Thursday, April 17, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - APRIL 17TH

1869 - First pro baseball games-Cin Reds 24, Cin amateurs 15.
1892 - First Sunday NL baseball game, Reds beat Cards 5-1.
1920 - American Professional Football Association forms (NFL).
1925 - NY Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery.
1933 - Chicago Bears win their first NFL Game beating NY Giants 23-21.
1934 - New Fenway Park opens, Washington Senators beat Red Sox 6-5.
1947 - Jackie Robinson bunts for his first major league hit.
1951 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle's first game, he goes 1 for 4.
1953 - Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) HR in Washington DC's Griffith Stadium.
1961 - Boomer Esiason, West Islip, New York, American 
NFL quarterback (NY Jets, Cincinnati Bengals) is born.
1964 - First game at Shea Stadium, NY Mets lose to Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3.
1966 - 100th international soccer match between Netherlands-Belgium (3-1).
1968 - A's first game in Oakland-Alameda Stadium, lose 4-1 to Baltimore Orioles.
1969 - Montreal Expos Bill Stoneman no-hits Phillies, 7-0.
1972 - Kiteman attempting to throw out first ball in 
Philadelphia Veteran Stadium crashes into centerfield seats.
1976 - NL greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 Phillies win 
18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive HRs.
1983 - Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter.
1987 - Julius Erving becomes 3rd NBA player to score 30,000 points.
1996 - Michele Carew, daughter of baseball great Rod, dies of Leukemia at 18.

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