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Enos Slaughter
2002Aug, 12

Enos Slaughter

Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager (b. 1916)
Enos Bradsher Slaughter (April 27, 1916 – August 12, 2002), nicknamed "Country", was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder. He played for 19 seasons on four major league teams from 1938–1942 and 1946–1959. He is noted primarily for his playing for the St. Louis Cardinals and famously scored the winning run in Game 7 of the 1946 World Series for the Cardinals. A ten-time All-Star, he has been elected to both the National Baseball Hall of Fame and St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame.

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  • 16Jan

    Osama bin Laden

    The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
  • 4Apr

    Angolan Civil War

    The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
  • 14Apr

    Hugo Chávez

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
  • 12May

    Fidel Castro

    Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.
  • 20Aug

    Saddam Hussein

    A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi Embassy in Berlin, Germany for five hours before releasing their hostages and surrendering.