Its people, including Pierre Bottineau and other American Fur Company employees and the refugees from Fort Garry, were joined by the remaining Scots and Swiss from Fort Snelling when Major Joseph Plympton expelled them from the reservation in May 1840.

* 1973 – The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.

He wrote, " Robert Henderson, Harold Seymour, and other scholars have since debunked the Doubleday-Cooperstown myth, which nonetheless remains powerful in the American imagination because of the efforts of Major League Baseball and the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

* 1862 – American Civil War: Major General J. E. B.

Big Dipper is the American term for the seven brightest stars of Ursa Major, called the Plough in Britain.

Statistics have been kept for professional baseball since the creation of the American League and National League, now part of Major League Baseball.

* In the 1989 film Major League it was announced of fictional New York Yankees pitcher Duke Simpson: " The Duke led the American League this year in saves, ERA, and hit batsmen.

In the United States and Canada, professional Major League Baseball ( MLB ) teams are divided into the National League ( NL ) and American League ( AL ), each with three divisions: East, West, and Central.

The Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award ( MVP ) is an annual Major League Baseball ( MLB ) award, given to one outstanding player in the American League and one in the National League.

In Major League Baseball, the National League Championship Series ( NLCS ) is a round in the postseason that determines who wins the National League pennant and advances to Major League Baseball's championship, the World Series, facing the winner of the American League Championship Series.

In Major League Baseball, the American League Championship Series ( ALCS ), played in October, is a round in the postseason that determines the winner of the American League pennant.

In Major League Baseball, the American League Division Series ( ALDS ) determines which two teams from the American League will advance to the American League Championship Series.

George Herman Ruth, Jr. ( February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948 ), best known as " Babe " Ruth and nicknamed " the Bambino " and " the Sultan of Swat ", was an American baseball player who spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) playing for three teams ( 1914 – 1935 ).

The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball ’ s American League Eastern Division.

They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League.

Barry Lamar Bonds ( born July 24, 1964 ) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder.

Whereas in the past, the National and American leagues had separate administrative organizations ( which, for example, allowed for the introduction of different rules such as the designated hitter ), under Selig, Major League Baseball consolidated the administrative functions of both leagues into the Commissioner's Office in 2000.

The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division.

They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League.

In 1901 Cleveland renamed itself the " Bluebirds " when the American League broke with the National Agreement and declared itself a competing Major League.

Major newspapers and magazines in Belgium are printed monolingual either in Dutch or in French.

Major Dutch-language daily newspapers in 2008 are Het Laatste Nieuws ( De Persgroep ) ( 30. 96 %), Het Nieuwsblad ( Corelio ) ( 27. 04 %), Gazet van Antwerpen ( Concentra ) ( 11. 27 %), Het Belang van Limburg ( Concentra ) ( 10. 71 %), De Standaard ( Corelio ) ( 9. 95 %), De Morgen ( De Persgroep ) ( 5. 99 %) and De Tijd ( Mediafin ) ( 4. 08 %).

Major French-language daily newspapers in 2008 are La Dernière Heure ( IPM ) ( 16. 1 %), Le Soir ( Groupe Rossel ) ( 16. 0 %), Vers l ' Avenir ( Corelio ) ( 15. 8 %), La Libre Belgique ( IPM ) ( 8. 3 %), L ' Echo ( Mediafin ) ( 3. 7 %) and La Meuse ( newspaper ) ( Groupe Rossel ), La Capitale ( Groupe Rossel ), La Nouvelle Gazette ( Groupe Rossel ), La Province ( Groupe Rossel ) and Nord Eclair ( Groupe Rossel ) ( 22. 0 %).

The newspapers which traditionally supported the Conservatives and had championed Major at the election were now being critical of him on an almost daily basis.

Major broadcasting channels KTK and NTK are based in Almaty, as are several national newspapers.

Major articles also ran in Newsweek, Life, The New Republic and countless other publications and newspapers.

Major papers from Chicago sent stenographers to create complete texts of each debate, which newspapers across the United States reprinted in full, with some partisan edits.

Many newspapers reported that the 21 year old Tony Oliva was actually his 18 year old brother Pedro Oliva and much of the reason for this was due to his paperwork being changed when he got to the states to reflect the name and birthdate of his brother Pedro Jr., who was born in 1941, in order to appear younger to Major League scouts.

Much was made of Barry ’ s age by the Irish newspapers, but the British military were to point out that the three soldiers who had been killed were “ much the same age as Barry .” On 20 October, Major Reginald Ingram Marians OBE, Head of the Press Section of the General Staff, informed Basil Clarke, Head of Publicity, that Washington was “ only 19 and that the other soldiers were of similar ages .” General Macready, was well aware of the “ propaganda value of the soldier ’ s ages .” General Macready informed General Sir Henry Wilson on the day that sentence was pronounced “ of the three men who were killed by him ( Barry ) and his friends two were 19 and one 20 — official age so probably they were younger ... so if you want propaganda there you are .” It was later reported that one of the infantrymen was as young as 15 years old.

Major newspapers Aftenposten, Dagbladet and Verdens Gang all dubbed him van Gamsten as a result of the goal.

Major newspapers such as the Irish Independent and local authorities openly called for the execution of Pearse and the Rising's leadership.

Major opposition parties also have their own newspapers.

Major tabloid newspapers in the city include the Daily News and the New York Post, founded in 1801 by Alexander Hamilton.

Major newspapers emphasizing coverage of the New York metropolitan region outside the city include Newsday, which covers primarily Long Island but also New York City, The Journal News, which covers Westchester County, and the The Bergen Record and The Star-Ledger, which cover northern New Jersey.

Major crime lords like Jonathan Wild invented new schemes for stealing, and the newspapers were eager to report crime.

Major daily newspapers include Addis Zemen, the Daily Monitor, and the Ethiopian Herald.

Major Polish newspapers and news magazines, such as Gazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczpospolita, and Polityka, regularly commission CBOS to conduct polls.

Major newspapers in metropolitan centers with conservative editorial viewpoints have played an important part in the development of American conservatism.

Major American newspapers such as the Boston Herald, Chicago Sun-Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Post and San Francisco Chronicle placed the story on the front page.

Major Japanese companies usually have Nyushashiki ( entry ceremony for companies ) for new employees those who newly hired after their graduation from schools, on this day.

* 1921 – Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.

On the more sinister side, famous criminals from Edinburgh's history include Deacon Brodie, pillar of society by day and burglar by night, who is said to have influenced Robert Louis Stevenson's story, the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, the murderers Burke and Hare who provided fresh corpses for anatomical dissection by the famous surgeon Robert Knox and Major Weir a notorious warlock.

Major called another vote on the following day, 23 July 1993, which he declared a vote of confidence.

Later that day, Major gave an interview to ITN's Michael Brunson.

On that day, Nieves became the first ( and so far, only ) Brewer and first Puerto Rican-born Major Leaguer to pitch a no-hitter, defeating the Baltimore Orioles 7 – 0 at Memorial Stadium.

The history of the Athletics Major League Baseball franchise spans the period from 1901 to the present day, having begun in Philadelphia before moving to Kansas City in 1955 and then to its current home in Oakland, California in 1968.

** Major League Baseball-Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig called off games for one day, extending cancellations for three days, then all games through September 16 were postponed.

The day before Patton was scheduled to leave Europe for a permanent trip back to the U. S., he and his chief of staff, Major General Hobart R. " Hap " Gay, were on a day trip to hunt pheasants in the country outside Mannheim, Germany.

The Governor of New South Wales, William Bligh, was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston, working closely with John Macarthur, on 26 January 1808, 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded European settlement in Australia.

After five days and hundreds of miles, the Walk eventually comes down to Garraty and Stebbins, who revealed to Garraty and McVries earlier that day, that he is the illegitimate son of the Major.

On May 28, 1885, Major General Thomas Bland Strange brought an NWMP detachment from Calgary, Alberta, but they were unable to defeat a Cree force under Big Bear who carried the day at Frenchman's Butte at the end of May.

The day after his exoneration, he was readmitted into the army with a promotion to the rank of Major (" Chef d ' Escadron ").

Following Richard's death, the Montreal Expos Major League baseball team wore Richard's number 9, in black, on their right sleeves for the duration of the 2000 season, and flags were lowered to half staff as Quebec's National Assembly was suspended for the day.

Lazaro Salazar, the team's manager, told Campanella that he would play one day at the Major League level.

The All-Star open-practice has since been adopted by Major League Baseball and continues to this day.

Late in the day, Jackson clashed with Union forces under Brigadier General Isaac Stevens and Major General Philip Kearny near Ox Hill, west of Fairfax.

Examples include Bill Mazeroski, who is the only player in Major League Baseball history to end a seventh game of the World Series with a walk-off home run ( however, Mazeroski is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, due primarily to his status as one of the greatest defensive infielders of all time ); Paul Henderson, a Canadian ice hockey player who scored the deciding goal in the 1972 Summit Series ; Mike Jones, who tackled Kevin Dyson at the one-yard line on the final play of Super Bowl XXXIV ; and Jimmy Glass, an English football goalkeeper, who is remembered for scoring a goal in the last seconds of the final day of 1998-99 English Third Division that kept his club in The Football League.

One day later a military unit of 8000 men consisting of Bavarian and French Troops approached Innsbruck from the Brenner Pass, but was convinced to surrender by captain Teimer, who dressed up as a Major of the regular Austrian army and made the Bavarian officers believe that the Austrian army was approaching Innsbruck, when in fact it was still about 40 miles away.

Additionally, Major General Williams — commander of IX Troop Carrier Command — decided that it would only be possible for one air lift per day, meaning it would take three days to deliver the entire Division and Polish Brigade to the area.

Major Richard Lonsdale had taken command of the outlying units that had retreated from Arnhem the previous day, and their positions weathered heavy German attacks before falling back to the main divisional perimeter at Oosterbeek.

He subsequently guided through legislation abolishing the closed shop, and campaigned vigorously for Thatcher in the first ballot of the 1990 Conservative Party leadership contest, although he told her a day before she resigned that he felt she wasn't going to win and that John Major was better placed to defeat Michael Heseltine.

( Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice.

As a result, the Giants played more day games than any Major League Baseball team except the Chicago Cubs, whose ballpark, Wrigley Field, did not have lights installed until 1988.