1863 - Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer, splitting with rugby.
1869 - First American Steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY).
1869 - First American Steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY).
1911 - Sid Gillman, Minneapolis, Minnesota, NFL hall of fame
coach/player (LA, San Diego, Houston) is born.
1931 - Charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (b. 1859) dies.
1934 - While Wash player-manager Joe Cronin honeymoons with Mildred Robertson
owner Clark Griffith's niece & adopted daughter, he is sold to Red Sox.
1950 - Chuck Foreman, NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings) is born.
1951 - Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden.
1951 - Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden.
1960 - AL approves Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins
& announces franchises in LA & Washington DC for 1961.
1974 - Cleveland Coliseum opens for NBA's Cavaliers & MISL's Crunch.
1992 - Dottie Green, female baseball player (Peaches), dies of cancer at 71.
1993 - NFL announces new expansion team, Carolina Panthers in Charlotte.
2005 - Chicago White Sox defeat Houston Astros 4-0 in baseball's
World Series championship, MVP: Jermaine Dye, Chicago.
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