Tuesday, July 29, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JULY 29TH

1844 - NY Yacht Club forms.
1899 - Southern California Golf Association forms.
1911 - Boston Red Sox Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0.
1915 - Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam HR.
1921 - Cleveland's 125th anniversary celebration: Cy Young, 54, pitches 2 inn.
1953 - Ken Burns [Kenneth Lauren], Brooklyn, New York, American director
and documentary film producer (The Civil War, Baseball) is born.
1968 - Cincinnati Red George Culver no hits Phillies, 6-1.
1978 - On Old Timer's Day, NY Yankees announce that Billy Martin
will return as NY Yankee manager in 1980 & Bob Lemon will become GM.
1986 - NY jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws, awards USFL $1 in damages.
1989 - Phillies retire Steve Carlton's # 32.
1989 - White Sox trade Harold Baines to Rangers for Scott Fletcher & Sammy Sosa.
1991 - First Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (Mets beat Cubs 6-0).
1995 - Monica Seles beats Martina Naratilova in her return to tennis.
1995 - Carolina Panthers beat Jacksonville Jaguars
 in their 1st NFL exhibition game 20-14.

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