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2013 Event - An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, causes 15 deaths and major damage to nearby buildings, residences, a nursing home and middle school

2012 Event - Hilary Clinton, the U.S. Secretary of State, fainted from dehydration and sustained a concussion after falling in her home

2012 Event - In an effort to curb binge drinking and other alcohol related problems, the United Kingdom's Home Office begins a 10-week consultation on whether to introduce a minimum price on the sale of alcohol of 45p a unit

2012 Event - A customary law which prevented women from inheriting their family home, is overturned by the high court of Botswana

2012 Event - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns to his home after successfully completing radiotherapy treatments for cancer in Cuba

2012 Event - Organizers of the London Marathon accidentally publish the home and email addresses of 38,000 entrants in the marathon on their website

2012 Event - The Anonymous computer hacking group is credited with launching an attack on the United Kingdom Home Office

2012 Event - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns home after a three-week recovery from cancer surgery

2011 Event - In Koblenz, Germany, 45,000 citizens wait to return home after bomb squads diffuse World War II bombs that were hidden under the Rhine River for nearly 65 years

2011 Event - Major League Baseball history is made when Derek Jeeter of the New York Yankees makes a home run off of the Tampa Bay Rays, becoming the 28th member of the 3,000 hit club

2010 Event - Jean Leonard Rugambage, a Rwandan journalist, is shot dead in front of his home in Kigali; the exiled chief editor of Umuvugizi believes the government is responsible

2010 Event - Men's freestyle skiing moguls competitor, Alexandre Bilodeau, wins the first gold medal Canada has ever won on home soil at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics

2010 Event - A 28-year old Somali male is shot for breaking into Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoonist Jurt Westergaard's home and threatening his family with an axe

2008 Death - Conor Cruise O'Brien, dies at 91, in his home overlooking Dublin Bay

2008 Death - Charlton Heston, dies at 84, at his home in Beverly Hills, California, with Lydia, his wife of 64 years, by his side

2008 Death - Evan G. Galbraith, dies at 79, at his home in Manhattan

2007 Death - Marcel Marceau, dies at 84, at his home in Cahours, France

2007 Death - Kurt Vonnegut, dies at his home in Manhattan, at 84

2006 Death - Eileen Caddy, new age author, spiritual teacher, founded Findhorn Foundation commune, an international New Age community, dubbed 'Vatican of the New Age', today home to 400 residents from more than 40 countries, dies at age 89 in Findhorn, Scotland

2003 Death - Earl Hindman, voice with hat, Home Improvement, dies at 61

2003 Death - Warren Spahn, American Baseball pitcher, dies at home

1998 Event - Mark McGwire breaks Roger Marris' 62 home run record for a season, and goes on to hit 70 home runs for the 1998 season

1997 Event - 700th World Series home run (Sandy Alomar, Cleveland Indians)

1997 Event - Carolina Hurricanes 1st home game vs Pitts Penguins

1997 Event - 1st time 3 cons home runs in post season-Raines, Jeter, O'Neill (New York Yankees)

1997 Event - St. Louis Card Mark McGwire hits his 58th home run of 1997 (34 with Oak A's)

1997 Event - Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his 56th home run of 1997

1997 Event - Seattle Mariners break record for most home runs in a year (258)

1997 Event - Mike Piazza is 2nd to hit a home run out of Dodger Stadium

1997 Event - New York Yankee Cecil Fielder hits his 300th home run

1997 Event - Mark McGwire joins Babe as only players to hit 50 home runs in 2 consec yrs

1997 Event - Dan Wilson hits Seattle Mariners 3,000th home run

1997 Event - 4-1, Mark McGwire his a 538 foot home run

1997 Event - Sammy Sosa (Cubs) and Tony Womack (Pirates) hit inside the park home runs

1997 Event - New York Mets C. Everett and Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch home runs

1997 Event - Kansas City Royal Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 home runs

1997 Event - Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his 250th home run

1997 Event - Mark McGwire, is 4th to home run on Detroit Tiger left field roof (others are Frank Howard, Harmon Killibrew, and Cecil Fielder)

1997 Event - 48th time opposing pitchers hit home runs, Carlos Perez (Mon)/Darren Holmes

1996 Event - New York Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season home run, as Yankees tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)

1996 Event - Yankees (3) and Orioles (3) combine to tie play off record of 6 home runs

1996 Event - New York Yankee Bernie Williams switch hits home runs in a post season game

1996 Event - Baltimore Orioles end season with record 257 home runs

1996 Event - Orioles Brady Anderson is 14th to hit 50 home runs

1996 Event - 1st ODI played in Kenya between home team and Sri Lanka

1996 Event - San Francisco Giant Bobby Bond is 2nd player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases

1996 Event - New York Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 home runs by a catcher

1996 Event - Baltimore Orioles' Eddie Murray's 500th career home run

1996 Event - Yankees lose ending 3rd best home series victory streak at 24

1996 Event - New York Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th home run

1996 Death - Hugh Henry Home Popham, aviator/writer/poet, dies at 76

1996 Event - Ken Griffey, Jr., 26, is 8th youngest to hits 200 home runs

1996 Event - Sammy Sosa is 1st Chicago Cub to hit 2 home runs in 1 inning

1995 Death - Lord Home of Hirsel, cricket (Middlesex player later British PM), dies

1995 Event - 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 Event - Cleveland Indian Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of season

1995 Event - Andres Galarraga is 4th to hit 30 home runs for Rockies in 1995

1995 Event - Padres Ken Caminiti switch hits home runs in 3rd of 4 games

1995 Event - Jeff King of Pirates is 16th NL player to home run twice in one inning

1995 Event - Birmingham Barracudas 1st CFL home game (vs Hamilton)

1995 Event - Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL home game vs, BC Lions

1995 Event - Rockies' Andres Galarraga is 4th to home run in 3 consecutive innings

1995 Event - Marlins outfielder Andre Dawson hits his 400th NL career home run (429)

1995 Event - John Valentin hits 3 home runs

1995 Event - White Sox (5) and Tigers (7) combine for record 12 home runs at Tiger Stadium

1995 Event - 47th time opposing pitchers hit home runs, K Foster (Cubs)/M Freeman (Rocks)

1995 Event - Twins Marty Cordova ties rookie record of home runs in 5 consecutive games

1995 Event - Eddie Murray of Indians hits his 463rd career home run (ties for 18th)

1995 Event - Kansas City Royal John Nonely is 70th to home run on his 1st at bat

1994 Event - Mariners play Red Sox as home team at Fenway, as Kingdome is repaired

1994 Event - Shreveport Pirates 1st CFL home game (vs Toronto Argonauts)

1994 Event - Gas explosion at old age home in Milan, 27 killed

1994 Event - 11,000th home run in New York Yankees history, Matt Nokes

1994 Event - Cleveland Indians 18 game home win streak ends to Yankees 11-6

1994 Event - Jeff Bagwell of Astros is 28th to hit 2 home runs in an inning

1994 Event - Ken Griffey, Jr. breaks Ruth's record for most home runs by end of June (31)

1994 Event - Tigers tie record of hitting home runs in 25th consecutive games

1994 Event - Cab Calloway suffered massive stroke at his home in White Plaines NY

1994 Event - Indians, begin a 18 home game hoome win streak at Jacobs Field

1994 Event - Eddie Murray sets record for switch hit home runs in a games (11 times)

1994 Event - Chuck Jones found guilty of breaking into Marla Maples home

1994 Event - Cubs Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes, hit 3 home runs in 1993 hits 3 home runs on opening

1994 Death - Walter Kent, U.S. composer (I'll Be Home for Christmas), dies at 82

1993 Death - Kenneth Burke, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University, dies of heart failure at his home in Andover, New Jersey

1993 Event - Cards Mark Whiten, hits 4 home runs and 12 RBIs in 2nd game of doubleheader

1993 Event - Fred McGriff and David Justice are 6th to hit back-to-back home runs twice in same game

1993 Event - Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. is 3rd to hit home runs in 8 straight games

1993 Event - New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits his 200th home run

1993 Event - Dave Winfield hits 442nd home run to move into 19th place

1993 Event - Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most home runs by a catcher

1993 Event - Indians' Carlos Baerga hits 3 home runs against Detroit

1993 Event - Ken Griffey, Jr. slugs his 100th career home run in Seattle's

1993 Event - Dale Murphy ends carreer at 398 home runs

1993 Event - Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head and goes over fence for a home run

1993 Event - Kansas City Royal George Brett hits his 300th home run

1993 Event - Colorado Rockies 1st home game and 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos

1993 Event - Indians' Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit home runs in same inn (vs Yankees)

1993 Event - Dante Bichette hits the 1st Colorado Rockie home run (Shea Stadium New York)

1992 Event - Queen Elizabeth's home Windsor Castle catches fire

1992 Event - 1st time Baltimore Orioles draw 3 million fans at home

1992 Death - Dorothy MacKaye, marital advisor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 88

1992 Event - Lou Whitaker hits his 200th career home run

1992 Event - New York Mets score in 9th to end home shut-out streak at 3 games

1992 Event - Carlos Martinez hits a ball off Jose Canseco's head for a home run

1992 Event - New York Met Eddie Murray is 24th to hit 400 home runs

1992 Event - New York Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962

1991 Event - Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris home run record and determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings

1991 Event - Royals Warren Cromartie's 1st major league home run since 1983

1991 Death - Stuart Karl, CEO (Karl Home Video), dies at 38 of skin cancer

1991 Event - Twins Dave Winfield is 23rd to hit 400 home run

1991 Event - With two months left, White Sox set new home attendance (2,150,951)

1991 Event - Darrin Lewis hits his 1st major league home run

1991 Death - Carol Gillies, actress (Back Home, Baby Boom), dies at 50

1991 Event - Seattle Jay Buhner hits a 479' home run in Yankee Stadium

1991 Event - Calumet Farm, home to 8 Kentucky Derby winners, files bankruptcy

1991 Event - New York Mets M Sasser and Mark Carreon are 8th to hit consecutive pinch home runs

1991 Event - Gordon Greenidge scores 223 vs. Aus, his last Test Cricket knock at home

1991 Event - New York - New Jersey Knights 1st home game (Giant Stadium) lose to Frankfurt 27-17

1991 Event - Planeloads of U.S. troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists and 2 American soldiers it captured

1991 Death - Dale Long, hit home runs in 8 consecutive games, dies at 66

1990 Event - Tiger Cecil Fielder becomes 11th, to hit 50 home runs (& 51st)

1990 Event - Andre Dawson steals his 300th base and is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 home runs, 300 steals and 2,000 hits

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 - Ken Griffey, Sr and, Jr., hit back-to-back home runs in 1st inning

1990 Event - Cub's Ryne Sandberg is 1st 2nd baseman to hit 30 home runs, consecutively

1990 Event - Bo Jackson hits 4th of 4 consecutive home runs

1990 Event - New York Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 15 home runs (approx 132 at bat)

1990 Event - Dodger Jose Offerman hits home run in his 1st at bat

1990 Event - New York Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 14 home runs (approx 128 at bat)

1990 Event - Carlton Fisk hits White Sox record 187th home run

1990 Event - Mark McGwire is 1st to hit 30 home runs in each of his 1st 4 seasons

1990 Event - New York Yankee Kevin Maas is fastest to get 13 home runs (110 at bats)

1990 Event - Carlton Fisk ties Johnny Bench hitting 327 home runs as a catcher

1990 Event - New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 12th home run in 1st 92 at bats and becomes 21st to hit a ball into 3rd deck of Seattle's Kingdome

1990 Event - New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 11th home run in 1st 86 at bats

1990 Event - New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 10th home run in 1st 72 at bats

1990 Event - Yankees rookie Kevin Maas hits his 10th home run in just 77 at bats

1990 Event - Police find marijuana at Chuck Berry's home

1990 Event - Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with switch hit home runs in 10 games

1990 Event - Phil Bradley hits 18th inside-the-park home run in Oriole history

1990 Event - For 2nd time this season, Cecil Fielder belts 3 home runs in a game

1990 Event - New York Yankees hit 6 home runs to beat Minnesota Twins 12-0

1990 Event - 46th time opposing pitchers hit home run, Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos)

1990 Event - 8 2/3 inning perfect game pitched by Brian Holman of Oakland A's is spoiled by a home run hit by Ken Philips

1989 Event - 5 days after hitting a home run for Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Mariners,

1989 Event - Los Angeles Dodgers beat Montreal Expos, 1-0, in 22 innings (Rick Dempsey home run)

1989 Event - Howard Johnson joins B Bonds and W Mays to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases

1989 Event - Braves Dale Murphy, hits 2 3-run home runs in an inning, 14th man to hit 2 home runs in an inning. Also ties record of 6 RBIs in an inning

1989 Event - Cleveland Indian Joe Carter has his 4th 3 home run game

1989 Event - Barry Bond's home run sets father-son (Bobby) home run record at 408

1989 Event - Mark McGwire's gets 100th home run, 2nd fastest (1400 at bats) (to Kiner)

1989 Event - Carlton Fisk becomes AL catcher home run hitter, 307th at Yankee stadium

1989 Event - Junior Felix of Toronto becomes 53rd to hit home run on 1st at bat

1989 Event - Mets win 11th consecutive home opener 8-4 over St. Louis at Shea Stad

1989 Event - NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers win 22nd straight home game

1989 Event - Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife

1988 Event - "ET" released to home video (14 million presold)

1988 Event - With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run home run to gives Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of World Series

1988 Event - Jose Canseco is baseball's 1st to steal 40 bases and hit 40 home runs

1988 Event - Mike Tyson smashes TV camera outside his Bernardsville New Jersey home

1988 Event - Darrell Evans hits his 400th career home run

1988 Event - Boston Red Sox win AL record 24 straight home games

1988 Event - Boston Red Sox set AL consecutive home victories at 23

1988 Event - Red Sox beat Tigers 9-4 for AL record 23rd consecutive win at home

1988 Event - 225 at bats after #299, Met Gary Carter is 59th to hit 300th home run

1988 Event - Jose Canseco becomes 11th to get 30 home runs and 30 steals in a season

1988 Event - Oakland A's Jose Canseco becomes 11th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases

1988 Event - Jose Canseco is 1st to hit 30 home runs in 1st 3 years

1988 Event - Rick Sutcliffe swipes home, 1st pitcher since Pascual Perez in 1984 to steal home

1988 Event - Winnie Mandella's home in Soweto, South Africa destroyed by arson

1988 Event - Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th home run into 7th place

1988 Event - Chris Speier hits for the cycle and Ernest Riles hits 10,000th Giant home run

1988 Event - Red Sox begin AL record 23rd consecutive home win streak

1988 Event - WABC officially becomes the New Jersey Devils new home radio

1988 Event - Jeff Hamilton, hits 8,000th Dodger home run

1988 Event - Boston Red Sox Barrett steals home

1988 Event - 45th time opposing pitchers hit home runs, Mark Davis (Padres)/Mike Krukow

1988 Event - Mike Schmidt hits his 535th home run, moving into 8th place

1988 Event - Yankees home run 9,999 (D Winfield) 10,000 (C Washington) 10,001 (J Clarke)

1988 Event - Mets set Opening Day record with 6 home runs

1987 Event - In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 2, later bodies of 14 of his relatives are found at his home near Dover Ark

1987 Death - Alfred M Landon, former Kansas Gov, dies at his Topeka home at 100

1987 Event - Giant's Jeffrey Leonard hits playoff record home run in his 4th cons game

1987 Event - Detroit Tiger Darrell Evans is 1st 40 year old to hit 30 home runs

1987 Event - Toronto Blue Jays hit a record 10 home runs vs Baltimore Orioles

1987 Event - Carlton Fisk clubs his 300th career home run off Danny Jackson

1987 Event - Kevin Bass is 1st NLer to switch hit home runs in a game twice in 1 season

1987 Event - Kirby Puckett goes 6-for-6 with 2 home runs in Minnesota 10-6 win over Milwaukee

1987 Event - Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams and Willie McCovey with 522 home runs

1987 Event - Oakland's Mark McGwire sets rookie home run record at 39, en route to 49

1987 Event - Cincinnati Red Eric Davis becomes 7th and earliest 30 home run - 30 steal man

1987 Event - Eric Davis is 7th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in one season

1987 Event - Eddie Murray hits his 300th home run

1987 Event - Oriole Eddie Murray hits his 299th and 300th career home runs

1987 Event - New York Yankees Don Mattingly ties record of home runs in 8 cons games

1987 Event - Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit home runs in 7 straight AL games (en route to 8)

1987 Event - A's Mark McGwire is 1st rookie to hit 30 home runs before All Star break

1987 Event - Andy Van Slyke home runs off R. McDowell in both ends of double header

1987 Event - Oriole Eddie Murray is 1st to switch hit home runs in 2 consecutive games

1987 Event - 46 home runs hit in 13 baseball games

1987 Event - Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run vs Robinson-Pirates

1987 Event - 1st 3 San Diego Padres hit home runs off San Francisco starter Roger Mason

1986 Event - Indians Jay Bell is 10th to hit a home run on 1st major league pitch he sees

1986 Event - Bo Jackson's 1st home run - a 475-foot blast (longest at Royal Stadium)

1986 Event - Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 home runs in a season

1986 Event - Texas Rangers O McDowell and Porter are 7th to hit consecutive pinch home runs

1986 Event - A's Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league home run

1986 Event - Bob Horner becomes 11th player to hit 4 home runs in a game

1986 Event - Reggie Jackson hit his 537th home run passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place

1986 Event - Cubs 3rd baseman Ron Cey hits his 300th and 301st home run

1986 Event - Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record

1985 Death - Roger Maris, home run hitter, 61 in 61, New York Yankees, dies of cancer at 51

1985 Event - Tigers Darrell Evans is 1st to hit 40 home run seasons in both leagues

1985 Event - Expos Andre Dawson joins Willey McCovey to hit 2 home runs in an inn twice

1985 Event - New York Mets Gary Carter's 2 home runs ties record of 5 home runs in 2 games

1985 Event - New York Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive home runs in a game

1985 Event - Dave Kingman hits his 400th home run

1985 Event - Baltimore Orioles W Gross and L Sheets are 6th to hit consecutive pinch home runs

1985 Event - Oakland A's Dave Kingman becomes 21st to hit 400 home run

1985 Event - A's Dave Kingman is 21st to hit 400 home runs (off Matt Young at Seattle)

1985 Event - Los Angeles Dodger Pedro Gonzalez sets NL record of 15 home runs in June

1985 Event - Reggie Jackson hits his 513th home run to move into 10th place

1985 Event - Von Hayes becomes 21st to hit 2 home runs in an inning (Phils-26, Mets-7)

1985 Event - Pirates score 10 in top of 1st, but lose 15-11 to Phillies, as Steve becomes 1st Phillie to switch hit home runs in same game

1985 Event - Ranger Larry Parrish is 5th to hit 3 home runs in a game in both leagues

1984 Event - New York Met Rusty Staub joins Ty Cobb, who hit home runs as a teen and in 40s

1984 Event - Cubs break 2 million in home attendance for 1st time

1984 Event - Reggie Jackson is 13th to hit 500 home runs

1984 Event - Toronto's Cliff Johnson hits record 19th career pinch home run

1984 Event - Cliff Johnson sets a record with his 19th pinch hit home run

1984 Event - Joe Morgan sets career home run mark for 2nd basemen with #265

1984 Event - Oakland A's Dave Kingman hits 3 home runs including a grand slam

1984 Death - Nate Nelson, R&B-singer (Flamingos-I'll Be Home), dies on 52 birthday

1984 Event - Supreme Court rules (5-4) oks private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws

1983 Death - Joan Miro, Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90

1983 Event - Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in season

1983 Event - Greg Luzinski is 1st player to put 3 home runs onto roof at Comiskey Park

1983 Event - George Brett's 2 run home run against Yankees on July 24 (pine tar game)

1983 Event - Pine Tar Game: Brett's home run disallowed against Yankees (overturned)

1983 Event - Kirk Gibson (Tigers) and Jorge Orta (Blue Jays) hit inside park home runs

1983 Event - Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit home run

1982 Event - California Doug DeCinces hits 3 home runs again in game

1982 Event - 1st annual Cracker Jack Oldtimers Classic 75-year-old Luke Appling hits a 250-foot home run off Warren Spahn, AL beats NL 7-2

1982 Event - Prince Chuck and Lady Di take Prince William home from hospital

1982 Event - Tigers outfielder Larry Herndon is 14th to hit 4 consecutive home runs

1982 Event - Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins

1981 Event - George Foster hits his 8th home run into red seats at Riverfront

1981 Event - Phils Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career home run off New York Met Mike Scott

1981 Event - Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him

1981 Event - Viv Richards scores century in the 1st Test at his home Antigua

1980 Event - Sadaharu Oh, 40, pro baseball's all-time home run run king with 868, retires

1980 Event - 1st consumer use of home banking by computer

1980 Event - Mike Schmidt's 2-run home run clinches NL East title for Phillies

1980 Birthday - Macaulay Culkin, New York City, actor, Home Alone, My Girl, Richie Rich

1980 Event - Yankees Reggie Jackson hits his 400th home run off Chicago's Britt Burns

1980 Event - Johnny Bench hits his 314th home run as a catcher breaks Yogi Berra's record

1980 Event - California Angels Freddie Patek, hits 3 home runs and double to beat Red Sox 20-2

1980 Event - Steve Garvey, hits the 7,000th Dodger home run

1980 Event - 2 Oakland A's steal home in 1st inning

1980 Event - Fire in nursing home in Kingston Jamaica, kills 157

1980 Event - Bucky Dent hits an inside park home run, Royals walk 14 Yankees including 5 with bases loaded, Yankees win 16-3

1980 Event - Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 home runs in 5th inning vs New York Mets

1980 Event - Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, and home in one inning for Phillies

1980 Event - Samm-Art Williams' "Home," premieres in New York City

1980 Event - Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st and final home run

1979 Event - New York Stars (WBL) home opener at MSG in New York City

1979 Event - Larry Parrish (Expos) home runs off Rawly Eastwick (Phillies) in DH

1979 Event - Royals George Brett is 6th to have 20 doubles/triples/home runs in a season

1979 Event - KC's Willie Wilson hits 5th inside-the-park home run (most since 1925)

1979 Event - Dave Kingman becomes 6th to have a 2nd 3 home run game

1979 Event - Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th home run

1979 Event - New York Giants Willie McCovey 513th home run is an NL lefty record

1979 Event - Willie Horton becomes 43rd player to hit 300 home runs in the majors

1979 Event - Phillies beat Cubs, 23-22, on 50 hits with 11 home runs

1979 Event - Bobby Bonds hits his 300th home run (2nd to have 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases)

1979 Event - Home rule introduced to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)

1979 Event - Islanders ends 23 undefeated games at home streak (15-0-8)

1978 Event - New York Islanders start a streak of 23 undefeated games at home (15-0-8)

1978 Event - Royals' George Brett hits 3 home runs, Yankees win championship game 3, 6-5

1978 Event - 100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome Sadat home from Camp David summit

1978 Event - Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit

1978 Event - Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 home run in 11 straight years

1978 Event - Reds Joe Morgan is 1st to hit 200 home runs and have 500 stolen bases

1978 Event - Expos crush Braves, 19-0, collecting 28 hits and NL-record-tying 8 home runs

1978 Event - Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run

1978 Event - Giants' Willie McCovey becomes 12th to hit 500 home runs

1978 Event - Down 9-7 in 10th with 2 outs, Yankees Paul Blair hits a 3 run home run

1978 Event - Lee Lacy hits record 3rd consecutive pinch-hit home run

1978 Event - Jackson slugs a 3-run home run in the 1st inning, and the field is showered

1978 Event - New York Yankees defeat White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day

1977 Event - Dusty Baker 30th home run joins teammates Steve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32), and Ron Cey (30) in make Dodgers 1st team to boast 4 30-home run hitters

1977 Event - Japan's Sadaharu Oh hits 756th home run to surpass Hank Aaron's total

1977 Event - Red Sox wallop a major league-record 8 home runs beating Toronto 9-6

1977 Event - Yankee DH Cliff Johnson hit 3 consecutive home runs in Toronto

1977 Event - Willie Stargell hits his 400th career home run

1977 Event - Willie McCovey smashes 2 home runs in inning for 2nd time (Apr 12, 1973)

1977 Event - Former White House chief of staff home run Haldeman enters prison

1977 Event - Red Sox set 3 game record of 16 home runs, all against Yankees

1977 Event - Red Sox (6) and Brewers (5) tie single game home run record of 11

1977 Event - Eddie Murray hits his 1st home run

1977 Event - Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose

1976 Event - Al Bumbry hits 17th inside-the-park home run in Oriole history

1976 Event - In pre-game promo at Atlanta County Stadium, 34 couples wed at home plate followed by Championship Wrestling "Headlocks and Wedlocks"

1976 Event - St. Louis Cardinals Lou Brock and Hector Cruz hit inside-the-park home runs

1976 Event - Only home run of Joe Niekro's 22-year career, comes off brother Phil

1976 Event - St. Louis Cardinal Reggie Smith hits 3 home run

1976 Event - NL greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 Phillies win 18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive home runs

1976 Event - Philadelphia Flyers win record tying 20th straight NHL home game

1976 Event - "Home Sweet Homer" opens and closes at Palace Theater New York City

1976 Event - Liberty Bell moves to new home behind Independence Hall

1975 Event - Red Sox Carlton Fisk's 12th inning home run beats Reds 7-6 in game 6 of WS

1975 Event - Los Angeles Dodgers W Crawford and Lee Lacy are 5th to hit consecutive pinch home runs

1975 Event - Billy Williams's 400th career home run

1975 Event - Hank Aaron's 1st home run in Milwaukee since 1965

1975 Event - Yankees sponsor Army Day at temporary home, Shea Stadium during 21-gun salute, part of fence is blown away, and another part is set afire

1975 Event - Phillies Mike Schmidt's 2 home runs ties NL record of 11 home runs in April

1974 Event - Washington Capitals 1st NHL home victory, beating Chicago 4-3

1974 Event - A's Ken Holtzman, who hasn't batted all season, belts 3rd inning home run in Game 4 and gets the win, 5-2

1974 Event - Hank Aaron's 733rd career home run on his last NL at bat

1974 Event - Clarence Jones of Kintetsu Buffaloes hits his 38th home run, 1st American to win a Japanese home run title

1974 Event - New York Met Benny Ayala hits a home run in his 1st at bat

1974 Event - Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park home run against New York Yankees

1974 Event - Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th home run, breaks Babe Ruth's record

1974 Event - Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1

1974 Event - Rhino Store gives people 5 cents to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album

1973 Event - Hank Aaron sets record of most home runs in 1 league (709)

1973 Event - Willie Mays hits 660th and last home run (off Don Gullett of Cincinnati)

1973 Event - Braves Hank Aaron hits Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th home run

1973 Event - Willie McCovey becomes 15th to hit 400 home runs

1973 Event - Phillies Ken Brett 4th consecutive game home run in which he pitched

1973 Event - San Francisco Giants Bobby Bonds sets NL record with 22 lead off home runs

1973 Event - Joe Ferguson, hits the 6,000th Dodger home run

1973 Event - Angels outfielder Bobby Valentine breaks his leg trying to scale wall to prevent a Dick Green home run during a 5-4 loss to the A's

1973 Event - For 2nd time, Johnny Bench hits 3 home runs in a game

1973 Event - In an exhibition game with the Pirates, Twins Larry Hisle becomes the 1st designated hitter (he hits 2 home runs and knocks in 7 RBIs)

1972 Event - Hank Aaron hits 660th and 661st home runs for Braves, record for 1 team

1972 Event - Nate Colbert of San Diego Padres hits record tying 5 home runs in a double header

1972 Event - Hank Aaron's grandslammer (14) ties him for NL lead with Gil Hodges and moves him ahead of Willie Mays as #2 home run hitter (649)

1972 Event - Greg Luzinski's 500' home run hits Liberty Bell monument in Philadelphia Vet

1972 Death - Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65

1971 Event - Last Washington Senator home game, New York Yankees win career 5th forfeit game Yankees trailing 4-2 in 9th with 2 outs, fans rush field

1971 Event - Frank Robinson hits his 500th home run

1971 Event - Harmon Killebrew hits home runs #500 and 501

1971 Event - Twins' Harmon Killebrew is 10th to amass 500 home runs, and adds his 501st

1971 Event - Phillies Deron Johnson 3 home runs caps his 4 in a row

1971 Event - Phillies' Rick Wise hits 2 home runs and no-hits Reds

1971 Event - Willie Mays hits record 22nd and last extra inning home run

1971 Event - Willie Mays hits his 638th home run, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored

1970 Event - Cleveland Cavaliers 1st NBA home victory, beating Buffalo Braves 108-106

1970 Event - NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99

1970 Event - Molukkers occupy Indonesian ambassador's home in Wassenaar

1970 Event - Phillies Larry Bowa steals home for 2nd time in 1970

1970 Event - Tony Perez becomes 1st to hit a home run in red seats at Riverfront

1970 Event - Reds Johnny Bench hits 3 consecutive home runs of Phillies Steve Carlton

1970 Event - Bobby Murcer ties record of 4 consecutive home runs

1970 Event - Oriole's Brooks Robinson get his 2,000 career hit, a 3 run home run

1970 Event - Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run

1970 Event - Reds clout 7 home runs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 home runs, 6 for one team and 9 different batters for two teams, all tie or set records

1970 Event - Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the club's home opener Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation

1969 Event - Met Cleon Jones awarded 1st base when shoe polish on ball proves he is hit by a pitch, he scores on a home run in World Series

1969 Event - T Agee and Ed Kranepool home run, Agee makes 2 great catches, Mets win 5-0

1969 Event - Red Sox Rico Petrocelli hits shortstop record 40th home run of season

1969 Event - San Francisco Giant Willie Mays, becomes 2nd player to hit home run number 600 off Mike Corkins

1969 Event - Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a home run outside of Dodger Stadium

1969 Event - Cincinnati Red Lee May hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader

1969 Event - Rod Carew ties record with his 7th steal of home in a season

1968 Event - Denny McLain's 31st win and Mickey Mantle's 535th home run

1968 Event - Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th home run off San Francisco Giant Mike McCormick

1968 Death - Dorothy Gish, de Guiche, actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70

1968 Event - Pittsburgh Pirate Willie Stargell hits 3 home runs, a double and a single

1968 Event - AL Kaline hits his 307th home run, surpassing Hank Greenberg as a Tiger

1968 Event - Frank Howard ties AL record with home run in his 6th consecutive game his 10 home runs in the most in 6 games

1968 Event - Frank Howard belts record 8th home run in 5th straight game

1967 Event - World Series record 3 consecutive home runs (Carl Yastremski, Reggie Smith, and Rico Petrocelli) by Red Sox

1967 Death - Jimmy Foxx, baseball hall of famer (Detroit Tigers/534 home runs), dies at 59

1967 Event - Astro Eddie Matthews hits his 500th home run off San Francisco Giant Juan Marichal

1967 Event - Chicago Cubs (7) and New York Mets (4) tie record of 11 home runs in a game

1967 Event - Monkees take home an Emmy for their Outstanding comedy Series

1967 Event - Francis Chichester arrives home at Plymouth from Round-the-world trip

1967 Event - Mickey Mantle's 500th home run off Oriole's Stu Miller

1967 Event - Hank Aaron only inside the park home run vs Jim Bunning

1967 Event - New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career home run #500 off Stu Miller

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)

1966 Event - Johnny Miller becomes 1st Yank to hit a home run on his 1st at bat

1966 Event - Baltimore Orioles Roznovsky and B Powell are 4th to hit consecutive pinch home runs

1966 Event - Willie Mays takes 2nd place on all-time home run list

1966 Event - Indians set club record by hitting 7 home run in 15-2 win over Detroit

1966 Event - Cincinnati Red Leo Cardenas hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader

1966 Death - Randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home

1966 Event - Only home run ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson)

1966 Event - Atlanta Braves win NL-record 18 straight home games (17 in Milwaukee)

1965 Event - Willie Mays's 500th home run (off Don Nottebart), Giants 11th straight win

1965 Event - Jim Hickman becomes 1st New York Met to hit 3 home runs in a game

1965 Event - Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his 400th home run off Curt Simmons

1965 Event - Willie Mays sets NL record for home runs in a month with his 17th of August

1965 Death - Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, actress (Revolt in Mental Home), dies

1965 Event - Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron (1954 - 1965) pass Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig hitting 772 home runs while playing together on the same team

1965 Event - Hank Aaron loses a home run, because he hit it out of batter's box

1965 Event - Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder, priced at $995

1965 Event - Yankees Tom Tresh bangs 3 consecutive home runs beating White Sox 12-0

1965 Event - Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' home run out of Connie Mack Stadium

1965 Event - Willie Mays 512th home run breaks Mel Ott's 511th NL record

1965 Birthday - William McNamara, born in Dallas, Texas, actor, Texasville, Beat, Stealing Home

1964 Event - During services held for Sam Cooke fans caused damage to Funeral Home

1964 Event - Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit home runs runs on back-to-back pitches

1964 Event - Despite 3 home runs by Johnny Callison, Phils are 14-8 losers to Braves

1964 Event - Reds Chico Ruiz steals home, beats Phillies 1-0. Phillies start a 10 game losing streak that gives Cards the pennant

1964 Event - Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 and 2001 and his 450th home run

1964 Event - Ground is broken for Anaheim Stadium, future home of Angels

1964 Event - 10th time Mantle switch-hits home run in a game, one goes 502 feet

1964 Event - Mickey Mantle switch-hits home run record 10th and final time in a game

1964 Event - A's Bert Campaneris home runs on 1st pitch, hits a 2nd home run on 2nd at bat

1964 Event - Longest home run (471') in Baltimore Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota)

1964 Event - Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years

1964 Event - Pirates and Cubs combine for 9 home runs, Pirates win 8-5

1963 Event - Stan Musial hits a home run in his 1st at bat as a grandfather

1963 Birthday - Mark Chesnutt, born in Beaumont, Texas, country singer, Too Cold at Home

1963 Event - St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Curt Simmons steals home plate

1963 Event - Harmon Killebrew (Twins) home runs off Pete Burnside (Senators) in DH

1963 Event - Jerry Lynch's record 15th pinch-hit home run gives Pirates a 7-6 win

1963 Event - Los Angeles Dodgers F Howard and B Skowron are 3rd to hit consecutive pinch home runs

1963 Event - Cleveland ties record of 4 consecutive home runs (Held, Ramos, Francona, Brown)

1963 Event - Indians' Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona, and Larry Brown hit consecutive home runs in one inning (vs California Angels)

1963 Event - Philadelphia Phillies Roy Siever hits home run # 300

1963 Event - Giant Willie Mays' home run in 16th inning gives them a 1-0 win over Braves

1963 Death - Frank "Home Run" Baker, (hit 2 home runs in 1911 world series) dies at 77

1963 Event - 1st demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London

1963 Event - New York Mets Jimmy Piersall, hits his 100th home run, he circles bases backwards

1963 Event - New York Met Duke Snider hits his 400th home run

1962 Event - New York Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th home run in 3 games

1962 Event - Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets home run record of 31 by a pitcher

1962 Event - Frank Howard, hits the 5,000th Dodger home run

1962 Event - Jack Reed's 22nd-inning home run wins longest New York Yankee game in history

1962 Event - Lou Brock is 2nd to home run into Polo Grounds right-center field bleachers

1962 Event - A record 54 home runs hit in baseball

1962 Event - Joe Pepitone 2nd Yankee to hit 2 home runs in 1 inning (Joe DiMaggio)

1962 Event - 3 more Cleveland home run set AL record for most home runs (26) over 8 games

1962 Event - Willie Mays hits 4 home runs

1962 Event - New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th home run

1961 Event - Roger Maris sets record of 61 home runs off of Tracy Stallard

1961 Event - Ted Williams hits a home run on his last at bat

1961 Event - Roger Maris hits home run number 60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record

1961 Event - Roger Maris hits home run # 59 and barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yankees clinch pennant #26

1961 Event - Mickey Mantle becomes 7th to hit home run # 400

1961 Event - Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 and 40 in a doubleheader

1961 Event - Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games

1961 Event - Roger Maris loses a home run (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th

1961 Event - Astro's Eddie Matthews hits home run #500

1961 Event - St. Louis Cardinal Bill White hits 3 home runs and a double

1961 Event - Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more home runs twice in a season

1961 Event - New York Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 home runs

1961 Event - Roger Maris hits 19th and 20th of 61 home runs

1961 Event - Milwaukee sets record of 4 consecutive home runs (Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron Joe Adcock and Frank Thomas)

1961 Event - Maris hits his 10th and 11th of 61 home runs

1961 Event - Record 27 home runs hit in 7 AL games

1961 Event - San Francisco Giant Willie Mays hits 4 home runs in a game

1961 Event - Niagara ends St. Bonaventura's 99-game home basketball win streak

1960 Event - Tad Mosels "All the Way Home," premieres in New York City

1960 Event - Pirate's Mazeroski's bottom of 9th lead off home run beats New York Yankees 10-9 in game 7 of 57th World Series

1960 Event - Yankees win 8-7, ending season on a 15 game win streak, and record 193 home runs

1960 Event - Ted Williams last at bat is his 521st home run off Jack Fisher

1960 Event - New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' home run over right field roof in Detroit

1960 Event - White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run home run is disallowed as ump called time

1960 Event - Gil Hodges set NL righty home run record with #352

1960 Event - George Crowe sets record of 12 pinch hit home runs with a runner on

1960 Event - Mickey Mantle is 18th to hit 300 home runs

1960 Event - Ted Williams hit his 500th home runs

1960 Event - George Crowe's record 11th pinch-hit home run

1960 Event - Los Angeles Dodger Norm Sherry's 11th home run wins the game for brother Larry

1959 Birthday - Jesse Barfield, Illinois, outfielder, Blue Jays, Yankees, 1986 home run leader

1959 Event - Cincinnati Red Frank Robinson hits 3 consecutive home runs

1959 Event - San Francisco Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits 1st of his 521 home runs

1959 Event - Rocky Colovito hits 4 consecutive home runs in 1 game

1959 Event - Tiger's Charlie Maxwell hits 4 consecutive home runs in a doubleheader

1959 Event - White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own home run

1959 Event - Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day home run

1958 Birthday - Joe Diffie, Tulsa, Oklahoma, country singer/guitarist, Home

1958 Event - San Francisco Giants Hank Sauer and B Schmidt are 2nd to hit consecutive pinch home runs

1958 Event - New York Giants Willie Mays and Darryl Spencer each hit 2 home runs and a triple

1958 Event - Lee Walls hits 3 home runs, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2

1958 Event - Gil Hodges hits his 300th home run and Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game

1958 Event - Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at LA Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line

1958 Death - Chuck Klein, Philadelphia Phillie home run hitter, dies at 53

1957 Event - Duke Snider's 39th and 40th home runs are last hit at Ebbets Field

1957 Event - Mickey Mantle hits career home run # 200

1957 Event - White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits 2 home runs to beat Washington Senators 8-6

1957 Event - Red Sox set AL record by smashing 4 home runs in 6th inning in 11-0 win

1957 Event - Cavern Club opens (home of Beatles' 1st appearance)

1956 Event - Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th home run

1956 Event - New York Yankees Mickey Mantle hits his 52nd home run of season

1956 Event - Mickey Mantle is 8th to hit 50 home runs in a seaon

1956 Event - Cincinnati Red Frank Robinson ties rookie record with his 38th home run

1956 Event - Yankees Yogi Berra ties career record for home runs (236) by a catcher

1956 Event - Curt Robert of Columbus (International League) hits 4 home runs in 7 inning game

1956 Event - Cincinnati Reds (8) and Cubs (2) combine to hit 10 home runs in a 9 inning game

1956 Event - Mickey Mantle home run just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof

1956 Event - Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting 1st home run out of Yankee Stadium

1956 Event - Dale Long becomes 1st to hit home runs in 8 straight games

1956 Event - Pirate Dale Long hits 9th-inning home run, 1st home run in 8 straight games

1956 Event - Mickey Mantle hits home run from both sides of plate for record 3rd time

1956 Birthday - Bob Saget, Philadelphia, comedian, Full House, America's Funniest Home Video

1956 Event - Reds Frank Robinson hits his 1st of 586 home runs

1956 Event - Martin Luther King, Jr's home bombed

1955 Event - Willie Mays is 7th player to reach 50 home runs in a season

1955 Event - Willie Mays hits record tying 9th home run at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock)

1955 Event - Don Zimmer, hits 4,000th Dodger home run

1955 Event - Phillies Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th home run of season

1955 Event - Smokey Burgess hits 3 home runs to help Pirates beat Reds 16-5

1955 Event - New York Yankees Bob Cerv and E Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch home runs

1955 Event - Harmon Killebrew hits his 1st home run (off Billy Hoeff)

1955 Event - Mickey Mantle hits career home run # 100

1955 Event - New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' home run off Chicago Billy Pierce

1955 Event - Stan Musial hits his 300th home run

1955 Event - Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive home runs of at least 463'

1955 Event - Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak

1954 Event - Ted Kluszewski is 1st Cincinnati Red to hit 40 home runs en route to 49

1954 Event - Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 home runs, 1 double)

1954 Event - 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 Event - Cards' Joe Cunningham hits 2 home runs for record 3 home runs in his 1st 2 days

1954 Birthday - Michael O'Brien, born in Worcester, England, Mike O'Brien, politician, Labor Party, since 1992, serves as Member of Parliament for North Warwickshire, served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs, became Minister of State for Health Services, 2009

1954 Event - Robin Roberts gives up a home run then retires next 27 men in a row

1954 Event - Stan Musial hits 5 home runs in a doubleheader

1954 Birthday - James F Reilly II, born in Mount Home AFB Idaho, PhD/astronaut, STS-89, sk:100

1953 Event - U.S. district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games

1953 Event - Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league home run

1953 Event - Roy Campanella sets record for home runs by a catcher at 38

1953 Birthday - John Denham, born in Seaton, England, John Yorke Denham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, served, then resigned as, Minister of State at the Home Office in 2003, over the Iraq War

1953 Event - Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) home run in Washington D.C.'s Griffith Stadium

1952 Event - New York Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yankees a 5-1 win at Washington He has now home runs in all 15 major league parks

1952 Event - New York Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game and hits his only home run

1951 Event - In opening World Series game, Giant Monte Irvin steals home in 1st inn

1951 Event - Bobby Thomson home run - Giants win pennant defeating Dodgers

1951 Event - Cleveland Indians win 16th straight home game

1951 Event - Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 home runs, double and single vs Red Sox

1951 Event - After going 0-for-12, Willie Mays connects for his 1st home run

1951 Event - Willie Mays gets his 1st major league hit, a home run

1951 Event - Mickey Mantle's 1st home run

1951 Death - Ivor Novello, British writer (Keep the Home Fires Burning), dies at 58

1951 Birthday - Patricia Richardson, born in Bethesada, Maryland, actress, 'Double Trouble', 'Home Improvement'

1950 Event - Phillies win NL pennant on last day of season (10th inning home run)

1950 Event - For a record 6th time, New York Yankee Johnny Mize hits 3 home runs in one game

1950 Event - Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st to hit 3 home run in a game at Griffith Stadium

1950 Event - Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 home runs and a single in a game vs Braves

1950 Event - Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) and Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park home runs

1950 Event - Pee Wee Reese, hits the 3,000th Dodger home run

1950 Event - Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits home runs twice in a game

1950 Event - Single day 16 team home run record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12)

1950 Event - Johnny Pramesa (Reds) and Hank Thompson (Giants) hit inside the park home runs

1950 Event - New York Giant Wes Westrum hits 3 home runs and a triple

1950 Event - Yankees and Tigers hit record 11 home runs, Tigers win 10-9

1950 Event - St. Louis Browns pitcher Harry Dorish swipes home vs Washington Senators

1950 Event - Pittsburgh Johnny Hopp goes 6 for 6 including 2 home runs

1949 Event - Pirates Ralph Kiner hits his 54th home run and NL record 16th in September

1949 Birthday - Mike Schmidt, born in Dayton, Ohio, 3rd baseman and home run hitter, Phillies

1949 Birthday - Robb Weller, TV host, Entertainment Tonight, Home Show

1949 Event - Inidian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 home runs to beat Senators, 7-5

1949 Birthday - Pamela Reed, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Grand, Kindergarten Cop, Home Court

1949 Birthday - Eddie Money, Mahoney, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and guitarist, Take Me Home Tonight

1949 Birthday - Chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist, Ten Years After-I'm Going Home

1948 Birthday - Southside Johnny Lyon, New Jersey, rocker, Asbury Jukes-Don't Want Go Home

1948 Event - Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 home runs in a game

1948 Event - Joe Cronin pinch hit home runs in both ends of a doubleheader

1948 Event - Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive home runs

1948 Death - Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57

1948 Event - New York Yankees Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, home run)

1948 Event - Walter P Reuther UAW President shot and wounded at his home in Detroit

1948 Death - Walter P Reuther, President (United Auto Workers), shot at his home

1948 Event - 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie

1947 Event - Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th home run in 4 games

1947 Event - New York Giants 183-185 home run of year breaks Yankee mark of 182 in 1936

1947 Event - New York Giants set season record for home runs by a club 183 (en route to 221)

1947 Event - 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a home run on 1st at bat)

1947 Event - Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive home runs

1947 Event - Jackie Robinson swipes home for 1st of 19 times in his career

1946 Event - Cleveland Lou Boudreau hits 4 doubles and a home run but Red Sox win 11-10 on Ted Williams 3 home runs with 8 RBIs

1946 Event - Vance Dinges hits only Phillie pinch hit inside-the-park home run

1946 Event - Manager Mel Ott of Giants hits 511th and final home run

1945 Event - Arthur Laurent's "Home of the Brave," premieres in New York City

1945 Event - Hank Greenberg's final day home run wins pennant for Tigers

1945 Event - Jimmie Foxx hits his 534th and final home run

1945 Event - Joe Kuhel hits inside-the-park home run, only home run hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium

1945 Event - Dodgers Tommy Brown, 17, is youngest player to hit a home run

1945 Event - Tommy Brown, Brooklyn Dodger becomes youngest home run hitter (17)

1945 Event - Mel Ott is 1st in NL to hit 500th home run (joins Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx)

1945 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt buried on grounds of Hyde Park home

1945 Event - Kentucky begins 130 home basketball game win streak, ends in 1955

1945 Death - Betram Home Ramsay, English Admiral/Commander Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61

1944 Event - Germans raid Achterhuis, home of Anne Frank and family

1944 Event - Frank McCormick (Reds) home run off Ace Adams (Giants) in both games of DH

1944 Event - Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader

1944 Event - 76th Belmont: G L Smith aboard Bounding Home wins in 2:32.2

1944 Birthday - Arnold Muhren, Dutch pop bassist/singer, The Cats-Sailin' Home

1943 Event - Player-manager Joe Cronin of Red Sox hits two 3-run pinch home runs

1943 Event - Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided

1943 Birthday - Piet Veerman, Dutch rock vocalist and guitarist, Cats-Sailin' Home

1942 Birthday - Garrison Keillor, humorist, Praire Home Companion

1942 Birthday - Garrison Keillor, born in Minnesota, PBS radio personality, Prairie Home Companion

1942 Event - Pitcher Jim Tobin belts 3 home runs in a game

1942 Event - New York Yankees annouce 5,000 uniformed soldiers admitted free at each of their upcoming home games

1942 Birthday - Slim Whitman, yoddler/country singer, Home on the Range

1941 Event - New York Giant Mel Ott hits his 400th home run and his 1,500th RBI

1941 Event - American Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Philadelphia

1940 Event - Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career home run

1940 Event - St. Louis Browns Johnny Lucadello is 2nd to home run from each side of plate

1940 Event - Yankee Charlie Keller hits 3 home runs to beat White Sox 10-9

1940 Birthday - Sadaharu, Ohio, of Yomiuri Giants, Japan, hit 868 career home run

1940 Event - Boston's Jimmie Foxx home run goes over Comiskey Park's left field roof

1940 Event - British Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms

1940 Event - Mont Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home

1940 Birthday - Willie Stargell, outfielder/1st baseman, Pirates, 1971 NL home run leader

1939 Birthday - Charles Wardle, MP/under sect of state British home office

1939 Event - Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive home runs

1939 Event - Yankees hit 13 home runs, sweep A's 23-2 and 10-0

1939 Event - New York Giants beat Reds 17-3, with 5 home runs in 4th inning

1939 Event - Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st home run

1938 Event - Only time brothers hit back-to-back home runs (Lloyd and Paul Waner, Pitts)

1938 Event - Leo Durocher, hits 2,000th Dodger home run

1938 Event - Lefty Grove defeats Tigers 4-3 for 1st of record 20 consecutive wins at his home field Fenway Park; he doesn't lose there until May 12 1941

1938 Birthday - Gary Collins, born in Venice, California, actor, 6th Sense, Home Show

1937 Event - Det's rookie Rudy York sets record for home runs of 18 home runs in August

1937 Event - Cub Augie Galan becomes 1st player to switch hit home runs in a game

1937 Event - Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive home runs against St. Louis Browns

1937 Event - Josh Gibson home run just 2 feet below rim of Yankee Stadium, 580' drive

1936 Event - 1st time in 20th century, 1st 2 batters in a game-Roy Johnson and Rabbit Warstler of Boston Bees-lead off with home runs

1936 Event - Phillies John Moore hits 3 consecutive home runs

1936 Event - Phillies Chuck Klein becomes 4th to hit 4 home runs in a game

1936 Event - Joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit 2 home runs in 1 inn, Yankees beat Browns 18-4

1936 Birthday - Bruce Dern, Winnetka, Illinois, actor, Coming Home, Silent Running, Tatoo

1935 Event - 1st time brothers on opposing teams hit home runs, Tony and Al Cuccunello

1935 Event - Yankees set solo home run record with 6 beat Boston 7-2

1935 Event - Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs. Pirates

1935 Event - Babe Ruth's 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, included a home run

1934 Event - NL votes to permit night baseball (up to 7 games per home team)

1934 Event - Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's home run, Japan beats U.S. 1-0

1934 Birthday - Roger Maris, Yankee, home run champ, 61 in 1961, AL MVP 1960, 1961

1934 Event - Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 home runs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12

1934 Event - New York Times erroneously declares Ruth 700 home run record to stand for all time

1934 Event - Ruth hits 700th career home run

1934 Event - Babe Ruth hits home run number 700, against Detroit

1934 Event - Jimmie Foxx hits 1st home run in Comiskey Park center field bleachers

1934 Event - Pittsburgh is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday

1934 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Home Owners Loan Act

1934 Birthday - Hank Aaron, born in Mobile, Alabama, baseball player, record 755 home runs, 1957 NL MVP

1934 Event - Electric Home and Farm Authority incorporated

1933 Event - Electric Home and Farm Authority Inc, authorized

1933 Birthday - Rocky Colavito, Cleveland Indians, baseball player, Hit 4 home runs in a game

1933 Birthday - David M Storey, British rugby player/playwright, Home

1933 Event - Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation authorized

1933 Event - A's Jimmie Foxx homers his 1st 3 at bats for 4 consecutive home runs

1933 Death - Spottiswoode Aitken, actor (Eagle, Home Sweet Home), dies at 64

1932 Event - Jimmie Foxx hits his 58th home run in last game of season

1932 Event - Bkln Dodger Johnny Frederick hits his record 6th pinch hit home run

1932 Event - Dodgers Johnny Frederick hits record 6th pinch-hit home run of the season

1932 Event - Jimmie Foxx of A's hits 50th and 51st home runs to become 3rd to hit 50

1932 Event - Yankees' Ben Chapman hits 2 inside-the-park home runs, tying record

1932 Event - Lou Gehrig is 1st to hit 4 consecutive home runs; Yankees beat A's 20-13

1931 Birthday - Mickey Mantle, New York Yankee, home run slugger, 1956 Triple Crown

1931 Birthday - Ed Matthews, Hall of Famer/Milwaukee Brave/home run hitter, 512

1931 Event - Gehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in 4 days and his 6th home run in consec games

1931 Event - Babe Ruth hits his 600th home run, off George Blaeholder of Browns

1931 Birthday - Willie Mays, baseball centerfielder, "Say Hey Kid", 660 home runs, MVP 1954

1931 Event - Lou Gehrig hits a home run but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he and Babe Ruth tie for season

1930 Event - Baseball changes rule, ball bounces into stands not a home run, now a double

1930 Event - Cub's Hack Wilson's 2 home runs give him NL record 56 home runs

1930 Event - New York Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing hits 2 home runs to beat St. Louis Browns, 7-6

1930 Event - Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez hits major league's last recorded bounce home run

1930 Event - Hack Wilson hits his 44th home run, breaks Chuck Klein's NL record

1930 Event - Dumont's 1st TV broadcast for home reception (New York City)

1930 Event - Pitts Pie Traynor ends both games with home runs (1st in 9th, 2nd in 13th)

1930 Event - Sarnoff reports in New York Times "TV would be a theater in every home"

1930 Event - Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in a game, Ruth hits 3 in doubleheader

1930 Event - Ruth hits 3 home runs as Yankees blow 6-0 lead in 7th and lose 15-7

1930 Event - Ruth hits 3 consecutive home run (8th-10th of 60 in 1930)

1930 Event - Yankee "Bronx Bombers" hit 14 home runs in a game

1930 Event - Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game

1930 Death - Edward W. Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66

1929 Birthday - Baroness Ewart-Biggs, British, Lab, spokesperson on Home Affairs

1929 Event - Phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a home run

1929 Event - In game between Pirates and Phillies 9 home runs hit 1 in each inning

1929 Event - Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive home runs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9

1929 Event - Cleveland Indian Earl Averill, becomes 1st AL to hit a home run on 1st at bat

1929 Event - Chicago Blackhawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home

1928 Event - New York Yankees sweep Cards in 25th World Series, Ruth hits 3 home run in game

1928 Event - Babe Ruth hits home run number 42 and is 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace

1928 Event - Ty Cobb, 41, steals home for 50th and final time

1928 Event - New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples and 2 home runs to be White Sox 15-7

1927 Event - Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th home run, off Tom Zachary

1927 Event - New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits record 60th home run of season off Tom Zachry

1927 Event - Yankees clinch pennant, Ruth hits 2 home runs (52 en route to 60)

1927 Event - 1st home run hit out of Comiskey Park Chicago by New York Yankee Babe Ruth

1927 Event - Mel Ott, 18, hits his 1st league home run (inside the park)

1927 Event - Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 home runs

1927 Event - Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in 11-4 victory over Red Sox

1927 Event - Babe Ruth hits 19th and 20th of 60 home runs

1927 Event - Tony Lazzeri hits 3 home runs Yankees beat White Sox 12-11

1927 Event - New York Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd and home

1927 Event - Babe Ruth hits 1st of 60 home runs of season (off A's Howard Ehmke)

1926 Event - Babe Ruth hits 3 home runs in a World Series game, Yankees beat Cards 10-5

1926 Birthday - Edwin "Duke" Snider, Brooklyn Dodger centerfielder, 406 home runs

1926 Event - Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard

1925 Event - Salt Lake City (PCL) Tony Lazzeri hits his 60th home run of the season

1925 Event - New York Giant Hack Wilson hits 2 home runs in 3rd inning beating Phillies, 16-7

1925 Event - Ty Cobb hits his 5th home run in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884

1924 Birthday - John Kilgour, director of prison medical services, Home Office

1924 Event - New York Giants George Kelly is 1st to hit home runs in 6 cons games

1924 Death - Woodrow Wilson, 28th President (1913-21), dies at his home in Washington at 67

1923 Birthday - Bobby Thomson, home run hitter, Giants win the pennant

1923 Event - New York Giant's Casey Stengel home run beats Yankees 1-0 in World Series

1923 Event - Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a World Series game

1923 Event - New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 home runs

1923 Event - Bernie Neis, hits the 1,000th Dodger home run

1923 Event - 10 home runs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St. Louis Cardinals

1922 Birthday - Ralph Kiner, home run hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates/sportscaster for the New York Mets

1922 Event - Roger Hornsby sets NL home run mark at 42

1922 Event - Catcher Butch Henline is 1st NLer to hit 3 home runs in a game since 1897

1922 Event - Yankees play their farewell home game in Polo Grounds win doubleheader

1922 Event - Largest Polo Grounds crowd see Meusel, Ruth and Gehrig consecutive home runs

1922 Event - Dedication of Frederick Douglas' home in Washington D.C. as national shrine

1922 Birthday - M. Alain Resnais, born in Vannes, France, director, Melo, I Want to Go Home

1921 Event - New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th home run

1921 Birthday - Milos Jancso, Vac Hungary, director, My Way Home

1921 Event - Yankee Ruth hits home runs 57 and 58 to beat Indians 8-7

1921 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt stricken with polio at summer home on Canadian Is of Campobello

1921 Event - Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs

1921 Event - Yankees' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs beating Tigers 11-8

1921 Event - Babe Ruth becomes all time home run champ with number 120, Gavvy Cravath

1920 Event - King George V signs Home Rule Act

1920 Event - Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54

1920 Event - Red Sox turn triple-play, but Ruth's 35th home run leads Yankees to 8-2 win

1920 Event - Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54

1920 Event - Ruth ties his record of 29 home runs in a season

1920 Birthday - Hugh Henry Home Popham, aviator/writer/poet

1920 Event - Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee home run and 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds

1920 Event - British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law

1920 Death - Ottalee Baker, Frank "Home Run" Baker's wife, dies at 31

1919 Event - Government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland)

1919 Event - Babe Ruth's 29th home run is 1st of year in Washington (1st in every park in league in one season)

1919 Event - Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson's major league mark of 27 home runs

1919 Event - New York City welcomes home General John J Pershing and 25,000 WW I soldiers

1919 Event - Babe Ruth hits his 26th home run off Jack Quinn in New York, breaking Buck Freeman's 1899 home run mark of 25

1919 Event - Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a game for his 1st of 72 times

1919 Event - Giants play their 1st legal Sunday home game, 35,000 see Phils win 4-3

1917 Birthday - Eileen Caddy, born in Alexandria, Egypt, new age author, spiritual teacher, founded Findhorn Foundation commune, an international New Age community, dubbed 'Vatican of the New Age', today home to 400 residents from more than 40 countries

1917 Event - Walt Cruise hit 1st home run out of Braves Field

1916 Event - Honus Wagner, 42, is oldest to hit an inside-the-park home run

1916 Event - New York Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500

1915 Event - Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam home run

1915 Event - Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut and 1st home run, loses to Yankees 4-3 in 15

1915 Event - Frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season

1914 Event - Irish home rule bill receive Royal assent

1914 Event - British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule

1913 Event - Rabbit Maranville, is thrown out trying to steal home 3 times

1913 Event - Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens (New York City) starring Ed Wynn

1913 Event - House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill

1912 Event - Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game

1912 Event - Phillies Sherry Magee steals home twice in 1 game

1911 Event - 1st old-age home opened in Prescott, Arizona

1909 Event - Ty Cobb steals home in World Series game

1909 Event - Ty Cobb clinches AL home run title with his 9th home run (all inside-the-park)

1909 Event - Ty Cobb hits 2 inside-the-park home runs

1909 Event - Reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of 1st home in Tel-Aviv

1909 Event - Frank "Home Run" Baker's 1st career home run

1909 Birthday - Mel Ott, 1st NLer to hit 500 home runs, hall of famer for the New York Giants

1908 Event - B Tarkington and HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in New York City

1908 Birthday - Michael Richardson, commandant, Home for Disabled Sailors

1908 Event - Groundbreaking on Philadelphia's Shibe Park (home of A's and Phillies)

1907 Event - Frederik of Oaths disbands mental home colony Walden

1907 Birthday - Jimmy Foxx, baseball home run hitter, 534, Detroit Tigers

1907 Event - Cards Ed Konetchy steals home twice and Joe Delahanty also steals home for record 3 steals of home (vs Boston)

1907 Event - Government of Transvaal sends home 50,000 Chinese day workers

1906 Birthday - Fredric [William] Brown, U.S., sci-fi author, Martians Go Home

1906 Event - Washington National's pitcher Tom Hughes hits home run to win his own game 1-0 in 10th

1906 Event - Philadelphia A's pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield and hits 2 home runs

1904 Birthday - Chuck Klein, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Philadelphia Phillies, 43 home runs in 1929

1903 Event - Tigers play a home game in Toledo, Ohio, Yankees win 12-8

1903 Event - New York Highlanders (Yankees) 1st home game, (Hilltop Park-168th St. and Broadway, Manhattan), they beat Washington Senators, 6-2

1902 Event - Cleveland is 1st AL team to hit 3 consecutive home runs in same inning

1902 Event - Minor League's most lopsided baseball game: Corsicana 51; Texarkana 3 Justin Clark of Corsicana, Texas minors hits 8 home runs in 1 game

1902 Event - Cleveland's Bill Bradley is 1st ALer to hit a home run run in 4 consecutive games, not duplicated until Babe Ruth does it June 25, 1918

1901 Event - In their long-delayed AL home opener, Boston defeats Philadelphia 12-4

1901 Event - Erve Beck hits American League's 1st home run

1900 Birthday - Polly Adler, Russia, bordello proprieter/author, House is not a Home

1898 Birthday - [Le]Roy Harris, Oklahoma, composer, When Johnny Comes Marching Home

1897 Event - George Davis (Giants) home run off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in DH

1896 Event - Ed Delahanty, becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 4 home runs in a game

1896 Birthday - Blanche Sweet, born in Chicago, actress, Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience

1894 Event - Bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 home runs in 1 baseball game

1891 Death - Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party leader, dies at 45

1890 Event - 1st Dodger home run (Dave Foutz)

1887 Birthday - Henry Zimmerman, baseball player, 1912-batted .372 with 14 home runs

1886 Birthday - John "Home Run" Baker, hall of famer, hit 2 home run in 1911 world series

1883 Event - "Ladies Home Journal" begins publishing

1883 Birthday - Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces

1880 Death - Ole Bull, famous violinist, virtuoso, compared to Niccolo Paganini, co-founder, Den Nationale Scene theater, dies of cancer, at home on Lysoen island, extensive funeral procession had 15 steamers, other vessels, transporting his body

1880 Event - Charlie Jones becomes 1st to hit 2 home runs in 1 inning

1879 Event - 1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London and Cyprus

1876 Event - Batholdi visits Bedloe Island, future home of his Statue of Liberty

1876 Event - 1st to hit 2 home runs; and score 5 runs in 9 inn NL game (George Hall, A's)

1876 Event - Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League

1868 Birthday - Spottiswoode Aitken, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actor, Eagle, Home Sweet Home

1865 Event - Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 1,547. 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" blows up

1864 Event - Robert E. Lee's home area, Arlington, Virginia, becomes a military cemetery

1864 Death - Solomon George Washington Dill, poor white ally of blacks, assassinated in his home by white terrorists in SC

1864 Death - Stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in NY

1863 Event - Battle of Milliken's Bend, Louisiana - Jefferson Davis' home burnt

1862 Death - James Creighton, dies of rupture bladder from hitting home run on Oct 14th

1862 Event - Baseballer James Creighton ruptures bladder hitting home run, dies 10/18

1858 Event - John Holden hits 1st recorded home run (Brooklyn vs New York)

1849 Event - Home Department (Interior Department), forms

1847 Event - United Shakespeare Company buys his home in Stratford-upon-Avon

1847 Event - Urbain J J Leverrier and John Couch Adams, codiscoverers of Neptune meet for 1st time at home of John Herschel

1846 Birthday - Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party-Lower house member

1842 Birthday - Ellen Henrietta Richards, U.S., chemist, American Home Economics Association - 1st President

1837 Event - Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke North Carolina killing 100

1831 Birthday - Friedrich C. K. von Bodelschwingh, German theologist, Home Mission

1823 Event - "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London)

1811 Birthday - Issac Merrit Singer, inventor, 1st practical home sewing machine

1809 Event - Allardyce Barclay begins a bet of walking 1 mile every hour for 1,000 hours. Each hour he walked a mile round trip from his home

1805 Event - 30 women meet at Mrs. Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset Maine, organizes

1793 Event - 1st cabinet meeting at George Washington's home

1791 Birthday - John Howard Payne, U.S., author/actor/diplomat, Home Sweet Home

1778 Event - Liberty Bell came home to Philadelphia after the British had left

1342 Event - Bilbo Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, (Shire Reconning)













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