TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JULY 12TH

1817 - Karl Drais von Sauerbronn demonstrates bicycle course.
1901 - Cy Young wins his 300th game.
1921 - Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs.
1927 - Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs.
1928 - 1st televised tennis match.

1931 - 45,715 fans in 35,000 seat Sportsman Park St Louis, help cause

many ground ruled doubles, 11 in 1st game & 21 in 2nd game for 32.

1943 - Paul Silas, NBAer (Boston Celtic, Seattle SuperSonic) is born.

1945 - Cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games.
1949 - 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn.
1949 - Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence.
1949 - LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin.

1951 - NY Yankees Allie Reynolds no-hits Cleve Indians, 8-0.
1954 - Major League Baseball Players Association founded.

1962 - Julio César Chávez, Mexican boxer is born.

1979 - "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild

& causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to Tigers.

1987 - Phillies Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief.
1988 - Margo Adams alleges Red Sox Wade Bogg's had an affair with her.
1989 - NY Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA).
1990 - Chicago White Sox Melido Perez no-hits Yankees 8-0 in a rain

shortened 6 inning game at Yankee Stadium (7th no-hitter of 1990).

1996 - Kirby Puckett retires from Minnesota Twins.
1996 - Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million.
1997 - Cubs play in their 5,000th consecutive gane with out being no-hit.
1997 - Pirates Francisco Cordova & Ricardo Rincon no-hit Astros 3-0 in 10 inn.
1998 - FIFA World Cup: France beats Brazil 3-0 for football's

16th World Cup in Saint-Denis (France's 1st title).

2008 - Bobby Murcer, American baseball outfielder (NY Yankees, SF Giants

and Chicago Cubs), dies from complications related to brain cancer at 62.