1919 - Reds Adolfo Luque is first Latin player to appear in a World Series.
1920 - NFL (then American Pro Football Association) plays its first game.
1940 - Reds beat Tigers ending NL's 10-game World Series losing streak.
1947 - With only 1 out to go, Yankees Floyd Beven gives up a double breaking up his World Series no-hit bid, it scored 2 runs and he lost the game.
1948 - The NFL becomes the first sport televised as the sports game of the week.
1950 - Baseball rules Phillies lefty Curt Simmons cannot play in the World Series despite his being on furlough from the Army.
1965 - Whitey Ford notches his 232nd career win while becoming the Yankees winningest pitcher.
1976 - Hank Aaron singles in his last at bat and drives in his 2,297th run.
1981 - Milwaukee Brewers (since 1970) and Montreal Expos (1969) clinch their first ever post season.
1982 - Scott Weiland runs Detroit marathon backwards in less than 5 hours.
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