1733 - First international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni.
1907 - Weeb Ewbank, NFL coach (Baltimore Colts, NY Jets) is born.
1915 - Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut & 1st HR, loses to Yanks 4-3 in 15.
1917 - St Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chic White Sox, 3-0.
1921 - American Soccer League forms.
1925 - Ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884.
1917 - St Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chic White Sox, 3-0.
1921 - American Soccer League forms.
1925 - Ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884.
1931 - Willie Mays, Westfield Alabama, Hall of Fame centerfielder (Giants, NY Mets),
"Say Hey Kid" (660 HRs, MVP 1954) is born.
1934 - Red Sox score 12 runs in 4th inning including record 4 consecutive triples
hit by Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell, & B Walters.
1947 - Richard "Dick" Fosbury, Portland Ore, inventor of the
"Fosbury Flop", high jumper (Oly-gold-68) is born.
1951 - Pittsburgh Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0.
1953 - Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Phila A's, 6-0.
1953 - Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Phila A's, 6-0.
1979 - Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 818 kph over 200 m.
1982 - Seattle Mariner Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games.
1988 - Doughnutgate incident: NJ Devils' coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee
Don Koharski to 'eat another doughnut you fat pig!,' he is suspended.
1994 - Lennox Lewis TKOs Phil Jackson in 8 for Heavyweight boxing title.
1997 - NHL Hartford Whalers become Carolina Hurricanes.
1998 - Kerry Wood, of the Chicago Cubs, strikes out 20 Houston Astros
to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter
and did not walk a batter in his 5th career start.
2010 - Robin Roberts, Hall Of Fame pitcher dies (b. 1926).
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