1780 - The Derby horse race is held for the first time.
1883 - First night baseball under lights, Ft Wayne Indiana.
1883 - First night baseball under lights, Ft Wayne Indiana.
1901 - Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY).
1903 - Pirates win a triple header from Dodgers.
1903 - Pirates win a triple header from Dodgers.
1920 - Tex Schramm, American football team president
and general manager (d. 2003) is born.
1925 - NY Yankee Lou Gehrig begins his 2,130 consecutive game streak.
1935 - Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player.
1935 - Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player.
1938 - Gene Michael, baseball shortstop/manager/general manger (NY Yankees) is born.
1941 - Lou Gehrig, 1st baseman (NY Yankee), dies of ALS in Riverdale NY at 37.
1942 - Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a Navy aviator.
1942 - Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a Navy aviator.
1944 - Garo Yepremian, NFL place kicker (Miami Dolphins) is born.
1953 - Craig Robert Stadler, San Diego CA, PGA golfer (Masters 1982) is born.
1958 - Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford fans 6 in a row to tie an AL record.
1992 - Former NFL NY Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery.
1993 - Johnny Mize, baseball player, dies at 80.
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