TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - AUGUST 20TH

1912 - Washington Senator Carl Cushion no-hits

Cleveland Indians, 2-0 in 6 innings.
1915 - White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleveland in

exchange for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, & $31,500.
1919 - Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit,

ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 avg).
1920 - Red Sox-Indians game postponed in Boston to allow Indian

players to attend Ray Chapman's funeral in Cleveland.

1922 - First world championship athletics for women, held in Paris.

1931 - Don King, boxing promoter best known for his association with

Mike Tyson and for his unusual hairstyles is born.

1938 - Lou Gehrig hits record 23rd & last grand slam.

1945 - Dodgers Tommy Brown, 17, is youngest player to hit a HR.
1947 - Boston Braves hit a million attendance for 1st time.
1948 - 15th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chicago Cards 28, All-Stars 0 (101,220).
1957 - Chicago White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Wash Senators, 6-0.

1958 - Cubs use 1st baseman Dale Long as their 1st lefty catcher since 1906.

1958 - Detroit Tiger Jim Bunning no-hits Boston Red Sox, 3-0.

1965 - Eddie Mathews & Hank Aaron (1954-65) pass Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig

hitting 772 HRs while playing together on the same team.

1974 - Brooklyn pitcher Dan Bankhead is 1st black to homer in his 1st at bat.
1974 - Nolan Ryan pitch measured at record 161.6 kph (100.4 mph).

1980 - NY Yankee Bob Watson hits Seattle Kingdome speaker, 2nd straight day.

1982 - Don Lever becomes 1st captain of NJ Devils.

1985 - Dwight Gooden becomes first NL pitcher to strike out 200+ in 1st 2 seasons.
1989 - Howard Johnson joins Barry Bonds & Willie Mays
to hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases.
1990 - Gene Michael names NY Yankee VP/GM replacing Harding Peterson.
1990 - George Steinbrenner steps down as NY Yankee owner.
1990 - NY Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 15 HRs (approx 132 at bat).
1991 - Dolphin Dan Marino surpasses Joe Montana as the highest paid

NFL player with a 5-year extension for $25 million.

2005 - Thomas Herrion, San Francisco 49ers football player (b. 1981) dies

shortly after an exhibition game against the Denver Broncos. Herrion

collapsed in the locker room as the cause of death was later determined to be

Ischaemic heart disease, or  hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

2008 - Gene Upshaw, American football player and union leader (b. 1945).