1898 - Phillies Red Donahue no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0.
1900 - First night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids).
1902 - John McGraw, accused by Ban Johnson of trying to wreck Baltimore
1900 - First night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids).
1902 - John McGraw, accused by Ban Johnson of trying to wreck Baltimore
& Washington clubs, negotiates his release from the Orioles.
1909 - First pro baseball game (Minor League) played under lights.
1918 - Babe Ruth's blast over the fence in Fenway scores Amos Strunk,
1909 - First pro baseball game (Minor League) played under lights.
1918 - Babe Ruth's blast over the fence in Fenway scores Amos Strunk,
the Red Sox win 1-0 over Cleveland, prevailing rules reduce Babe's HR to a triple.
1931 - Roone Arledge, Forest Hills NY, head of sports broadcasting (ABC) is born.
1946 - Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary.
1949 - Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson are first blacks to play for NY Giants.
1973 - NY Mets are 12½ games back in NL and go on to win pennant.
1991 - Pittsburgh Pirate President Carl Barger becomes first president of Florida Marlins.
1991 - Major league umpire Steve Palermo & former NFL defensive lineman
1991 - Major league umpire Steve Palermo & former NFL defensive lineman
Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed.
1995 - First CFL game between two US teams, Las Vegas Posse vs Sacramento Gold.
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