1903 - Barney Dreyfuss & James Potter buys Philadelphia Phillies for $170,000
1931 - Ban Johnson, created (baseball's AL), dies after a long illness
1940 - First televised basketball game (U of Pitts beats Fordham U, 50-37)
1940 - Mario Andretti, Italian American race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500,
1978 Formula One World Champion) is born.
1945 - Charles "Bubba" Smith, Tx, NFLer (Balt Colts)/actor (Police Academy) is born.
1957 - Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory
1960 - US wins Olympic hockey gold medal by defeating Canada
1966 - Sandy Koufax & Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Dodgers
1966 - Sandy Koufax & Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Dodgers
1970 - Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge
1981 - Calvin Murphy (Hou), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws
1986 - Peter Uberroth suspended 7 Baseball Players for 1 year, after they
admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs
1989 - Red Schoendienst & Al Barlick elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
1998 - Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points
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