1912 - Wash Senator Carl Cushion no-hits Cleve Indians, 2-0 in 6 innings.
1915 - White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleveland in exchange for
1915 - White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleveland in exchange for
Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, & $31,500.
1920 - Red Sox-Indians game postponed in Boston to allow Indian players to
1920 - Red Sox-Indians game postponed in Boston to allow Indian players to
attend Ray Chapman's funeral in Cleveland. Chapman remains the only
Major League Baseball player to have died from being hit by a pitch. Chapman
died 12 hours after being hit in the head by a pitch thrown by Yankees pitcher Carl Mays.
1922 - First world championship athletics for women, held in Paris.
1931 - Don King, boxing promoter best known for his association with
Mike Tyson and for his unusual hairstyles is born .
1938 - Lou Gehrig hits record 23rd & last grand slam.
1945 - Dodgers Tommy Brown, 17, is youngest player to hit a HR.
1947 - Boston Braves hit a million attendance for 1st time.
1957 - Chicago White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Washington Senators, 6-0.
1958 - Cubs use 1st baseman Dale Long as their 1st lefty catcher since 1906.
1958 - Detroit Tiger Jim Bunning no-hits Boston Red Sox, 3-0.
1965 - Eddie Mathews & Hank Aaron (1954-65) pass Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig
hitting 772 HRs while playing together on the same team.
1974 - Nolan Ryan pitch measured at record 161.6 kph (100.4 mph).
1989 - Howard Johnson joins Barry Bonds & Willie Mays to hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases.
1991 - Dolphin Dan Marino surpasses Joe Montana as the highest paid
NFL player with a 5-year extension for $25 million.
2005 - Thomas Herrion, football player (b. 1981) collapsed and died in the locker room
of an Ischaemic heart disease or hypertropic cardiomyopathy at the age of 23.
2008 - Gene Upshaw, American football player and union leader (b. 1945) died.
2008 - Gene Upshaw, American football player and union leader (b. 1945) died.
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