1907 - Luke Appling, baseball player (d. 1991) is born.
1908 - Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday.
1927 - Billy Pierce, pitcher (Chicago White Sox) seven time all star is born.
1931 - Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig
1931 - Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig
in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1935 - Mary Hirsch, becomes first woman licensed as a horse trainer.
1935 - Mary Hirsch, becomes first woman licensed as a horse trainer.
1938 - Whirlaway, American thoroughbred racehorse,
1941 Triple Crown Winner (d. 1953) is born.
1955 - Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning
a tournament playing under table tennis rules.
1969 - Milwaukee Bucks sign (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor).
1972 - Gil Hodges, manager (NY Mets), dies of heart attack at 57.
1976 - A's trade prospective free agents Reggie Jackson & Ken Holtzman,
1976 - A's trade prospective free agents Reggie Jackson & Ken Holtzman,
to Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez & Paul Mitchell.
1980 - Wayne Gretzky becomes first teenager to score 50 goals in a season.
1986 - NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule (19 feet 9 inch distance).
1988 - Simply Majestic sets horse racing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45.
1988 - Simply Majestic sets horse racing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45.
2005 - James Stewart Jr. becomes first African American to win a major motor sports event.
2010 - Mike Cuellar, Cuban baseball player (b. 1937) dies.
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