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Jimmy Burke (baseball)
1874Oct, 12

Jimmy Burke (baseball)

Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (d. 1942)
James Timothy Burke (October 12, 1874 – March 26, 1942) was a Major League Baseball third baseman, coach, and manager. He played for the Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago White Stockings, Pittsburgh Pirates, and St. Louis Cardinals.

Burke was the regular third baseman for the Cardinals from 1903 to 1905. He was named player-manager in the middle of the 1905, season but was replaced by Stanley Robison after amassing a record of 34–56.

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    Tichborne case

    One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
  • 15Mar

    Second Treaty of Saigon

    France and Viet Nam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
  • 27May

    Gert Alberts

    The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
  • 7Nov

    Thomas Nast

    A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
  • 25Nov

    Panic of 1873

    The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.