1859 - Charles Comiskey, 1st basemen/manager (Chicago White Sox) is born.
1900 - Start of the one & only olympic cricket match, in Paris.
1909 - Indianapolis 500 race track opens.
1917 - Sunday benefit baseball game at Polo Grounds results in
1917 - Sunday benefit baseball game at Polo Grounds results in
John McGraw & Christy Mathewson's arrest for violating Blue laws.
1921 - Ty Cobb, is 4th to get 3,000 hits.
1921 - Ty Cobb, is 4th to get 3,000 hits.
1931 - Willie Shoemaker, jockey (won 8,833 of 40,350 starts) is born.
1934 - Renee Richards, [Richard Rankind], trans-sexual tennis player is born.
1945 - Phillies Jimmie Foxx, 37, pitches 1st 7 innings vs Reds & wins.
1957 - NY Giants vote 8-1 to move their franchise to SF in 1958.
1965 - Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney 2nd no-hitter of year beats Chicago Cubs, 1-0.
1969 - Chicago Cub Ken Holtzman no-hits Atlanta Braves, 3-0.
1969 - Chicago Cub Ken Holtzman no-hits Atlanta Braves, 3-0.
1983 - LSU footballer Billy Cannon sentenced to 5 yrs for counterfeiting.
1988 - NY Rangers sign ex-Canadien great Guy LaFluer.
1995 - Mike Tyson returns to the ring & DQs Peter McNeeley in 38 seconds.
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