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Friday, August 15 2008 @ 10:48 PM PDT |
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 8/16/1920 - Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit in the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day.
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To date, Chapman is the only player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game.
Link:
Baseball Almanac - The Official Baseball History Site
Also,
Revolutionary Cycle Fourth Turning Event:
8/16/1777 - Battle of Bennington - British forces are defeated by American troops
Biography:
b. 8/16/1894 - George Meany, American labor union leader (d. January 10, 1980)
Last year (8/16/2005):
Today is Madonna's birthday too and last year she suffered multiple broken bones from a horseback riding accident during her 47th birthday celebration.
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