1892 - Charlie Reilly is baseball's first pinch hitter.
1922 - First official International Weightlifting Federation Champ (Tallinn, Estonia).
1922 - George Allen, football coach (LA Rams, Washington Redskins) is born.
1934 - Pittsburgh is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday.
1934 - Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan baseball player is born (Chicago White Sox).
1936 - First pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5.
1936 - First pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5.
1951 - Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (d. 2001) is born.
1961 - ABC's "Wide World of Sports" debuts.
1965 - Reggie Miller, Hall of Fame NBA player (Indiana Pacers) is born.
1970 - Andre Agassi, Las Vegas Nev, tennis star (Oly-gold-96, US Open 1994) is born.
1981 - Phillies Steve Carlton is 1st lefty to strike out 3,000 batters.
1983 - Jay Cutler, Chicago bears quarterback is born.
2003 - Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 2007) is born.
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