1892 - Entire Hong Kong national cricket team dies in shipwreck off Taiwan.
1916 - In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the first owner to raise
the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3.
1917 - Giants Rube Benton is first lefty to pitch a World Series no hitter.
1920 - Indians' Elmer Smith hits baseball's first post-season grand slam.
1920 - Phoenix Cardinals (then in Chicago) play first NFL game, a 0-0 tie.
1920 - Indian Bill Wambsganns makes first unassisted World Series triple play.
1917 - Giants Rube Benton is first lefty to pitch a World Series no hitter.
1920 - Indians' Elmer Smith hits baseball's first post-season grand slam.
1920 - Phoenix Cardinals (then in Chicago) play first NFL game, a 0-0 tie.
1920 - Indian Bill Wambsganns makes first unassisted World Series triple play.
1945 - Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3 in 42nd World Series.
1948 - Rosemary Casals, SF California, tennis doubles (5X Wimbledon) is born.
1961 - Expansion draft to stock Houston Astros & NY Mets.
1969 - Brett Favre, NFL quarterback (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31) is born.
1974 - Dale Earnhardt Jr, American NASCAR Sprint Cup series driver is born.
1976 - Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man
to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33.
2004 - Ken Caminiti, baseball player (b. 1963) dies of a drug overdose.
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