1845 - First baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code.
1939 - Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits & beat Phillies 22-4.
1943 - Marty Schottenheimer, American football coach is born.
1952 - 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event.
1952 - Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
1983 - Gerrie Coetzee KOs Michael Dokes in 10 for Heavyweight boxing title.
1983 - Phillies Steve Carlton is 16th to wins 300 game (beating Cards).
1984 - SF 49er Joe Montana misses his first start in 49 games.
1988 - Jose Canseco is baseball's 1st to steal 40 bases & hit 40 HRs.
1988 - Jose Canseco is baseball's 1st to steal 40 bases & hit 40 HRs.
1992 - First female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie)
for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period.
1997 - Seattle Mariners break record for most HRs in a year (258).
1997 - Seattle Mariners break record for most HRs in a year (258).
1997 - Abe Gibron, head coach (Chicago Bears), dies at 72.
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