1862 - Union Grounds, Brooklyn, first baseball enclosure, opens.
1912 - Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a NY Highlander game and is suspended.
1918 - Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18 inning game.
1919 - Brooklyn Dodgers score 10 runs in 13th to beat Reds 10-0.
1919 - Brooklyn Dodgers score 10 runs in 13th to beat Reds 10-0.
1941 - Joe DiMaggio starts 56-game hitting streak; Yanks lose 13-1.
1944 - Cincinnati Red Clyde Shoun no-hits Boston Braves, 1-0.
1948 - 74th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:02.4.
1944 - Cincinnati Red Clyde Shoun no-hits Boston Braves, 1-0.
1948 - 74th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:02.4.
1953 - George Brett, West Virginia, KC Royal 3rd baseman (1980 AL MVP) is born.
1953 - Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in Chicago.
1959 - 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst &
1959 - 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst &
Williams Teams reenact the original contest.
1965 - Canadian Football Players Association organizes.
1969 - Emmitt Smith, running back (Dallas Cowboys, 3-time NFL rushing leader)
and 2010 inductee into the pro football Hall of Fame is born.
1973 - California Angel Nolan Ryan's 1st no-hitter beats KC Royals, 3-0.
1975 - Ray Lewis, football linebacker (Baltimore Ravens) is born.
2009 - Wayman Tisdale, basketball player and musician died of
complications from bone cancer at the age of 45 (b. 1964).
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