George Brett History: May 13, 1993 - Kansas City Royal George Brett hits his 300th home run October 3, 1990 - George Brett becomes 1st to lead league in batting in 3 decades July 25, 1990 - Kansas City Royal George Brett hits for the cycle September 8, 1989 - George Brett gets his 2,500th hit May 25, 1986 - Kansas City Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit July 28, 1983 - George Brett's 2 run home run against Yankees on July 24 (pine tar game) August 29, 1982 - George Brett gets his 1,500th hit November 18, 1980 - Despite missing 45 games, George Brett wins AL MVP September 20, 1980 - George Brett goes 0-for-4 dropping his avg below .400 for good August 19, 1980 - George Brett ends hitting streak at 30 August 18, 1980 - Kansas City Royals' George Brett, batting avg reach .400 August 17, 1980 - George Brett goes 4-for-4, raising his batting average to .401 September 17, 1979 - Royals George Brett is 6th to have 20 doubles/triples/home runs in a season July 23, 1979 - George Brett gets his 1,000th hit October 6, 1978 - Royals' George Brett hits 3 home runs, Yankees win championship game 3, 6-5 December 11, 1975 - Great Yankee trade getting Willie Randolph, Dock Ellis and Ken Brett from Pirates for George "Doc" Medich May 3, 1973 - Kansas City Royals' George Brett gets his 1st major league hit May 15, 1953 - George Brett, born in Glen Dale, West Virginia, Kansas City Royal 3rd baseman, 1980 AL MVP
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1981 Seoul, South Korea is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics
1968 1st Boeing 747 rolls out
1960 Flintstones premieres, 1st prime time animation show
1953 Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
1949 Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights