|
History Home Events Birthdays Deaths Years |
|
Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy! |
|
|
|
History Home Events Birthdays Deaths Years |
|
Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy! |
|
League
|
|
|
2004 Lynn Cartwright, actress, A League of Their Own, dies at 76
1998 World League of American Football becomes NFL East 1997 NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner and Violet Palmer as 1st women to officiate a major-league all-male sports league 1997 ABL players allowed to own stock in the league 1997 Major league revenue sharing begins, New York Yankees pay out most $28M 1997 Major League Soccer announces Miami and Chicago expansion 1997 Major League Baseball announces 5 year, $50M deal with Pepsi 1996 Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts 1996 George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur, dies at 81 1996 Edward Digby Baltzell, Ivy League sociologist, dies at 80 1996 Sunday League game Kent 6-314 overhaul Leicestershire's 4-311 1994 Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby League Player, dies at 83 1994 Members of the Major League Baseball Players Association strike 1994 Charles "Chub" Feeney, baseball President (National League), dies at 72 1993 Long Beach, California beats Panama for little league world championship 1992 Bernice Gera, 1st female basball ump (1969 NY-Penn League) dies at 61 1992 NFL decides to suspend World League Football 1992 U.S. Major Soccer League folds after 14 seasons 1992 Colorado Rockies 1st minor league team's (Bend Oregon in Class A) game 1992 Carl Stotz, founder (baseball's little league), dies at 82 1992 Professional Spring Football League begins 1992 West beats East 14 to 9 in Major Soccer League all star game 1992 Mahmoud Riad, Secretary-General of Arab League (1972-79), dies 1992 Muhammad Abd al-Khaliq Hassuna, Secretary-General of Arab League (1952-72), dies 1991 Dallas Mavericks Roy Tarpley becomes 7th to be banned from NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement 1991 Taiwan captures its 15th Little League World Series, 11-0 1991 Royals Warren Cromartie's 1st major league home run since 1983 1991 Wilson Alvarez hurls a no-hitter in his 1st big league start 1991 Darrin Lewis hits his 1st major league home run 1991 Major league umpire Steve Palermo and former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed 1991 New York Yankee Steve Howe records his 1st major league save since 1987 1991 San Diego Sockers win 4th consecutive Major Soccer League championship 1991 Major league umpires and baseball reach a 4-year agreement 1991 Argentine soocer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use 1991 1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 and Mont beats Birmingham 20-5 1991 End of World League of American Football's (WLAF) 1st draft 1990 Meir Kahane, founder of Jewish defense league, assassinated at 58 1990 George Brett becomes 1st to lead league in batting in 3 decades 1990 Nolan Ryan becomes 20th major league pitcher to win 300 games 1990 Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game 1990 National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards 1989 Trumbull Conn, is 1st U.S. team since 1983 to win Little League WS 1989 U.S. Basketball League cancels its summer schedule 1989 Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St. Louis 1988 San Antonio (Texas League) beats Jackson 1-0 in 26 innings 1988 Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations, dies at 92 1987 2nd regular-season National Football League player strike begins 1987 Calif's Bob Boone catches record 1,919th major league game 1987 Knuckleballer Charlie Hough on the mound, Rangers catcher Geno Petralli ties the major league record by allowing 6 passed balls 1987 Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season and ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8) 1987 Southern League no-hit record-Bob Milacki pitches 11 1/3 no-hit inn 1986 A Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's National League 1986 Indians Jay Bell is 10th to hit a home run on 1st major league pitch he sees 1986 San Diego Padre Jimmy Jones pitchs 1-hitter in his major league debut 1986 A's Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league home run 1985 Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals win their league championships 1985 Major League Baseball Players' Association stages a midseason baseball strike (lasts 1 day) 1984 Joe Cronin, shortstop and American League President, dies at 77 1983 U.S. Football League begins its 1st season 1983 U.S. Football League holds its 1st player draft 1982 U.S. Football League forms 1981 Vernon Jordan resigns as president of National Urban League 1981 Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League)) 1981 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends 1980 Attempted assassination on Vernon Jordan, Jr. National Urban League president 1979 James Allen, born in Portland, Oregon, James Deshaune Allen, football player, linebacker, played for National Football League, attended Oregon State University, chosen 82nd overall in 2002 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints, now a free agent 1979 J. R. Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome 1978 1st game of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL), Chicago Hustle vs Milwaukee Does 1978 Major Indoor Soccer League holds its 1st draft 1978 Major Indoor Soccer League grants 1st 6 franchises to Cincinnati, 1978 Dodgers become 1st major league team to draw 3 million fans 1978 1st 6 teams of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, NJ, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota and Dayton 1978 Formation of Major Indoor Soccer League announced 1977 Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (New York City) 1977 Shaun Alexander, born in Florence, Kentucky, football, running back, played college football at University of Alabama, drafted by Seattle Seahawks, placed 19th overall in 2000 National Football League Draft 1977 N.Y. Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland, Oregon, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship 1975 World Football League disbands 1975 World Football League folds 1974 1st World Football League Bowl, Birmingham Americans beat Florida 1974 Giants John Montefusco makes his major league debut 1974 World Football League plays 1st games 1974 World Football League founded 1973 World Football League grants 1st franchise (Detroit) 1973 NA Soccer League awards LA, SF, Seattle and Vancouver franchises 1973 Arab League summit in Algiers recognizes Palestine 1973 New Jersey becomes 1st state to allow girls into little league 1973 Hank Aaron sets record of most home runs in 1 league (709) 1973 Lawsuit in Detroit challenges Little League's "no girls" rule 1973 Kansas City Royals' George Brett gets his 1st major league hit 1973 Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman's Awami League wins election in Bangladesh 1973 American League adopts designated hitter rule 1972 Record 8 shutouts pitched in 16 major league games (AL=5, NL=3) 1972 Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike 1971 Paul Newlove, rugby league player 1971 Vernon E Jordan, Jr., appointed executive director of National Urban League 1971 Whitney M Young, Jr., leader (National Urban League 1961-71), dies at 49 1971 Whitney Young, Jr., National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria 1970 North American Soccer League awards New York and Toronto franchises 1970 Carl Everett, born in Tampa, Florida, baseball player, outfielder, played for Florida Marlins, Major League Baseball team, played for New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Montreal Expos, 2005 World Series Champion 1970 Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League 1969 Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a record 907th major league game 1969 1st major league baseball game outside U.S. played (Montreal Canada) 1969 Seattle Pilots trade minor league outfielder Lou Piniella to Royals 1968 AL and NL umpires form a new Association of Major League Umpires 1968 Satchel Paige, 62, and needing 158 days on a major league payroll to qualify for a pension, is signed by Braves 1968 Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants) 1968 NL awards Montreal and SD major league franchises 1968 Frederik M baron van Asbeck, lawyer (League of Nations), dies at 78 1967 United Soccer Association and National Pro Soccer League merge into NASL 1967 AL votes to allow Athletics to move from Kansas City to Oakland and expand league to 12 teams in 1971 with Kansas City and Seattle teams 1967 John Doherty, born in the Bronx, New York, John Harold Doherty, pitcher, played for Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball teams 1967 Rick Wilkins, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Richard Wilkins, baseball player, catcher, played Major League teams San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, also played for Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets 1966 Miami beats St. Petersburg (Florida State League) 4-3 in 29 innings longest uninterrupted game in organized baseball 1966 Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire 1966 Stephen Mailer, born in New York City, actor, Red Meat, League of Their Own, War and Love 1965 Cubs tie major league record of 3 triple plays in a season 1965 Continental Football League plays 1st games 1965 Major league record 26 strikeouts, Phillies (16), Pirates (10) 1965 Beau Allred, born in Mesa, Arizona, Dale Le Beau Allred, baseball player, outfielder, played for the Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball team for three seasons from 1989 - 1991 1964 American Radio Relay League (organization for hams) founded 1964 Phillies tie major league record with season's 3rd triple play (Reds) 1964 Joe Magrane, born in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph David Magrane, baseball player, pitcher, MLB Network broadcaster, played for Major League Baseball teams, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, NBC sports analyst at 2008 Summer Olympics 1964 Steve Searcy, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, William Steven Searcy, baseball player, pitcher, played for Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball teams from 1998 - 1992 1964 Houston Colt 45s Ken Johnson becomes 1st major league pitcher to lose a 9 inning no-hitter, Reds win 1-0 1964 Paul Parker, born in West Ham, London, athlete, soccer player, commentator, critical player at 1990 World Cup with England, manager, Blue Square Premier League 1964 John Gallagher, rugby league player 1963 Major league baseballs 100,000th game 1963 Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit 1963 Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone 1962 American Basketball League announces suspension of operation 1962 Joanne Catherall, Sheffield England, rock vocalist, Human League 1962 Algeria becomes member of Arab League 1962 1st major league game in Houston, Colt .45s beat Chicago Cubs, 11-2 1962 Rosie O'Donnell, comedienne, League of Their Own, Flintstones, Rosie 1961 American Basketball League starts play 1961 Whitney Young, Jr. named executive director of National Urban League 1961 Gary Varsho, born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, Gary Andrew Varsho, baseball player, outfielder, played for Major League Baseball teams, the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, played in 1991 and 1992 National League Championship Series 1961 Ellery Hanley, rugby league player 1960 Washington Senators joins American League 1960 AL admits LA and Washington to the league 1960 NL votes to admit Houston and New York to league 1960 4th American Football League plays 1st game (Denver 13, Boston 10) 1960 Fidel Castro ends Havana's International League team, Sugar Kings move to NJ 1960 Barry Lyons, born in Biloxi, Mississippi, Barry Stephen Lyons, baseball player, catcher, played for Major League Baseball teams, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, served as backup catcher to Gary Carter, named Most Valuable Player, South Atlantic League, 1984 1960 Steve Lyons, born in Tacoma, Washington, Stephen John Lyons, nicknamed 'Psycho', baseball player, outfielder, third baseman, television sportscaster, played with Boston Red Sox, Major League Baseball team, known for oddities, such as playing hangman and tic-tac-toe with his spikes 1960 Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from New York Senator Kenneth Keating 1959 Continental League awards its last franchise to Dallas-Ft. Worth 1959 10 nation soccer league to play all games on New York Randalls Is, announced 1959 Honolulu seeks a franchise in Continental League 1959 Branch Rickey resigns as Pirates' CEO to be President of Continental League 1959 New Continental baseball league formed 1959 In his major league debut, San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey goes 4-for-4 1959 2-time champ Monterrey Mexico barred from 1959 Little League competition for using players outside predetermined geographical area 1959 Phils' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit 1958 New York City Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League 1958 Dale Long becomes 1st major league lefty catcher in 52 years 1958 Canadian Football League plays 1st game (Winnipeg 29, Edmonton 21) 1958 Dickie Thon, born in South Bend, Indiana, Richard William 'Dickie' Thon, baseball player, shortstop, played for Major League Baseball teams California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, suffered Mike Torrez fastball facial injury, Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Famer, 2003 1958 Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits 1958 Bill Dawley, born in Norwich, Connecticut, baseball player, pitcher, played Major League Baseball with the Houston Astros, Chicago Whitesox, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Oakland Athletics 1958 Canadian Football Council renamed Canadian Football League 1957 CBS states it won't broadcast baseball where minor league games are on 1957 SF Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game 1957 Jon Lovitz, Tarzana California, actor, SNL, League of their Own, Critic 1957 Dodgers (Ft. Worth) and Cubs (LA) "trade" minor league franchises 1956 Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th home run 1956 Curt Robert of Columbus (International League) hits 4 home runs in 7 inning game 1956 Bill Caudill, born in Santa Monica, California, nickname 'Cuffs', baseball player, pitcher, played for American and National League teams, including, Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners 1956 Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group 1955 Dominican League moves to winter baseball for 1st time 1955 Phillip Oakey, rocker, Human League 1955 Tim Young, born in Ontario, Canada, athlete, former professional ice hockey center in the National Hockey League 1954 Bill Pullman, actor, Sommersby, League of their Own, Independence Day 1954 Major league owners vote down sale of A's to a Philadelphia syndicate 1954 Attempting to handle Hoyt Wilhelm's knuckleball catcher Ray Katt of Giants sets a major league record with 4 passed balls 1954 Sammy McIlroy, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, soccer player, athlete, played for Manchester United, manages Morecambe Football Club, in Football League Two, the fourth division of English football 1954 1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers) 1954 Major League Baseball Players Association founded 1953 Jack Dunn III, owner of Baltimore Orioles in International League, turns name over to newly relocated St. Louis Browns 1953 Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws 1953 Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league home run 1953 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2 1953 Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Philadelphia A's, 6-0 1953 Little-Bigger League changes its name to Babe Ruth League 1953 Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St. Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee 1953 Robert Brazile, born in Mobile, Alabama, football player, linebacker, played for National Football League's Houston Oilers and Kansas City Chiefs, nicknamed 'Dr. Doom', named 1975's NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year 1953 Alexander Loudon, Dutch diplomat (League of Nations), dies at 60 1952 Stan Musial makes his only major league pitching appearance 1952 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 Arab League security pact goes into effect 1952 Ford Frick sets waiver rule to bar inter-league deals until all clubs in same league get right to bid 1952 Mike Varty, born in Detroit, Michigan, athlete, American football linebacker for the National Football League 1951 Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General League of Nations (1919-33), dies at 75 1951 Former Cubs 1st baseman and future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft 1951 Lefty O'Doul's all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio and Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star team (Japan) 1951 Ford Frick replaces Happy Chandler as 3rd commissioner of baseball Warren C Giles becomes president of baseball's National League 1951 Willie Mays gets his 1st major league hit, a home run 1951 New York Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5) 1951 Gil McDougald ties major league record with 6 RBIs in 1 inning 1951 Benny Ayala, born in Yauco, Puerto Rico, Benigno Ayala Felix, Major League Baseball player, played outfield, first base, designated hitter for New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals 1951 Fidel Castro ejected from a Winter League game after beaning batter 1950 Margaret Whitton, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Good and Evil, Major League 1950 Arthur Dorrington is 1st black man in organized hockey, Atlantic City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League 1950 1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons) 1950 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5) 1950 Baltimore's Memorial Stadium opens - Orioles of International League 1950 Vic Harris, born in Los Angeles, California, baseball player, second baseman for Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Major League Baseball teams 1950 3 months as National-American Football League takes back NFL name 1950 Clarence Ellis, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, football player, safety, played with National Football League's Atlanta Falcons, drafted in first round of 1972 NFL Draft 1950 Burt Hooton, born in Greenville, Texas, Burt Carlton Hooton, baseball player, nicknamed 'Happy', right-handed starting pitcher for Major League Baseball teams Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers 1949 American Contract Bridge League votes 58 % to keep blacks out 1949 Steve Busby, born in Burbank, California, baseball player, sportscaster, starting pitcher, played for Major League Baseball team Kansas City Royals 1949 Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit 1949 Basketball Assoc of America and National Basketball League merge to form National Basketball Association 1949 Jean Potvin, born in Ottawa, Ontario, hockey player, National Hockey League, played defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota North Stars, Philadelphia Flyers 1949 Joe Lavender, born in Rayville, Louisiana, football cornerback, played for National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins 1948 Mexican Baseball league disbanded 1948 Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game 1948 Jordan's Arab League captures Atarot, north of Jerusalem 1947 Pacific Coast League application for major league status rejected 1947 1st Little League World Series Maynard Midgets of Williamsport Pennsylvania win 1947 Cleveland Indians abandon League Park to play all games at Municipal Stad 1947 Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit 1947 Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut 1947 Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers) 1946 Indians play their final game in League Park, ending a 55-year stay 1946 Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game 1946 9 Spokane baseball players (Western League), die in a bus crash 1946 League of Nations dissolves, 3 months after United Nations starts 1946 League of Nations assembles for last time 1946 Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican League, he refuses 1946 Giants outfielder Danny Gardella is 1st major leaguer to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League 1945 Arab League forms with adoption of a charter in Cairo Egypt 1945 Arab League froms (Cairo) 1945 Bill Bergey, born in South Dayton, New York, American collegiate and professional football player, played for American Football League's Cincinnati Bengals and NFL Philadelphia Eagles 1944 Rodney Marsh, born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, athlete, footballer, striker, player for Manchester City, Queens Park Rangers, Tampa Bay Rowdies, coached the New York United team in the American Soccer League 1944 U.S. 4th Ivy League Inf division pushes through Westwall 1944 Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore 1944 Joe Nuxhall, 15, of Cincinnati Reds is youngest player in major league 1943 Texas League announces it will quit for the duration of WW II 1943 Phil Wrigley and B Rickey charter All-American Girls Softball League 1942 Bill Terry resigns as supervisor of New York Giants minor league system 1941 Cards' Stan Musial makes his major league debut, going 2-for-4 1941 Eddie Mayo (LA-Pacific Coast League), spits in face of ump Ray Snyder 1940 3rd American Football League plays 1st game (Milw 14, Columbus 2) 1940 Ed Garvey, labor leader, Major League Baseball Players Association 1940 All-India-Moslem League calls for a Moslem homeland 1939 1st major league baseball telecast-Reds beat Brooklyn Dodgers (W2XBS New York) 1939 1st black bowling league formed (National Bowling Assoc) 1939 Hungary leaves League of Nations 1938 League of Nations declares Japan the aggressor against China 1938 Virgil Trucks strikes out his 418th batter, highest season total in organized ball-for Andalusia in an Alabama-Florida League game 1937 Italy withdraws from League of Nations 1937 2nd American Football League plays 1st game (LA 21, Pittsburgh 0) 1936 1st baseman Walter Alston plays in his only major league game 1936 Indians' Bob Feller makes his major league debut in relief 1936 League of Nations starts sanctions against Italy 1936 Haile Selassie asks League of Nations for sanctions against Italy 1935 League of Nations denounces Italian invasion of Abyssinia 1935 Vernon Eulion Jordan, Jr., civil rights activist, National Urban League 1935 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1) 1934 Ford Frick becomes president of baseball's National League 1934 New York Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from San Francisco Seals (Pacific Coast League) 1934 Ford Frick, NL publicity director, is named league president 1934 U.S.S.R. admitted to League of Nations 1934 U.S.S.R. joins League of Nations (Netherland, Switzerland and Portugal vote no) 1934 Gary Davidson, U.S. sports league founder, ABA, WHA, WFL 1934 Pittsburgh is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday 1933 Nazi Germany announces withdrawal from League of Nations 1933 Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League 1933 1st major league All-Star Game announced for July 6 at Comiskey Park It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair 1933 1st major league to get 4 consecutive doubles in 9 inn (Dick Bartell) 1933 Japan leaves League of Nations 1933 League of Nations tells Japanese to pull out of Manchuria 1932 Iraq gains full independence from Britain, joins League of Nations 1932 Dodger John Quinn, 49, is oldest pitcher to win a major league game 1931 Round-robin playoff among New York City's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants and Yankees 1931 Jim Frey, born in Cleveland, Ohio, manager, coach, Major League Baseball teams, Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs 1931 Ban Johnson, founder of baseball's American League, dies at 67 1931 National League adopts a deader baseball 1931 1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League 1930 Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez hits major league's last recorded bounce home run 1930 Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights 1930 123 runs are scored in 7 major league games 1929 1st U.S. nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, New York City) 1928 Eastern Soccer League forms in U.S. 1928 Carl Hubbell's 1st major league victory is a 4-0 shutout of Phils 1927 Mel Ott, 18, hits his 1st league home run (inside the park) 1927 U.S. government doesn't sign league of Nations disarmament treaty 1926 Bowie Kuhn, born in Maryland, lawyer, sports administrator, fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball 1926 Spain leaves League of Nation due to Germany joining 1926 Germany joins League of Nations 1926 League of Nations Assembly voted unanimously to admit Germany 1926 Brazil leaves League of Nations 1926 Spain and Brazil prevent Germany joining League of Nations 1926 German Reichstag decides to apply for League of Nations membership 1925 League of Nation advises against Turk/Iraqi division of Mosoelgebied 1925 League of Nations conference on arms control and poison gas usage 1924 Aggrement reached on permanent rotation of World Series with each league, getting games 1, 2, 6, 7 in alternating years 1924 League of Nations approves protocols of Geneva 1924 Santo Domingo joins League of Nations 1923 Abyssinia (Ethiopia) leaves League of Nations 1923 Irish Free state joins League of Nations 1923 League of Nations gives Belgium mandate of Ruanda-Urundi (was German) 1922 Hungary admitted to League of Nations 1922 Togo made a mandate of League of Nations 1922 American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League" 1921 National Birth Control League and Voluntary Parenthood League merge as American Birth Control League 1921 League of Nations refuses to assist starving Russians 1921 Estonia and Lithuania admitted to League of Nations 1921 Whitney M. Young, Jr., civil rights leader, head of Urban League 1921 American Soccer League forms 1921 Liberal Freedom League forms in The Hague 1920 British Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru 1920 Japan receives League of Nations mandate over Pacific islands 1920 South Africa receives League of Nations mandate over SW Africa 1920 League of nations establishes International Court of Justice in The Hague 1920 Free City of Danzig forms under League of Nations protection 1920 League of Nations holds 1st meeting, in Geneva 1920 American Pro Football League's Chicago Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards 1920 League of Nations moves headquarters in Geneva 1920 National Football League organizes in Canton Ohio 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Professional Football Association 1920 Preliminary meeting in Akron to form American Pro Football League 1920 Ray Chapman, of Indians is hit in head by Yankees' Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, only major league fatality 1920 China joins the League of Nations 1920 League of Nations places International head of Justice in Hague 1920 U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy) 1920 Denmark and Cuba join the League of Nations 1920 Netherlands joins League of Nations 1920 League of Women Voters forms in Chicago 1920 League of Nations recognizes perpetual neutrality of Switzerland 1920 Switzerland rejoin League of Nations 1920 Saarland administrated by League of Nations 1920 U.S. Senate votes against membership in League of Nations 1920 1st assembly of League of Nations in Paris 1920 League of Nations established 1919 U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations 1919 Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of spitball 1919 Fastest major league game (51 minutes), Giants beat Phillies 6-1 1919 Babe Ruth's 29th home run is 1st of year in Washington (1st in every park in league in one season) 1919 Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson's major league mark of 27 home runs 1919 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) 1919 Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago, Illinois 1919 Phillies tie major league record of 8 steals in 9 inn game 1919 League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty 1919 League of Nations 1st meeting (Paris) 1919 Jackie Robinson, born in Georgia, 1st black major league baseball player, Dodgers 1919 Founding of League of Nations, 1st meeting 1 year later 1918 John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League 1918 Phil Rizzuto, born in Brooklyn, New York, Major League Baseball player, shortstop for the New York Yankees 1918 National Urban League forms 1918 Save the Redwoods League founded 1917 John Stokes, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, member of the Conservative Monday Club, Primrose League 1915 Federal Baseball League disolved 1915 Organized baseball and Federal League sign a peace treaty at Cincinnati 1915 Edward Digby Baltzell, Ivy League sociologist 1915 St. Louis Dave Davenport no-hits Chicago (Federal League), 3-0 1915 KC's Alex Main no-hits Buffalo (Federal League), 5-0 1915 League to Enforce Peace forms in Philadelphia 1915 Chicago Claude Hendrix no-hits Pitts (Federal League), 10-0 1915 Pittsburghs' Frank Allen no-hits St. Louis (Federal League), 2-0 1915 George Brian Snape, businessman and rugby league entrepreneur 1914 Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court 1914 Brooklyn's Ed Lafitte no-hits Kansas City (Federal League), 6-2 1914 1st Federal League Game: Baltimore Terrapins beat Buffalo 3-2 1913 John K Tener becomes president of baseball's National League 1913 St. Louis Browns manager George Stovall is 1st to jump to Federal League 1913 Federal League organizes with 6 teams 1911 Cy Young's farewell appearance in a major league game is a letdown as he loses to Brooklyn 13-3 in a Braves uniform in his 906th game 1911 Cleve's League Park hosts 1st unofficial ML All Star game (benefit game for Addie Joss' family). Cleveland Naps lose to All Stars 5-3 1911 Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby league player 1910 Cleveland Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Detroit Tigers 5-0 1909 Thomas J Lynch becomes president of baseball's National League 1909 John A. Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League 1909 1st pro baseball game, minor league, played under lights 1908 Caledonia and Hillhurst Football Clubs play for Central Alberta Rugby Football League championship 1907 Ralph Marston, born in Malden, Massachusetts, Ralph Fulsom Marston, professional football player, played with National Football League's Boston Bulldogs, 1929 1905 Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play 1904 Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League) 1903 Netherlands Korfball League forms 1902 Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League 1902 Minor League's most lopsided baseball game: Corsicana 51; Texarkana 3 Justin Clark of Corsicana, Texas minors hits 8 home runs in 1 game 1901 Herb McFarland hit 1st grand slam in American League 1901 Erve Beck hits American League's 1st home run 1901 1st games played in baseball's American League 1900 Baltimore Orioles (now New York Yankees) enter baseball's American League 1900 1st night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids) 1900 American League organized in Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee and Minneapolis 1896 Warren Giles, baseball's National League president 1895 Anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, D.C. 1895 Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations, 1925-32 1892 Dr. Jose Rizal forms League Filipina 1891 Cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3 1890 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Red-Headed League" 1890 National Afro-American League forms in Chicago 1889 Players League begins, declaring independence from baseball's NL 1889 Softball rules adopted by Mid Winter Indoor Baseball League 1889 Frederik M baron of Asbeck, Dutch lawyer, League of Nations 1888 English Football League established 1887 1st minor league baseball association organizes in Pittsburgh 1884 Moses Walker became 1st black player in major league 1880 John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, Worcester 1, Cleveland's Forest City 0 1880 League of American Wheelmen (1st U.S. bicycle association), forms in Newport, Rhode Island 1880 National Croquet League organizes in Philadelphia 1879 Northwestern League (minor baseball league) organized, Rockford, Ill 1877 International Association (minor baseball league) organizes 1876 Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations, 1919 - 1933 1876 Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League 1876 Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 1874 White League, Paramilitary white supremacist organization, forms 1871 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft. Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double 1870 Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years 1870 Jan Christian Smuts, proponnent of Commonwealth and League of Nations 1869 Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor, Rotterdam 1906 - 1922, Dir, League of Nations 1865 Richard Cobden, founder Anti-Corn-Law League, dies at 60 1864 Lord Cecil of Chelwood, UK, help form League of Nations, Nobel 1937 1864 Ban Johnson, Norwalk, Connecticut, baseball founder, American League 1859 Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder, League of Women Voters 1840 Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer, Irish Land League 1838 Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law 1838 Anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden 1804 Richard Cobden, West Sussex, founder, Anti-Corn-Law League 1689 England and Netherlands form League of Augsburg 1688 Duke of Savoye signs on to League of Augsburg 1686 Germany, Sweden and Spain signs anti-French League of Augsburg 1626 Battle at Lutter: Catholic League beats Danish king Christian IV 1609 Catholic German monarchy forms Catholic League 1596 Catholic League disjoins 1590 Battle at Ivry: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League 1590 Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League 1589 Battle at Arques: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League 1588 Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 1588 French king Henri III accept demands of Catholic League 1588 Catholic League under duke Henri de Guise occupies Paris 1587 Battle at Coultras: Henri van Navarra beats Catholic League 1585 Spain and Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville 1573 Maximilian I, duke/ruler of Bayern, Catholic League 1571 Battle at Lepanto: Saint League (Spain and Italy) destroys Turkish fleet 1571 Venice, Spain and Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League 1563 League of High Nobles routes King Philip II 1563 League of High Nobles routes 2nd protest against King Philip II 1552 Privileges of Hanseatic League in England are abrogated 1550 Henri Guise [le Balafre], French duke/leader, Catholic League 1547 Charles demands creation of Imperial League (German state) 1538 Catholic German monarchy signs League of Neurenberg 1526 Pope Clemens VII, France, Genoa, Venice, Florence and Milan form Anti-French League of Cognac 1526 German evangelical monarchy joins Schmalkaldische League 1526 Saxony and Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes) 1511 England signs on to the Saint League 1511 Eedgenootschap signs anti-French Saint League 1508 League of the kingdom signed (covenant against Venice) 1495 Battle at Fornovo, French king Charles VIII beats St. League 1495 Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella and Venice sign anti-French Saint League 1367 League of Cologne goes against Danish king Waldemar IV 1291 Everlasting League forms, basis of Swiss Confederation (Independence) 1176 Battle at Legnano: Lombardi League beats Frederik Barbarossa 1167 Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League 1167 Lombard League defeat Frederick Barbarossa at Battle of Legnano |
|
|
|
|
| History Home Copyright 2009 BrainyMedia.com | |