1922 - First radio link, WNJ (Newark) & WGY (Senectady) link for World Series.
1925 - Christy Mathewson, American baseball player (b. 1880) dies.
1927 - Yank Herb Pennock retires 1st 22 Pirates in World Series game.
1936 - 7th-place Brooklyn Dodgers fire manager Casey Stengel.
1940 - Reds Bucky Walters is 1st pitcher in 14 years to homer in World Series.
1947 - Larry MacPhail resigns as Yank GM after final game of World Series.
1940 - Reds Bucky Walters is 1st pitcher in 14 years to homer in World Series.
1947 - Larry MacPhail resigns as Yank GM after final game of World Series.
1964 - NY Yankees make 14th appearance in last 16 & 29th in 61 World Series.
1975 - Players' Association files a suit on behalf of Dodgers' Andy Messersmith.
1984 - Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader.
1990 - John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer, dies at 84.
1991 - Leo Durocher, baseball player and manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86.
1991 - Leo Durocher, baseball player and manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86.
1992 - Tampa Bay Lightning become 1st NHL expansion team to win opener (7-2).
2000 - The last ever competitive soccer match at Wembley Stadium is a 1-0
defeat of England by Germany and the last goal was scored by Liverpool's
Dietmar Hammann. The match was Tony Adams' 60th at Wembley setting
the record for most appearances at the stadium.
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