THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 20TH

1910 - First appearance of cork centered baseball in World Series.

1910 - The hull of the RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, 

is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland..

1924 - First Negro League World Series: KC Monarchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0.

1931 - Mickey Mantle, NY Yankee, home run slugger (1956 Triple Crown) is born.
1932 - Roosevelt Brown, Virginia, NFL hall of fame tackle (NY Giants) is born.
1934 - All-Star team led by Babe Ruth & Connie Mack sails to Hawaii & Japan.

1937 - Juan Marichal, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher (SF Giants) is born.

1954 - Willie Shaw, race car driver (Indy 500-1937, 39, 40), dies at 51.

1963 - Jim Brown sets NFL single-season rushing record, 1,863 yds.

1976 - NY Nets Julius "Dr J" Erving sold to Philadelphia 76ers.

1981 - First NBA game at Meadowlands Arena, NJ Nets lose to NY Knicks 103-99.

1982 - During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 

66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki Stadium disaster is Moscow.

1996 - Braves Andruw Jones is youngest player to homer in World Series.

2007 - Max McGee, American football player (b. 1932) dies.
2008 - Gene Hickerson, American football Hall of Famer (b. 1935) dies.