1900 - Robert "Lefty" Grove, 300 game winner and elected
to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1947 is born.
1906 - Cubs sign 3rd baseman Harry Steinfeldt to complete Tinker-Evers-Chance.
1922 - Babe Ruth signs 3 years at $52,000 a year NY Yankee contract.
1964 - Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali.
1967 - Muhammad Ali is order by selective service to be inducted.
1972 - Shaquille O'Neal, Newark NJ, (Magic, Lakers, Oly-gold-96) is born.
1972 - Jack Nicklaus, passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner.
1982 - NBA highest scoring game: San Antonio beats Milwaukee 171-166 (3 OT).
1985 - Enos Slaughter & Arky Vaughan are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1985 - Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his first pro fight.
1985 - Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his first pro fight.
1988 - Julie Krone becomes winningest female jockey (1205 victories).
1994 - Colin Jackson runs world record 60m Hurdles indoor (7.30 sec).
2006 - Kirby Puckett (b. 1960) elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001
dies eight days shy of his 46th birthday of a massive stroke.
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