1892 - Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes first pro football player.
1920 - Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected first baseball commissioner.
1931 - Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto - Chicago Blackhawks beat Leafs, 2-1.
1933 - First game at NFL Pittsburgh Pirate's Forbes Field, lose to Brooklyn Dodgers 32-0.
1920 - Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected first baseball commissioner.
1931 - Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto - Chicago Blackhawks beat Leafs, 2-1.
1933 - First game at NFL Pittsburgh Pirate's Forbes Field, lose to Brooklyn Dodgers 32-0.
1945 - Al Michaels, Brooklyn, sportscaster (ABC Monday Night Baseball/Football) is born.
1952 - White Sox place Jim Rivera on 1 year probation after cleared of rape.
1953 - US district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games.
1959 - White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL's MVP.
1953 - US district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games.
1959 - White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL's MVP.
1961 - Nadia Comaneci, [Gheorghe], Romania, gymnist (1st 10/Olymp-gold-1976) is born.
1966 - Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9-8-1 record.
1966 - Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9-8-1 record.
1975 - NY Mets Tom Seaver wins his 3rd Cy Young Award.
1986 - Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimously.
1992 - NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is reinstated for 8th time.
1993 - Bill Dickey, HOF baseball catcher (NY Yankees, 1928-46), dies at 86.
1995 - Dan Marino breaks Fran Tarkenton's NFL all-time passing yardage mark of 47,003.
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