1902 - John J McGraw becomes manager of NY Giants (stays for 30 years).
1905 - Jean-Rene Lacoste, France, US Open(1926)/alligator shirt designer is born.
1921 - Jack Dempsey KOs George S Carpentier in 4th Round for heavyweight boxing
title 1st million dollar gate ($1.7m) boxing match.
1935 - Great Britain boxers beat US team in first international Golden Gloves.
1937 - Richard Petty, auto race driver (Daytona 500-1979,81) is born.
1949 - "Red Barber's Clubhouse" sports show premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV.
1963 - Giant Willie Mays' HR in 16th inning gives them a 1-0 win over Braves,
Juan Marichal (Giants) beats Warren Spahn (Braves).
1964 - Jose Canseco, along with twin brother Ozzie, Havana Cuba,
outfielder (Oak A's, Red Sox, 1988 AL MVP) is born.
1970 - NY Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for 3rd time in 28 days.
1973 - Swede Savage, 26, dies of injuries at Indianapolis 500.
1980 - Nicole Manske, American beauty queen and
motorsports television commentator is born.
1986 - After 14 wins, Roger Clemens suffer his 1st loss of year.
1986 - Peanuts Lowrey, baseball player (b. 1917) dies.
1993 - NY Met Anthony Young loses a record 25th straight game (goes to 27).
1994 - Andres Escobar, 27, Colombia world cup soccer star, shot and murdered
due to his own goal in the FIFA World Cup against the U.S., which supposedly
would have caused gambling losses to several powerful drug lords.
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