Manny Aybar, Dominican baseball player
Manuel Antonio Aybar (born May 4, 1972) is a retired pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball and Korea Baseball Organization. He bats and throws right-handed.
Aybar began his professional career in 1992 as a shortstop in the St. Louis Cardinals organization, but switched to pitching in 1993. He made his major league debut on August 4, 1997, with St. Louis in a 4–2 loss to the New York Mets. After that, he was unable to fully establish himself as a major leaguer, spending time in the Colorado Rockies, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets and LG Twins organizations at both the major league and Triple-A levels and in Korean baseball. Aybar played for the Dorados de Chihuahua of the Mexican League for the 2010 season.
In 2015, he served as pitching coach for the DSL Mets 1.
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- 21Feb
Sino-American relations
United States President Richard Nixon visits the People's Republic of China to normalize Sino-American relations. - 8May
Richard Nixon
Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation. - 22May
Sri Lanka
Ceylon adopts a new constitution, becoming a Republic, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations. - 23Jun
Central Intelligence Agency
Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins. - 1Sep
Bobby Fischer
In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.