1898 - Earl "Curly" Lambeau, NFL coach (GB Packers) is born.
1912 - First exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard).
1913 - Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0.
1913 - Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0.
1941 - PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame.
1947 - Baseball suspends Brooklyn Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year.
1957 - Severiano Ballesteros, Spain, golfer (British Open 1979, 84, 88) is born.
1959 - Baltimore Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Wash Senators).
1959 - Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot.
1959 - Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot.
1965 - First game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1
in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits first indoor homerun.
1968 - Minnesota's Wayne Connelly is first to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot.
1969 - Chicago Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-3.
1969 - Chicago Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-3.
1971 - Jacques Villeneuve, French-Canadian race car driver is born.
1974 - Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies & gentlemen,
I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life".
1978 - Denver's David Thompson scores 73 points & San Antonio's
George Gervin scores 63 points in separate NBA games (33 in 1 quarter).
1981 - LA Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela's first start, beats Astros 2-0.
1985 - White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game.
1987 - For third time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game.
1987 - For third time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game.
Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ
1989 - Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in NY's 4-3 loss to Cleveland.
1993 - Colorado Rockies first home game & 1st victory, 11-4 over Montreal Expos.
2001 - Willie Stargell, Pittsburgh Pirates star (b. 1940) dies.
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