{"id":38455,"date":"2018-06-12T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=38455"},"modified":"2018-05-21T17:38:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T22:38:20","slug":"this-day-in-history-john-lee-richmond-pitched-baseballs-first-perfect-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=38455","title":{"rendered":"This Day In History — John Lee Richmond Pitched Baseball’s First Perfect Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 12<\/h3>\n

1880
\nJohn Lee Richmond pitched baseball’s first perfect game. A perfect game occurs when no batter reaches a base during a complete game of at least nine innings.<\/p>\n

1898
\nEmilio Aguinaldo, head of the Philippine nationalists, proclaimed independence from Spain.<\/p>\n

1939
\nThe Baseball Hall of Fame opened to the public in Cooperstown, New York.<\/p>\n

1942
\nAnne Frank received a diary for her birthday.<\/p>\n

1963
\nCivil rights leader Medgar Evers was fatally shot in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi.<\/p>\n

1997
\nInterleague play began in baseball, ending a 126-year tradition of separating the major leagues until the World Series.<\/p>\n

Birthdays<\/h3>\n

George Herbert Walker Bush
\n1924\u2014, 41st President of the United States (1989\u201393), born in Milton, Mass.<\/p>\n

Johanna Spyri
\nauthor (1827)<\/p>\n

Djuna Barnes
\nauthor (1892)<\/p>\n

Anne Frank
\ndiarist (1929)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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