Saturday, April 13, 2013

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - APRIL 13TH

1908 - Groundbreaking on Philadelphia's Shibe Park (home of A's & Phillies).
1926 - At 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout.
1940 - Cornelious Warmerdam became first man to Pole Vault 15 ft.
1953 - First game of Milwaukee Braves, they beat the Cincinnati Reds 2-0.
1954 - Baltimore Orioles first game, loses to Tigers in Detroit 3-0.
1954 - Milwaukee Braves' Hank Aaron's first game.
1962 - Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run, a new NL record.
1963 - Pete Rose triples for his first major league base hit.
1972 - First Baseball Players' strike ends after 13 days.
1975 - 39th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 276.
1980 - US boycotts Summer Olympics in Moscow.
1983 - Undefeated Middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault.
1984 - Pete Rose becomes first NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career.
1986 - Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record.
1992 - Lou Conaseca retires as coach of St John's basketball team.
1996 - En route to NHL record 62 victories Detroit Red Wings win #61.
1997 - 61st Golf Masters Championship: Tiger Woods at 21 (270 18 under par).
1997 - Hartford Whalers last NHL game.
1997 - NHL Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Lemieux's last NHL regular game.
2009 - Mark Fidrych, "The Bird" Detroit Tigers once phenom (b. 1954) dies.

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