1890 - Last NL-AA World Series game Brooklyn ties Louisville 3 games & 1 tie.
1924 - White Sox beat NY Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend.
1926 - Bowie Kuhn, baseball commissioner (1969-1984) is born.
1934 - Brooklyn & Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game.
1937 - Lenny Wilkins, NBA player/coach (Seattle, Cleveland, Atlanta) is born.
1949 - Bruce Jenner, Mt Kisco NY, decathalete (Olympic-gold-1976) is born.
1952 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Women's Texas Golf Open.
1953 - Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees.
1952 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Women's Texas Golf Open.
1953 - Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees.
1959 - Buffalo Bills enter AFL.
1961 - Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for NY Mets.
1962 - NY Giant YA Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs Washington Redskins (49-34).
1970 - NBA Cleveland Cavaliers first home game, lose to San Diego 110-99.
1961 - Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for NY Mets.
1962 - NY Giant YA Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs Washington Redskins (49-34).
1970 - NBA Cleveland Cavaliers first home game, lose to San Diego 110-99.
1976 - Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (NY Yankees).
1989 - Oakland A's sweep SF Giants in earthquake/BART series.
1997 - NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner & Violet Palmer as first
women to officiate a major-league all-male sports league.
2000 - Andujar Cedeno, Dominican baseball pitcher (b. 1969) dies at the age of
31 in an automobile accident while heading to his home in the Dominican Republic.
31 in an automobile accident while heading to his home in the Dominican Republic.
2006 - Red Auerbach, American basketball coach and executive (b. 1917) dies.
2006 - Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer (b. 1955) was murdered at a
church by an assailant wielding a 2-inch thick steel pipe.
2006 - Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer (b. 1955) was murdered at a
church by an assailant wielding a 2-inch thick steel pipe.
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