1897 - Chicago beats Louisville 36-7 (baseball).
1933 - Primo Carnera KOs Jack Sharkey in 6th round for Heavyweight boxing title
1936 - Minnesota Twins future slugger Harmon Killebrew is born.
1950 - US beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994).
1961 - Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more HRs twice in a season.
1967 - Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (b. 1906) dies.
1969 - On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes
Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive games played (896).
1983 - Angel Cordero wins his 5,000th Horse Races.
1984 - Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski.
1984 - Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski.
1990 - A's Dave Stewart no-hits Blue Jays & Dodger's Fernando Valenzuela
no-hits St Louis 6-0, 1st time no-hitters in both leagues.
1995 - George Foreman loses IBF boxing title, refused to fight Axel Schulz.
2006 - Northwestern football coach Randy Walker dies of an
apparent heart attack at age 52 (b. 1954).
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