» December 12, 1952: Peter J. McGovern becomes president of the Little League, succeeding Charles Durban, who resigns because of ill health. The Little League began in 1939 with eight teams in two leagues and has grown to over 1,800 leagues in 44 states and several foreign countries.

» January 30, 1953: The Little League names Peter J. McGovern as its first full-time president. Its office is moved to Williamsport, PA.

» November 21, 1955: In an obvious power struggle for control, the principal founding father of Little League, Carl Stotz, sues the organization for breach of contract. The suit will be settled out of court.

» December 5, 1955: Carl Stotz plans to set up a rival Little League of his own.

» January 6, 1956: A federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group. He initiated the suit because he felt the league had grown too big, and that increasing team rosters to 15 players was preventing less able players from getting any real playing time.

» June 6, 1958: The Little League announces that four foreign teams will play in its World Series.

» April 7, 1959: In an effort to protect its players, Little League moves its pitcher's mound two feet back, from 44 to 46.

» June 1, 1959: Two-time champ Monterrey, Mexico is barred from 1959 Little League competition for its failure to comply with the rule that specifies using only players from a predetermined geographical area.

» December 26, 1974: The Little League is officially open to girls as President Gerald Ford signs legislation amending the charter of the organization. Little League had sought changes in their charter after a series of lawsuits challenged its boys-only rule.

» June 7, 1977: The White Sox select Harold Baines with the number-one pick in the draft. Bill Veeck had first seen Baines play Little League ball and had followed his career. P Bill Gullickson was taken with the 2nd pick by the Expos, and Milwaukee takes University of Minnesota infielder Paul Molitor with the 3rd pick. Danny Ainge, a potential pro basketball player, is picked in the 15th round. The Reds come up empty with the 8th pick in round 1, picking prep 3B Ted Venger.

» May 20, 1992: North Carolina Little League coach Richard Blackwell is arrested after slashing the throat of a rival coach during an argument over a game of a few days earlier. On June 8, Blackwell will be banned from participating in Little League for two years, but will not be given jail time after pleading guilty to a reduced sentence.

» June 4, 1992: Carl Stotz, creator of Little League baseball, dies at age 82 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

» September 17, 1992: The Philippine team is stripped of its Little League World Series title, as Little League authorities say the Asians used ineligible players. The team from Long Beach, California, is awarded the title.

» June 24, 1993: After never having had a multi-homer game in his career, dating back to Little League, Giants 2B Robby Thompson hits two home runs in a game for the 2nd day in a row, leading SF to a 17-2 win over the Rockies. Thompson gets five hits on the day for the Giants.

» August 28, 1993: In Williamsport, Long Beach becomes the first U.S. team to repeat as Little League champions, beating Panama, 3–2. Long Beach, led by Jeff Burroughs's son, Sean Burroughs, is just the 3rd team to repeat as champs: Seoul, South Korea in 1984-85 and Monterrey, Mexico, in 1957-58 are the other repeaters.

» August 25, 1999: The Phillies follow yesterday's scoring feast with another, defeating the Padres, 15-1. Rico Brogna goes 4-for-5, with two doubles and two homers, and drives home seven runs for Philadelphia. The Pads finally turn to infielder Ed Giovanola who pitches one 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. Giovanola last pitched in Little League.

» August 18, 2001: Danny Almonte, pitching for the Bronx Little League entry, the Rolando Paulino all-stars, hurls the first perfect game since 1957 in the Little League World Series, beating the eventual winner, Apopka, FL, 2–0. The Bronx team will win next week, but all the victories will be stripped from them when an investigation proves a number of rules infractions, not the least of which is that Almonte is too old. His brother, who pitched last year, will also be shown to be too old.

» August 30, 2001: The Little League forfeits all games won by the Bronx World Series entry after it is discovered that star pitcher Danny Almonte is 14. Sports Illustrated first broke the story with evidence of two birth registrations, the 2nd, which took two years off, made just weeks before the boy entered the United States. Continued protests of racism against Dominicans prompts further investigations which will show that Almonte and others did not even attend school in the Bronx, did not play the requisite number of games with their Bronx team, that their coach had been banned from Caribbean Little League play in 1988 for using overage players, and that Danny's older brother was 14 when he played in 2000.