1883 - Baseball returns to Philadelphia, 1st NL game since 1876.
1891 - Cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park
Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3.
1901 - Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox.
1901 - Herb McFarland hits 1st grand slam in American League.
1906 - Phillie's John Lush no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 6-0.
1901 - Herb McFarland hits 1st grand slam in American League.
1906 - Phillie's John Lush no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 6-0.
1920 - Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee HR & 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds.
1926 - Brooklyn Dodgers & Boston Braves deadlock at 1-1 in 26 innings.
1940 - The 1940 Olympics are cancelled.
1948 - 74th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:05.4.
1951 - Mickey Mantle's 1st HR.
1951 - Minnie Minoso becomes the 1st black to play for the White Sox.
1951 - Mickey Mantle's 1st HR.
1951 - Minnie Minoso becomes the 1st black to play for the White Sox.
1959 - White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own HR.
1960 - Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis.
1960 - Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis.
1961 - Steven Cauthen, jockey (1978 Kentucky Derby-Affirmed) is born.
1969 - Houston Don Wilson 2nd no-hitter beats Cincinnati Reds, 4-0.
1973 - SF Giants score 7 runs with 2 outs in 9th to beat the Pirates, 8-7.
1981 - Billie Jean King admits to a lesbian affair with Marilyn Barnett.
1983 - Nolan Ryan surpasses Walter Johnson for most strikeouts (3,508).
1987 - 46 HRs hit in 13 baseball games.
1987 - 46 HRs hit in 13 baseball games.
1991 - A's Rickey Henderson steals an all time record
939th base vs Yanks, breaking Lou Brock's record.
1991 - Texas Ranger Nolan Ryan pitches record 7th no hitter (beats Toronto 3-0).
1992 - Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base.
1996 - Gerald Williams is 1st NY Yankee since 1934 to get 6 hits in a game.
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