History Hop Tags - Hits

1163-12-21

Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods

1593-12-24

Storm hits Texel: 40 ships hit, 500 killed

1666-08-04

Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique & St Christopher; thousands die

1675-11-04

Storm hits Western Europe: flood in Amsterdam

1694-09-27

Hurricane hits Carlisle Bay Barbados; 27 British ships sink & 3,000 die

1703-11-26

Great storm of 1703 hits Southern England (NS 7 Dec) - thousands killed, Royal Navy losses 13 ships and around 1,500 seamen

1776-09-06

Hurricane hits Martinique; 100 French & Dutch ships sinks; 600 die

1776-09-06

Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, killing more than 6,000.

1807-06-26

Lightning hits gunpowder warehouse in Luxembourg; 230 die

1811-12-16

Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage

1812-08-01

Rare tornado hits Westchester County NY

1825-06-04

Unseasonable hurricane hits NYC

1831-08-10

Hurricane hits Barbados; about 1,500 die

1840-06-12

Meteorite hits Uden, Netherlands

1850-03-31

US population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%))

1856-02-20

John Rutledge, Liverpool-NY steamer, hits iceberg; many die

1857-03-21

Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die

1858-09-10

John Holden hits 1st recorded HR (Bkln vs NY)

1860-07-09

Temperature hits 115°F in Ft Scott & 112°F in Topeka Kansas

1862-07-27

Hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die

1875-02-24

The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high profile civil servants and dignitaries.

1876-06-27

1st NLer to get 6 hits in 9 inn game (Dave Force, Phila Athletics)

1876-07-15

Baseball's 1st no-hitter, St Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford

1878-09-30

Great Flood hits New Zealand's South Island

1881-08-27

Hurricane hits Florida & Carolinas; about 700 die

1882-06-05

Storm & floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die

1883-09-06

Cub's Burns (extra bases), Williamson & Pfeiffer get 3 hits in 1 inn

1885-08-29

Phillies Charlie Ferguson no-hits Providence 1-0

1891-08-18

Hurricane hits Martinique, about 700 die

1893-10-27

Hurricane hits coast between Savannah Ga & Charleston SC

1894-04-24

Phillies Lave Cross hits for cycle vs Bkln Dodgers

1894-08-17

Phils get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for cycle beating Louisville 29-4

1895-03-06

J T Brown hits the fastest 50 in Test Crickets (28 mins) Eng v Aust

1896-06-16

Temperature hits 127°F at Fort Mojave, Calif

1897-07-18

Cap Anson is 1st to get 3,000 hits

1898-01-14

Joe Darling hits the 1st six in Tests (out of the ground)

1898-04-21

Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat

1898-04-22

Baltimore James Hughes no-hits Boston Braves 8-0

1898-04-22

Cincinnati Red Theodore Breitenstein no-hits Pirates 11-0

1898-07-08

Phillies' Red Donahue no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0

1899-07-31

Albert Trott hits Monty Noble over the Pavilion at Lord's

1899-09-10

2nd quake in 7 days (8.6) hits Yakutat Bay Alaska

1900-07-25

Gilbert Jessop hits his 2nd 100 before lunch in same cricket match

1901-04-25

Erve Beck hits American League's 1st home run

1901-05-09

Cleve's Earl Moore no-hits Chicago White Sox 9 inn but loses in 10th 4-2

1901-06-09

NY Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cin Reds 25-13

1901-07-15

NY Giant Christy Mathewson no-hits St Louis, 5-0

1901-08-14

SS Islander hits iceberg near Alaska & sinks killing 70

1902-04-25

Erwin Harvey becomes 1st Cleveland ballplayer (Cleveland Bronchos) to have six hits in one game

1902-06-15

Minor League's most lopsided baseball game: Corsicana 51; Texarkana 3 Justin Clark of Corsicana, Tx minors hits 8 home runs in 1 game

1902-09-20

Chicago White Sox Jim Callahan no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0

1903-09-14

NY Giant Red Ames no-hits St Louis, 5-0 in a 5 inning game

1903-09-18

Phillies' Chick Fraser no-hits Chicago Cubs, 10-0

1904-04-13

A squadron of the Russian fleet is decoyed out of Port Arthur by Japanese maneuvers, when they realize they are sailing into a trap; their battleship Petropavlovsk hits a mine and sinks, with a loss of 700 men

1904-06-11

Cubs' Bob Wicker no-hits NY Giants, wins in 12th on 1 hitter, 1-0

1904-08-17

Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 6-0

1905-07-22

Phila Athletic's Weldon Henley no-hits St Louis Browns, 6-0

1905-08-15

Phila A's Rube Waddell no-hits St Louis Browns, 2-0 in 5 innings

1905-09-06

Chicago White Sox Frank Smith no-hits Detroit Tigers, 15-0

1905-09-27

Boston's Bill Dinneen no-hits Chicago White Sox, 2-0

1906-05-01

Phillies' John Lush no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 6-0

1906-05-08

Phila A's pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield & hits 2 HRs

1906-07-20

Bkln Dodger Mal Eason no-hits St Louis Cards, 2-0

1906-08-01

Brooklyn Dodger Harry McIntire no-hits Pitts for 10 2/3 loses in 13th

1906-08-03

Wash Natl's pitcher Tom Hughes hits HR to win his own game 1-0 in 10th

1906-08-24

Cincinnati Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers, 1-0 in 7 inning game

1906-09-24

St Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-1 in 7 inning game

1906-09-26

Pitts Lefty Leifield no-hits Phillies, 8-0 in 6 inning game

1907-05-08

Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cin Reds, 6-0

1907-05-26

Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits NY Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game

1907-08-23

Pitts Howie Camnitz no-hits NY Giants, 1-0 in 5 inning game

1907-09-20

Pitts Nick Maddox no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-1

1907-10-05

Phila A's Rube Vickers no-hits Wash Senators, 4-0 in 5 inning game

1908-07-04

NY Giant George "Hooks" Witse no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0 in 10 inn

1908-09-05

Dodger Nap Rucker no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0

1908-09-18

Cleve Indian Bob "Dusty" Rhoades no-hits Boston, 2-1

1908-10-24

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

1909-05-10

Winchester's Fred Toney no-hits Lexington for 17 inning

1909-06-12

"Shine On, Harvest Moon" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray hits #1

1909-07-15

Ty Cobb hits 2 inside-the-park HRs

1910-05-12

Phil A's Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0

1910-07-31

Chic Cub King Cole no-hits St Louis, 4-0 in a 7 inning 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

1910-10-09

Nap Lajorie challenges Ty Cobb batting avg with 8 hits, 6 were bunts as Brown's 3rd baseman Red Corriden played deep, Cobb still won

1911-05-20

Edwin Boaler Alletson hits 189 in 90 mins Notts v Sussex

1911-06-03

"Come Josephine in My Flying Machine" hits #1

1911-07-03

Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game. Does not get a hit next day

1911-07-20

Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0

1911-07-29

Boston Red Sox Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0

1911-08-27

Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits Boston, 5-0

1912-04-14

RMS Titanic hits an iceberg at 11.40pm off Newfoundland

1912-07-04

Detroit Tiger George Mullen no-hits St Louis Browns, 7-0

1912-07-18

Chicago Cubs get 21 hits but lose to Philadelphia Phillies in 11 innings

1912-08-20

Wash Senator Carl Cushion no-hits Cleve Indians, 2-0 in 6 innings

1912-08-30

St Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-1

1912-09-06

NY Giant Jeff Tesreau no-hits Phila, 3-0

1912-09-17

Center fielder Casey Stengel breaks in with Brooklyn & hits 4 singles

1912-10-06

Pirates Owen "Chief" Wilson hits record 36th triple of season

1913-07-10

Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C), which is the highest temperature recorded in the United States.

1914-05-14

Chic Jim Scott no-hits Cleve, gives up 2 hits in 10th & loses 1-0

1914-05-31

Chicago White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleve Indians, 6-1

1914-06-09

Honus Wagner is 2nd to get 3,000 hits

1914-09-09

Boston Brave George Davis no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 7-0

1914-09-19

Brooklyn's Ed Lafitte no-hits KC (Federal League), 6-2

1915-04-15

NY Giant Rube Marquard no-hits Bkln, 2-0

1915-04-24

Pitts' Frank Allen no-hits St Louis (Federal League), 2-0

1915-05-25

Chicago Claude Hendrix no-hits Pitts (Federal League), 10-0

1915-07-29

Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam HR

1915-08-16

KC's Alex Main no-hits Buffalo (Federal League), 5-0

1915-08-31

Chicago White Sox Jimmy Lavender no-hits NY Giants, 2-0

1915-09-07

St Louis Dave Davenport no-hits Chicago (Federal League), 3-0

1916-06-21

Boston Rube Forster no-hits NY Yankees, 2-0

1916-08-26

Phila A's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleve, 5-0

1916-08-30

Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0

1916-09-24

Indians' Marty Kavanaugh, hits AL's 1st pinch-hit grand slam

1917-04-14

Chicago White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0

1917-04-24

Yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway

1917-05-02

Cin Fred Tooney & Chic's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits & a run in 10th, so Cin wins 1-0

1917-05-05

St Louis Brown Ernie Koob no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0

1917-05-06

St Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0

1919-05-11

Cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cards, 6-0

1919-07-05

Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs in a game for his 1st of 72 times

1919-07-17

Yanks 21 hits, Browns 17 hits Browns win 7-6 in 17, on squeeze play

1919-08-14

Yankee Muddy Ruel hits into a triple-play

1919-08-20

Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 avg)

1919-09-08

Babe Ruth hits his 26th HR off Jack Quinn in NY, breaking Buck Freeman's 1899 HR mark of 25

1919-09-10

Indian's Ray Caldwell no-hits Yankees 3-0

1920-07-01

Wash Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0

1920-07-10

Tris Speaker is stopped at 11 consecutive hits by Tom Zachary

1920-09-17

Cards set a record of 12 consecutive hits in 4th (10) & 5th (2) innings

1920-10-06

1st brothers oppose each other in World Series, Cleve's Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits as brother Jimmy plays 3rd base for Bkln

1920-10-10

Indian's Elmer Smith hits baseball's 1st World Series grand slam

1921-01-29

Hurricane hits Washington & Oregon

1921-06-13

Yanks' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs beating Tigers 11-8

1921-08-19

Ty Cobb, is 4th to get 3,000 hits

1921-08-25

Yankee pitcher Harry Harper hits 3 batters in an inning tying record

1921-09-26

Yankee Ruth hits HRs 57 & 58 to beat Indians 8-7

1921-10-02

NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th HR

1921-10-06

Fewest hits in World Series Game, 5, Yanks (3) beat Giants (2), 3-0

1922-02-11

"April Showers" by Al Jolson hits #1

1922-05-07

NY Giant Jesse Barnes no-hits Phillies, 2-0

1922-06-12

St Louis gets record 10 hits in a row & beats Phillies 14-8

1922-07-17

Ty Cobb gets 5 hits in a game for record 4th time in a year

1922-08-08

Pirates set record of 46 hits in a doubleheader (against Phillies)

1922-09-09

St Louis Brown "Baby Doll" Jacobson hits 3 triples beating Tigers 16-0

1922-10-30

Anxious to compete with the Yankees, the NY Giants pay $65,000 & 3 players for Jack Bentley (hits .349 & is 13-1 as pitcher in 1922)

1923-07-17

Carl Mays gave up 13 runs & 20 hits in 13-0 lose to Indians

1923-09-04

NY Yankee Sad Sam Jones no-hits Phila A's, 2-0

1923-09-07

Boston Red Sox Howard Ehmke no-hits Phila A's, 4-0

1923-09-11

Bernie Neis, hits the 1,000th Dodger home run

1923-09-27

NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 HRs

1923-10-11

Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs in a World Series game

1924-07-17

St Louis Card Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0

1924-11-01

Forest Peters of Montana State U hits 17 of 22 attempted field goals

1925-05-01

A's Jimmie Foxx, 17, 1st game; he pinch-hits a single

1925-05-06

Ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884

1925-05-26

Tigers' Ty Cobb is 1st to collect 1,000 extra-base hits (ends 1,139)

1925-06-03

Eddie Collins, is 6th to get 3,000 hits

1925-07-01

NY Giant Hack Wilson hits 2 HRs in 3rd inning beating Phillies, 16-7

1925-07-17

Tris Speaker, is 5th to get 3,000 hits

1925-07-23

NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers

1925-09-13

Bkln Dodger Dazzy Vance no-hits Phillies, 10-1

1925-09-22

Yank Ben Paschal hits 2 inside-the-park-homers

1925-10-04

Harry Heilmann's 6 hits edges Ty Cobb .393 to .389 as batting champ

1925-10-18

Salt Lake City (PCL) Tony Lazzeri hits his 60th HR of the season

1926-05-21

White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double

1926-05-22

"Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" by Gene Austin hits #1

1926-06-10

Phillies Russ Wrightstone hits for the cycle

1926-08-11

Cleve Indian Tris Speaker hits his 700th double

1926-08-21

White Sox Ted Lyons no hits Red Sox 6-0 in just 67 minutes at Fenway

1926-09-17

Hurricane hits Miami & Palm Beach Florida; about 450 die

1926-09-18

Hurricane hits Miami, kills 250

1926-10-06

Babe Ruth hits 3 HRs in a World Series game, Yanks beat Cards 10-5

1927-04-15

Babe Ruth hits 1st of 60 HRs of season (off A's Howard Ehmke)

1927-05-14

"Ain't She Sweet?" hits #1 on the singles chart by Ben Bernie

1927-06-08

Tony Lazzeri hits 3 HRs Yanks beat White Sox 12-11

1927-06-11

Babe Ruth hits 19th & 20th of 60 HRs

1927-06-23

Lou Gehrig hits 3 HRs in 11-4 victory over Red Sox

1927-07-02

Earthquake hits Palestine

1927-07-12

Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs

1927-07-27

Mel Ott, 18, hits his 1st league home run (inside the park)

1927-08-05

Phillies Cy Williams hits for cycle in just 4 at bats

1927-08-22

Babe Ruth hits 40th of 60 homers

1927-09-11

Babe Ruth hits 50th of 60 homers

1927-09-13

Yanks clinch pennant, Ruth hits 2 HRs (52 en route to 60)

1927-09-22

Yanks Earle Coombs hits 3 triples

1927-09-30

Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th HR (off Tom Zachary)

1927-11-17

Tornado hits Washington DC

1928-06-12

NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples & 2 HRs to be White Sox 15-7

1928-06-25

NY Giant Fred Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader

1928-08-01

Babe Ruth hits HR # 42 & is 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace

1928-09-16

Hurricane hits West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee Florida; 3,000 die

1928-09-17

Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500

1928-09-17

Pitcher Ray Boggs hits 3 batters in 1 inning

1928-10-09

NY Yankees sweep Cards in 25th World Series, Ruth hits 3 HR in game

1929-05-04

Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9

1929-05-08

NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pittsburgh Pirates, 11-0

1930-02-08

"Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #1

1930-05-21

NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers

1930-05-22

Ruth hits 3 consecutive HR (8th-10th of 60 in 1930)

1930-06-21

Ruth hits 3 HRs as Yanks blow 6-0 lead in 7th & lose 15-7

1930-06-22

Lou Gehrig hits 3 HRs in a game, Ruth hits 3 in doubleheader

1930-08-03

2nd time in 1930, Chuck Klein of Phillies hits in 26 straight games

1930-08-26

Hack Wilson hits his 44th HR, breaks Chuck Klein's NL record

1930-09-12

Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez hits major league's last recorded bounce HR

1930-09-18

NY Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing hits 2 HRs to beat St Louis Browns, 7-6

1931-04-26

Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he & Babe Ruth tie for season

1931-04-29

Cleve Indian Wes Ferrell no-hits St Louis Browns, 9-0

1931-06-06

"There Ought To Be A Moonlight Saving Time" by Guy Lombardo hits #1

1931-07-01

Phillies Chuck Klein hits for cycle vs Chicago Cubs

1931-08-08

Wash Senator Bob Burke no-hits Boston Red Sox, 5-0

1931-08-21

Babe Ruth hits his 600th HR, off George Blaeholder of Browns

1931-09-01

Gehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in 4 days & his 6th HR in consec games

1931-10-10

A J Bennett hits H Garbarino for 1st scoring pass in Canada's Big 4

1932-06-20

A's Roger Cramer gets 6 consecutive hits in a game (repeats in 1935)

1932-07-09

Yanks' Ben Chapman hits 2 inside-the-park HRs, tying record

1932-07-10

Jack Burnett gets 9 hits, Eddie Rommel relieves in 2nd 18-17 victory in 18 as his A's beats Indians in longest relief job

1932-09-03

Jimmie Foxx of A's hits 50th & 51st HRs to become 3rd to hit 50

1932-09-10

Dodgers Johnny Frederick hits record 6th pinch-hit HR of the season

1932-09-12

Bkln Dodger Johnny Frederick hits his record 6th pinch hit HR

1932-09-25

Jimmie Foxx hits his 58th HR in last game of season

1932-10-01

World Series moves to Chicago, In 5th inning, Babe Ruth waits until he has 2 strikes, points & hits next pitch into center field bleachers

1933-05-16

Cecil Travis becomes 1st player to get 5 hits in his 1st game

1933-05-26

Phillies Chuck Klein hits for cycle vs St Louis Cards

1933-07-06

1st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Babe Ruth hits first All Star home run

1933-08-14

Jimmie Foxx hits for cycle & sets AL record with 9 RBIs

1933-12-12

Eddie Shore hits Toronto Maple Leaf star Ace Bailey from behind, fracturing his skull and ending his career

1934-03-21

Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in an A's-Dodgers exhibition game Walks 1, hits the next guy, 3rd guy hits into triple-play

1934-05-12

"Cocktails For Two" by Duke Ellington hits #1

1934-05-18

Jimmie Foxx hits 1st HR in Comiskey Park center field bleachers

1934-06-06

Yankee Myrl Hoag hits 6 singles in one game

1934-06-25

NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle beating White Sox 11-2

1934-07-13

Babe Ruth hits HR #700 (against Detroit)

1934-07-14

Ruth hits 700th career home run

1934-08-22

Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 HRs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12

1934-09-21

St Louis Card Paul Dean no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 3-0

1935-05-25

Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs Pirates

1935-08-31

Chicago White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Cleve Indians, 5-0

1935-08-31

White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Indians 5-0

1936-05-03

NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits

1936-07-22

Phillies John Moore hits 3 consecutive HRs

1936-08-25

3 Braves hit twice in an inning getting 2 hits each

1936-09-11

A's pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game

1936-09-14

Paul Waner ties Rogers Hornsby's NL record of 200 hits for 7 times

1937-06-01

Chicago White Sox Bill Dietrich no-hits St Louis Browns, 8-0

1937-06-13

Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns

1937-07-05

Chicago Cub Frank Demaree gets 6 hits in 1st game & 2 in 2nd game

1937-08-27

Brooklyn Dodger Fred Frankhouse no-hits Cin, 5-0 in 7 2/3 inn game

1938-06-11

Cin Red Johnny Vander Meer no-hits Boston Braves, 3-0

1938-06-25

"A Tisket A Tasket" by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb hits #1

1938-06-26

Cin Red Lonny Frey hits 8 doubles in a doubleheader

1938-08-07

Leo Durocher, hits 2,000th Dodger home run

1938-08-20

Lou Gehrig hits record 23rd & last grand slam

1938-08-27

Yanks Monte Pearson no-hits Indians 13-0, DiMaggio hits 3 triples

1938-12-31

Dutch national debt hits ƒ3,986,629,805.70

1939-01-10

Bradman hits 186 SA v Qld before Christ catches him at short-leg

1939-01-25

Earthquake hits Chillan Chile, 10,000 killed

1939-04-23

Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st HR

1939-06-03

Beer Barrel Polka hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Will Glahe

1939-07-04

Red Sox Jim Tabor hits 2 grand slams in 1 game

1939-07-26

Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs

1939-09-23

Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits & beat Phillies 22-4

1939-11-18

Neth KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die

1939-12-31

Dutch national debt hits ƒ4,218,553,180.99

1940-02-10

"In The Mood" by Glenn Miller hits #1

1940-04-30

Bkln Dodger Tex Carleton no-hits Cin Reds, 3-0

1940-07-28

Yankee Charlie Keller hits 3 HRs to beat White Sox 10-9

1940-08-05

St Louis Brown John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innings

1940-08-24

Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams pitches the last 2 innings in a 12-1 loss to Detroit Tigers, Williams allows 3 hits & 1 run

1940-09-14

German bomb hits shelter in Chelsea; hundreds die

1940-09-24

Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR

1941-03-16

Blizzard hits North Dakota & Minnesota killing 60

1941-06-01

NY Giant Mel Ott hits his 400th HR & his 1,500th RBI

1941-07-02

Earthquake hits Palestine

1941-08-30

St Louis Card Lon Warneke no-hits Cin Reds, 2-0

1942-05-19

Braves Paul Waner is 3rd NLer to get 3,000 hits (Anson & Wagner)

1942-06-19

Paul Waner is 7th to get 3,000 baseball hits

1943-06-17

Player-manager Joe Cronin of Red Sox hits two 3-run pinch home runs

1944-04-27

Boston Brave Jim Tobin no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-0

1944-05-15

Cincinnati Red Clyde Shoun no-hits Boston Braves, 1-0

1944-06-20

Heavy storm hits the Channel

1944-07-23

Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader

1944-07-26

The first German V-2 rocket hits Great Britain (nicknamed "gasometer").

1944-09-09

Very strong hurricane hits Netherland

1944-09-14

Hurricane hits New England: 389 die

1944-11-25

World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's store in Deptford, United Kingdom, killing 160 shoppers.

1945-02-10

"Rum & Coca Cola" by Andrews Sisters hits #1

1945-03-03

RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511

1945-09-07

Joe Kuhel hits inside-the-park HR, only HR hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium

1945-09-09

Jimmie Foxx hits his 534th & final HR

1945-09-09

Phila A's Dick Fowler no-hits St Louis Brown, 1-0

1945-10-15

Baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest)

1946-04-14

Manager Mel Ott of Giants hits 511th & final HR

1946-04-23

Bkln Dodger Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0

1946-05-04

Wash's Cecil Travis gets 6 straight hits before being stopped

1946-05-10

Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yanks 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam

1946-07-12

Vance Dinges hits only Phillie pinch hit inside-the-park HR

1946-07-14

Cleve Lou Boudreau hits 4 doubles & HR but Red Sox win 11-10 on Ted Williams 3 HR with 8 RBIs

1946-07-27

Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game, gets 10 RBIs

1946-08-04

An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. 100 are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.

1947-06-18

Cincinnati Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0

1947-06-28

"Temptation" (Tim-Tayshun) by Red Ingle with Jo Stafford hits #1

1947-07-10

Cleveland Indian Don Black no-hits Phila A's, 3-0

1947-09-03

Phila A's Bill McCahan no-hits Wash Senators, 3-0

1947-09-12

Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games

1948-05-21

NY Yank Joe DiMaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, HR)

1948-05-23

Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs

1948-06-30

Cleve Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0

1948-07-18

Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 HRs in a game

1948-07-18

White Sox Fat Pat Seerey, hits 4 HRs in 11 inning game

1948-08-12

Cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game

1948-08-17

Tom Henrich hits his then record tying 4th grand slam of season

1948-09-09

Bkln Dodger Rex Barney no-hits NY Giants, 2-0

1948-12-04

SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die

1949-05-02

Don Newcombe, 1st start, shuts out Cincinnati on 5 hits to win 3-0

1949-07-24

Inidian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 HRs to beat Senators, 7-5

1949-07-25

St Louis Cardinal Stan Musial hits for the cycle beating Bkln 14-1

1949-08-05

6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6,000 die

1949-09-30

Pirates Ralph Kiner hits his 54th HR & NL record 16th in September

1950-06-23

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

1950-06-24

NY Giant Wes Westrum hits 3 HRs & a triple

1950-07-26

Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game

1950-07-29

Pee Wee Reese, hits the 3,000th Dodger home run

1950-08-11

Boston Brave Vern Bickford no-hits Bkln Dodger, 7-0

1950-08-31

Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 HRs & a single in a game vs Braves

1950-09-15

For a record 6th time, NY Yankee Johnny Mize hits 3 HRs in one game

1951-05-06

Pitts Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0

1951-06-04

Pirate's' Gus Bell hits for cycle helps beat Phillies 12-4

1951-06-20

Cleve Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double & single vs Red Sox

1951-07-12

NY Yankees Allie Reynolds no-hits Cleve Indians, 8-0

1951-10-22

Earthquake hits Formosa, 100 killed

1952-02-02

B. B. King's "3 O'Clock Blues" hits #1 on the US Billboard's R&B hit parade to become his first national hit

1952-04-23

NY Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game & hits his only HR

1952-05-05

Ron Necciai of Pitts Pirate's Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27, as he no-hits Welch Minors, 4 Minors do reach base

1952-05-15

Detroit Tiger Virgil Trucks no-hits Wash Senators, 1-0

1952-06-19

Bkln Dodger Carl Erskine no-hits Chicago Cubs, 5-0

1952-07-26

Mickey Mantle hits his 1st grand-slammer

1953-04-16

Phillie's Connie Ryan gets 6 hits in a game

1953-04-17

Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) HR in Wash DC's Griffith Stadium

1953-05-06

Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Phila A's, 6-0

1953-05-22

Yankee Irv Noren hits into a triple-play, Yanks beat Wash 12-4

1953-06-15

Johnny Mize is 93rd player to get 2,000 hits

1953-06-18

Eugene Stephens is 1st to get 3 hits & Red Sox score 17 runs in 1 Inning (7th) Red Sox beat Detroit 23-3

1953-09-20

Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league HR

1953-10-04

Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam in World Series

1953-10-05

50th World Series sees NY Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2, as NY Billy Martin's 12 hits set record; Yanks win record 5th consec WS

1954-04-23

Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers

1954-05-02

Stan Musial hits 5 HRs in a doubleheader

1954-05-16

Ted Williams gets 8 hits in 1st game (DH) since breaking collarbone

1954-06-12

Milwaukee Braves Jim Wilson no-hits Phillies, 2-0

1954-07-01

Cards' Joe Cunningham hits 2 HRs for record 3 HRs in his 1st 2 days

1954-07-30

Bob Kennedy hits the 1st grand slam for the new Baltimore Orioles

1954-08-31

Hurricane Carol hits New England, 70 die, Costliest ever hurricane at the time and 1st storm name to be retired.

1954-09-14

Hurricane Edna (2nd of 1954) hits NYC, $50 million damage

1954-09-26

Typhoon hits Japan - 5 ferryboats sink killing about 1,600

1954-10-05

Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern US

1955-01-25

Jill Kinmont hits a tree & breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race

1955-05-13

Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive HRs of at least 463'

1955-06-03

Stan Musial hits his 300th HR

1955-06-05

NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' HR off Chicago Billy Pierce

1955-06-06

Bill Haley & Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" hits #1

1955-06-19

Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100

1955-06-24

Harmon Killebrew hits his 1st HR (off Billy Hoeff)

1955-07-22

Phillies longest win streak since 1892 hits 11

1955-07-29

Smokey Burgess hits 3 HRS to help Pirates beat Reds 16-5

1955-09-05

Dodger Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th HR of season

1955-09-09

Don Zimmer, hits 4,000th Dodger home run

1955-09-18

Willie Mays hits record tying 9th HR at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock)

1955-09-19

Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits record 5th grand slam of season

1956-04-28

Reds Frank Robinson hits his 1st of 586 HRs

1956-05-18

Mickey Mantle hits HR from both sides of plate for record 3rd time

1956-05-19

Pirate Dale Long hits 9th-inning HR, 1st HR in 8 straight games

1956-06-20

At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there)

1956-07-06

Indians' Jim Busby hits a grand slam in two consecutive at bats

1956-07-14

Boston Red Sox Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0

1956-08-16

Indians' Rocky Colavito hits his 1st grand slam, Cleveland 5, Tigers 4

1956-08-27

Curt Robert of Columbus (Intl League) hits 4 HRs in 7 inning game

1956-09-21

Yanks set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway

1956-09-25

Brooklyn Dodger Sal Maglie no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0

1956-09-29

Yanks Mickey Mantle hits his 52nd HR of season

1957-06-16

White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits 2 HRs to beat Wash Senators 8-6

1957-07-26

Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200

1957-08-01

Gil Hodges hits his NL record 13th career grand slam (Last by Bkln)

1957-08-17

Richie Ashburn, fouls hit fan Alice Roth twice in same at bat 1st one breaks her nose, 2nd one hits her while she is on the stretcher

1957-08-20

Chicago White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Wash Senators, 6-0

1957-08-20

White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Senators 6-0

1957-09-28

"Honeycomb," by Jimmie Rodgers hits #1

1957-09-29

300 die as express train hits stalled train (Montgomery W Pakistan)

1958-04-23

Gil Hodges hits his 300th HR & Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game

1958-04-24

Lee Walls hits 3 HRS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2

1958-04-30

Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits

1958-05-12

"Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo & The Don'ts hits #40

1958-05-13

Stan Musial is 8th to get 3,000 hits

1958-06-02

Brooks Robinson hits into 1st of record 4 triple plays

1958-06-09

"Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1

1958-06-16

"Flip Top Box" by Dicky Doo & The Don'ts hits #46

1958-08-20

Detroit Tiger Jim Bunning no-hits Boston Red Sox, 3-0

1958-09-20

Baltimore Oriole knuckler Hoyt Wilhelm no-hits NY Yankees 1-0

1959-04-09

Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot

1959-04-11

Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day HR

1959-05-03

Tiger's Charlie Maxwell hits 4 consecutive HRs in a doubleheader

1959-05-11

"Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes & Connie Stevens hits #4

1959-05-18

"Castin' My Spell" by Johnny Otis Show hits #52

1959-05-18

"Judy" by David Seville hits #86

1959-05-18

"Russian Band Stand" by Spencer & Spencer hits #91

1959-06-10

Rocky Colovito hits 4 consecutive HRs in 1 game

1959-06-12

SF Giants Mike McCormick no-hits Phillies, 3-0 in 5 inning game

1959-08-02

Milwaukee Brave Bill Bruton hits 2 bases loaded triples

1959-08-02

SF Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits 1st of his 521 HRs

1959-08-22

Cin Red Frank Robinson hits 3 consecutive HRs

1959-09-26

Typhoon Vera, hits Japanese island of Honshu, causing the deaths of 4,580 people with 658 missing

1960-05-15

Chic Cub Don Cardwell no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0

1960-05-23

"Got A Girl" by The Four Preps hits #24

1960-05-29

Everly Brothers "Cathy's Clown" hits #1

1960-08-08

"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" hits #1

1960-08-15

Mil Brave Lew Burdette no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0

1960-09-10

NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' HR over right field roof in Detroit

1960-09-14

Chubby Checker's "Twist" hits #1

1960-09-16

Mil Brave Warren Spahn no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 4-0

1960-09-25

Chubby Checker's "Twist" hits #1

1960-09-28

"My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" by Connie Francis hits #1

1960-09-28

Ted Williams hits his final homer #521 (off Jack Fisher)

1960-10-08

Bobby Richarson hits a World Series grand slammer

1960-10-10

Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 4000 die

1960-10-31

Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 10,000 die

1961-04-26

Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961

1961-04-30

SF Giant Willie Mays hits 4 HRs in a game

1961-05-09

Balt Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minnesota Twins

1961-05-15

"Bonanza" by Al Caiola Orchestra hits #19

1961-05-22

"Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe hits #1

1961-05-22

"Touchables In Brooklyn" by Dickie Goodman hits #42

1961-05-30

Maris hits his 10th & 11th of 61 HRs

1961-06-11

Roger Maris hits 19th & 20th of 61 HRs

1961-06-19

NY Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 HRs

1961-07-02

Maris hits 29th & 30th en route to 61 homers

1961-07-05

St Louis Cardinal Bill White hits 3 HRs & a double

1961-07-14

Astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500

1961-07-24

Roger Maris hits 4 home runs, in a doubleheader

1961-07-25

Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 & 40 in a doubleheader

1961-08-22

Maris hits his 50th of 61 homers

1961-09-20

Roger Maris hits home run # 59 & barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yanks clinch pennant #26

1961-09-26

Roger Maris hits HR #60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record

1962-04-10

NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th HR

1962-04-26

Red Sox Bill Monbouquette no-hits White Sox 1-0

1962-04-30

Willie Mays hits 4 HRs

1962-05-05

LA Angel Bo Belinsky no-hits Balt Orioles, 2-0

1962-05-19

"John Birch Society" by Chad Mitchell Trio hits #99

1962-06-26

Boston Red Sox Earl Wilson no-hits LA Angels, 2-0

1962-06-29

Frank Howard hits the 5,000th Dodger home run

1962-06-30

LA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0

1962-07-05

Mantle hits 2 homers en route to 4 consecutive homers

1962-07-06

Mantle hits his 3rd & 4th consecutive homer

1962-08-01

Boston Red Sox Bill Monboquette no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0

1962-08-03

NY Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th HR in 3 games

1962-08-26

Minnesota Twins Jack Kralick no-hits KC A's, 1-0

1963-03-10

Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training

1963-05-11

"Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul & Mary hits #2

1963-05-17

Houston Colt .45's Don Notterbart no-hits Phillies, 4-1

1963-05-18

"If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul hits #1

1963-05-22

Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade

1963-05-28

Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; about 1 million houses destroyed

1963-06-01

"El Watusi" by Ray Barreto hits #17

1963-06-14

NY Met Duke Snider hits his 400th HR

1963-06-15

"Sukiyaki" hits #1

1963-06-15

SF Giants Juan Marichal no-hits Houston Colt .45s, 1-0

1963-06-23

NY Mets Jimmy Piersall hits his 100th HR, he circles bases backwards

1963-06-27

Phillies Johnny Callison hits for cycle, but Phillie centerfielder Tony Gonzalez's error ends his record 205 consecutive errorless games

1963-06-29

Beatles' 1st song "From Me to You" hits UK charts

1963-07-19

Philadelphia Phillies Roy Siever hits HR # 300

1963-09-10

Stan Musial hits a HR in his 1st at bat as a grandfather

1963-09-29

Cardinal's celebrate Stan Musial Day in St Louis, for Stan Musial's final game, where he hits his 3,629th & 3,630th HRs

1963-10-03

Hurricane hits Haiti; about 5,000 die & 100,000 injured

1963-10-07

Hurricane Flora hits Haiti & Dominican Republic, kills 7,190

1963-10-10

Netherland population hits 12,000,000

1964-06-21

Phillies Jim Bunning pitches perfect game (Mets) on Fathers day, in 2nd game of DH, Mets get 3 hits, 3 being fewest hits in NL DH

1964-07-10

Jesus Alou is 1st Giant in 40 years to get 6 hits in a game

1964-07-23

As' Bert Campaneris HRs on 1st pitch, hits a 2nd HR on 2nd at bat

1964-08-12

10th time Mantle switch-hits HR in a game, one goes 502 feet

1964-08-12

Mickey Mantle switch-hits HR record 10th & final time in a game

1964-08-16

St Louis Card Curt Flood gets 8 straight hits in a doubleheader

1964-09-17

Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 & 2001 & his 450th HR

1965-01-30

"The Name Game" by Shirley Ellis hits #3

1965-02-06

Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" hits #1

1965-03-06

Bruce Taylor hits 105 for NZ v India in 1st Test Cricket innings

1965-04-09

1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun

1965-04-29

Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die

1965-05-22

"Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious" hits #66

1965-05-29

Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' HR out of Connie Mack Stadium

1965-06-05

"Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham & Pharaohs hits #2

1965-06-14

Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney no-hits NY Mets but loses in 11, 1-0

1965-07-08

Joe Morgan is 1st Houston player with 6 hits in a game

1965-07-20

NY Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam

1965-08-14

Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" hits #1

1965-08-18

Orioles' Brooks Robinson hits into his record tying (George Sisler)

1965-08-22

San Francisco Giants pitcher Juan Marachal hits LA Dodger catcher John Roseboro on the head with his bat causing a 14 minute brawl

1965-09-02

Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his 400th HR (off Curt Simmons)

1965-09-16

Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead no-hits Cleve Indians, 2-0

1965-11-09

Hurricane hits north east US/Canada

1966-02-09

Dow-Jones Index hits record 995 points

1966-03-03

Twister hits Jackson Miss; 3 minutes after 1st sighting, 57 die

1966-05-07

Mamas & Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1

1966-05-14

A Lover's Concerto by Mrs Miller hits #95

1966-05-21

"Downtown" by Mrs Miller hits #82

1966-05-21

Louie Louie by The Kingsmen reentered the chart & hits #97

1966-05-28

"Ballad Of Irving" by Frank Gallop hits #34

1966-06-04

"Batman & His Grandmother" by Dickie Goodman hits #70

1966-06-05

Cin Red Leo Cardenas hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader

1966-06-10

Cleve Indian Sonny Siebert no-hits Wash Senator, 2-0

1966-09-03

Donovan hits #1 with "Sunshine Superman"

1966-12-31

Monkee's "I'm a Believer" hits #1 & stays there for 7 weeks

1967-02-04

"Wild Thing" hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby

1967-03-18

Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock off Cornwall & spills oil

1967-05-13

NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career HR #500 off Stu Miller

1967-05-18

Silver hits record $1.60 an ounce in London

1967-06-18

Houston Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0

1967-07-07

Doors' "Light My Fire" hits #1

1967-07-14

Astro Eddie Matthews hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Juan Marichal

1967-07-18

Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY

1967-08-06

Oriole Brooks Robinson hits into a record 4th triple play

1967-09-10

Chicago White Sox Joel Horlen no-hits Det Tigers, 6-0

1967-09-20

Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38

1967-11-08

Silver hits record $1.951 an ounce in London

1967-11-22

Silver hits record $2.17 an ounce in New York

1968-02-10

"Spooky" by Classics IV hits #3

1968-04-27

Balt Oriole Tom Phoebus no-hits Boston, 6-0

1968-05-18

AL Kaline hits his 307th HR, surpassing Hank Greenberg as a Tiger

1968-05-22

Pitts Pirate Willie Stargell hits 3 HRs, a double & a single

1968-05-25

Unicorn by The Irish Rovers hits #7

1968-06-01

Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs Robinson" hits #1

1968-06-15

"Yummy Yummy Yummy" by Ohio Express hits #4

1968-06-24

Jim Northrup hits 2 grand-slammers to help Tigers beat Cleve 14-3

1968-06-25

Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants)

1968-07-14

Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick

1968-07-29

Cincinnati Red George Culver no hits Phillies, 6-1

1968-09-17

Gaylord Perry (Giants) no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 1-0

1968-09-18

Ray Washburn (Cards) no-hits SF Giants 2-0

1968-09-20

Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536

1969-04-09

Chic Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-3

1969-04-17

Mont Expos Bill Stoneman no-hits Phillies, 7-0

1969-05-17

"My Wife, My Dog, My Cat" by Maskman & The Agents hits #92

1969-07-15

Cincinnati Red Lee May hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader

1969-08-13

Balt Oriole Jim Palmer no-hits Oakland A's, 8-0

1969-08-19

Chicago Cub Ken Holtzman no-hits Atlanta Braves, 3-0

1969-08-27

Mike Procter hits six consecutive sixes (across two overs)

1969-09-20

Archies' "Sugar Sugar" hits #1

1969-09-20

Pitts Pirate Bob Moose no-hits NY Mets, 4-0

1969-09-29

Red Sox Rico Petrocelli hits shortstop record 40th HR of season

1970-02-07

"Jingle Jangle" hits #10 on the pop singles chart by Archies

1970-05-12

Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run

1970-05-16

Grover Henson Feels Forgotten by Bill Cosby hits #70

1970-05-17

Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits

1970-06-01

"Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens hits #1

1970-06-12

Pitts Pirate Doc Ellis no-hits San Diego Padres, 2-0

1970-06-26

Frank Robinson hits 2 grand slams as Orioles beat Senators 12-2

1970-07-03

California Angels Clyde Wright no-hits Oakland A's, 8-0

1970-07-06

Baseball player NY Met Tommie Agee hits for the cycle

1970-07-18

Willie Mays becomes 10th baseball player to get 3,000 hits

1970-07-20

Dodgers Bill Singer no-hits the Phillies 5-0, giving up no walks

1970-07-21

Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits & Padres lose, 3-0

1970-07-26

Reds Johnny Bench hits 3 consecutive HRs of Phillies Steve Carlton

1970-08-01

Willie Stargell (Pirates) ties record of 5 extra base hits in a game

1970-09-21

Oakland A's Vida Blue no-hits Minnesota Twins, 6-0

1970-11-12

240 KPH cyclone hits East Pakistan (Bangladesh); 3-500,000 die

1971-02-13

Golfing VP Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into crowd, injuring 2

1971-03-31

South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion

1971-05-29

Court Room by Clarence Carter hits #61

1971-05-30

Willie Mays hits his 638th HR, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored

1971-06-06

Willie Mays hits record 22nd & last extra inning HR

1971-06-23

Phillies Rick Wise no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 4-0

1971-06-28

Phillies' Rick Wise hits 2 HRs & no-hits Reds

1971-08-11

Harmon Killebrew hits HRs #500 & 501

1971-08-14

Cards Bob Gibson, 35, no-hits Pirates, 11-0

1971-09-02

Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slammer

1971-09-05

NY Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet

1971-09-13

Frank Robinson hits his 500th HR

1971-11-02

Orioles Pat Dobson no-hits Yomiuri Giants, 2-0

1972-04-16

Chicago Cub Burt Hooton no-hits Phillies, 1-0

1972-05-16

Greg Luzinski's 500' HR hits Liberty Bell monument in Phila Vet

1972-05-27

"Jimmy Castor Bunch's Troglodyte" (Cave Man) hits #6

1972-06-03

"Hot Rod Lincoln," by Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen hits #9

1972-06-06

Gold hits record $60 an ounce in London

1972-08-01

Nate Colbert of SD Padres hits record tying 5 HRs in a double header

1972-08-02

Gold hits record $70 an ounce in London

1972-08-06

Hank Aaron hits 660th & 661st HRs for Braves (record for 1 team)

1972-09-02

Chicago White Sox Milt Pappas no-hits SD Padres, 1-0

1972-09-30

Roberto Clemente is 11th to get 3,000 hits

1973-03-06

In an exhibition game with the Pirates, Twins Larry Hisle becomes the 1st designated hitter (he hits 2 HRs & knocks in 7 RBIs)

1973-04-27

KC Royal Steve Busby no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0

1973-05-09

For 2nd time, Johnny Bench hits 3 HRs in a game

1973-05-12

Dueling Tubas by Martin Mull hits #92

1973-05-14

Gold hits record $102.50 an ounce in London

1973-05-17

Joe Ferguson, hits the 6,000th Dodger home run

1973-05-19

"Daisy" A Day by Jud Strunk hits #14

1973-05-26

Funky Worm by Ohio Players hits #15

1973-05-26

Super Fly Meets Shaft by John & Ernest hits #31

1973-07-21

Braves Hank Aaron hits Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th HR

1973-07-30

Texas Rangers Jim Bibby no-hits 1st-place Oakland, 6-0

1973-08-05

Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro no-hits SD Padres, 9-0

1973-08-17

Willie Mays hits 660th & last HR (off Don Gullett of Cincinnati)

1973-09-22

Balt Oriole Al Bumbry hits 3 triples vs Milwaukee Brewers

1974-01-03

Gold hits record $121.25 an ounce in London

1974-01-08

Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London

1974-01-08

Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York

1974-01-21

Gold hits record $161.31/silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London

1974-02-21

Silver hits record $5.96½ an ounce in London

1974-02-26

Gold hits record $188 an ounce in Paris

1974-04-03

Gold hits record $197 an ounce in Paris

1974-04-08

Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, breaking Babe Ruth's record in Atlanta

1974-04-19

Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park HR against NY Yankees

1974-05-11

"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Frank Sinatra hits #83

1974-05-11

"Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7

1974-05-18

"Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1

1974-05-27

Pirates Ken Brett no-hits Padres until 9th inning

1974-06-01

"My Girl Bill" by Jim Stafford hits #12

1974-06-10

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

1974-07-19

Cleve Indian Dick Bosman no-hits Oakland A's, 4-0

1974-08-27

NY Met Benny Ayala hits a HR in his 1st at bat

1974-09-19

-20] Hurricane Fifi hits coast of Honduras; about 5,000 die

1974-09-24

Al Kaline, Detroit Tiger, is 12th to get 3,000 hits

1974-09-24

Clarence Jones of Kintetsu Buffaloes hits his 38th HR, 1st American to win a Japanese HR title

1974-12-09

Dow Jones index hits 570.01

1975-05-17

"Funky Gibbon" by The Goodies hits #79

1975-06-07

"Thank God I'm a Country Boy" by John Denver hits #1

1975-07-21

NY Met Félix Millán hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays

1975-08-05

Phillies 1st 8 batters get hits for a record, beat Cubs 13-5

1975-08-24

SF Giant Ed Halick no-hits NY Giants, 6-0

1975-09-28

Oakland A's Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Linblad & Rollie Fingers, no-hits California Angels 5-0

1975-12-13

Roy Fredericks hits 169 v Aust at WACA, hundred in 71 balls

1976-01-17

"I Write the Songs" by Barry Manilow hits #1

1976-01-23

Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, v WI Adelaide

1976-01-31

"Love Rollercoaster" by Ohio Players hits #1

1976-04-17

NL greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 Phils win 18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive HRs

1976-05-15

Fonz Song by Heyettes hits #91

1976-05-15

Kentucky Moonrunner by Cledus Maggard hits #85

1976-05-22

St Louis Cardinal Reggie Smith hits 3 HR

1976-05-29

"One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash hits #29

1976-06-05

"Bigfoot" by Bro Smith hits #57

1976-06-12

"Yes, Yes, Yes" by Bill Cosby hits #46

1976-07-09

Houston Astro Larry Dierker no-hits Montreal Expos, 6-0

1976-07-20

Hank Aaron hits 755th & last home run off Angels Dick Drago

1976-07-28

White Sox John Odom (5 inn) & Francisco Barrios (4 inn) no-hits A's

1976-08-09

Pitt Pirate John Candelaria no-hits LA Dodgers, 2-0

1976-08-21

Al Bumbry hits 17th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history

1976-09-29

SF Giant John Montefusco no-hits Atlanta Braves, 9-0

1976-09-29

Jerry Lee Lewis, attempting to shoot soda bottles hits his bass player Norman Owens twice in the chest

1977-04-18

Eddie Murray hits his 1st HR

1977-05-14

KC Royals Jim Colborn no-hits Texas Rangers, 6-0

1977-05-30

Cleve Indian Dennis Eckersley no-hits California Angels, 2-0

1977-06-11

"Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Fat Woman)" by Joe Tex hits #12

1977-06-29

Willie Stargell hits his 400th career HR

1977-07-20

Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pa, kills 80 & causing $350 mil damage

1977-08-01

SF Giant Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th grand slammer

1977-09-03

Japan's Sadaharu Oh hits 756th HR to surpass Hank Aaron's total

1977-09-10

Blue Jays beat Yankees 19-3 with 20 hits

1977-09-17

Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more

1977-09-22

Minn Twin Bert Blyleven no-hits California Angels, 9-0

1977-09-29

"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" by Meco hits #1

1977-10-18

Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive homers tying Ruth's series record

1978-02-06

Snowstorm hits New England, parts of Rhode Island (54" (137cm))

1978-04-16

St Louis Card Bob Forsch no-hits Phillies, 5-0

1978-05-05

Cin Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits

1978-05-17

Lee Lacy hits record 3rd consecutive pinch-hit home run

1978-06-14

Down 9-7 in 10th with 2 outs, Yanks Paul Blair hits a 3 run HR

1978-06-16

Cin Red Tom Seaver no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0

1978-07-26

Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run

1978-07-30

Expos crush Braves, 19-0, collecting 28 hits & NL-record-tying 8 HRs

1978-10-03

Gold hits record $223.50 an ounce in London

1978-10-06

Royals' George Brett hits 3 HRs, Yanks win championship game 3, 6-5

1978-10-10

British pop music magazine "Smash Hits" first published

1978-12-02

Neil Diamond & Barbra Striesand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" hits #1

1979-04-07

Houston Astro Ken Forsch no-hits Atlanta Braves, 6-0

1979-05-03

Bobby Bonds hits his 300th HR (2nd to have 300 HRs & 300 stolen bases)

1979-05-07

Gary Roenicke hits into Orioles 13th triple play (Oakland)

1979-05-17

Phillies beat Cubs, 23-22, on 50 hits with 11 HRs

1979-05-19

"In The Navy" by Village People hits #3

1979-05-26

Dancin' Fool by Frank Zappa hits #45

1979-06-16

Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit

1979-07-18

Gold hits record $303.85 an ounce in London

1979-07-24

Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th HR

1979-08-13

Lou Brock, is 14th to get 3,000 hits

1979-08-19

"My Sharonna" by the Knack hits #1 (stays for 42 days)

1979-09-12

Carl Yastrzemski, is 15th to get 3,000 hits

1979-09-12

Hurricane Frederick hits Mobile Alabama; 5 die & $23 million damage

1979-09-16

KC's Willie Wilson hits 5th inside-the-park HR (most since 1925)

1979-09-24

Pete Rose reaches 200 hits in a season for 10th time

1979-09-29

Gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong

1979-09-29

LA Dodger Manny Mota hits record 146th pinch hit

1979-10-12

Pressure in nucleus of tropical cyclone at Guam hits record 870 hpa

1979-12-12

Gold hits record $462.50 an ounce

1980-01-03

Gold hits record $634 an ounce

1980-01-18

Pink Floyd's "Wall" hits #1

1980-01-21

Gold hits record $850 an ounce

1980-05-03

Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st & final HR

1980-05-13

Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 HRs in 5th inning vs NY Mets

1980-05-14

Bucky Dent hits an inside park HR, Royals walk 14 Yanks including 5 with bases loaded, Yanks win 16-3

1980-05-24

"Rock Lobster" by B-52s hits #56

1980-06-01

Steve Garvey, hits the 7,000th Dodger home run

1980-06-07

"Cars" by Gary Numan hits #9

1980-06-13

Billy Joel's "Glass Houses" hits #1

1980-06-14

Theme From NY, NY by Frank Sinatra hits #32

1980-06-15

Jorge Orta of Cleveland gets 6 hits in a baseball game

1980-06-20

California Angels Freddie Patek, hits 3 HRs & double to beat Red Sox 20-2

1980-06-27

Dodger's Jerry Reuss' no-hits SF Giants 8-0

1980-07-15

Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher which breaks Yogi Berra's record

1980-08-10

Allen, most powerful hurricane in Caribbean hits Brownsville, Tx

1980-08-11

Yanks Reggie Jackson hits his 400th HR off Chicago's Britt Burns

1980-08-20

NY Yankee Bob Watson hits Seattle Kingdome speaker, 2nd straight day

1981-01-31

"The Tide Is High" by Blondie hits #1

1981-02-24

An earthquake registering 6.7 on the Richter scale hits Athens, killing 16 people and destroying buildings in several towns west of the city.

1981-05-10

Montreal Expo Charlie Lee no-hits SF Giants, 4-0

1981-05-16

"Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks

1981-05-16

Houston Astro Craig Reynolds hits 3 triples beating Cubs 6-1

1981-05-25

Carl Yastrzemski is 4th to get 3,000 hits (Cobb, Musial & Aaron)

1981-05-25

Rangers' Bill Stein sets AL record with 7 consecutive pinch hits

1981-06-10

Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits

1981-07-20

England set for innings loss v Aust, Botham hits 100 in 87 balls

1981-08-14

George Foster hits his 8th HR into red seats at Riverfront

1981-08-14

Phils Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career HR off NY Met Mike Scott

1981-09-03

Gerald P Remy of Boston gets 6 hits in a baseball game

1981-09-12

Red Sox rookie Bob Ojeda no-hits Yanks for 8 innings before Rick Cerone & Dave Winfield lead off 9th with back-to-back doubles

1981-10-14

Yank Graig Nettles is 1st to get 2 hits in same inning of an ALSC game

1981-10-23

US national debt hits $1 trillion

1982-02-27

Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw

1982-05-29

"I Know What Boys Like" by The Waitresses hits #62

1982-06-05

"Murphy's Law" by Cheri hits #39

1982-07-10

Rangers Larry Parrish hits his 3rd grand slam of the week

1982-07-19

1st annual Cracker Jack Oldtimers Classic 75-year-old Luke Appling hits a 250-foot HR off Warren Spahn, AL beats NL 7-2

1982-08-06

California Doug DeCinces hits 3 HRs again in game (did it 5 days ago also)

1982-08-29

Steve Miller's "Abracadabra" hits #1

1982-09-13

Joe Lefevre gets 6 hits in one baseball game

1982-10-12

Milwaukee Brewer Paul Molitor getrs world sereis record 5 hits

1982-12-13

Earthquake hits Northern Yemen; 2,000 die

1983-04-10

Baltimore's Eddie Murray hits his 1,000 career hit

1983-05-14

"She Blinded Me with Science" by Thomas Dolby hits #5

1983-05-21

"Bang The Drum All Day" by Todd Rundgren hits #63

1983-05-22

Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit HR

1983-05-28

"Ricky" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #63

1983-07-04

NY Yankee Dave Righetti no-hits the Red Sox

1983-07-06

Fred Lynn of Angels hits All Star game 1st grand slam (AL wins 13-3)

1983-09-29

Oakland A's Mike Warren no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0

1984-04-07

Detroit Tiger Jack Morris no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0

1984-04-13

Pete Rose becomes 1st NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career

1984-04-16

Oakland A Dave Kingman hits 3 HRs including a grand slam

1984-04-21

Montreal Expo David Palmer no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0 in a perfect 5 inn game

1984-05-06

Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken Jr hits for cycle

1984-05-12

White Horse by Laid Back hits #26

1984-05-16

Phillie pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer

1984-05-19

"King Of Suede" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #62

1984-05-31

Viv Richards hits 189* (170 balls) v England, ODI cricket record

1984-06-20

Oakland A's Dave Kingman hits his 3rd grand slam & 14th lifetime

1984-08-05

Toronto's Cliff Johnson hits record 19th career pinch HR

1984-08-17

Pete Rose returns to Cin Reds as player-manager (gets 2 hits)

1985-05-11

Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cin Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez & Cesar Cedeno

1985-05-18

"One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3

1985-05-24

-25) cyclone hits Bangladesh; about 10,000 die

1985-06-01

"Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" by David Lee Roth hits #12

1985-06-19

Reggie Jackson hits his 513th HR to move into 10th place

1985-08-04

Rod Carew is 16th to get 3,000 hits

1985-09-03

NY Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive HRs in a game

1985-09-08

Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with 4,191 hits

1985-09-27

Hurricane Gloria's 130 MPH wind hits Atlantic coast

1986-01-18

AIDS charity record "That's What Friends are For," hits #1

1986-04-03

US national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000

1986-05-03

Cubs 3rd baseman Ron Cey hits his 300th & 301st HR

1986-05-21

Atlanta Brave Rafael Ramirez hits 4 doubles in a game

1986-06-09

Dow Jones-index hits record 45.71 points

1986-08-12

Don Baylor gets hits by a pitch for a record 25th time in a season

1986-08-25

A's Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league home run

1986-09-19

Chicago White Sox Joe Crowley no-hits California Angels, 7-1

1986-09-25

Houston Astro Mike Scott no-hits SF Giants, 2-0

1986-12-02

Dow-Jones index hits record 1,955.57

1987-03-06

6.8 earthquake hits Ecuador, kills 100

1987-04-18

Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run (vs Robinson-Pirates)

1987-04-29

Chicago Cub Andre Dawson hits for cycle

1987-05-29

Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games

1987-07-16

Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season & ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8)

1987-07-19

Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 cons games

1987-07-31

Oriole Eddie Murray hits his 299th & 300th career home runs

1987-08-02

Kevin Seitzer (KC Royals), gets 6 hits in one baseball game

1987-08-04

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

1987-09-22

Red Sox Wade Boggs ties AL record of 200 hits for 5 straight seasons

1987-09-29

"Didn't We Almost Have It All," by Whitney Houston hits #1

1987-09-29

NY Yankee Don Mattingly hits record 6th grand slam of year

1987-10-10

Giant's Jeffrey Leonard hits playoff record HR in his 4th cons game

1987-10-15

The Great Storm of 1987 hits France and England.

1988-05-14

Carrollton bus collision: a drunk driver going the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, United States hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. The crash and ensuing fire kill 27.

1988-05-20

Mike Schmidt hits his 535th HR, moving into 8th place

1988-05-21

"Da'Butt" by EU hits #35

1988-05-21

"Fat" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #99

1988-06-18

Jeff Hamilton, hits 8,000th Dodger home run

1988-07-09

Chris Speier hits for the cycle & Ernest Riles hits 10,000th Giant HR

1988-08-08

Temperature hits high of 88 deg F on 8/8/88 in NYC

1988-08-10

UN estimates Asia's population hits 3 billion

1988-09-19

US Olympic diver Greg Louganis hits his head on diving board

1988-09-20

Darrell Evans hits his 400th career home run

1988-09-20

Wade Boggs is 1st player to get 200 hits for 6 consecutive seasons

1988-10-15

With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run HR to gives Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of World Series

1988-11-08

900 die as earthquake hits China

1988-11-25

Widespread earthquake hits North East US, Canada, no damage reported

1988-12-01

596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless

1988-12-22

Tug hits oil barge, spreads 231,000 gal on 300 mi of WA & BC coast

1989-06-02

Cincinnati Red Eric Davis hits for cycle

1989-07-05

Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage & knocks himself out

1989-07-28

Braves Dale Murphy, hits 2 3-run HRs in an inning, 14th man to hit 2 HRs in an inning. Also ties record of 6 RBIs in an inning

1989-08-03

Cin Reds send record 20 men to bat with a record 16 hits in 1 inning as they score 14 runs in 1st inning

1989-09-25

Wade Boggs is 1st to get 200 hits & 100 walks in 4 consecutive seasons

1989-10-04

Giants Will Clark hits 1st NLCS grand slam since 1977

1989-10-09

Penthouse Magazine's Hebrew edition hits newstands

1990-01-02

Dow Jones hits record 2,800 (2,810.15)

1990-01-25

The Burns' Day windstorm storm hits northwestern Europe.

1990-05-10

French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph

1990-05-14

Dow Jones average hits a record 2,821.53

1990-05-15

Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,822.45

1990-05-17

Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,831.71

1990-05-21

Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,844.68

1990-05-22

Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,852.23

1990-05-23

Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,856.26

1990-05-29

Dow Jones average hits a record 2,870.49

1990-05-30

Dow Jones average hits a record 2,878.56

1990-06-01

Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97

1990-06-02

"Turtle Power" by Partners In Kryme hits #13

1990-06-02

Seattle's Randy Johnson, no-hits Tigers, 2-0

1990-06-08

Phil Bradley hits 18th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history

1990-06-21

7.7 Manjil-Rudbar Earthquake with hundreds of aftershocks hits Iran; killing about 50,000

1990-06-29

A's Dave Stewart no-hits Blue Jays & Dodger's Fernando Valenzuela no-hits St Louis 6-0, 1st time no-hitters in both leagues

1990-07-12

Chicago White Sox Melido Perez no-hits Yankees 8-0 in a rain shortened 6 inning game at Yankee Stadium (7th no-hitter of 1990)

1990-07-17

NY Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer

1990-07-24

Ms. Magazine hits newstands again after an 8 month hiatus

1990-07-25

KC Royal George Brett hits for the cycle

1990-07-28

Blackout hits Chicago

1990-08-02

Yankees rookie Kevin Maas hits his 10th home run in just 77 at bats

1990-08-15

Phils Terry Mulholland no-hits Giants 6-0 (8th no hitter of 1990)

1990-08-17

Carlton Fisk hits White Sox record 187th HR

1990-08-19

Dodger Jose Offerman hits HR in his 1st at bat

1990-08-26

Bo Jackson hits 4th of 4 consecutive HRs

1990-09-22

Andre Dawson steals his 300th base & is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals & 2,000 hits

1990-10-11

Oil hits a record $40.42 per barrel

1990-12-04

Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in NYC

1991-05-23

Phillie Tommy Greene no-hits Mont Expos, 2-0

1991-05-25

"People Are Still Having Sex" by LaTour hits #35

1991-06-29

6.0 earthquake hits southern Calif

1991-07-25

Seattle Jay Buhner hits a 479' HR in Yankee Stadium

1991-07-26

Expo's Mark Gardner no hits Dodgers for 9 innings, but loses in 10th

1991-08-07

Darrin Lewis hits his 1st major league HR

1991-08-18

Hurricane Bob hits NC with 115 MPH wind

1991-08-19

-20] Hurricane Bob hits US

1991-08-26

Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0

1992-04-12

Matt Young no-hits Cleveland, but loses 2-1

1992-04-13

5.5 earthquake hits Netherlands

1992-04-28

Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings

1992-05-16

"Smells Like Nirvana" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35

1992-05-26

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

1992-06-29

2 earthquakes including 7.4 hits southern Calif

1992-08-08

Lou Whitaker hits his 200th career HR

1992-08-24

Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida; 35 die

1992-09-09

Robin Yount, is 17th to get 3,000 hits

1992-09-11

Hurricane Iniki hits Kauai Hawaii; 3 die & 8,000 injured

1992-09-17

Amsterdam stock exchange hits record Ÿ8.8 billion

1992-09-30

KC Royal George Brett gets 4 hits to become 18th to get 3,000 hits

1992-10-18

6.6 earthquake hits Colombia with no fatalities

1992-12-11

Nor'easter storm hits NY, doing $ Billion worth of damage

1993-03-13

Blizzard of '93 hits north-east US

1993-03-14

Ricky Ponting hits twin tons for Tasmania aged 18 years 84 days

1993-03-18

Amsterdam stock exchange hits record Ÿ12.2 billion

1993-04-07

Dante Bichette hits the 1st Colo Rockie HR (Shea Stadium NY)

1993-04-22

Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox

1993-05-13

KC Royal George Brett hits his 300th HR

1993-05-29

Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits & 3 walks, he damages his arm

1993-06-05

"Livin' On The Edge" by Aerosmith hits #18

1993-06-12

"Three Little Pigs" by Green Jelly hits #17

1993-06-17

Indians' Carlos Baerga hits 3 home runs against Detroit

1993-07-04

Dave Winfield hits 442nd HR to move into 19th place

1993-07-12

7.8 earthquake hits Hokkaido Japan, 160 killed

1993-07-22

NY Yankee Don Mattingly hits his 200th HR

1993-07-27

Detroit Tiger Fryman hits for cycle but loses 12-7 to Yankees

1993-08-04

Tony Gwynn gets 6 hits, 4th time in 1993 a Padre gets 5 or more hits

1993-08-10

An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.

1993-08-19

Dow Jones hits record high of 3612.13

1993-09-07

Cards Mark Whiten, hits 4 HRs & 12 RBIs in 2nd game of doubleheader

1993-09-16

Minnesota Twins Dave Winfield, is 19th to get 3,000 hits

1993-10-23

Joe Carter (Toronto Blue Jays) hits a World Series winning walk-off home run against the Philadelphia Phillies

1993-10-25

Daryll Cullinan hits 337* for Transvaal, SAf 1st-class cricket record

1993-10-31

Germany unemployment hits country record of 3.5 million

1993-11-02

Dow Jones hits record 3697.64

1993-12-02

Dow-Jones hits record 3702.11

1993-12-08

Dow-Jones hits record 3734.53

1993-12-08

Storm hits West Europe, 11 killed in England

1993-12-10

Dow Jones hits record 3740.67

1993-12-13

Dow Jones hits record 3764.43

1993-12-27

Dow-Jones hits record 3792.93

1993-12-28

Dow-Jones hits record 3793.49

1994-01-06

Dow-Jones hits record 3803.88

1994-01-17

6.6 Earthquake hits Los Angeles killing 60, $30B in damage

1994-01-31

Dow Jones hits a record 3,978.36

1994-04-04

Cubs Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes, hit 3 HRs in 1993 hits 3 HRs on opening

1994-04-08

Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Dodgers, 6-0

1994-04-18

Cricketer Brian Lara hits 375 runs on 1 day (world record)

1994-04-27

Twins righty Scott Erickson no-hits Brewers 6-0

1994-06-06

Cricketer Brian Lara hits record 501 not out/390 runs in 1 day

1994-07-16

1st parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hits Jupiter (until July 22nd)

1994-07-23

Don Mattingly becomes 6th NY Yankee to get 2,000 hits

1995-02-15

Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion

1995-02-24

Dow-Jones hits record 4011.74

1995-03-10

Dow-Jones hits record 4035.64

1995-03-16

Dow-Jones hits record 4069.15

1995-03-17

British pound hits 2.4545 to Dutch guilder (record)

1995-03-20

Dow-Jones hits 4083.68 (record)

1995-04-24

Dow Jones Index hits record 4303.98

1995-05-13

6.5 earthquake hits Greece

1995-05-14

Eddie Murray of Indians hits his 463rd career home run (ties for 18th)

1995-05-28

Earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people

1995-06-02

John Valentin hits 3 HRs

1995-06-10

Orioles Jeff Manto, hits his 4th consecutive homer

1995-06-11

Rondell White has six hits & hits for the cycle in 13-innings

1995-06-13

Indians' Dennis Martinez no-hits Balt 11-0

1995-06-16

Marlins outfielder Andre Dawson hits his 400th NL career HR (429)

1995-06-30

Indians' Eddie Murray, is 20th to reach 3,000 hits

1995-07-14

LA Dodger Ramon Martinez no-hits the Florida Marlins 7-0

1995-08-26

Andrew Symonds hits 20 sixes in match for Gloucs v Glamorgan

1995-09-03

NY Yankee Tony Fernandez hits for the cycle

1995-09-19

Padres Ken Caminiti switch hits HRs in 3rd of 4 games

1995-09-24

Emillio & Gloria Estefan's boat hits & kills a jet skiier

1995-09-30

Cleve Indian Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of season

1996-03-30

Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs NZ at Port-Of-Spain

1996-04-02

Sri Lanka 9-349 in 50 overs beat Pakistan 315 all out, Singapore Jayasuriya hits ton in 48 balls, world ODI record at Singapore

1996-04-07

Jayasuriya hits fastest ODI fifty off 17 balls v Pak, Singapore

1996-05-01

Gerald Williams is 1st NY Yankee since 1934 to get 6 hits in a game

1996-05-04

Greg Pavlik one-hits Tigers making the Rangers 1st AL team to pitch back-to-back one-hitters since the Washington Senators in 1917

1996-05-11

Florida Marlin Al Leiter no hits Colo Rockies, 11-0

1996-05-14

NY Yankee Dwight Gooden no-hits Seattle Mariners 2-0

1996-05-21

Ken Griffey Jr, 26, is 8th youngest to hits 200 home runs

1996-07-28

NY Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th HR

1996-09-16

Paul Molitor of Twins is 21st player to reach 3,000 hits

1996-09-17

Dodger Hideo Nomo no-hits Colo Rockies, 9-0 at Coors Field

1996-10-05

NY Yankee Bernie Williams switch hits HRs in a post season game

1996-10-22

NY Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)

1997-04-25

Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 250th HR

1997-04-30

Tino Martinez hits record 34 RBIs in April

1997-05-16

St Louis Cards Gary Gaetti records his 2,000th hits

1997-06-10

Kevin Brown of Florida Marlins no hits SF Giants 9-0

1997-06-24

Mark McGwire hits a 538 foot home run

1997-08-15

Dan Wilson hits Seattle Mariners 3,000th HR

1997-09-12

NY Met John Olerud hits for the cycle

1997-09-21

NY Yankee Cecil Fielder hits his 300th HR

1997-09-26

Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 56th HR of 1997

1997-09-28

St Louis Cardinals Mark McGwire hits his 58th HR of 1997 (34 with Oak A's)

1998-01-04

A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.

1998-02-20

US movie box office hits quickest $1 billion for year (51 days)

1998-03-14

An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hits southeastern Iran.

1998-05-30

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.

1998-12-31

US movie box office hits record $6.24 billion for year

1999-01-25

A 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.

1999-10-29

Deadliest Indian Ocean tropical cyclone hits Orissa, India. This event was known as 1999 Orissa cyclone ever since.

2000-09-19

Ken Griffey, Jr. pinch-hits his 400th home run. The first major leaguer to reach the mark as a pinch-hitter

2001-01-26

An earthquake hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths.

2001-02-13

An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 400.

2001-02-28

The Nisqually Earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hits the Nisqually Valley and the Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia area of the U.S. state of Washington.

2001-10-04

Barry Bonds hits his 70th home run, tying Mark McGwire for the most home runs hit in a single season

2001-10-05

Barry Bonds hits his 71st home run, breaking Mark McGwire's record of 70 for the most home runs hit in a single season (Bonds would end up with 73 in total)

2002-05-04

Barry Bonds hits his 400th home run as a Giant, leading his team to a 3-0 win over Cincinnati. Bonds is the first player to hit 400 homers for one team and 100 with another

2002-08-09

Barry Bonds hits his 600th career home run

2003-05-21

An earthquake hits northern Algeria killing more than 2,000 people.

2003-05-23

The Euro exceeds its initial trading value as it hits $1.18 for the first time since its introduction in 1999.

2003-08-16

U.S. Representative from South Dakota Bill Janklow hits and kills a motorcyclist with his car at a rural intersection near Trent, South Dakota; he will eventually be convicted of manslaughter and will resign from Congress.

2003-12-22

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits near San Simeon, California.

2004-04-13

Barry Bonds hits his 661st career home run, passing Willie Mays on the all-time list

2004-09-17

Barry Bonds hits his 700th career home run

2005-03-20

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits Fukuoka, Japan, its first major quake in over 100 years. One person is killed, hundreds are injured and evacuated.

2005-07-04

The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.

2005-08-18

Massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people.

2005-10-08

The Kashmir earthquake hits parts of northern South Asia at 03:50 UTC.

2006-01-08

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake with its epicenter just off the Greek island of Kythira hits much of the country and is felt throughout the entire eastern Mediterranean Sea.

2006-05-28

Barry Bonds hits his 715th career home run, passing Babe Ruth on the all-time list

2007-11-13

An explosion hits the south wing of the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City, killing four people, including Congressman Wahab Akbar, and wounding six.

2012-02-06

6.9 magnitude quake hits near the central Philipines with 43 confirmed deaths

2012-03-30

American Mega Millions lottery hits a world record lottery amount of 640 million dollars

2012-06-11

Five people are killed after an ambulance hits a roadside bomb in Afghanistan

2013-01-17

4 people are killed and over 2,000 are evacuated after a massive flood hits Jakarta, Indonesia

2013-04-23

A 1% flash crash hits the US stock market after a news agency was hacked and claimed injury to President Obama

2013-10-16

21 people are killed after a minibus hits a land mine in Nawa, Syria

2015-11-13

Wave of violent attacks hits Paris; dozens killed

2016-01-24

7.1 magnitude earthquake hits Alaska

2016-02-28

Russian mine disaster death toll hits 36 after explosion during failed rescue effort

2016-04-03

One dead as plane hits car on California freeway

2016-04-17

Strong 7.8 earthquake hits off coast of Ecuador

2016-04-18

Drone hits British Airways plane approaching Heathrow Airport

2016-05-10

Large tornado hits south of Oklahoma City, two dead

2016-07-15

Nintendo surges to hit six-year high, Pokemon GO hits UK market

2016-09-13

Ortiz hits 536th HR, ties Mantle for 17th on career list

2017-04-07

Tim Tebow Hits Home Run in First Minor League At-Bat

2017-04-24

Japan's Nikkei hits near 3-week high on French vote relief, Sony climbs

2017-06-04

Albert Pujols hits 600th career homer; 9th to join club

2017-08-14

Rescuers pull out 46 bodies after landslide hits north India

2018-01-10

Little damage as mag 7.6 quake hits in sea north of Honduras

2018-05-05

Stronger quake, magnitude 6.0, hits Hawaii close to erupting volcano: USGS

2018-05-05

Magnitude 5.7 quake hits Hawaii's Big Island where volcano erupting -USGS

2018-07-29

At least 10 dead, 40 hurt as 6.4 quake hits Indonesia island

1862-06-23

Joe Cassidy, High Life Hits Slippery Slim

1866-12-02

Henry Thacker Burleigh, Hits and Bits of 1938

1879-02-24

Leonard Trainor, Tempest Cody Hits the Trail

1889-03-19

George 'Doc' Rockwell, Hits of Today

1890-07-20

Freeman H. Owens, How Babe Ruth Hits a Home Run

1911-08-26

Lester Lanin, orchestra leader (40 Beatle Hits)

1920-05-16

Dave Philley, Paris, Texas, Major League Baseball switch-hitter (record 9 straight pinch hits), (d. 2012)

1922-02-05

Peter Leslie, Four Hits and a Mister

1922-10-25

Milt Moss, Patty Pits Wits, Two Brits Hits

1933-02-04

Barbara Beasley Murphy, Ace Hits the Big Time

1933-07-19

Mickie Monro, James Bond's Greatest Hits

1937-05-13

Jérôme Charyn, The Comic Strip Hits 100

1945-03-14

Walter Parazaider, Chicago Presents an Evening of Holiday Music and Greatest Hits

1947-05-17

Herbert Fechter, Große Hits des Austropop & 'One-Hit-Wonders'

1949-01-07

Scott LeDoux, After the Hits/Keeping Up with the Salahis/Back in Bellaire

1949-06-13

Dennis Locorriere, Dennis Locorriere: The Unique Voice of Dr. Hook - Hits and History Tour Live

1949-11-02

Rowland Salley, Chris Isaak Greatest Hits

1952-06-20

Ian Birch, 25 Years of Smash Hits

1952-08-13

Herb Ritts, Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory

1952-12-11

Carolyn Beug, Van Halen: Video Hits Vol. 1

1955-06-02

Michael Steele, Bangles Greatest Hits

1955-06-10

Kenney Dale Johnson, Chris Isaak Greatest Hits

1955-09-16

Robin Yount, baseballer (Milwaukee Brewers, MVP 1982, 1989, 3,142 hits)

1955-10-01

Howard Hewett, Howard Hewett: Intimate - Greatest Hits Live

1957-03-18

Richard Babcock, When the Bullet Hits the Bone

1957-04-06

Christophe Sirchis, The Comic Strip Hits 100

1960-07-13

Jukka Pitkänen, Ripa Hits the Skids

1960-10-06

Sergei Ponomarenko, Greatest Hits on Ice

1962-11-30

Björn B. Lindström, Ripa Hits the Skids

1964-01-03

Leonard, Hits des Jahres '99

1964-01-27

Miggi Drummond, 25 Years of Smash Hits

1964-06-10

Jimmy Chamberlin, The Smashing Pumpkins: 1991-2000 Greatest Hits Video Collection

1964-07-15

Hershel Yatovitz, Chris Isaak Greatest Hits

1964-08-14

Keith Howland, Chicago Presents an Evening of Holiday Music and Greatest Hits

1964-08-30

Steve Smith, After the Hits/Keeping Up with the Salahis/Back in Bellaire

1965-03-07

Sam Huber, Ripa Hits the Skids

1968-03-26

James Iha, The Smashing Pumpkins: 1991-2000 Greatest Hits Video Collection

1968-05-01

D'arcy Wretzky, The Smashing Pumpkins: 1991-2000 Greatest Hits Video Collection

1968-07-01

Mari Vainio, Ripa Hits the Skids

1969-03-25

J.M. Hurley, Shut Up and Play the Hits

1970-03-07

Petra Mede, Eurovision's Greatest Hits

1970-07-06

Roger Cicero, Die Hits des Jahrzehnts

1971-12-25

Tjeerd Oosterhuis, Avro Junior Songfestival: 5 jaar hits '03-'07

1972-06-05

Chuck Klosterman, Shut Up and Play the Hits

1972-07-17

Jesper N. Christiansen, Life Hits

1974-04-01

Kim Sasabone, TV Hits Awards 1999

1974-11-04

Louise Redknapp, Smash Hits Poll Winners Party 1997

1975-03-10

James Brayshaw, 20 Greatest Hits

1975-07-31

Roy den Burger, TV Hits Awards 1999

1976-07-10

Yorick Bakker, TV Hits Awards 1999

1976-11-11

Anne Hoppus, Blink 182: Greatest Hits

1978-06-01

Karen Kwan, Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits

1978-07-02

Paul Danan, TV Hits Awards 1999

1978-10-20

Denise van Rijswijk, TV Hits Awards 1999

1979-01-10

Chris Smith, Run-DMC: Together Forever - Greatest Hits 1983-2000

1979-07-16

Cornelia Patzelsberger, 1. Mottoshow - Greatest Hits

1983-01-19

Stephanie Tucker, MTV Hits

1983-07-04

Miriam Wimmer, 1. Mottoshow - Greatest Hits

1984-01-26

Laura Christensen, Life Hits

1984-04-23

Shannon McKain, The Gang Hits the Road

1984-08-08

Aaron Waltke, When the Moon Hits Your Eye

1985-06-08

Joey Moe, Life Hits

1987-06-01

Dominic Cole, Night Hits

1988-10-25

Roel Felius, Avro Junior Songfestival: 5 jaar hits '03-'07

1990-05-02

Annemarie Eilfeld, 1. Mottoshow - Greatest Hits

1992-08-06

Michelle Bowers, 1. Mottoshow - Greatest Hits

1940-07-28

Leonard Trainor, Tempest Cody Hits the Trail

1945-07-19

Joe Cassidy, High Life Hits Slippery Slim

1949-12-12

Henry Thacker Burleigh, Hits and Bits of 1938

1973-03-26

George Sisler, hall of famer 1st baseman (257 hits-1920), dies at 80

2001-02-18

Richard Babcock, When the Bullet Hits the Bone

2001-09-11

Carolyn Beug, Van Halen: Video Hits Vol. 1

2002-12-26

Herb Ritts, Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory

2010-02-25

Mickie Monro, James Bond's Greatest Hits

2011-08-11

Scott LeDoux, After the Hits/Keeping Up with the Salahis/Back in Bellaire