2015 Event Philippine President Benigno Aquino announces that his nation will enter a 'visiting forces' agreement with Japan, which will allow Japanese usage of Philippine military bases for activities such as refueling 2014 Event Russian troops along the Ukrainian border have been ordered to withdraw to their home bases by President Vladimir Putin; the move comes ahead of meetings between Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko 2014 Event Researchers have developed synthetic nucleobases, the molecules that form the backbone of DNA; organisms successfully replicated the synthetic bases, implying that creation of new life forms with these additional bases may be possible in the future 2013 Event The U.S. military used B-52 bombers in joint military drills with South Korea; in response, North Korea threatens to attack America's military bases in Japan 1996 Event San Francisco Giant Bobby Bond is 2nd player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases 1994 Event Smoking banned in Pentagon and all U.S. military bases 1993 Event Israeli offensive against terrorist bases in South Lebanon 1992 Event John Jaha ties record of 11 teammates to steal 10 bases (Brewers) 1991 Event Otis Nixon steals NL record 6 bases in 1 day 1991 Event U.S. announces closing of 31 major U.S. military bases 1990 Event Pirate Bobby Bond is 2nd to hit 30 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season (so he can play in 6 decades) because it is a publicity stunt 1990 Event Indians' Alex Cole sets club record with 5 stolen bases in one game 1990 Event Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd to steal 900 bases 1989 Event Rickey Henderson steals a record 8 bases in a play off (5 games) 1989 Event Howard Johnson joins B Bonds and W Mays to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases 1989 Event Vince Coleman, record streak stopped at 50 straight stolen bases 1989 Event Cards Vince Coleman steals record 39th and 40th consecutive bases 1988 Event Jose Canseco is baseball's 1st to steal 40 bases and hit 40 home runs 1988 Event Oakland A's Jose Canseco becomes 11th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases 1988 Event Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases for record 249 as a New York Yankee 1987 Event Eric Davis is 7th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in one season 1985 Event Vince Coleman steals 2 bases in 1st inning, for NL rookie record 74 1985 Event Carlton Fisk becomes 5th catcher to steal 100 bases 1983 Event Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in season 1982 Event Rickey Henderson is fastest to reach 50 stolen bases in a year 1980 Event Jerry Mumphrey joins Ozzie Smith, and Gene Richards to steal 50 bases this year for Padres 1980 Event Pitts Omar Moreno steals record 70 bases for 3rd consecutive season 1980 Event Bucky Dent hits an inside park home run, Royals walk 14 Yankees including 5 with bases loaded, Yankees win 16-3 1979 Event Bobby Bonds hits his 300th home run (2nd to have 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases) 1978 Event Reds Joe Morgan is 1st to hit 200 home runs and have 500 stolen bases 1977 Event St. Louis Cardinal Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893 as Padres win 4-3 1975 Event A's release pinch runner Herb Washington (played 104 games without batting, pitching, or fielding He stole 30 bases, and scored 33 runs) 1970 Event Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the club's home opener Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation 1968 Event Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases 1967 Event St. Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 64th World Series as Lou Brock steals a record 7 bases in 1 World Series 1963 Event New York Mets Jimmy Piersall, hits his 100th home run, he circles bases backwards 1962 Event John F. Kennedy announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled 1962 Event Cuban missile crisis ends, John F. Kennedy says U.S.S.R. is dismantling missile bases 1962 Event Nikita Khrushchev sends note to John F. Kennedy offering to withdraw his missiles from Cuba if U.S. closed its bases in Turkey offer is rejected 1962 Event Stevenson demands U.S.S.R. ambassador Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over" 1962 Event John F. Kennedy addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba 1962 Event Los Angeles Dodger Maury Wills becomes 1st to steal 100 bases (en route to 104) 1960 Event U.S. and Britain sign accord for nuclear sub bases 1959 Event Milwaukee Brave Bill Bruton hits 2 bases loaded triples 1954 Event Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 home runs, 1 double) 1953 Event U.S. and Greece signs peace treaty (U.S. bases) 1953 Event U.S. and Spain sign defense treaty (4 U.S. bases in Spain) 1950 Event Red Sox Dom DiMaggio leads AL with only 15 stolen bases 1950 Event Viet Minh-offensive against French bases in Vietnam 1944 Event 15 U.S. aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas 1943 Event Great Britain establishes bases on Azores 1943 Event U.S. air raid on German bases at Gilze-Rijen/Vlissingen 1941 Event Britain leases defense bases in Trinidad to U.S. for 99 years 1941 Event Canada and U.S. acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease) 1939 Event Estonia accepts Soviet military bases 1925 Event Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6, (16 total bases) 1924 Event Joe Hauser sets record of 14 total bases in a game 1918 Event White Sox losing 5-4 against New York Yankees, load the bases in 9th with no outs Chick Gandil lines to Frank Baker who turns a triple play 1917 Event Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game 1917 Event Phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against Braves 1915 Event Washington Nationals steal record 8 bases vs. Cleveland Indians in the 1st inning 1912 Event Eddie Collins repeats record of stealing 6 bases in a game (9/7/12) 1912 Event Philadelphia A's Eddie Collins steals 6 bases in 1 game 1912 Event Eddie Collins steals record 6 bases in 9-7 Athletics win over Detroit 1912 Event New York Giant Josh Devore steals 4 bases in an inning (2nd and 3rd twice) 1911 Event New York Yankees steal 15 bases and get 13 walks, beating Browns 16-12; with a major-league record 6 stolen bases in 1 inning 1909 Event Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in 1st inning against Cubs 1907 Event Nationals steal a record 13 bases off catcher Branch Rickey 1904 Event NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, New York Giants) 1894 Event Phillies Billy Hamilton steals 7 bases 1886 Birthday Ty Cobb, batted .367, stole 892 bases, Detroit Tigers 1883 Event Cub's Burns (extra bases), Williamson and Pfeiffer get 3 hits in 1 inn
