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1998 Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever 1997 1st ever baseball inter-league game San Francisco Giants beat Texas Rangers 4-3 1996 Goa upset Karnataka to win their 1st Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever 1995 Howard Stern's 2nd book "Miss America" released (fastest selling ever) 1995 Carolina Panthers win 1st game ever beating New York Jets 26-15 1995 New York Yankees win 1st baseball wildcard ever 1995 Indians and Browns play in Cleveland on same day for 1st time ever both lose - Chicago 5, Indians 1; Giants 19, Browns 13 (exhibition) 1995 Queensland beat S Australia to win 1st ever cricket Sheffield Shield 1994 1st game ever cancelled at Seattle Kingdome (falling tiles) 1994 Biggest European clock ever (9100 kg/(237) 2.5 m) at Aarle-Rixtel 1994 -20 degrees F (-29 degrees C) (5:32 AM) coldest day ever recorded in Cleveland Ohio 1993 Florida Marlins 1st lost ever (4-2 to Los Angeles Dodgers) 1992 Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 vs. Australia 1992 New York Rangers wins their 1st ever 7th game of a playoff (vs New Jersey Devils) 1991 Ayrton Senna wins shortest Formula One race ever run (17 laps) 1990 1st ever loss for Cameroon in Soccer World Cup, U.S.S.R. - 4 Cameroon - 0 1990 1st ever all-sports daily "National" begins publishing 1990 John McEnroe becomes 1st ever expelled from Australian Open 1990 Boston Celtics worst ever (6 pts in 2nd vs New Jersey Nets) and lose 87-78 1989 Japanese scientist achieve -271.8 degrees C, coldest temp ever recorded 1989 93 degrees F, highest overnight low ever recorded in Phoenix, Arizona 1989 Longest Cab Ride Ever: 14,000 miles cost $16,000! 1989 Earl Nightingale, author, motivational speaker, his radio program, 'Our Changing World', most highly syndicated radio program ever, recorded over 7,000 radio programs, dies 1988 Seattle Seahawks win their 1st ever division title with 9-7 record 1988 NBA's Miami Heat wins 1st game ever, 89-88 (Clippers), after 17 loses 1988 19 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct 1988 Minn Twins are 1st AL club ever to break 3 million season attendance 1988 Gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica 1988 Cubs and Phillies attempt to play 1st night game ever at Wrigley Field but are rained out in 4th inning with Chicago leading, 3-1 1988 Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103 degrees F (39 degrees C) 1988 104 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June 1987 Cubs Andre Dawson is 1st from last-place club ever to win an MVP 1987 George Bell is 1st Blue Jay ever to win the AL MVP 1987 Jaco Pastorius, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine, dies at 35 1986 Dow Jones Industrial Avg suffered biggest 1-day decline ever, plummeting 86.61 points to 1,792.89. 237.57 million shares traded 1985 Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds 1983 Surrey all out for 14 vs. Essex, their lowest score ever 1982 77 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in December 1982 38 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August 1982 Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279 1981 Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie ever to win a Cy Young Award 1979 Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14) 1979 Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford, Texas 1978 Nikki Cox, actress, Unhappily Ever After 1978 Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training) 1977 8th (final) part of "Roots" is most-watched entertainment show ever 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers clinch their 1st ever NBA playoff bearth 1973 15th Grammy Awards: 1st Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America 1972 31 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June 1971 Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15" in 24 hours 1968 41 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July 1966 Only home run ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson) 1964 10 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April 1963 New York Yankee Elston Howard is 1st black ever voted AL MVP 1962 Iain Harvie, Scottish rock guitarist, Nothing Ever Happens 1962 New York Mets win their 1st game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pirates 9-1 1961 Australia beat WI 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever 1959 Stephen Roche, born in Dundrum, Ireland, racing cyclist, second ever to win Triple Crown victories, 58 professional career wins 1959 "Plan 9 From Outer Space," one of the worse films ever, premieres 1959 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod 1958 AL announces Opening Day in 1959 will be earliest ever, April 9 1956 Stephanie Hodge, comedian/actress, I Madman, Happily Ever After 1955 Australia score 8-758 vs. West Indies at Kingston, their best ever 1953 101 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept 1952 Worst smog in London ever, 4-8,000 die 1952 Only win ever for NFL's Dallas Texans (11-1) beats Bears 27-23 1952 Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock and roll concert ever 1951 Jaco Pastorius, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine 1950 1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War 1950 82 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Nov 1950 73 degrees F (23 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January 1949 RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm) 1948 102 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August 1948 Alger Hiss denies ever being a Communist agent 1948 -5 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March 1947 Zaheer Abbas, cricketer, probably Pakistan's finest batsman ever 1946 90 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct 1946 Ever Meulen, Eddy Vermeulen, Dutch designer, children stamps 1992 1942 32 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept 1942 Glenn Miller awarded 1st ever gold disc for selling 1 million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo" 1941 103 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July 1941 100 degrees F (38 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash 1941 Bulova Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial 1939 Roberta Flack, North Carolina, vocalist, If Ever I Saw Your Face 1937 Jerry Keller, rocker/actor, If Ever I See You Again 1936 106.5 degrees F-Hottest afternoon ever in Iowa 1934 Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mount Washington, New Hampshire, 231 mph 1934 Austin "Ted" Taylor, U.S. gospel/R&B-singer, Be Ever Wonderful 1932 73 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February 1930 Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minn, to New Orleans 1930 Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee General Manager Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth" 1926 [Martin] Ross Hunter, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Ever Since Paris 1921 Babe Ruth's 1st World Series homer; only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays 1921 Earl Nightingale, born in Los Angeles, California, author, motivational speaker, his radio program, 'Our Changing World', most highly syndicated radio program ever, recorded over 7,000 radio programs 1919 Keith Miller, cricketer, one of Australia's best ever all-rounders 1918 Boston Red Sox, win earliest AL pennent ever (season ended Sept 2) 1918 Chicago Cubs, win earliest pennent ever (season ended Sept 2) 1917 1st NHL championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in 1st of 2 game set (second game on March 13) 1916 Worst train disaster ever (Modane France-543 killed) 1915 Cubs George "Zip" Zabel relieves with 2 outs in 1st and winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn in longest relief job ever 1912 Fram reaches latitude 78 degrees 41' S, farthest south ever by ship 1911 Largest baseball crowd ever 38,281 (Polo Grounds) see Giants beat A's, 2-1 (gate is record $77,379) 1910 83 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March 1907 Lowest temp ever in 48 U.S. states for June, 2 degrees F in Tamarack California 1905 1st game ever played in the Australian Tennis Open 1902 Australia Cricket all out 36 vs. England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever 1896 South Africa all out for 30 vs. England - their lowest ever 1896 Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their 1st ever innings victory 1895 England beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2 1894 Stanley Cup: Mont AAA beat Ottawa Generals, 3-1 (1st Cup game ever) 1887 England all out for 45 vs. Australia SCG, their lowest total ever 1882 Jack Hobbs, cricketer, 1st-class runs, the most ever 1879 92 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May 1876 Hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US 1869 'Agnes' arrives in New Orleans with 1st ever shipment of frozen beef 1868 An Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave 1830 New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded) 1827 James Southerton, cricketer, Test debut in the 1st ever Test at 49 1661 Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen 1380 French King Charles VI declares no taxes for ever |
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