2013 Event In the U.S., 2.5 million minimum wage workers will get a raise January 1st in thirteen states including Colorado, Rhode Island and Connecticut 2012 Event Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recovers from a cancer operation; his Cabinet ministers get together to pray for his recovery 2009 Event President Obama promises the will 'get something done this year' on healthcare reform 2003 Death Barry White, man with velvet voice, ", Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe, ", dies at 58 2000 Death Bea Marcus, pitchwoman, famous for saying I've fallen and I can't get up!, dies at 88 1999 Death Curtis Mayfield, composer/singer, People Get Ready, dies at 57 1998 Event Tony Awards, Side Man, Death of a Salesman revival, Annie Get Your Gun revival and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown revival won major awards 1998 Event Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points 1997 Death Edith Fore, pitchwoman, I've fallen and I can't get up!, dies at 81 1996 Death Vito Scotti, actor (Nude Bomb, Get Shorty, Big Bus), dies at 78 1996 Event Gerald Williams is 1st New York Yankee since 1934 to get 6 hits in a game 1995 Death Dorothy McHugh, actress (I Fallen and I Can't Get Up), dies at 87 1994 Event Don Mattingly becomes 6th New York Yankee to get 2,000 hits 1993 Event Minn Twins Dave Winfield, is 19th to get 3,000 hits 1993 Event St. Louis reliever Lee Smith is fastest to get 40 saves 1993 Event New York Met Eddie Murray is 20th to get 1,600 RBIs 1993 Event New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl 1992 Event Kansas City Royal George Brett gets 4 hits to become 18th to get 3,000 hits 1992 Event Robin Yount, is 17th to get 3,000 hits 1992 Event England get 7-363 in 55 overs vs Pakistan, then world ODI record 1991 Event Mike Jeffcoat is 1st AL pitcher to get an RBI since 1972 1991 Event Red Sox Carlos Quintana is 11th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd) 1991 Event North Carolina State Chris Corchiani becomes 1st NCAAer to get 1,000 assists 1991 Event Nugget's Michael Adams becomes shortest NBA player to get a triple-double 1990 Event Mikhail Gorbachev tells Iraq to get out of Kuwait 1990 Event New York Yankee Kevin Maas is fastest to get 13 home runs (110 at bats) 1990 Event Pistons and 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record) 1989 Event Wade Boggs is 1st to get 200 hits and 100 walks in 4 consecutive seasons 1989 Event Atlanta Brave Dale Murphy is 10th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (6th) 1988 Event Wade Boggs is 1st player to get 200 hits for 6 consecutive seasons 1988 Event LIRR says Penn station will get air conditioning in 1991 1988 Event Jose Canseco becomes 11th to get 30 home runs and 30 steals in a season 1988 Event 1st non-pitcher, Jose Oquendo, in 20 years to get a decision in a baseball game, he and St. Louis Cardinals lose to Braves 7-5 in 19 inn 1988 Event Baltimore Orioles sign a 15 year lease to remain in Baltimore and get a new park 1988 Event "Don't Get God Started" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 86 performances 1987 Event "Don't Get God Started" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 86 performances 1987 Event Supreme Court rules women/minorities may get jobs if less qualified 1985 Event Montreal Expo Andre Dawson is 9th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th) 1985 Event Rod Carew, is 16th to get 3,000 hits 1985 Event Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cincinnati Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez and Cesar Cedeno 1984 Death Ian Hendry, actor (Assassin, Get Carter, Repulsion), dies at 53 1984 Event Pete Rose becomes 1st NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career 1984 Death Jackie Wilson, U.S. singer (I Get the Sweetest Feeling), dies at 49 1982 Event Rollie Fingers (Brewers) becomes 1st pitcher to get save #300 1982 Event New York Times reports that military will get 25% of NASA's budget 1981 Event Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes fastest NHLer to get 100 pts (38th game) 1981 Event Yank Graig Nettles is 1st to get 2 hits in same inning of an ALSC game 1981 Event Los Angeles Dodgers are quickest to get 1,000,000 attendence (22 games) 1981 Event Carl Yastrzemski is 4th to get 3,000 hits (Cobb, Musial and Aaron) 1979 Event Carl Yastrzemski, is 15th to get 3,000 hits 1979 Event Lou Brock, is 14th to get 3,000 hits 1979 Event New York Islanders didn't get a shot off in 1 period against New York Rangers 1979 Event K-Mart pulls Steve Martin's "Let's Get Small" for being in "bad taste" 1978 Birthday Katie Price, born in Brighton, England, Jordan, model, businesswoman, television personality, tabloid, celebrity magazine subject, topless model, appeared on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' show 1978 Event Cincinnati Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits 1977 Event Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation 1976 Event White Sox Minnie Minoso, 53, is oldest to get a hit in majors 1976 Event Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team and umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium 1976 Event India set 403 to win by WI They get them, 6 wkts 7 overs spare 1975 Birthday Kate Winslet, born in Reading, England, actress, Titanic, Jude, Hamlet, Get Back 1975 Event Phillies 1st 8 batters get hits for a record, beat Cubs 13-5 1975 Event Otis Francis Tabler is 1st open homosexual to get security clearance to work for the Defense Department 1974 Event Al Kaline, Detroit Tiger, is 12th to get 3,000 hits 1974 Event 6th time Phils get just 1 assist in game; no other team did it twice 1973 Event Insurance industry announces auto racers get into more highway accidents 1973 Event Munson and Fisk get into a brawl at Fenway Park 1973 Event Pete Rose and Willie Davis both get career hit # 2,000 1972 Event In 1 of their worst trades Yankees get Rich McKinney for Stan Bahnsen 1972 Event Roberto Clemente, is 11th to get 3,000 hits 1970 Death Frances Farmer, actress (Toast of NY, Come and Get It), dies at 55 1970 Event San Francisco Giant Jim Ray Hart is 8th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th) 1970 Event Oriole's Brooks Robinson get his 2,000 career hit, a 3 run home run 1970 Event Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits 1969 Event Beatles with Billy Preston release "Get Back" in UK 1969 Event Tiny Tim and Miss Vicky get engaged 1969 Event 21st Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Don Adams and Susan St. James 1969 Event Beatles' "Get Back," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks 1969 Event 11th Grammy Awards: Mrs. Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins 1968 Event Canadians must get government permission to export silver 1968 Event 20th Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Mission Impossible and Barbara Bain 1967 Event Paul McCartney and Jane Asher get engaged 1965 Event Rolling Stones release "Get Off of My Cloud" 1965 Event "Get Smart" premieres 1965 Birthday Glen Goldsmith, rocker, What You See is What You Get 1965 Event Rolling Stones score their 1st #1, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" 1965 Event Phillies Dick Allen and Frank Thomas get into a fight during practice 1965 Event Dutch Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven, get engaged 1964 Event Jesus Alou is 1st Giant in 40 years to get 6 hits in a game 1964 Event Beachboy's "I Get Around" reaches #1 1964 Event Phillies Jim Bunning pitches perfect game (Mets) on Fathers day, in 2nd game of DH, Mets get 3 hits, 3 being fewest hits in NL DH 1963 Event Beatles record "She Loves You" and "I'll Get You" 1963 Event 3 New Jersey businessman purchase NHL Colorado Rockies, and get approval to move them to New Jersey Meadowlands (Devils) 1962 Event "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway 1962 Event "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes at Shubert New York City after 300 performances 1962 Event "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off" opens at Shubert New York City for 886 performances 1962 Event "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" opens at Shubert New York City for 300 performances 1961 Event Equal access rule, political parties get TV broadcasting time 1961 Event Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" is 1st country song to get a gold record 1961 Birthday James Gandolfini, born in Westwood, New Jersey, actor, famous role of Tony Soprano in HBO series, 'The Sopranos', movies include, 'The Mexican', 'Get Shorty' 1961 Birthday Martin Gore, rocker, Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough 1961 Death Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies 1960 Birthday Chris Elliott, actor/comedian, Get a Life, David Letterman Show 1959 Event Washington Senator Jim Lemon is 7th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd) 1958 Event Stan Musial, is 8th to get 3,000 hits 1958 Event Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits 1958 Birthday Eve Plumb, born in Burbank, actress, Jan-Brady Bunch, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka 1955 Birthday Reba McEntire, born in McAlester, Oklahoma, country singer, Can't Even Get the Blues 1955 Birthday Howard Jones, rock pianist/vocalist, Things Can Only Get Better 1954 Birthday Miles Chapin, New York City, actor, French Postcards, Get Crazy, Funhouse 1953 Event Mont Canadiens (106) and Toronto Maple Leafs (98) get 204 penalty minutes 1953 Event Eugene Stephens is 1st to get 3 hits and Red Sox score 17 runs in 1 Inning (7th) Red Sox beat Detroit 23-3 1953 Event Johnny Mize is 93rd player to get 2,000 hits 1952 Birthday Delroy Lindo, actor, Get Shorty, Ransom 1952 Event Ford Frick sets waiver rule to bar inter-league deals until all clubs in same league get right to bid 1952 Event Chicago White Sox Sam Mele is 6th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th) 1952 Event U.S. Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary 1951 Event Last Belgian communities get electricity 1951 Birthday Andy Fletcher, rocker, Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough 1951 Birthday Ron Banks, U.S. R&B singer, Dramatics-Whatcha See is Whatcha Get 1951 Event New York Yankee Gil McDougald is 5th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (9th) 1950 Event Philadelphia A's Joe Astroth is 4th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (6th) 1949 Birthday Martin Delray, Texarkana Ar, country singer, Get Rhythm, 1949 Death Frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59 1949 Event West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade 1949 Event "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 1147 performances 1949 Birthday Teresa Graves, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Laugh-in, Get Christie Love 1948 Birthday Gerard Depardieu, France, actor, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, Danton 1948 Birthday Olivia Newton-John, born in Cambridge, England, singer, Lets Get Physical 1948 Event Cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game 1948 Birthday Joey Malland, Liverpool, rock guitarist, Badfinger-Come and Get It 1947 Event Yankees get 18 singles to beat Red Soxs 11-2 1947 Birthday Pete Ham, born in Swansea, Wales, rock vocalist, Badfinger-Come and Get It 1946 Event "Annie Get Your Gun" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 1147 performances 1946 Event Musical "Annie Get Your Gun," starring Ethel Merman premieres in New York City 1945 Event Red Sox Tom McBride is 3rd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th) 1944 Event U.S. forces land on Guam to get rid of Japanese invaders 1944 Birthday Millie Jackson, born in Thompson, Georgia, model/singer, Get it out 'cha system 1943 Event Manufacturers get permission to use synthetic rubber for baseball core 1943 Birthday Georgie Fame, rock vocalist, Get Away, Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde 1943 Birthday Leona Williams, singer and songwriter, Ladies Get the Blues 1942 Event Paul Waner, is 7th to get 3,000 hits 1942 Event Braves Paul Waner is 3rd NLer to get 3,000 hits (Anson and Wagner) 1942 Event Braves get Tommy Holmes from Yankees for Buddy Hassett and Gene Moore 1941 Event Charles Lindbergh, charges "British, Jewish and Roosevelt administration" are trying to get U.S. into WW II 1941 Event Ump Jocko Conlan ejects Pirate manager Frankie Frisch for coming out on field holding an umbrella to get a rainout 1939 Event Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits and beat Phillies 22-4 1938 Event New York makes syphilis test mandatory in order to get a marriage license 1938 Birthday Glen Campbell, singer, By the Time I get to Phoenix, Galveston 1938 Birthday Michael Pataki, Youngstown Ohio, actor, Get Christie Love 1937 Event Philadelphia A's Bob Johnson is 2nd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st) 1937 Birthday Elinor Donahue, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Father Knows Best, Get a Life 1936 Event Princess Juliana and German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged 1936 Event Red Sox Wes Ferrell, walks off mound when he feels he did no get good feilding, Sox suspend him 1936 Birthday Glen Campbell, born in Delight, Arkansas, actor/singer, Time I Get to Phoenix 1933 Birthday Bernie Kopell, born in New York City, actor, Love Boat, Get Smart, That Girl 1933 Event Cecil Travis becomes 1st player to get 5 hits in his 1st game 1933 Event 1st major league to get 4 consecutive doubles in 9 inn (Dick Bartell) 1931 Birthday Leslie Bricuse, English/US composer, Stop the world I want to get off 1930 Birthday Buck Henry, New York City, screenwriter/comedian, SNL, Get Smart 1927 Birthday Jack Kelly, Astoria Queens, actor, Bart-Maverick, Get Christie Love 1926 Event Belgian crown prince Leopold and Swedish princess Astrid get engaged 1925 Event Tris Speaker, is 5th to get 3,000 hits 1925 Event Eddie Collins, is 6th to get 3,000 hits 1924 Birthday Daniel Melnick, born in New York City, producer, Get Smart 1923 Birthday Leonard Stern, New York City, producer/TV writer, Phil Silvers Show, Get Smart 1923 Birthday Bob Elliot, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Bob and Ray, Get a Life 1922 Birthday William Schallert, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Patty Duke Show, Get Smart 1921 Event Ty Cobb, is 4th to get 3,000 hits 1919 Event Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 avg) 1917 Birthday Phyllis Diller, born in Lima, Ohio, comedienne, Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number 1917 Event Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks 1917 Event German plan to get Mexican help in WW I exposed (Zimmerman telegram) 1916 Event Baseballers who are injured now get full pay for duration of contract 1915 Event Yankees get record 16 walks and 3 wild pitches beat A's Bruno Hass, 15-0 1914 Event Honus Wagner, is 2nd to get 3,000 hits 1912 Event Chicago Cubs get 21 hits but lose to Philadelphia Phillies in 11 innings 1911 Event United Dutch Diamond workers get 8-hour day 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 1911 Event Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game. Does not get a hit next day 1911 Event New York Giant Fred Merkle is 1st to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st) 1911 Birthday Benay Venuta, born in San Francisco, California, actress, Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister 1911 Event Trumper scored double cricket ton vs. South Africa, goes on to get 214 1909 Event Warren Bardsley (136 and 130) 1st to get twin tons in a Test 1904 Event Dawson City hockey team begins 9 day walk to get a boat to Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905 1901 Event New York Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cincinnati Reds 25-13 1897 Event Cap Anson, is 1st to get 3,000 hits 1894 Event Phils get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for cycle beating Louisville 29-4 1890 Birthday Frank Morgan, Francis P Wupperman, New York City, actor, Annie Get Your Gun 1883 Event Cub's Burns (extra bases), Williamson and Pfeiffer get 3 hits in 1 inn 1876 Event 1st NLer to get 6 hits in 9 inn game (Dave Force, Philadelphia Athletics) 1874 Birthday Arthur Hoyt, born in Georgetown CO, actor, Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along 1867 Event 90 kegs of powder used to get rock from Telegraph Hill for seawall 1864 Birthday Rebecca Lee, 1st black woman to get a medical degree
