1917 - Lou Bourdeau, baseball player/manager (1948 AP Athlete of Year) is born.
1918 - Longest errorless game, Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 21 innings.
1920 - Juan Antonio Samaranch, chairman (International Olympic Committee) is born.
1922 - Ty Cobb gets 5 hits in a game for record 4th time in a year.
1924 - St Louis Card Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0.
1934 - Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland.
1922 - Ty Cobb gets 5 hits in a game for record 4th time in a year.
1924 - St Louis Card Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0.
1934 - Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland.
1941 - NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland.
1942 - Connie Hawkins, Harlem Globetrotter/NBA (Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968) is born.
1954 - First major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers).
1961 - Roger Maris loses a HR (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th.
1954 - First major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers).
1961 - Roger Maris loses a HR (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th.
1961 - Ty Cobb, baseball great (Detroit Tigers), dies of cancer at 74.
1976 - The opening of the Summer Olympics is marred by
25 African teams boycotting the New Zealand team..
1978 - Reggie Jackson refusal to bunt causes mgr Billy Martin to suspend him.
1990 - NY Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer.
1990 - Minnesota Twins become first team to turn 2 triple plays
1990 - Minnesota Twins become first team to turn 2 triple plays
in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0.
2005 - Tiger Woods wins his 10th major winning The British Open Championship
by 5 strokes. Woods becomes only the second golfer, after Jack Nicklaus,
to win each major more than once.
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