Wednesday, April 2, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - APRIL 2ND

1907 - Luke Appling, American baseball player (d. 1991) is born.
1927 - Billy Pierce, pitcher (Chicago White Sox) seven time all star is born.
1931 - Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig 
in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1938 - Whirlaway, American thoroughbred racehorse, 
1941 Triple Crown Winner (d. 1953) is born.
1955 - Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a 
tournament playing under table tennis rules.
1972 - Gil Hodges, manager (NY Mets), dies of heart attack at 57 is born.
1976 - A's trade prospective free agents Reggie Jackson & Ken Holtzman, 
to Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez & Paul Mitchell.
1980 - Wayne Gretzky becomes first teenager to score 50 goals in a season.
1988 - Simply Majestic sets horse racing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45.
1995 - Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26.
1995 - Wrestlemania XI in Conn-Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow.
2005 - James Stewart Jr. becomes first African American 
to win a major motor sports event.
2010 - Mike Cuellar, Cuban baseball player (b. 1937) is born.

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