Wednesday, April 17, 2013

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - APRIL 17TH

1869 - 1st pro baseball game-Cincinnati Reds 24, Cincinnati Amateurs 15.
1892 - First Sunday NL baseball game, Reds beat Cards 5-1.
1920 - American Professional Football Association forms (NFL).
1925 - NY Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery.
1933 - Chicago Bears win their first NFL Game beating NY Giants 23-21.
1934 - New Fenway Park opens, Washington Senators beat Red Sox 6-5.
1947 - Jackie Robinson bunts for his first major league hit.
1951 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle's first game, he goes 1 for 4.
1953 - Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) HR in Washington DC's Griffith Stadium.
1961 - [Norman] Boomer Esiason, NFL QB (Cincinnati Bengals, NY Jets) is born.
1964 - First game at Shea Stadium, NY Mets lose to Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3.
1968 - A's first game in Oakland-Alameda Stadium, lose 4-1 to Balt Orioles.
1969 - Montreal Expos Bill Stoneman no-hits Phillies, 7-0.
1983 - Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter.
1984 - Braves pitcher Pascual Perez suspended due to cocaine usage.
1987 - Julius Erving becomes 3rd NBA player to score 30,000 points.
1996 - Michele Carew, daughter of baseball great Rod, dies of Leukemia at 18
1997 - NJ Devil Martin Brodeur is 2nd NHL goalie to score in a playoff game.

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