1921 - Babe Ruth becomes all time HR champ with #120 (Gavvy Cravath).
1944 - Joe Nuxhall at 15, of the Cincinnati Reds, becomes youngest ML baseball player.
1946 - Jack Johnson, first black Heavyweight champion, dies in car accident at 68.
1952 - Chicago White Sox Sam Mele is 6th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th).
1962 - A record 54 home runs hit in baseball.
1962 - Brent Sutter, Viking, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks) &
Duane Sutter, (NY Islanders) are born.
1972 - Hank Aaron's grandslammer (14) ties him for NL lead with Gil Hodges
& moves him ahead of Willie Mays as #2 HR hitter (649).
1974 - Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker on Astrodome roof.
1981 - Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits.
1985 - Bob Prince, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), dies at 68.
1986 - A Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's NL.
1997 - Kevin Brown of Florida Marlins no hits SF Giants 9-0.
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