1995 Event 1st NBA game at FleetCenter, Boston Celtics lose to Mil Bucks, 101-100 1992 Event David Lewett and Jane Luu discovers comet: "1992 QB1" 64 mil km from Sun 1992 Event Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract - $4.7 mil 1991 Event NL Cy Young winner Doug Drabek wins record $3 mil salary arbitration 1989 Event Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Mil Brewers win 5-3 1989 Event Worst U.S. oil spill, Exxon's Valdez spills 11.3 mil gallons off Alaska 1987 Event "Mack Lobell" set harness racing's trotting mil (1:52) 1983 Event USFL New Jersey Generals sign Heisman winner Herschel Walker (3 years-$5 mil) 1982 Event St. Louis Cardinals beat Mil Brewers, 4 games to 3 in 79th World Series 1979 Event 1st recorded occurrance-comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs) 1978 Event Amoco Cadiz tanker spills 1.6 mil gallons of oil off French coast 1977 Event Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 80 and causing $350 mil damage 1969 Birthday Ricky Bones, born in Salinas, Puerto Rico, pitcher, Mil Brewers, New York Yankees 1965 Event Radio Mil (Domincan Republic) transmitter blown up 1960 Event Mil Brave Lew Burdette no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0 1955 Birthday Robin Yount, baseballer, Mil Brewers, MVP 1982, 1989, 3,142 hits 1954 Event Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 home runs, 1 double) 1947 Birthday Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lew Alcindor, NBA center, Mil Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers 1945 Event Dan Topping, Del Webb and Larry MacPhail purchase New York Yankees for $2.8 mil 1899 Event Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage 1821 Birthday Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer, Grains de Mil
