Friday, April 25, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - APRIL 25TH

1876 - Chicago Cubs 1st NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout).
1901 - Erve Beck hits American League's 1st home run.
1901 - In last of 9th, Detroit Tigers, trailing by 13-4, score 10 runs to win 
one of greatest comebacks in baseball (First game in Detroit).
1904 - NY Yankee Jack Chesbro's 1st of 41 wins this year.
1932 - Meadowlark Lemmon, basketball star (Harlem Globetrotter) is born.
1950 - Chuck Cooper becomes first black to play in NBA.
1976 - Tim Duncan, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs) is born.
1978 - Phillie Phanatic makes first appearance.
1997 - Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 250th HR.
1999 - Lord Killanin, Irish International Olympic Committee president (b. 1914) dies.

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