1919 - Reds beat the White Sox, 5 games to 3 in the 16th World Series that is known as the black sox scandal as 8 White Sox throw the series.
1933 - Berlin Olympic Committee votes to introduce basketball into the Olympics in 1936.
1941 - Anna Lee Wiley of Mexico become the firs female jockey in North America.
1949 - A's trade 2nd baseman Nellie Fox to the Chicago White Sox for Joe Tipton.
1951 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins the LPGA Texas Women's Golf Open.
1957 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard of the Montreal Canadiens becomes the first NHLer to score 500 goals.
1975 - Cleveland Browns' Don Cockroft kicks club record 5 field goals.
1983 - The Philadelphia Flyers begin their 13 NHL game win streak.
1987 - Woody Woodard resigns as the NY Yankee General Manager, Lou Piniella is named the GM and Billy Martin is named the NY Yankee manager for the 5th and final time.
1997 - Sandy Alomar of the Cleveland Indians captures the 700th home run in a World Series game.
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