1981 Event Mariners manager Maury Wills is fired and replaced by Rene Lachemann 1981 Event Mariners manager Maury Wills is suspended for 2 games after ordering Seattle's grounds crew to enlarge batter's boxes by one foot 1980 Event Seattle Mariners replace manager Darrell Johnson with Maury Wills 1977 Event 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tennessee 1962 Event Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills is named NL's MVP 1962 Event Los Angeles Dodger Maury Wills becomes 1st to steal 100 bases (en route to 104) 1962 Event Los Angeles Dodger Maury Wills steals record setting #97 on his way to 104 1962 Event Dodgers protest wetting down of Candlestick to slow Maury Wills down 1962 Event All star MVP: Maury Wills (Los Angeles Dodgers) 1952 Death Antonia Maury, discoverer (supergiant, giant and dwarf stars), dies 1939 Birthday Maury Povich, TV host, Current Affair, Maury, Mr Connie Chung 1932 Birthday Maury Wills, baseball shortstop, Los Angeles Dodgers, NL MVP 1962 1873 Death Matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies 1866 Birthday Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury, astronomer 1822 Birthday Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General Confederate Army 1806 Birthday Matthew Fontaine Maury, Naval Commander, Confederacy
