1900 - Robert "Lefty" Grove, baseball pitcher (300 game winner) is born.
1906 - Cubs sign 3rd baseman Harry Steinfeldt to complete Tinker-Evers-Chance.
1922 - Babe Ruth signs 3 year contract with NY Yankees at $52,000 a year.
1947 - Richard "Dick" Fosbury, Portland Oregon, high jumper (Olympics-gold-1968) is born.
1964 - Cassius Clay joins the Nation of Islam and its leader
Elijah Muhammad renames him Muhammad Ali.
1967 - Muhammad Ali is ordered by selective service to be inducted.
1972 - Jack Nicklaus, passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner.
1972 - Shaquille O'Neal, Newark NJ, NBA center (Magic, Lakers, Oly-gold-96) is born.
1985 - Enos Slaughter & Arky Vaughan are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
1985 - Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his 1st pro fight.
1985 - Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his 1st pro fight.
1988 - Julie Krone becomes winningest female jockey (1205 victories).
2006 - Kirby Puckett, American baseball player (b. 1960) dies.
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