1921 - First radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pittsburgh).
1937 - Herb Brooks, American ice hockey coach (d. 2003) is born.
1940 - St Louis Brown John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innings.
1948 - Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6).
1948 - Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6).
1954 - Boxing Hall of Fame's 1st election selects 24 modern & 15 pioneers.
1957 - Brooklyn Sports Authority gets an engineering report on 50,000-seat
stadium in downtown area for estimated $207 million.
1962 - Patrick Ewing, Kingston Jamaica, NBA center (NY Knicks/Olympic-gold-92) is born.
1967 - First time an AFL team beats an NFL team, Broncos beats Detroit 13-7.
1973 - Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro no-hits SD Padres, 9-0.
1973 - Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro no-hits SD Padres, 9-0.
1979 - Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single.
1979 - Willie Mays, Warren Giles, & Hack Wilson inducted in Hall of Fame.
1979 - Willie Mays, Warren Giles, & Hack Wilson inducted in Hall of Fame.
1985 - Baseball Players go on strike for 2 days.
1986 - Paula Creamer, American golfer is born.
1991 - Paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals), dies at 82.
2002 - Chick Hearn, American basketball announcer (b. 1916) dies.
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