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4.5 billion B.C.
Planet Earth formed.
3 billion B.C.
First signs of primeval life (bacteria and blue-green algae) appear in oceans.
2.5 million B.C.
Homo habilis (Skillful Man). First brain expansion; is believed to have used stone tools.
1.8 million B.C.
Homo erectus (Upright Man). Brain size twice that of Australopithecine species.
70,000 B.C.
Neanderthal man (use of fire and advanced tools).
35,000 B.C.
Neanderthal man replaced by later groups of Homo sapiens (i.e., Cro-Magnon man, etc.).
18,000 B.C.
Cro-Magnons replaced by later cultures.
1839
Abner Doubleday is credited with inventing baseball in Cooperstown, New York.
1869
An all-professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, takes the field for the first time.
1876
The National League is established.
1900
The American League is created.
1903
The Boston Pilgrims and the Pittsburgh Pirates play the first World Series.
1920
Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sells Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $125,000 to raise money for his Broadway theatrical productions.
1921
Baseball is broadcast on radio for the first time.
1923
Yankee Stadium opens.
1925
Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp in the Yankee lineup.
1927
The 1927 Yankees are considered one of the greatest baseball teams of all time.
1932
Lou Gehrig hits four home runs in one game.
Babe Ruth hits his legendary "called shot" home run against Charlie Root and the Chicago Cubs.
1935
Babe Ruth ends his career by hitting three home runs in one game.
1939
Lou Gehrig takes himself out of the lineup.
1941
Joe DiMaggio hits safely in 56 consecutive games.
1948
Babe Ruth dies.
1951
Mickey Mantle trips on a drainpipe and tears his knee.
Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement.
1961
Roger Maris breaks Babe Ruth's home run record.
1973
George Steinbrenner buys the New York Yankees.
1974
Derek Sanderson Jeter is born on June 26.
1977
Reggie Jackson hits three consecutive home runs in a World Series game.
1986
Bill Buckner makes a game-ending error in the World Series.
1995
Derek Jeter makes his debut in the Major Leagues on May 29 against the Seattle Mariners in the Seattle Kingdome.
2003
On June 3rd, Derek Jeter is named the 11th captain in Yankee history.
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