1870 - NY Times dubs baseball "The National Game"
1941 - Joe DiMaggio is named AL MVP
1947 - Joe DiMaggio wins his 3rd MVP, beating Ted Williams by 1 vote
1950 - Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract
1958 - Mike Scioscia, baseball player/manager (LA Dodgers, Anaheim Angels) is born.
1960 - Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHLer to score 1,000 points
1961 - Gordie Howe becomes 1st to play in 1,000 NHL games
1975 - Red Sox's Fred Lynn is 1st rookie to win MVP (AL)
1997 - Lions' Barry Sanders becomes NFL's 2nd all-time rusher
2007 - Sean Taylor, American football player (b. 1983) died at the age of 24
of a mortal gunshot wound to his femoral Artery. Taylor was shot by the armed
intruder at his home in Palmetto Bay, FL where he was recuperating from a football injury.
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