1956 - The A.L. says it will test the automatic intentional walk during spring training.
1958 - The Hall of Fame fails to enshrine any new members for the first time since 1950.
1960 - The BBWAA voters fail to elect a new Hall of Fame member. Edd Roush gets 146 votes, but 202 are necessary for election. Sam Rice (143) and Eppa Rixey (142) are next in line.
1969 - Attorney Bowie Kuhn, a compromise choice for Commissioner of Baseball, is elected on a pro-tem basis.
1976 - Federal Judge John W. Oliver upholds Peter Seitz's decision in the Andy Messersmith free-agency case.
1990 - The St. Petersburg Pelicans get home runs from Lamar Johnson and Steve Kemp and rout the West Palm Beach Tropics, 12-4, to win the first-ever championship of the Senior Professional Baseball Association.