1928 - Babe Ruth hits HR # 42 & is 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace.
1936 - Adolf Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin.
1936 - Adolf Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin.
1945 - Mel Ott is 1st in NL to hit 500th HR (joins Babe Ruth & Jimmy Foxx).
1950 - First Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons).
1952 - Nancy Lopez, professional golfer is born.
1957 - Glen Gorbous throws a baseball a record 136 m (445'10").
1959 - New Continental baseball league formed.
1962 - Boston Red Sox Bill Monboquette no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0.
1959 - New Continental baseball league formed.
1962 - Boston Red Sox Bill Monboquette no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0.
1976 - Seattle Seahawks play 1st (preseason) game (SF 27, Seattle 20).
1977 - SF Giant Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th grand slammer.
1978 - Braves stop Reds Pete Rose's hitting streak at 44 games.
1977 - SF Giant Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th grand slammer.
1978 - Braves stop Reds Pete Rose's hitting streak at 44 games.
1982 - Greg Louganis, US, becomes first diver to score 700 (752.67) in 11 dives.
1993 - Reggie Jackson enshrined in Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.
1993 - Ewing Kaufman, founder/owner (KC Royals), dies of lung cancer at 76.
2001 - Korey Stringer, American football player (b. 1974) suffered from
heat stroke during the Vikings 2001 preseason training camp,
and died as a result of complications.
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