1871 - Philadelphia Athletics beat Chicago for the 1st National Association Baseball Pennant.
1919 - Baseball league presidents call for the abolishment of the spitball.
1922 - Anxious to compete with the Yankees, the NY Giants pay $65,000 and 3 players for Jack Bentley (hits .349 & is 13-1 as a pitcher in 1922).
1945 - Branch Rickey signs Jackie Robinson to a Montreal Royals contract.
1956 - Dodgers sell Ebbets Field to a real estate group as they agree to stay until 1959, with an option to stay until 1961.
1967 - Arthur Allyn says the White Sox will play 9 games in Milwaukee in 1968.
1967 - Ferdinard Bracke bicycles word record time (48,093 km).
1974 - California Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan throws fastest record pitch of 100.9 MPH.
1974 - Muhammad Ali KOs George Forman in the 8th round in Kinshasa Zaire.
1993 - The Toronto Maple Leafs lose their first NHL game of the season after going 10-0-0.
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