1893 - Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player (d. 1985) is born.
1914 - Oscar Egg sets new cycling hour record (44,247 km).
1915 - Braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1.
1915 - Braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1.
1931 - Lou Gehrig hitless in Detroit, his 1,000th consecutively played game.
1934 - Rafer Lewis Johnson, Hillsboro Tx, decathlete (Olympic-gold-1960) is born.
1934 - Roberto Clemente, US baseball outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates) is born.
1934 - Roberto Clemente, US baseball outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates) is born.
1945 - Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds & Ebbets Field
to end segregation in organized baseball are called off.
1946 - Golf Writers Associaton of America forms.
1946 - Golf Writers Associaton of America forms.
1960 - Lew Burdette pitches to just 27 for a 1-0 no-hitter against Phillies.
1965 - Hank Aaron loses a HR, because he hit it out of batter's box.
1967 - Red Sox Tony Conigliaro is beaned by Angels Jack Hamilton.
1973 - Hank Aaron's record 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial record.
1977 - Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his NL record tying 5th one-hitter.
1982 - Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance.
1982 - Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago IL,
ends after 22 innings - before LA Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th).
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