TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - APRIL 28TH

1901 - Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as 

White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1
1923 - Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup)
1930 - First night organized baseball game played in Independence Kansas
1931 - Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track & field

1961 - Warren Spahn pitches 2nd no hitter at 41 beats SF Giants, 1-0

1964 - Barry Larkin, Cincinnati OH, Hall of Fame infielder (Cincinnati Reds) is born

1967 - Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army & stripped of boxing title

1972 - Courts award 1968 Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place 

winner due to the winner being given drugs before the race

1987 - NBA announces expansion to Charlotte NC & Miami Fla in 1988 

& Minneapolis Minn & Orlando Fla in 1989

1988 - Baltimore Orioles lose AL record 21 games in a row

1993 - Jim Valvano, basketball coach (NC State), dies of cancer at 47

1993 - Zambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon, 30 soccer players die
1993 - NY Islanders beat Wash Caps 4 to 1 in playoffs, Caps Dale Hunter 

attacks Pierre Turgeon after scoring, in hockey's worst cheap shot