1906 - Chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak.
1907 - Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington & loses 3-2 to Detroit.
1907 - Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington & loses 3-2 to Detroit.
1932 - Charlie Grimm replaces Roger Hornsby as manager of Chicago Cubs.
1938 - First test of a yellow baseball (Dodgers vs Cardinals).
1938 - First test of a yellow baseball (Dodgers vs Cardinals).
1959 - SF Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits 1st of his 521 HRs.
1963 - 30th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 20, Green Bay 17 (65,000).
1966 - Tim Wakefield [Timothy Stephen], Melbourne, Florida, American baseball
pitcher (Boston Red Sox-1995 AL Comeback Player of the Year) is born.
1967 - New Orleans Saints 1st pre-season game, they lose to LA Rams 16-77.
1968 - 35th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 34, All-Stars 17 (69,917).
1968 - 35th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 34, All-Stars 17 (69,917).
1973 - George Brett of the Kansas City Royals gets his 1st hit.
1979 - Thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32.
1982 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season.
1987 - Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH).
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