1896 - First Olympic games close at Athens, Greece.
1910 - William Taft is first president to throw out a first ball at a baseball game.
1911 - Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning.
1925 - NHL's NY Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) first game, lose 3-1.
1927 - Babe Ruth hits first of 60 HRs of season (off A's Howard Ehmke).
1925 - NHL's NY Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) first game, lose 3-1.
1927 - Babe Ruth hits first of 60 HRs of season (off A's Howard Ehmke).
1947 - Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut.
1954 - Orioles first game in Baltimore, beats White Sox 3-1.
1958 - First baseball game in California, SF Giants beat LA Dodgers, 8-0.
1965 - NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold.
1965 - NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold.
1968 - Houston Astros beat NY Mets, 1-0, in 24 innings.
1989 - 95 crushed to death at Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England.
1991 - Magic Johnson sets NBA record for career assists with 9,898.
1991 - Sacramento Kings set NBA record, losing 35th consecutive game on road.
1992 - NY Islander, Al Arbour, coaches most NHL games (1,438).
1991 - Sacramento Kings set NBA record, losing 35th consecutive game on road.
1992 - NY Islander, Al Arbour, coaches most NHL games (1,438).
1994 - John Curry, English figure skater (Oly-gold-76), dies of AIDS at 44.
1996 - 100th Boston Marathon won by Moses Tanui of Kenya in 2:09:15.9.
1997 - Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams.
1997 - Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams.
2002 - Byron "Whizzer" White, American football player
and U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1917) dies.
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