Sunday, April 13, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - APRIL 13TH

1908 - Groundbreaking on Philadelphia's Shibe Park (home of A's & Phillies).
1926 - At 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout.
1940 - Cornelious Warmerdam became first man to Pole Vault 15 ft.
1953 - First game of Milwaukee Braves, they beat Cin Reds 2-0.
1954 - Baltimore Orioles first game, loses to Tigers in Detroit 3-0.
1954 - Milwaukee Braves' Hank Aaron's first game.
1962 - Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run, a new NL record.
1963 - Pete Rose triples for his first major league base hit.
1978 - NY Yankees defeat White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day.
1983 - Undefeated Middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault.
1984 - Pete Rose becomes first NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career.
1986 - Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record.
1997 - NHL Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Lemieux's last NHL regular game.
2009 - Mark Fidrych, American baseball player (b. 1954) dies.

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