1850 - Albert Spaulding, baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company is born.
1901 - Adolph Rupp, American college basketball coach (d. 1977) is born.
1916 - Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 US tennis titles is born.
1927 - Rumour starts that Yankee Lou Gehrig will be traded to Tigers.
1937 - Peter Ueberroth, organized LA Olympics (1984)/baseball commissioner is born.
1948 - Terry Bradshaw, NFL QB (Pittsburgh Steelers)/announcer (CBS, FOX) is born.
1952 - [James] Jimmy Connors, St. Louis Illinois,
1952 - [James] Jimmy Connors, St. Louis Illinois,
US tennis champion (US Open-78, 82, 83 Wimbledon-74, 82) is born.
1956 - Orioles trailing Red Sox 8-0 come back to win 11-10 in 9 innings.
1957 - Milwaukee Braves' Frank Torre scores 6 runs in 1 game.
1957 - Milwaukee Braves' Frank Torre scores 6 runs in 1 game.
1960 - Eric Dickerson, Texas, NFL halfback
(LA Rams, Colts/2,105 yds in 1984) is born.
1960 - Tamara & Irina Press (USSR) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold.
1960 - Tamara & Irina Press (USSR) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold.
1962 - Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place.
1965 - Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his 400th HR (off Curt Simmons).
1971 - Chris Evert & Jimmy Connors win their 1st US Open tennis matches.
1972 - Chicago Cubs Milt Pappas no-hits SD Padres, 1-0.
1978 - Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years.
1989 - A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commisioner, dies at 51.
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