Saturday, October 20, 2012

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 20TH

1910 - First appearance of a cork centered baseball in the World series.
1924 - First Negro League World Series - KC Monarchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0.
1934 - All-Star team led by Babe Ruth and Connie Mack sails to Hawaii and Japan.
1946 - Chicago Cardinals Frank Seno returns a kickoff 105 yards against the NY Giants.
1963 - Jim Brown sets the NFL single-season rushing record at 8,390 yards.
1976 - New York Nets Julius "Dr. J" Erving is sold to the Philadelphia 76ers.
1988 - Reggie Rogers, the Detroit Lions #1 pick, kills 3 by driving drunk.
1992 - First World Series game outside of the United States as Toronto beats Atlanta.
1996 - Annika Sorenstam wins the LPGA Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf.
1996 - Atlanta Braves Andruw Jones is the youngest player to homer in a World Series.

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