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Ball - Notable Historical Events

George WashingtonMay 7, 1789

Nikola TeslaMar 5, 1904

President TaftApr 14, 1910

Woodrow WilsonApr 10, 1913

BradmanDec 25, 1940

Desi ArnazOct 15, 1951

Betsy RawlsJul 18, 1954

Lucille BallDec 11, 1960

Mickey MantleMay 22, 1963

Kathy WhitworthJul 17, 1971

Mike SchmidtJun 10, 1974

Reggie JacksonOct 14, 1978

John ElwayJan 11, 1987

Moises AlouOct 14, 2003

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Ball - Historical Events
Date Event
1381-07-15

John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hung, drawn and quartered in the presence of Richard II of England.

1393-01-28

Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents)

1521-05-20

Ignatius Loyola seriously wounded by a cannon ball

1763-06-02

Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.

1789-05-07

First US Presidential inaugural ball (for George Washington in NYC)

1792-03-16

King Gustav III of Sweden is shot Count Anckarström at a masked ball at the Opera; he dies on March 29.

1792-03-29

King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera just 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.

1801-07-20

Elisha Brown Jr pressed a 1,235 pound cheese ball at his farm

1829-03-04

Unruly crowd mobs White House during President Jackson inaugural ball

1859-05-31

Phila A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later

1862-12-29

Bowling ball invented

1864-11-23

-25] Battle at Ball's Ferry Georgia (30 casualties)

1864-12-29

Fire Dept celebrates 1st annual ball

1865-03-06

President Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Ball

1865-10-10

John Hyatts patents billard ball

1869-11-03

Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club forms

1869-12-18

Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club plays its 1st game

1870-08-16

Fred Goldsmith demonstrates curve ball isn't an optical illusion

1871-03-17

National Association of Professional Base-Ball players organized

1872-10-12

Montreal Foot Ball Club 1st game playing Quebec City to 0-0 tie

1876-02-03

Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, & football

1884-11-06

Montreal Foot Ball Club (QFRU) defeats Toronto Argonauts (ORFU) 30-0 in 1st CRFU Championship game

1884-12-09

Levant Richardson patents ball-bearing skate

1885-10-22

John Ward & several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Prof Base Ball Players, 1st baseball union

1886-10-10

1st dinner jacket (tuxedo) worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY

1892-02-01

Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning use of "400" to describe socially elite

1893-10-14

Harry Wright suggests umps keep ball-strike count a secret

1900-02-03

Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Balt

1903-08-08

In 11th an old black ball is put into play against Cleve, Tigers' Nap Lajoie protests ignored, he hurls ball out of park & forfeits game

1904-03-02

"Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" adopted

1904-03-05

Nikola Tesla, in Electrical World and Engineer, describes the process of the ball lightning formation.

1906-03-14

Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club forms

1907-09-13

Canadian Interprovincial Rugby Football union (Big Four) forms with Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders & Montreal Foot Ball

1907-10-31

Calgary City Rugby Football Club's 1st game defeating Strathcona Rugby Foot-ball Club 15-0 at Calgary

1907-11-09

Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club 1st game, loses to Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club 26-5 at Edmonton Exhibition Grounds

1907-12-31

For 1st time a ball drops at Times Square to signal new year

1908-01-01

1st time, ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square

1908-05-02

1908 "Take me out to the Ball Game" registered for copyright.

1908-10-16

Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as Esquimoux

1908-10-24

Billy Murray hits the charts with "Take Me Outto the Ball Game"

1909-07-19

Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball executes an unassisted triple play

1910-04-14

President Taft begins tradition of throwing out ball on opening day

1910-04-15

Taft is 1st pres to throw out a 1st ball at a baseball game

1910-08-13

Dodgers & Pirates play to 8-8 tie, both have 38 at bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, 2 errors, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 pass ball & 1 hit by pitch

1913-04-10

President Woodrow Wilson throws out 1st ball, Senators beat Yankees 2-1

1915-08-07

St Louis 3rd base coach Miller Huggins, calls for ball Bkln rookie obliges, Huggins steps aside, & Card runner scores

1917-05-30

Jazz standard "Dark Town Strutters Ball" by Original Dixieland Jass Band first recorded

1920-02-10

Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with ball

1920-12-31

Roy Park makes 1st-ball duck in only Test Cricket inn, v Eng at MCG

1930-09-27

White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St Louis Browns

1930-12-12

Baseball changes rule, ball bounces into stands not a HR, now a double

1931-05-10

Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington, NJ

1934-01-05

National & American baseball leagues select a uniform ball

1938-08-24

Virgil Trucks strikes out his 418th batter, highest season total in organized ball-for Andalusia in an Alabama-Florida League game

1938-12-14

Major leagues agrees on standard ball

1940-10-24

Japan eliminates US terms (strike, play ball) from baseball

1940-12-25

Bradman out 1st ball for SA v Victoria before 6213

1943-03-13

Baseball approves official ball (with cork & balata)

1943-05-04

NL Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet ball proves to be 50% livelier

1943-06-01

Pirates Rip Sewell 1st throws his dew-drop (eephus) ball in a game

1945-05-09

New balata ball used in baseball, 50% livilier

1945-10-29

First ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it is patented

1950-06-23

Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4

1951-02-25

Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins Orlando Florida 2 Ball Golf Tournament

1951-10-15

"I Love Lucy", starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, debuts on CBS

1952-03-21

Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock & roll concert ever

1954-07-18

Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Inverness Four-Ball Golf Tournament

1955-07-24

Betty Jameson/Mary Faulk wins Virg Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament

1956-03-17

8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show & Lucy Ball win

1957-04-20

Yankee Bill Skowron becomes 3rd player to hit a ball out of Fenway

1957-07-21

Marilynn Smith/Fay Crocker wins Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament

1958-07-20

Betty Jameson/Mary Lena Faulk wins Homestead 4-Ball Golf Tournament

1959-12-05

Intikhab Alam bowls Colin McDonald with 1st ball in Tests

1960-12-11

Coleman/Leigh's musical "Wildcat" with Lucille Ball premieres in NYC

1961-06-11

Norm Cash becomes 1st Det Tiger to hit a ball out of Tiger Stadium

1962-04-09

JFK throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium

1963-05-22

Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade

1967-06-04

19th Emmy Awards: Mission Impossible, Monkees, Don Knotts & Lucy Ball win

1967-09-14

Melville Abrams Ball Field in Bronx named

1968-11-15

1st date in controversial Jim Bouton baseball diary "Ball Four"

1969-08-05

Pirate Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium

1969-10-16

Met Cleon Jones awarded 1st base when shoe polish on ball proves he is hit by a pitch, he scores on a HR in World Series

1969-12-28

Dallas Cowboy kicker Mike Clark, attempting an on-side kick against Cleveland, missed the ball

1970-06-01

Com Bowie Kuhn reprimands Astro Jim Bouton for writing "Ball Four"

1970-06-19

Jim Bouton's controversial "Ball Four" is published

1971-02-06

1st time a golf ball is hit on Moon (by Alan Shepard)

1971-07-17

Kathy Whitworth/Judy Kimball wins LPGA Four-Ball Golf Championship

1972-03-23

NY Yanks agree to continue playing ball in the Bronx

1972-04-17

Kiteman attempting to throw out 1st ball in Phillie Vet crashes into centerfield seats

1972-07-15

Sandra Palmer/Jane Blalock wins Angelo's Four-Ball Golf Championship

1973-07-28

Jane Blalock/Sandra Palmer win Lady Angelo's 4-Ball Golf Tournament

1974-06-01

Bundy victim Brenda Ball disappears from Burien, Wash

1974-06-10

Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker on Astrodome roof

1976-06-26

WS shortstop Toby Harrah plays DH without touching a batted ball

1978-10-14

NY Yank Reggie Jackson causes World Series controversy by getting in the way of a throw to 1st & deflects the ball away

1979-03-29

Andrew Hilditch given out handled the ball v Pakistan at WACA

1983-06-11

Don Genalo needs just 3 of 5 pins to win Southern California Open bowling tournament, miscalculates his score & intentionally gutters his ball

1983-11-27

Desmond Haynes out handled the ball v India

1984-05-04

Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling)

1985-08-10

Uno Lindstron of Sweden juggles a soccer ball 13.11 miles

1986-01-01

Iowa's All-American running back, Ronnie Harmon, fumbles the ball 4 times in his last game-the Rose Bowl

1986-02-08

1984 Summer Olympics head of the LAPD bomb squad, Arleigh McCree, and his partner Officer Ronald Ball of the Firearms and explosives unit were killed while trying to dismantle two pipe bombs when they responded to a call. McCree was recognized as one of the top explosive experts in the world.

1986-04-06

Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hrs

1986-10-25

Trailing 5-3 with 2 out & no one on in bottom of 10th, NY rallies to win Game 6 of the World Series, 6-5, Bill Buckner misplays a ball

1987-01-11

"The Drive", trailing the Cleveland Browns 20-13 with only 5:32 remaining in the AFC Championship Game and the ball on their own two-yard line, Denver quarterback John Elway drove his team 98 yards for a touchdown to tie the game, which the Broncos won in overtime to advance to Super Bowl XXI

1987-08-04

At the Kingdome, Ruppert Jones hits a foul ball that sticks in speaker

1987-08-10

Kevin Gross is 2nd pitcher in 8 days to be ejected for scuffing ball

1989-01-20

Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket 1st ball in 1st-class cricket

1990-08-07

NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 12th HR in 1st 92 at bats & becomes 21st to hit a ball into 3rd deck of Seattle's Kingdome

1991-03-02

Del Ballard Jr throws most famous gutter ball in PBA Tour history

1991-06-06

Albert Belle is shipped to minors for not running out a ground ball

1992-03-16

Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball

1992-05-26

Carlos Martinez hits a ball off Jose Canseco's head for a HR

1992-07-05

Sixto Durán Ballén elected president of Ecuador

1992-08-29

Brave's Charlie Leibrandt 1,000th strikeout & decides to keep the ball He rolls it to the dugout, allows Ricky Jordan to take 2nd on error

1993-05-26

Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head & goes over fence for a home run

1993-06-07

Crickets Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball v Australia, Old Trafford

1994-03-23

Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Indians new ball park at Gateway for $13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field)

1994-09-17

Andy Waller out handled the ball for Mashonaland CD v Mash U24

1996-06-14

Karl Krikken out handled the ball for Derbyshire v Indians

2000-01-08

"Music City Miracle", with 16 seconds left in the AFC Wild Card Playoff Game, the Tennessee Titans' Lorenzo Neal handed the ball to Frank Wycheck, who then lateraled the ball across the width of the field to his teammate, Kevin Dyson, who in turn ran the length of the field down the sideline for the game-winning touchdown to defeat the Buffalo Bills 22-16

2003-10-14

Fan Steve Bartman deflects the ball away from Chicago Cubs outfielder Moises Alou. Cubs give up eight runs in the inning and lose to the Marlins 8-3, and the Bartman incident is seen as the turning point in the series

2014-07-13

2014 FIFA World Cup: Lionel Messi (golden ball), James Rodriguez (golden boot); Manuel Neuer (Golden gloves) win

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Ball - Notable Birthdays

Lucille BallAug 6, 1911

Ball - Birthdays
Date Event
1817-07-19

Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke, US, army nurse (union)

1819-06-03

Thomas Ball, US, sculptor/painter/singer

1840-07-01

Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer

1847-12-07

James Deacon White, Canton NY, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi)

1848-10-17

William "Candy" Cummings, created curve ball

1859-06-30

Paul Cinquevalli, Cannon Ball Juggling

1872-06-05

Pierce Kingsley, After the Ball

1874-05-06

Jules Mendel, Fun at a Ball Game

1874-07-30

Billy Meredith, The Ball of Fortune

1874-9-05

Nap Lajoie, Game of Base Ball

1875-01-01

Aldrich Bowker, Ball of Fire

1876-05-25

Frank Ball, Rainbow Valley

1876-07-26

Ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball)

1876-10-13

Rube Waddell, Game of Base Ball

1878-07-22

Ernest Ball, Flyboys

1880-04-06

Leona Ball, The Fable of the Toilsome Ascent and the Shining Table Lamp

1881-11-04

Eustace Hale Ball, The City Fellow

1881-9-11

Arthur White, Take Me Out to the Ball Game

1882-08-31

Franz Hofer, The Black Ball; or, Vengeance Bequeathed

1885-01-17

E Ball-Hennings, writer

1885-05-08

Helen Case, The Ball Player and the Bandit

1885-08-19

William David Ball, Rustler by Proxy

1886-02-22

Hugo Ball, German playwright/co-founder Flametti

1887-04-21

Joe McCarthy, Sport Thrills: Play Ball

1892-07-30

Roy Park, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1920, out 1st ball)

1900-02-25

Jed Harris, producer/director (Billy Rose Show, Operation Mad Ball)

1906-08-04

Eddie Foster, Ball of Fire

1907-01-25

John 'Doc' Ball, Surfing for Life

1907-11-09

Burrill Phillips, Omaha Nebraska, composer (Play Ball)

1908-01-19

Peter James, Hold That Ball

1908-11-12

Hein Timm, Bei Pfeiffers ist Ball

1909-12-21

George Ball, Iowa, lawyer/undersecretary of state

1909-12-21

George Ball, On Our Way: U.S.A. - 1939-1942

1910-03-27

Rudi Ball, Germany, Jewish ice hockey star (Olympic-bronze-1932)

1910-10-04

Frank Crosetti, Sport Thrills: Play Ball

1911-07-08

John Ball, In the Heat of the Night

1911-08-06

Lucille Ball, Jamestown NY, comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy, Mame), (d. 1989)

1911-08-06

Lucille Ball, The Ballet

1911-11-24

Malcolm Ball, Cleopatra

1911-9-09

Kôzaburô Yoshimura, The Ball at the Anjo House

1912-03-15

Lightnin' [Sam] Hopkins, Texas, blues stylist (Ball of Twine)

1912-10-14

Alex Ball, Around the World in Eighty Days

1912-10-23

Bedrich Prokos, Ball Lightning

1913-01-08

Horace Smith, cricketer (NZ, only Test wkt off his 1st ball (Paynter))

1913-9-16

Robert Skelton, Take Me Out to the Ball Game

1914-09-07

Ian Ball, photographer

1914-9-17

Lindsay Hardy, Love Is a Ball

1915-07-17

Fred Ball, Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie

1915-07-22

Josef Sebánek, The Firemen's Ball

1918-09-14

Jack Somack, Chicago Illinois, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show)

1919-01-22

Ernie Simon, Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball

1919-10-26

Thomas Funck, Charlie Strapp and Froggy Ball Flying High

1920-07-26

Bob Waterfield, Screen Snapshots: WAIF International Ball

1920-10-04

Jane Ball, The Keys of the Kingdom

1921-07-10

Harvey Ball, American inventor (d. 2001)

1921-08-08

Esther Williams, Take Me Out to the Ball Game

1922-02-13

Tristram Coffin, San Marino, California, folklorist (The Book of Christmas Folklore, The Old Ball Game), (d. 2012)

1922-11-09

Slick Surratt, Shadow Ball

1922-12-27

Connie Johnson, Shadow Ball

1923-02-18

Zdenek Podskalský, Ball Lightning

1923-03-04

Juliette Ball, To Have and Have Not

1923-03-18

Tommy Ryan, Ball of Fire

1923-10-25

Bobby Thomson, Miracle Ball: The Hunt for the Shot Heard Around the World

1923-12-04

Vincent Ball, Where Eagles Dare

1924-05-31

Russell Endean, cricketer (28 Tests for South Africa, handled the ball 1956)

1924-06-25

Philippe Grumbach, The Ball of Count Orgel

1924-12-19

Gary Morton, second husband of Lucille Ball (d. 1999)

1925-01-08

Ramon Blackburn, Take Me Out to the Ball Game

1925-01-08

Royce Blackburn, Take Me Out to the Ball Game

1925-04-22

Christopher Ball, Oxford, warden (Keble College)

1925-08-15

Herb Gluck, Ball Four

1926-04-12

Hanns Otto Ball, Der kleine Lord

1926-08-30

Rudi Gutendorf, Rudi Rastlos - Der Ball rollt für Ruanda

1926-11-02

Audrey Harman, Assembly Ball

1926-12-11

Big Mama Thornton, blues singer (Ball & Chain, Stronger than Dirt)

1927-08-02

Karel Mares, The Firemen's Ball

1928-07-06

Tuure A. Korhonen, The Old Folk's Ball

1928-07-18

Stig Grybe, Charlie Strapp and Froggy Ball Flying High

1929-03-24

Cuan McCarthy, cricketer (36 Test wkts for South Africa, 1 career no-ball)

1929-06-12

Brigid Brophy, The Snow Ball

1929-10-24

Jim Brosnan, Ball Four

1930-05-10

Marilyn Ball, The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story

1930-05-22

Kenny Ball, rocker, (d. 2013)

1930-05-22

Kenny Ball, Episode #2.7

1930-08-30

Ernie Ball, Digimon: The Movie

1931-03-22

Ing. Nasi Shamia, Ballë për ballë

1931-04-29

William Ball, actor (Suburban Commando)

1931-04-29

William Ball, Suburban Commando

1931-11-01

Shunsuke Kikuchi, Dragon Ball Z

1932-02-14

Michael Ball, Bishop (Truro)

1932-02-14

Peter Ball, Bishop (Gloucester)

1932-07-02

Terry Major-Ball, Episode #9.7

1932-10-11

Julen de Madariaga, The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone

1933-04-15

Kôji Yada, Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest

1933-07-15

James Ball, economist

1934-02-03

Suzan Ball, Chief Crazy Horse

1934-05-09

Alan Bennett, England, playwright/actor (Secret Policeman's Other Ball)

1934-12-05

Helmut Scherer, Kleine Brötchen - Die WM-Doku ohne Fußball

1935-04-22

Christopher Ball, linguist/warden (Keble College-Oxford)

1936-03-21

Takeshi Watabe, Dragon Ball Z: Bardock the Father of Goku

1936-06-13

Klaus Sonnenschein, Tommi bleibt am Ball

1936-08-31

Holger Obermann, Spiel des Lebens - Fußball als Abbild der Realität

1936-10-25

Masako Nozawa, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

1936-11-17

Gary Bell, Ball Four

1937-03-25

John Boland, Pro-Ball Cheerleaders

1937-06-09

Michael Alex, Bei Pfeiffers ist Ball

1937-11-11

Warner Wolf, Miracle Ball: The Hunt for the Shot Heard Around the World

1938-02-25

Blake Ball, Slap Shot

1938-05-23

Johnny Ball, Johnny Ball Reveals All

1938-06-27

Tommy Cannon, The Cannon & Ball Gospel Show

1939-03-08

Jim Bouton, Newark NJ, pitcher (NY Yankees)/author (Ball Four)

1939-05-07

Marco St John, New Orleans La, actor (Rayford-Ball Four)

1939-08-04

Warren Ball, The Corpse Grinders

1939-9-12

Toku Nishio, Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn

1940-06-14

Ben Davidson, Los Angeles California, actor (Rhino-Ball Four, Code R), (d. 2012)

1940-07-20

Tony Oliva, ball player, batting champ (AL Rookie of Year 1964)

1941-06-12

Reg[inald] Presley, [Ball], rock vocalist (Troggs-Wild Thing), (d. 2013)

1941-11-11

Osamu Kasai, Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy

1942-01-14

Dave Campbell, Ball Four

1942-08-08

John Gustafson, The Butterfly Ball

1942-9-27

Minoru Okazaki, Dragon Ball Z

1943-05-13

Mercè Vilaret, Ball robat

1943-10-02

Anna Ford, British broadcaster/actress (Secret Policeman's Ball)

1944-01-01

Mati Unt, Autumn Ball

1944-01-28

Martin Fried, rocker (Cyrkle-Red Rubber Ball)

1944-01-28

Bobby Ball, The Fattest Man in Britain

1944-06-04

Roger Ball, Scotland, saxophonist (Average White Band)

1944-06-04

Roger Ball, Iron Man 2

1944-06-07

Sam Ball, Super Bowl III

1944-10-15

Haim Saban, Dragon Ball Z

1945-03-04

Jaime Tirelli, NYC, actor (Orlando Lopez-Ball Four)

1945-05-12

Alan Ball, Up the Hammers

1945-08-14

Brenda Benet, Hollywood, actress (Lee-Days of Our Lives, Beach Ball)

1946-03-01

Tony Ashton, The Butterfly Ball

1946-04-11

Nicholas Ball, Croupier

1947-04-17

Werner Hackmann, Zocker, Schiris, Funktionäre - Wer macht unseren Fußball kaputt?

1947-06-03

Shuki Levy, Dragon Ball Z

1947-07-05

Judge Joe Brown, Playas Ball

1948-03-30

Dave Ball, rocker (Procul Harum)

1948-04-21

Takao Koyama, Dragon Ball

1948-08-30

Connie Fredericks, Take Me Out of the Ball Game

1948-11-20

Samuel E Wright, Camden SC, actor (Enos, Ball Four)

1949-02-19

Eddie Hardin, The Butterfly Ball

1949-03-20

Marcia Ball, American singer and pianist

1949-03-20

Marcia Ball, Double Jeopardy

1949-07-25

Txiki Benegas, The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone

1950-05-10

Dale Wilson, Dragon Ball

1951-09-30

Catie Ball, US, 100 m breast stroke swimmer (Olympic-4X4 gold-1968)

1952-03-07

Waymond Lee, Interesting Ball

1952-03-16

Alvin Sanders, Dragon Ball Z

1952-04-12

Tyler Drumheller, Curve Ball/The Ivory War/Captain of Capitalism

1952-05-18

Ryûzaburô Ôtomo, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

1952-9-02

Keiko Yokozawa, Dragon Ball Z

1953-01-06

Daniel Fortus, The Fireman's Ball

1953-07-09

David Ball, Fire Down Below

1954-08-14

Yûko Mita, Dragon Ball Z: Bardock the Father of Goku

1954-11-20

Bin Shimada, Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan

1955-01-03

Leslie Ball, Street Gun

1955-01-15

Mayumi Tanaka, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

1955-04-05

Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

1955-05-08

Rod Ball, Cape Fear

1955-05-17

Barry M. Grey, Play Ball!: The Authentic Little League Baseball Guide to Fielding

1955-07-05

Josef Haslinger, Opera Ball

1956-11-05

Heidrun Perdelwitz, Ball der einsamen Herzen

1957-04-22

Yôko Kawanami, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

1957-05-13

Alan Ball, American screenwriter, director, and producer

1957-05-13

Alan Ball, American Beauty

1957-07-27

Hansi Müller, Hansi Müller - Fußball-Europameister 1980

1957-10-27

Glen Hoddle, English soccer ball player (Tottenham)

1957-12-31

David Erwin, Monster's Ball

1957-9-17

Mark Menza, Dragon Ball GT

1958-02-01

Ryô Horikawa, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

1958-05-18

Nova Ball, Get Out of My Room

1958-07-01

Kenji Yamamoto, Dragon Ball Z Kai

1958-07-25

Karl-Heinz Förster, Hansi Müller - Fußball-Europameister 1980

1959-04-01

Daisuke Nishio, Dragon Ball

1959-05-03

David Ball, Blackpool, rock keyboardist (Soft Cell)

1959-05-03

David Ball, Day of the Dead

1959-05-03

Dave Ball, Pecker

1959-11-11

Julien Ball, It's a Wonderful Rae: Part 2

1959-11-22

Naoko Watanabe, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

1960-02-04

Keith Werle, Take Me Out of the Ball Game

1960-03-29

Hiromi Tsuru, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

1961-02-18

Hironobu Kageyama, Dragon Ball Z

1961-03-06

Cindy Brennan Fukunaga, Dragon Ball GT

1961-08-03

Lee Rocker, [Leon Drucker], rock bassist (Stray Cats-Gonna Ball)

1961-08-12

Vince Ball, Dirty Filthy Love

1961-9-03

Billy 'The Eight Ball' Embry, The Disturbance at Dinner

1962-06-27

Michael Ball, Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

1963-01-04

Dan Ball, The People vs. Larry Flynt

1963-02-23

Bobby Bonilla, Play Ball

1963-05-07

Utz Claassen, Der totale Kick - Chancen und Risiken der Fußball-WM...

1964-02-27

Norihito Sumitomo, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

1964-08-17

Jorginho, Deutschland im WM-Fieber - Fußball-Party ohne Ende?

1964-10-11

Kent Williams, Dragon Ball Z

1964-11-12

Kevin Ball, Episode dated 17 April 2006

1964-12-15

Jerry Ball, NFL defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings)

1964-12-15

Jerry Ball, Al Davis

1965-01-04

Hendrik Hey, Der Ball ist rund! - Alles über Fußball

1965-01-07

Nigel Davies, The Young Person's Guide to Getting Their Ball Back

1965-02-05

Mayumi Shô, Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone

1965-03-27

Metin Tolan, Faszination Fußball

1965-06-15

Riki Rachtman, Headbangers Ball

1965-06-29

Company Matsuo, The Sex Cannon Ball Run

1966-01-19

Darrin Ball, Playboy: Girls of the Internet

1966-06-26

Yûko Minaguchi, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

1966-07-01

Eric Ball, NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)

1967-03-02

Sue Ball, My Mother's Early Lovers

1967-07-18

Miriam Meckel, Show #601 - TM3 sucht noch Fußball-Reporter

1967-10-20

Jon Ball, The Machine

1968-01-26

Eero Aho, 8-Ball

1968-08-29

Nick Ball, Samuel L Jackson

1968-10-22

Jessie Cody, Dragon Ball Z

1968-11-12

Sammy Sosa, Hard Ball

1968-11-21

Sean Schemmel, Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13

1969-03-25

Dale Davis, Playas Ball

1969-08-09

Chris Stone, Behind the Eight Ball

1969-08-16

Bill Houston Ball, X-Men: First Class

1969-12-23

Jennifer Wilson, Dragon Ball Z

1970-02-25

Marcus Ball, The Mist

1970-03-24

Cathy Coopman, The Ball of Wool

1970-11-23

Zoë Ball, British television and radio presenter

1970-11-23

Zoë Ball, Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor

1970-12-16

Kevin Ball, Rock of Ages

1970-12-19

Sean Teague, Dragon Ball

1970-9-14

Scott Johnson, Church Ball

1971-04-02

Elton, Frauen am Ball

1971-05-08

Chuck Huber, Dragon Ball Z

1971-05-12

Nao Nagasawa, Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks

1971-05-19

Stephanie Nadolny, Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13

1971-06-15

Taavi Eelmaa, Autumn Ball

1971-08-06

Craig Ball, South Pacific

1971-9-26

Kaoru Morota, Super Monkey Ball 2

1972-01-16

Dameon Clarke, Dragon Ball Z

1972-01-30

Ricardo de Gracia, The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone

1972-02-17

Lloy Ball, Ft Wayne Ind, volleyball setter (Olympics-96)

1972-02-17

Dave Chan, 8-Ball

1972-03-16

Veiko Õunpuu, Autumn Ball

1972-03-21

Chris Ball, Costa Mesa California, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)

1972-07-01

Tetsu Inada, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'

1972-07-14

Stephen Baptista, Dragon Ball GT

1972-10-16

Anthony Morizio, Foul Ball

1972-12-22

Steffi Jones, Frauen am Ball

1973-02-28

Dave Hanson, Church Ball

1973-03-19

Sean Ballantyne, Foul Ball

1973-04-18

Juhan Ulfsak, Autumn Ball

1973-04-22

Christopher Sabat, Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13

1973-06-22

Tiffany Vollmer, Dragon Ball: The Path to Power

1973-06-29

Sam Ball, One Life to Live

1973-10-31

Christopher Bevins, Dragon Ball

1973-12-06

Mike Coleman, Dragon Ball Z

1974-04-28

Eric Vale, Dragon Ball Z

1974-06-21

Cotton Candy, Super Ball XXX Ebony Cheerleader Orgy

1974-10-08

DJ Q-Ball, American musician (Bloodhound Gang)

1974-10-08

Q-Ball, Bloodhound Gang: One Fierce Beer Run

1974-10-24

John Burgmeier, Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug

1974-9-09

Prema Ball, Trick My Truck

1975-05-03

Jonas Ball, The Objective

1976-01-27

Clint Ford, Dragon Ball Z

1976-02-07

Taylor Ball, Armageddon

1976-07-27

Jesse Ball, Straight Away

1976-10-14

Christopher Lee Ball, The Zebras of Jack Tizard

1976-11-29

Aline Hochscheid, Wir Weltmeister - Ein Fußball-Märchen

1977-03-11

Joseph Dammann, Take Me Out of the Ball Game

1977-06-01

Daniel Ball, This Wretched Life

1977-06-09

Rain Tolk, Autumn Ball

1977-06-11

Francesca Manicone, Princess Ball

1977-09-16

Greg Ball, American politician

1977-10-25

Birgit Prinz, Der totale Kick - Chancen und Risiken der Fußball-WM...

1977-12-08

Maarja Jakobson, Autumn Ball

1977-12-27

Chris Ball, The Hoodling

1978-01-24

Mark Hildreth, Dragon Ball Z

1978-08-01

Andrew Rye, Dragon Ball GT

1978-08-23

Levin O'Connor, Model Ball

1978-11-07

Ülo Krigul, Autumn Ball

1979-08-25

Vanessa James, Ball Gag Betrayal

1979-11-14

Allison Hagendorf, Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden

1979-11-28

Rick Mace, Fuse Presents Z100's Jingle Ball

1979-9-08

Michael Edwards, Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball

1979-9-12

Ryan Ball, Episode #2.6

1980-02-07

Victor Henning, Ball Playing People

1980-03-30

Katie Brewer Ball, Be Kind Rewind

1980-04-08

Ryan Manning, Dragon Ball

1980-04-22

Ryan Thomas Brockington, Dragon Ball Z

1980-08-07

Casey Estevez, Phish: The Clifford Ball

1980-08-08

Michael Ball, You Don't Know Jack

1981-11-04

Aaron Hammersley, Blood Moon Ball/Fortune Cookies

1981-11-27

Gary Lucy, On the Ball

1982-02-03

Jeremiah Johnson, Day of the Wrecking Ball

1982-04-05

Mike Sanders, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 iGuide

1982-04-27

Tim Cruz, Dick Ball

1982-08-20

Jon Allen, Dragon Ball Z

1982-10-04

Seth Harris Gordon, The Unity Ball

1982-9-17

John Brookbank, Belle of the Ball

1983-07-21

Jade Hanley, Dragon Ball Z

1984-03-16

David Stewart Cowles II, Dragon Ball Z

1984-05-24

Fraser Fennell-Ball, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

1984-07-01

Nolan Ball, Celeste & Jesse Forever

1984-07-19

Andrea Libman, Dragon Ball

1985-01-04

Al Jefferson, Ball Don't Lie

1985-04-20

Jake Sorkin, Dragon Ball

1985-05-10

Courtney Boches, My Jiggly Ball

1985-9-26

Lenna Kuurmaa, 8-Ball

1986-05-01

John Graham, On the Ball

1986-08-07

Lisa Marie Ball, Victoria's Shadow

1987-12-28

Taylor Ball, Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off

1988-06-24

Kristopher Lofton, Hard Ball

1988-9-23

Bryan Hearne, Hard Ball

1989-06-13

Austin Ball, E-I-E-I-O

1990-03-28

Julian Griffith, Hard Ball

1991-03-26

Eric Rossano, Before the Ball & Chain

1991-03-26

Daniel Rossano, Before the Ball & Chain

1992-10-06

Francesca Suval, Ausgerechnet Fußball

1992-11-15

Nikko Dayton, The Military Ball

1994-12-15

Stephen Ball, Grainne Uaile-The Movie

1994-12-16

Ashlee Rollin, The Magic Ball

1996-10-22

Mansur Ball, Adavilo

2000-06-14

McKay Ball, Letters to God

Ball - Notable Weddings

Lucille BallNov 30, 1940

Ball - Weddings
Date Event
1940-11-30

"I Love Lucy" actress Lucille Ball (28) weds actor Desi Arnaz (23) in Greenwich, Connecticut

1949-06-01

Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz wed for the second time

Ball - Notable Divorces

Lucille BallMar 4, 1960

Ball - Divorces
Date Event
1960-03-04

Lucille Ball files divorce from Desi Arnaz

Ball - Notable Deaths

Lucille BallApr 26, 1989

Ball - Deaths
Date Event
1381-07-15

John Ball, English priest/ideologist of Boer uprising, hanged

1393-01-28

Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball in Paris

1393-01-30

Aimery Poitiers, French nobleman, burned at royal ball

1393-01-30

Yvain, son of earl of Foix, burned at royal ball

1640-10-20

John Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1585)

1789-08-25

Mary Ball Washington, mother of George, dies

1833-01-17

James Ball Antyne, Scot founder (Ball Antyne Press), dies at about 60

1904-09-26

Lafcadio Hearn, author (Soul of the Great Ball), dies at 54

1911-12-11

Thomas Ball, US sculptor/painter/singer, dies at 92

1913-11-25

Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer (Ball Screw), dies

1914-04-01

Rube Waddell, Game of Base Ball

1917-05-07

Albert Ball,

1918-07-14

Paul Cinquevalli, Cannon Ball Juggling

1923-12-12

Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20

1924-09-27

Arthur White, Take Me Out to the Ball Game

1927-05-03

Ernest Ball, Flyboys

1931-04-20

Eustace Hale Ball, The City Fellow

1936-06-26

Pierce Kingsley, After the Ball

1938-03-17

Jules Mendel, Fun at a Ball Game

1939-01-09

Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72

1939-07-07

James Deacon White, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi), dies at 91

1945-05-05

Franz Hofer, The Black Ball; or, Vengeance Bequeathed

1948-08-10

E Ball-Hennings, writer, dies at 63

1951-08-27

Arthur Ball, Wanderer of the Wasteland

1955-08-05

Suzan (Susan) Ball, American actress, of cancer aged 21

1955-08-05

Suzan Ball, Chief Crazy Horse

1958-04-03

Leona Ball, The Fable of the Toilsome Ascent and the Shining Table Lamp

1958-04-19

Billy Meredith, The Ball of Fortune

1959-01-17

Abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi

1959-02-07

Nap Lajoie, Game of Base Ball

1959-04-12

Ralph Peters, Ball of Fire

1960-09-06

Jimmy Savo, comedian (Through the Crystal Ball), dies at 65

1978-01-13

Joe McCarthy, Sport Thrills: Play Ball

1978-01-27

Oscar Homolka, actor (7 Year Itch, Ball of Fire), dies at 79

1981-05-18

Robert Skelton, Take Me Out to the Ball Game

1983-03-25

Bob Waterfield, Screen Snapshots: WAIF International Ball

1983-08-24

Jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64

1984-03-01

Alex Ball, Around the World in Eighty Days

1984-05-19

Daniel Fortus, The Fireman's Ball

1985-05-19

Hein Timm, Bei Pfeiffers ist Ball

1986-05-01

John Boland, Pro-Ball Cheerleaders

1986-09-16

Peter James, Hold That Ball

1987-01-18

George Thalben-Ball, Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1987-07-04

Zachary Ball, Joe Panther

1987-10-03

Jean Anouilh, French playwright (Ball of the Voleurs), dies at 77

1989-01-18

Eddie Foster, Ball of Fire

1989-04-26

Lucille Ball, comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78

1989-04-26

Lucille Ball, The Ballet

1991-07-30

William Ball, actor (Suburban Commando), dies at 60

1991-07-30

William Ball, Suburban Commando

1993-03-20

Jonathan Ball, English youngster, killed by IRA at 3

1993-10-21

Mercè Vilaret, Ball robat

1993-10-29

Zdenek Podskalský, Ball Lightning

1994-02-07

Lindsay Hardy, Love Is a Ball

1994-04-14

Royce Blackburn, Take Me Out to the Ball Game

1994-05-26

George Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84

1994-05-26

George Ball, On Our Way: U.S.A. - 1939-1942

1995-02-19

Ian Ball, photographer, dies at 80

1995-08-07

Brigid Brophy, The Snow Ball

1996-02-23

Freddie Stocks, cricket (cent on debut & wkt on 1st ball, Notts), dies

1997-04-20

Bedrich Prokos, Ball Lightning

1999-12-17

Warren Ball, The Corpse Grinders

2000-08-26

Billy 'The Eight Ball' Embry, The Disturbance at Dinner

2000-11-07

Kôzaburô Yoshimura, The Ball at the Anjo House

2001-04-12

Harvey Ball, American inventor (b. 1921)

2001-05-28

Tony Ashton, The Butterfly Ball

2001-12-04

John 'Doc' Ball, Surfing for Life

2002-02-11

Frank Crosetti, Sport Thrills: Play Ball

2003-03-25

Tommy Ryan, Ball of Fire

2003-10-13

Philippe Grumbach, The Ball of Count Orgel

2004-09-09

Roland Sherwood "Ernie" Ball, American businessman (b. 1930)

2004-09-09

Ernie Ball, Digimon: The Movie

2004-11-28

Connie Johnson, Shadow Ball

2005-07-19

Toku Nishio, Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn

2005-08-22

Mati Unt, Autumn Ball

2005-12-09

Jane Ball, The Keys of the Kingdom

2005-12-28

Audrey Harman, Assembly Ball

2006-01-20

Blake Ball, Slap Shot

2006-04-10

Malcolm Ball, Cleopatra

2007-01-28

Werner Hackmann, Zocker, Schiris, Funktionäre - Wer macht unseren Fußball kaputt?

2007-02-05

Fred Ball, Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie

2007-03-13

Terry Major-Ball, Episode #9.7

2007-04-25

Alan Ball, English footballer (b. 1945)

2007-04-25

Alan Ball, Up the Hammers

2008-12-02

Kathleen Baskin-Ball, American United Methodist Pastor

2010-02-15

Slick Surratt, Shadow Ball

2010-06-07

Juliette Ball, To Have and Have Not

2010-08-16

Bobby Thomson, Miracle Ball: The Hunt for the Shot Heard Around the World

2010-12-13

Takeshi Watabe, Dragon Ball Z: Bardock the Father of Goku

2010-12-30

Thomas Funck, Charlie Strapp and Froggy Ball Flying High

2011-11-11

Karel Mares, The Firemen's Ball

2013-03-07

Kevin Ball, English Jazz musician, dies from pneumonia at 82

2013-03-07

Kenny Ball, Episode #2.7

2013-06-06

Esther Williams, Take Me Out to the Ball Game

2014-05-01

Kôji Yada, Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest

2014-06-28

Jim Brosnan, Ball Four

2014-09-12

John Gustafson, The Butterfly Ball

2015-07-22

Eddie Hardin, The Butterfly Ball

2015-08-02

Tyler Drumheller, Curve Ball/The Ivory War/Captain of Capitalism

2015-08-19

Mansur Ball, Adavilo

2017-03-12

Footrot Flats creator Murray Ball dies aged 78

2017-08-23

Ball State Basketball Player Zach Hollywood Dies at Age 19


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