1922 - NY Giant Jesse Barnes no-hits Phillies, 2-0
1933 - Johnny Unitas, NFL QB (Balt Colts, San Diego); one of the greats is born
1945 - Branch Rickey announces formation of the US Negro Baseball League
1950 - Randall 'Tex' Cobb, American boxer and actor is born
1951 - International Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics
1959 - "Roy Campanella Night" Largest baseball crowd (93,103 in LA Coliseum)
sees Dodgers' Sandy Koufax beat Yankees 6-2 in exhibition
1960 - Dodgers Larry & Norm Sherry are baseball's 10th brother battery
1982 - Federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing
Oakland Raiders to move to Los Anfgeles
1986 - Phillies outfielder Garry Maddox, retires
1992 - Jockey Angel Cordero retires after winning over 7,000 Horse Races
1994 - 120th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron on Go For Gin wins in 2:03.6
1994 - 120th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron on Go For Gin wins in 2:03.6
1994 - Denver Nuggets become NBA's 1st #8 seed to beat a #1 seed (Seattle)
2002 - Seattle Slew, American racehorse (b. 1974) dies
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