1911 - White Sox Ed Walsh stops Ty Cobb's 40-game hitting streak.
1918 - Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver (d. 1984) is born.
1919 - Cincinnati Reds are 10½ games back in NL, & win World Series.
1919 - Jack Dempsey KOs Jess Willard in Cuba for heavyweight championship.
1923 - Jack Dempsey beats Tommy Gibbon in 15 for Heavyweight boxing title.
1919 - Jack Dempsey KOs Jess Willard in Cuba for heavyweight championship.
1923 - Jack Dempsey beats Tommy Gibbon in 15 for Heavyweight boxing title.
1929 - Al Davis, Brocton Mass, American businessman and
NFL team owner Oakland Raiders (d. 2011) is born.
1930 - George Steinbrenner, Rocky River Ohio, owner (NY Yankees)
ship builder/horse owner, (d. 2010) is born.
1938 - First game at Shribe Park, Phila; Braves beat Phillies 10-5.
1939 - Red Sox Jim Tabor hits 2 grand slams in 1 game.
1939 - Yankees retire 1st uniform (Lou Gehrig #4), 1st Old Timers Day.
1939 - Red Sox Jim Tabor hits 2 grand slams in 1 game.
1939 - Yankees retire 1st uniform (Lou Gehrig #4), 1st Old Timers Day.
1962 - Pam Shriver, Balt MD, tennis star (1991 US Open doubles/Oly-gold-88) is born.
1973 - In audience with Italian Cyclists, Pope Paul VI praises athletes
who "offer the magnificent show of a healthy, strong, generous youth".
1977 - Cubs use fielder Larry Bittner as a pitcher.
1980 - Nolan Ryan is 4th to strikeout 3,000.
1983 - NY Yankee Dave Righetti no-hits the Red Sox.
1984 - NY Yankee Phil Niekro is 9th to strikeout 3,000.
1984 - NY Yankee Phil Niekro is 9th to strikeout 3,000.
1995 - Richard "Pancho" Gonzalez, tennis great, dies of stomach cancer at 67.
2009 - Steve McNair, American football player (b. 1973) was fatally shot
by his mistress, Sahel Kazemi, in a murder–suicide..
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