1892 - Entire Hong Kong national cricket team die in a shipwreck off Taiwan.
1908 - Baseball Writers Association is formed.
1920 - Phoenix Cardinals, then in Chicago, play first NFL game to a 0-0 tie.
1920 - Indian Bill Wambsganns makes first unassisted World Series triple play.
1921 - NFL Decatur Staleys become Chicago Staleys and win 14-10.
1923 - NY Giants & NY Yankees become first teams to play each other for 3 consecutive World Series, also first played at Yankee Stadium.
1961 Expansion draft brings in Houston Astros and New York Mets.
1976 - Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis is the oldest man to compete in a marathon as he posts a time of 7:33.
1979 - Quebec Nordiques' Real Cloutier sets NHL record by collecting a hat trick in hist first game.
1994 - New York Giants retire Lawrence Taylor's #56.
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