1733 - First international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni.
1907 - Weeb Ewbank, NFL coach (Baltimore Colts, NY Jets) is born.
1915 - Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut & 1st HR, loses to Yanks 4-3 in 15.
1917 - St Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0.
1921 - American Soccer League forms.
1925 - Ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884.
1917 - St Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0.
1921 - American Soccer League forms.
1925 - Ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884.
1931 - Willie Mays, Westfield Alabama, baseball centerfielder
(Giants, NY Mets), "Say Hey Kid" (660 HRs, MVP 1954) is born.
1937 - Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Clifton, New Jersey, American boxer whose
murder convictions were overturned after 19 years in prison is born (d. 2014).
1951 - Pittsburgh Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0.
1953 - Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Philadelphia A's, 6-0.
1953 - Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Philadelphia A's, 6-0.
1982 - Seattle Mariner Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games.
1988 - Doughnutgate incident: NJ Devils' coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee
Don Koharski to 'eat another doughnut you fat pig!,' he is suspended.
1998 - Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by
Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his 5th career start.
2010 - Robin Roberts, American baseball player (b. 1926) dies.
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