1921 - First radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts).
1927 - Phillies Cy Williams hits for cycle in just 4 at bats.
1936 - At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal.
1927 - Phillies Cy Williams hits for cycle in just 4 at bats.
1936 - At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal.
1940 - St Louis Brown John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innings.
1954 - Boxing Hall of Fame's 1st election selects 24 modern & 15 pioneers.
1957 - Brooklyn Sports Authority gets an engineering report on 50,000-seat
stadium in downtown area for estimated $207 million.
1959 - Chicago Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 55-26 in Toronto.
1961 - Chicago Bears (NFL) beat Montreal Alouettes (CFL) 34-16 in Montreal.
1959 - Chicago Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 55-26 in Toronto.
1961 - Chicago Bears (NFL) beat Montreal Alouettes (CFL) 34-16 in Montreal.
1962 - Patrick Ewing, Kingston Jamaica, NBA center (NY Knicks/Olympic-gold-92) is born.
1966 - 33rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 38, All-Stars 0 (72,000).
1967 - First time an AFL team beats an NFL team, Broncos beats Detroit 13-7.
1973 - Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro no-hits SD Padres, 9-0.
1973 - Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro no-hits SD Padres, 9-0.
1979 - Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single.
1979 - Willie Mays, Warren Giles, & Hack Wilson inducted in Hall of Fame.
1979 - Willie Mays, Warren Giles, & Hack Wilson inducted in Hall of Fame.
1991 - Paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals), dies at 82.
2002 - Chick Hearn, American basketball announcer (b. 1916) dies.
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