Significant Dates in Baseball History

Date	Description
1899-08-11	American League is formed
1900-03-21	St. Paul Saints of the Western League move to Chicago and are renamed the White Stockings
1900-04-21	Chicago White Stockings renamed the White Sox
1901-01-28	American League declares itself to be a second major league
1901-04-24	First "official" American League game is played
1968-05-27	MLB awarded expansion franchises to Montreal (Expos) and San Diego (Padres)
1970-04-01	Seattle Pilots purchased by Bud Selig, moved to Milwaukee, and renamed Brewers
1992-11-17	MLB expansion draft (Colorado Rockies)
1997-11-18	MLB expansion draft (Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays)
2001-06-05 — 2001-06-06	2001 MLB First-Year Player Draft
2004-09-29	Montral Expos moved to Washington D.C. and renamed Nationals
2006-06-06 — 2006-06-07	2006 MLB First-Year Player Draft
2007-06-07 — 2007-06-08	2007 MLB First-Year Player Draft
2007-11-08	Tampa Bay Devil Rays renamed Rays
2008-06-05 — 2008-06-06	2008 MLB First-Year Player Draft (rounds 1-6 on day 1, rounds 7-50 on day 2)