1866 - Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle.
1866 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/1st commissioner of baseball is born.
1902 - George Lefevre & Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race.
1902 - George Lefevre & Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race.
1928 - Boston Gardens opens, Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0.
1934 - Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's HR, US beats Japan 1-0.
1934 - Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's HR, US beats Japan 1-0.
1952 - Cubs slugger Hank Sauer wins NL MVP.
1962 - Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP.
1969 - Pele scores his 1,000th soccer goal.
1969 - SF Giant Willie McCovey edges Tom Seaver as NL MVP.
1969 - SF Giant Willie McCovey edges Tom Seaver as NL MVP.
1977 - Steve Largent begins NFL streak of 177 consecutive game receptions.
1977 - Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards.
1977 - Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards.
1981 - Carlos Boozer, Chicago Bulls basketball player is born.
1985 - NY Yankee Don Mattingly easily wins AL MVP.
1989 - Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Robin Yount wins AL MVP.
1990 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson wins AL MVP.
1990 - Sacramento Kings last NBA win on the road for over a year.
1991 - Atlanta Braves Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP.
1989 - Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Robin Yount wins AL MVP.
1990 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson wins AL MVP.
1990 - Sacramento Kings last NBA win on the road for over a year.
1991 - Atlanta Braves Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP.
1995 - Sergei Grinkov, figure skater (Oly-gold), dies of heart attack at 28.
1997 - Last original Florida Marlin, Jeff Conine, traded to KC Royals.
2006 - Andre Waters, American football player (b. 1962) committed suicide
dying of a gunshot to the head in his Tampa, Florida home due to the first recorded
case of degenerated brain disease named Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.
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