1900 - After over five months the 2nd Olympics in Paris, France closes.
1924 - The White Sox beat the NY Giants 8-4 in Dublin as less than 20 fans attend.
1934 - Brooklyn and Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game.
1952 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Women's Texas Golf Open.
1953 - Red Barber resigns as the Dodger sportscaster to join the New York Yankee's booth.
1961 - Ground is broken for the Municipal (Shea) Stadium for the NY Mets.
1975 - Calvin Murphy of the Houston Rockets begins his NBA free throw streak of 58 games.
1976 - Billy Martin of the New York Yankees is names as the AL Manager of the Year.
1989 - Oakland A's sweep the San Francisco Giants in the earthquake/BART series.
1997 - NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner and Violet Palmer as the 1st women to officiate a major-league all-male sports league.
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