960 WSLA (now WAKA) TV channel 8 in Selma, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1959 Washington Senator Bob Allison wins AL Rookie of Year
1959 White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL's MVP
1959 "Weird Al" Yankovic, California, parody singer, Eat It, UHF, Naked Gun
1959 George Bell, Dominican Republic, outfielder, Blue Jays, 1987 AL MVP
1959 Chicago White Sox clinch AL pennant
1959 27th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Memorial Coliseum, LA
1959 AL beats NL 5-3 in 27th All Star Game (Dodger Stadium)
1959 WAAY TV channel 31 in Huntsville, AL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1959 Joe Cronin signs 7 year pact to become head of AL
1959 Al Yankovic, American Comedian
1958 AL announces Opening Day in 1959 will be earliest ever, April 9
1958 AL announces Kansas City will play AL record 52 night games in 1959
1958 AL announces that Kansas City will play AL record 52 night games in 1959
1958 25th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Balt
1958 Wade Boggs, Nebraska, Red Sox/Yank 3rd baseman, AL bat champ 1985-88
1958 Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford fans 6 in a row to tie an AL record
1958 Starting this season, AL batters are required to wear batting helmets
1957 Tony Kubek of the Yanks selected as AL Rookie of the Year
1957 Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP
1957 WOWL TV channel 15 in Florence, AL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1957 Red Sox set AL record by smashing 4 home runs in 6th inning in 11-0 win
1957 "Tonight! America After Dark" premieres, with Jack Lescoulie and Al (Jazzbo) Collins on NBC (between Steve Allen and Jack Paar)
1957 Al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies
1956 Frank Robinson (NL) and Luis Aparicio (AL) voted Rookie of the Year
1956 White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns. AL Lopez replaces him
1956 AL President Will Harridge bars Washington Senators move to West Coast, unless unanimously approved by the other AL owners
1956 Mark Daniel Gearan, born in Gardner, Massachusetts, campaign manager, Al Gore
1956 WDIQ (now KMCT) TV channel 2 in Dozier, AL (PBS) begins
1956 Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs
1956 Al Simmons, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334, dies at 54
1956 AL umpire Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game
1956 AL plans to test automatic intentional walk during spring training
1955 Detroit outfielder Al Kaline, 20, is youngest batting champ
1955 WKRG TV channel 5 in Mobile, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 Larry Doby's ends AL record of 167 errorless games in outfield
1955 WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1955 WTVY TV channel 4 in Dothan, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 WCIQ TV channel 7 in Mt Cheaha, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1954 Ozzie Smith, Mobile AL, infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals
1954 WSFA TV channel 12 in Montgomery, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 AL approves Philadelphia A's move to Kansas City
1954 Al Sharpton, American Politician
1954 Indians win AL record 111 games
1954 Cleveland Indians clinch AL pennant, beat Tigers (3-2)
1954 Indians sweep Yanks at Municipal Stadium; largest AL crowd (86,563)
1954 Al Roker, Queens, New York, weatherman, NBC, Today
1954 Al Dimeola, rocker
1954 21st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-9 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
1954 Dean Stone gets credit for AL win, although he didn't retire a batter, he threw out Shoendienst trying to steal home, AL-11 NL-9
1954 WMSL (WYUR, now WAFF) TV channel 48 in Huntsville, AL (ABC) begins
1953 Indians 3rd baseman Al Rosen is unanimously named AL's MVP
1953 AL approves St. Louis Browns move to become Baltimore Orioles
1953 Baseball player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) and Allie Reynolds (AL) hire John Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiation
1953 Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, Harry Wright, Ed Barrow, and Bill Klem and Tom Connolly are inducted into Hall of Fame
1953 George Brett, West Virginia, Kansas City Royal 3rd baseman, 1980 AL MVP
1953 AL rejects Bill Veeck's request to move St. Louis Browns to Baltimore
1953 Jim Rice, Boston Red Sox outfielder, AL MVP 1978
1953 WALA TV channel 10 in Mobile, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1952 A's Harry Byrd selected AL Rookie of Year
1952 Philadelphia A's pitcher Bobby Shantz wins AL MVP
1952 Yanks clinch 4th straight and 19th AL pennant, beating A's 5-2
1951 AL alters its restrictions on night games, adopting NL's suspended game rule and lifting its ban on lights for Sunday games
1951 New York Yankee Gil McDougald wins AL Rookie of Year
1951 Al Greenwood, keyboardist, Foreigner-Feels Like the First Time
1951 Al Franken, comedian/writer/actor, SNL, Stuart Saves His Family
1950 Boston Red Sox 1B Walt Dropo wins AL Rookie of Year
1950 Walt Dropo of Boston Red Sox selected AL Rookie of Year
1950 Al Jolson, [Asa Yoelson], singer and actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 64
1950 Red Sox Dom DiMaggio leads AL with only 15 stolen bases
1950 Israeli airline El Al begins service
1949 AL votes down proposal to revive spitball
1949 AL votes 7-1 rejecting legalizing the spitball
1949 Ted Williams, wins AL MVP
1949 Al Berger, rocker
1949 Vida Blue, major-league pitcher, Cy Young and AL MVP 1971
1949 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
1949 WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1949 Don Baylor, born in Texas, baseball player, Rockies, 1979 AL RBI leader, 267 HBP
1949 A's Elmer Valo is 1st AL'er to hit 2 bases-loaded triples in a game
1948 Player-manager Lou Boudreau is selected AL MVP
1948 Indians beat Red Sox, 8-0, in 1st AL playoff game
1948 Yanks, Boston and Cleveland are tied for 1st place in AL (91-56)
1948 Tipper Gore, wife of vice president Al Gore, 1993-01
1948 15th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-2 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis
1948 Cleveland Indians tie AL record of 18 walks (beat Red Sox 13-4)
1948 Al Gore, born in Washington D.C., Sen-D-Tenn, 1985-92 and 45th U.S. VP 1993-2000
1947 Al Gionfriddo makes a great catch off Joe Dimaggio in World Series
1947 Larry Gene Nelson, Ft. Payne AL, PGA golfer, 1980 Atlanta Classic
1947 14th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
1947 Larry Doby signs with Cleveland Indians-1st black player in AL
1947 Cleveland Indians purchase Larry Dolby, the 1st black in AL
1947 Al Ciner, born in Chicago, Illinois, rock guitarist, American Breed
1947 Al Goodman, rock vocalist, Ray, Goodman, Brown
1947 Al Capone, American Criminal
1947 Al Capone, Chicago gangster, dies of syphilis at 48
1946 Ted Williams is picked as AL MVP
1946 Al Luginbill, Pomona California, WLAF head coach for the Amsterdam Admirals
1946 Al Couture knockouts Ralph Walton in Lewiston Maine in 10 secs
1946 Boston Red Sox clinch AL pennant
1946 13th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 12-0 at Fenway Park, Boston
1946 Al Green, Forest City Arkansas, singer, Lets Stay Together
1946 Ed O'Neill, actor, Al Bundy-Married with Children
1946 Al Nichol, born in Winston Salem, North Carolina, rock guitarist and vocalist, Turtles
1946 Elaine Cheris, Dotham Al, fencer-epee 1996 Olympics
1945 Al Michaels, Brooklyn, sportscaster, ABC Monday Night Baseball/Football
1945 Rod Carew, baseball slugger, AL Rookie of Year 1967
1945 Al Stewart, born in Glasgow, Scotland, rocker, Year of the Cat
1945 Curtis Blefary, baseball player, 1965 AL rookie of year
1945 Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru The Tulips), dies at 53
1944 Stan Bahnsen, pitcher, New York Yankee, 1968 AL Rookie-of-year
1944 Hal Newhouser is named AL MVP
1944 St. Louis Browns win their only AL pennant
1944 Browns last in AL attendance,only 6,172 watch them sweep Yanks in DH
1944 Al Kooper, rock keyboards/vocalist, Blood Sweat and Tears-When I Die
1943 Spud Chandler wins AL MVP; Stan Musial wins NL MVP
1943 Carl Scheib becomes youngest pitcher in AL (16y 8 ms) of the A's
1943 Lou Pinella, Yankee manager, 1969 AL rookie of the year
1943 Philadelphia A's drop AL record tying 20th game in a row, win the 2nd game
1943 Al Ramsey, born in New Jersey, rocker, Gary Lewis and the Playboys-This Diamond Ring
1943 11th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia
1943 Al "Blind Owl" Wilson, rock guitarist and vocalist, Canned Heat
1943 Fastest 9 inning AL baseball game (89 mins), White Sox beat Senators
1942 Despite Ted Williams wins Triple Crown, Yanks Joe Gordon wins AL MVP
1942 Al Jardine, born in Lima, Ohio, guitarist/singer, Beach Boys-Surfin, In My Room
1942 Milt all star team (including Bob Feller) losts to AL all stars 5-0
1942 10th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Polo Grounds, New York
1942 [Dick] Richie Allen, baseball player, AL MVP 1972
1942 Al[bert] Tanara, WLAF defensive coach, Amsterdam Admirals
1942 Bill Francis Mobile Al, rocker, Dr. Hook
1942 Al Hunt, American Journalist
1941 Al Capone's son Sonny marries in Miami Beach
1941 Joe DiMaggio is named AL MVP
1941 New York Yankees, win earliest AL pennent (full season)
1941 Boog Powell, baseball player, AL MVP 1970
1941 Detroit pitcher Al Benton is 1st to collect 2 sacrifices in an inning
1941 9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
1941 White Sox Taft Wright sets AL record of RBIs in 13 consecutive games
1940 Joe Louis KOs Al McCoy in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in Chicago
1940 Tony Oliva, ball player, batting champ, AL Rookie of Year 1964
1940 Al Pacino, born in New York City, actor, And Justice For All, Godfather, Scorpio
1940 Al Jarreau, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, jazz singer, Moonlighting
1939 Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail
1939 Joe DiMaggio wins AL MVP, Jimmie Foxx is runner-up
1939 Carl Yastrzemski, born in New York, Boston Red Sox great, 1967 AL MVP, Hall of Fame
1939 Yankees set AL shutout margin with 21-0 victory over A's
1939 New York Yankee Atley Donald sets AL rookie record with 12 consecutive win
1939 7th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York New York Yankee/AL maanager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees
1939 Al Unser, auto racer, Indianapolis 500-1970, 71
1939 1st AL night game, Philadelphia Shribe Park (Indians 8, Athletics 3 in 10)
1938 AL permits Cleveland and Philadelphia to play night games
1938 Will Harridge is elected to a 10-year-term as AL president
1938 Al Capp, cartoonist of Lil' Abner creates Sadie Hawkins Day
1938 Jimmie Foxx wins his 3rd AL MVP
1938 Tom Tresh, New York Yankee, 1962 AL Rookie of Year
1938 Gaylord Perry, baseball player, 1972 AL Cy Young winner
1938 Donald Schwall, baseball player, 1961 AL rookie of year
1937 AL batting champ Charlie Gehringer wins MVP
1937 Al Geiberger, Red Bluff California, PGA golfer, 1962 Ontario Open
1937 Al D'Amato, born in Brooklyn, New York, Sen-R-NY 1981-
1937 5th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 8-3 at Griffith Stadium, Wash
1936 AL OKs night baseball for St. Louis
1936 Lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA
1936 Al Oerter, born in Astoria, New York, discus thrower, Olympics gold 56, 60, 64, 68
1936 Joe McCarthy is named to manage AL All-Stars, rather than high-strung Mickey Cochrane, who is very close to a nervous breakdown
1936 Al Carr KOs Lew Massey on 1 punch, :07 of 1st round
1936 Al Goldstein, American Publisher
1935 White Sox sell Al Simmons to the Tigers for $75,000
1935 Al Jackson, Jr., born in Memphis, Tennessee, drummer, Booker T and MGs-Chinese Checkers
1935 Hank Greenberg selected AL MVP unanimously
1935 Hank Greenberg is named AL MVP by the BBWAA, Wes Ferrell is runner-up
1935 3rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
1935 1st time brothers on opposing teams hit HRs, Tony and Al Cuccunello
1935 Al Waxman, born in Toronto, Canada, actor, Cagney and Lacey, Meatballs 3, Spasms
1935 William Lee Gloden, Brewton Al, country singer, Oak Ridge Boys
1934 Al Kaline, born in Baltimore, Maryland, Hall of Fame outfielder for the Detroit Tigers
1934 Al Kaline, born in Baltimore, Maryland, baseball outfielder for the Detroit Tigers
1934 Although Lou Gehrig wins Triple Crown, Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP
1934 Roger Maris, Yankee, HR champ, 61 in 1961, AL MVP 1960, 1961
1934 Vern Gosdin, Woodland Al, country singer, Set 'em Up Joe
1934 2nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-7 at Polo Grounds, New York
1934 Moe Berg, Senators catcher, plays AL record 117th cons errorless game
1934 Al Freeman, Jr., born in Texas, actor, One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie
1933 Ruth's homer leads AL to a 4-2 win in 1st All Star Game
1933 Jimmie Foxx hits for cycle and sets AL record with 9 RBIs
1933 1st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at Comiskey Park, Chicago
1933 Mohamed Al Fayed, CEO, Harrods
1933 Itzhak Fuks, Israeli El Al captain, crashed in Amsterdam
1932 Al Levitt, drummer
1932 Jimmie Foxx wins AL MVP and Chuck Klein wins NL MVP
1932 New York Yankees clinch their 7th AL pennant
1932 Jim Nabors, Sylacauga Al, actor/singer, Gomer Pyle
1932 Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary
1932 Al Capone sent to prison
1931 Lefty Grove, A's pitcher who won 31 games, is named the AL's MVP
1931 Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion
1931 Al Capone convicted of tax evasion, sentenced to 11 years
1931 Al McGuire, U.S., basketball coach, Marquette
1931 Lefty Grove wins AL record tying 16th consecutive game
1931 Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury
1931 Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he and Babe Ruth tie for season
1931 Ban Johnson, created (baseball's AL), dies after a long illness
1930 Harvey Kuenn, baseball player, AL Rookie of the Year-1953
1930 Sporting News picks Bill Terry as NL MVP and Joe Cronin as AL MVP
1930 AP votes Joe Cronin unofficial AL MVP and BWA names Hack Wilson NL MVP
1930 Hafez al Assad, president, Syria
1930 Philadelphia A's win AL championship for 2nd year in a row
1930 Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez hits major league's last recorded bounce HR
1929 A's clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox
1929 Al Alvarez, English Poet
1929 Al Davis, born in Brocton, Massachusetts, NFL team owner, Los Angeles Raiders
1929 Albert Anselmi, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1929 John Scalise, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1929 Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1929 AL announces it will discontinue MVP award
1929 Sonny James, [James Loden], Hackelburg AL, rocker, Young Love
1929 Cleveland Indian Earl Averill, becomes 1st AL to hit a HR on 1st at bat
1929 Elston Howard, Yankee catcher, 1st black New York Yankee/1963 AL MVP
1928 Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP honors, edging Heinie Manush by 2 points
1928 Al Held, U.S., painter/sculptor, hard edge-style
1928 Al Lettieri, New York City, actor, Deadly Kiss, Pulp, Mr. Majestyk, Getaway
1928 Al "Fuzzy" Smith, baseball player
1927 Nellie Fox, White Sox infielder, AL MVP 1959
1927 Ban Johnson, in failing health, retires as AL president
1927 Lou Gehrig named AL MVP (Babe Ruth (former winner) not eligible)
1927 Al Duncan, drummer
1927 Al Martino, Philadelphia, singer, Here in My Heart, /actor, Godfather
1927 Al Hansen, artist
1927 Al[fred] A McCandless, Rep-R-CA, 1983-
1927 Jack Jensen, baseball player, AL MVP 1958
1927 Guy Mitchell, [Al Cernick], born in Detroit, Michigan, rocker/actor, Red Garters
1926 Buland Al Haidary, poet
1926 Yankees take a doubleheader from Browns to clinch AL pennant
1925 AL extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 and raise to $40,000
1925 Bobby Shantz, baseball player, 1952 AL MVP
1925 Washington shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh is named AL MVP
1925 Al Checco, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Extreme Close-up
1925 Al Rosen, born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, 3rd baseman, AL MVP 1953, /NY Yankee pres
1925 Al Fann, Cleve, actor, Alvin-He's the Mayor
1925 AL decides to alternate leagues for game 1 of World Series each year
1925 Musical "Big Boy" with Al Jolson premieres in New York City
1924 Larry Doby, 1st black in baseball's AL, Cleve Indians
1924 Walter Johnson elected AL MVP
1924 Al Balding, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer, Quebec Open-1952
1924 Al Neuharth, newspaper founder, USA Today
1924 Tine Balder, [Clementine AL Cobbaut], Flemish actress, Antigone
1923 Ban Johnson persuades AL owners to prohibit boxing in their parks
1923 U.S. lt Al Williams fly 392.2 KPH (record)
1923 Cathy O'Donnell, Siluria AL, actress, Miniver Story, Man from Laramie
1923 Al "Red" Schoendienst, baseball manager/2nd baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals
1922 Al Hirt, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, jazz trumpeter, Greatest Horn in the World
1922 Female 1st baseman Lizzie Murphy plays on AL all-star team
1922 "April Showers" by Al Jolson hits #1
1921 AL votes to return to best-of-7 World Series, while NL votes best-of-9 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis casts deciding vote for best-of-7
1921 Indians (9) and Yankees (7) combine for an AL record 16 doubles
1921 "Big Jim" Colisimo, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1920 AL votes to let spitball pitchers to continue using it
1920 Nehemiah Persoff, Jerusalem Palestine, actor, Al Capone, Yentl
1920 Tigers beat Yanks 1-0 in shortest AL game, 73 minutes
1920 NL votes 6-2 for 1 commissioner AL votes 6-2 to keep group commission
1919 NY, Boston, and Chicago, oppose AL resolution accusing Ban Johnson of overstepping his duties
1919 Al Molinaro, born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, actor, Murray-Odd Couple, Al-Happy Days
1919 Allie Reynolds, New York Yankee pitcher, 1952 AL ERA leader, 2.07,
1919 Al "Jazbo" Collins, New York City, DJ, Tonight! America After Dark
1918 Red Sox trade Dutch Leonard, Ernie Shore and Duffy Lewis to Yankees for Ray Caldwell and Slim Love, Frank Gilhooey, Al Walters and $15,000
1918 Robert Feller, MLB pitcher, Red Sox, led AL in strikeouts 7 times
1918 Ted Williams, hitter, Red Sox, AL MVP '46, '49; Trip Crown '42, '47
1918 Boston Red Sox, win earliest AL pennent ever (season ended Sept 2)
1918 Al Purdy, Canadian Poet
1917 Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor, Black Lash, Lash of the West
1917 Al "Lash" LaRue, born in Gretna, Louisiana, actor, Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp
1916 Indians Marty Kavanaugh, hits AL's 1st pinch-hit grand slam
1916 A's set AL record with 19th consecutive loss on road
1916 [JW] Al James Woodie exander, songwriter/vocalist
1915 Red Sox clinch AL pennant by beating Detroit
1915 British army conquerors Chilly al Imara, Mesopotamie
1915 Al Hibbler, singer, Unchained Melody
1913 Bert Daniels set AL mark, being hit-by-pitch 3 times in a doubleheader
1913 Al Hodge, actor, Capt Video
1912 Red Sox defeat A's 3-0 for then AL record 105th win
1912 AL President Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball
1912 1st unofficial gold record (Al Jolson's "Ragging The Baby To Sleep")
1911 Ty Cobb (AL) and Frank Schulte (NL) are 1st MVPs, each gets an auto
1911 Gertrude Michael, AL, actress, Cleopatra, Menace, Club Havana
1911 Philadelphia Athletics are 12 games back in AL, and will win World Series
1910 Al Lewis, actor, Leo-Car 54, Grandpa-Munsters
1910 Al Sears, jazz performer
1909 Al Capp, [Alfred Gerald Caplin], New Haven, Connecticut, cartoonist, Li'l Abner
1909 Ty Cobb clinches AL HR title with his 9th HR (all inside-the-park)
1909 Spud Chandler, baseball player, AL MVP 1943
1909 Jack Johnson fights Al Kaufman to no decision in 10 for boxing title
1909 Detroit and Washington play longest scoreless game in AL history-18 innings
1908 Tigers beat White Sox, 7-0 to win AL pennant
1908 Alfonso Lopez, baseball player, AL Manager of the year 1959
1908 Al Lopez, American Coach
1907 Oliver F McGowan, Kipling AL, actor, Banning, Stagecoach
1906 All Chicago World Series, 1st AL victory, White Sox win 4 games to 2 Cubs losers share of $439.50 is lowest for World Series
1906 Joe Cronin, baseball, Pirates, Red Sox, Senators, MVP 1930, AL Pres
1906 Chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak
1905 Cleveland makes AL record 7 errors in an inning
1905 Mohammed Abdoe, Egyptian writing expert (Al'Oerwah al-Woethka), dies
1904 Boston pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record, also record for total complete games AL 1,098, NL 1,089
1904 Johnny Mack Brown, Dothan AL, actor, Lawman is Born, Back Trail
1903 Boston Pilgrims clinch AL pennant, beating Cleveland, 14-3
1903 AL/NL batting champ Ed Delahanty, disappears, found dead days later
1903 Al Hirschfeld, American Cartoonist
1903 New York Highlanders play their 1st game, with Jack Chesbro losing 3-1 to Al Orth and Washington
1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL
1903 Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase AL Balt franchise for $18,000 and move it to New York City (Yankees)
1902 AL announces purchase of grounds for a stadium in NY
1902 Orioles forfeit to St. Louis having only 5 players available to play they then forfeit their franchise back to the AL
1902 Cleveland is 1st AL team to hit 3 consecutive home runs in same inning
1902 Al Simmons, Milwaukee, outfielder, A's, /lifetime batting avg of .334
1902 Jimmy Collins, leaves Boston Beaneaters (NL) club to manage AL's new Boston Somersets
1901 Milwaukee is dropped from the AL and replaced by St. Louis Browns
1901 Al Ritz, [Joaquim], Newark, New Jersey, actor, Ritz Brothers, Hi Ya Chum
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