Tuesday, September 16, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - SEPTEMBER 16TH

1906 - Kaarlo Nieminen wins 1st Finnish marathon.
1931 - St Louis Cards repeat as NL champions with a 6-3 win over Phillies.
1939 - NY Yankees clinch their 11th & 4th successive pennant.
1950 - Cleveland Browns (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, beat Phila 35-10).
1953 - AL approves St Louis Browns move to become Baltimore Orioles.
1960 - Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 4-0.
1965 - Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead no-hits Cleve Indians, 2-0.
1967 - Anni Pede runs female world record marathon (3:07:26).
1975 - Pirates beat Cubs 22-0, Rennie Stennett is 3rd to go 7 for 7.
1987 - California's Bob Boone catches record 1,919th major league game.
1988 - Cincinnati Reds Tom Browning pitches a perfect game, beats Dodgers, 1-0.
1993 - Minnesota Twins Dave Winfield, is 19th to get 3,000 hits.
1995 - Greg Maddux of Braves sets record of 17 consecutive road victory.
1997 - Mark McGwire signs with the St Louis Cardinals for $26M.
2000 - Sammy Sosa becomes the second player to hit 50 or more
home runs in three consecutive years, joining Mark McGwire.

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