Pete Rose History: February 4, 1991 - Hall of Fame's board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose January 9, 1991 - Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame August 8, 1990 - Pete Rose begins 5-ms prison term at Marion (IL) Federal prison camp July 19, 1990 - Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion April 20, 1990 - Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income August 24, 1989 - Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling March 20, 1989 - Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation February 21, 1989 - Pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling May 2, 1988 - Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump September 11, 1985 - Pete Rose of Cincinnati Reds gets career hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb's record September 8, 1985 - Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with 4,191 hits May 22, 1985 - Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader August 17, 1984 - Pete Rose returns to Cincinnati Reds as player-manager (gets 2 hits) July 27, 1984 - Reds' Pete Rose collects record 3,053rd career single vs. Philadelphia July 26, 1984 - Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single April 13, 1984 - Pete Rose becomes 1st NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career August 24, 1983 - Cincinnati Red Pete Rose ends consecutive games played streak at 745 August 18, 1982 - Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance August 14, 1982 - Pete Rose (Phillies) 12,365 at bat sets record (passes Aaron) June 22, 1982 - Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd hit, moves past Aaron into 2nd place June 20, 1982 - Pete Rose is 5th to appear in 3,000 games (Cobb, Musial, Aaron, Yaz) August 10, 1981 - Pete Rose, 3,631 career hit, breaks Stan Musial's NL hit record June 10, 1981 - Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits May 11, 1980 - Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, and home in one inning for Phillies September 24, 1979 - Pete Rose reaches 200 hits in a season for 10th time August 5, 1979 - Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single December 5, 1978 - Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies December 5, 1978 - Phillies Pete Rose becomes highest paid baseball player August 1, 1978 - Braves stop Reds Pete Rose's hitting streak at 44 games August 1, 1978 - Pete Rose goes hitless, ends his 44 game hitting streak (ties NL) July 31, 1978 - Pete Rose ties NL record hitting streak at 44 July 25, 1978 - Cincinnati Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games July 24, 1978 - Pete Rose ties NL hitting streak of 37 games May 5, 1978 - Cincinnati Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits July 24, 1977 - Pete Rose passes Frankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881 November 21, 1973 - Pete Rose wins NL MVP October 8, 1973 - NLCS game 3 brawl between Cincinnatis' Pete Rose and New York Met Bud Harrelson June 19, 1973 - Pete Rose and Willie Davis both get career hit # 2,000 November 26, 1963 - Cincinnati 2nd baseman Pete Rose wins NL Rookie of Year April 13, 1963 - Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit March 10, 1963 - Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training April 14, 1941 - Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds, Charlie hustle, most hits in majors
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1984 Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski
1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in Senate
1956 Federal interstate highway system act signed
1891 National Forest Service organized