TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - AUGUST 20TH

1912 - Washington Senator Carl Cushion no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0 in 6 innings.
1915 - White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleve in exchange for

Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, & $31,500.
1920 - Red Sox-Indians game postponed in Boston to allow

Indian players to attend Ray Chapman's funeral in Cleveland.

1922 - First world championship athletics for women, held in Paris.

1931 - Don King, boxing promoter best known for his association with

Mike Tyson and for his unusual hairstyles is born.

1938 - Lou Gehrig hits record 23rd & last grand slam.

1945 - Dodgers Tommy Brown, 17, is youngest player to hit a HR.

1957 - Chicago White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Wash Senators, 6-0.

1958 - Dale Long of the Cubs becomes 1st major league lefty catcher in 52 years.
1958 - Detroit Tiger Jim Bunning no-hits Boston Red Sox, 3-0.

1965 - Eddie Mathews & Hank Aaron (1954-65) pass Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig

hitting 772 HRs while playing together on the same team.

1974 - Nolan Ryan pitch measured at record 161.6 kph (100.4 mph).

1980 - NY Yankee Bob Watson hits Seattle Kingdome speaker, 2nd straight day.
1980 - Cleveland Dan Spillner, 545 ERA, is 2 outs from a no-hitter

when White Sox rookie Leo Sutherland singles.
1982 - Don Lever becomes 1st captain of NJ Devils.
1989 - Howard Johnson joins Barry Bonds & Willie Mays

to hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases.

1990 - George Steinbrenner steps down as NY Yankee owner.

1991 - Dolphin Dan Marino surpasses Joe Montana as the highest paid

NFL player with a 5-year extension for $25 million.

2008 - Gene Upshaw, American football player and union leader (b. 1945) dies.