1862 - Baseball player James Creighton ruptures bladder hitting a HR and dies four days later.
1905 - Giants' Christy Mathewson's completes his third straight World Series shutout.
1906 - All Chicago World Series, first AL victory as the White Sox win 4 games to 2 while the Cubs share of $439.50 is the lowest for a World Series team.
1908 - Smallest crowd at World Series, 6,210 fans see the Cubs beat the Tigers.
1911 - Largest baseball crowd ever of 38,281 at the Polo Grounds see the Giants beat the A's 2-1 with the gate receipt becoming a record at $77,379.
1964 - Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit HRs on back-to-back pitches.
1970 - The NBA Cleveland Cavaliers lose to the Buffalo Braves in their first game, 107-92.
1972 - Oakland A's Gene Tenace is the first player to homer in his first two World Series at bats.
1979 - "The Great One", Wayne Gretzky scores his first NHL game.
1998 - Eric Robert Rudolph is charged with 6 bombings including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
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