1888 - Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose is born.
1911 - Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP.
1924 - Gil Hodges, baseball player/manager (Bkln Dodgers, NY Mets) is born.
1933 - Bill France, Jr., NASCAR pioneer (d. 2007) is born.
1938 - A Bartlett Giamatti, Boston, pres of Yale/baseball commish (1989) is born.
1963 - Endzion Barelli, dies 2 days after winning a boxing match at 18.
1974 - Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th.
1985 - Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal.
1986 - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season.
1988 - 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beat Oklahoma 83-79.
1988 - Eddie Hill becomes the world's first driver to cover
1986 - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season.
1988 - 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beat Oklahoma 83-79.
1988 - Eddie Hill becomes the world's first driver to cover
the quarter mile in under 5 seconds.
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle.
1989 - NY Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle.
1989 - NY Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win
puts him 19th overall as Yanks beat Twins on opening day 4-2.
1992 - Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - NY Yankees beat NY Mets 6-4 at Yankee Stadium.
1992 - Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - NY Yankees beat NY Mets 6-4 at Yankee Stadium.
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