Aaron Taylor, American baseball player
Aaron Wade Taylor (born August 20, 1977), nicknamed Big Country, is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Seattle Mariners.
Taylor was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 11th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft and was drafted in the 1999 Rule 5 draft by the Seattle Mariners. He made his debut for the Mariners on September 9, 2002, but gave up 4 earned runs in only 1 inning. He made his final appearance on October 2, 2004. On December 20, 2004, Taylor was traded to the Colorado Rockies for Sean Green, but he never pitched a game for the Rockies. In 2006, he played 3 games for the independent Chico Outlaws of the Golden Baseball League.
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- 23Mar
Watergate scandal
The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) are videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes. - 5Jul
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown. - 4Aug
Jimmy Carter
U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy. - 15Aug
Search for extraterrestrial intelligence
The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project. - 21Nov
God Save the Queen
Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".