TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - MAY 8TH

1878 - First unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines.

1907 - Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 6-0.
1907 - Tommy Burns beats Jack O'Brien in 20 for heavyweight boxing title.

1909 - Frederick Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31).

1926 - Fire breaks out in Fenway Park, home of Boston Red Socks baseball team.
1929 - NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pittsburgh Pirates, 11-0.

1932 - Sonny Liston, Sand Slough Arkansas, American Heavyweight boxer is born.
1936 - Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead

after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to track.
1937 - 63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 2:03.2.

1942 - Angel Cordero Jr, Santurce PR, jockey (Seattle Slew) is born.
1942 - First twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6

raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund.

1947 - A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with

Jackie Robinson & the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon.

1957 - Bill Cowher, Crafton Penn., Pittsburgh Steelers football coach is born.
1958 - Lovie Smith, Tampa Bay Buccaneers football coach is born.
1959 - Ronnie Lott, Albuquerque, NM, NFL defensive back (SF 49er) is born.

1967 - Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army.

1973 - Ralph Miller, last 19th century baseball player

(Brooklyn Bridegrooms and Baltimore Orioles), dies aged 100.

1982 - Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident.

1984 - Minnesota Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles.
1984 - USSR announces it will not participate in Los Angeles Summer Olympics.

1988 - Amateur referees work NJ Devil-Boston Bruin playoff games, as

NHL referees walk-off, due to a restraining order brought by Devils.
1989 - Paul McCartney releases remake of "Ferry Cross the Mersey"

in aid of those affected by the Hillsborough disaster, which claimed

the lives of 95 Liverpool football fans.
1993 - Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for Heavyweight boxing title.
1994 - Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game.

1996 - NY Yankee Dwight Gooden wins his 1st AL game beating Tigers 10-3.

2009 - Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1917) dies.
2013 - Sir Alex Ferguson announces his retirement as Manchester United's

manager at the end of the season.