1892 - Entire Hong Kong national cricket team dies in shipwreck off Taiwan.
1899 - IR Johnson patents bicycle frame.
1899 - IR Johnson patents bicycle frame.
1917 - Giants Rube Benton is 1st lefty to pitch a World Series no hitter.
1920 - Phoenix Cardinals (then in Chicago) play 1st NFL game, a 0-0 tie.
1920 - Indian Bill Wambsganns makes 1st unassisted World Series triple play.
1920 - Indian's Elmer Smith hits baseball's 1st World Series grand slam.
1921 - NFL Decatur Staleys become Chicago Staleys, win 14-10.
1920 - Phoenix Cardinals (then in Chicago) play 1st NFL game, a 0-0 tie.
1920 - Indian Bill Wambsganns makes 1st unassisted World Series triple play.
1920 - Indian's Elmer Smith hits baseball's 1st World Series grand slam.
1921 - NFL Decatur Staleys become Chicago Staleys, win 14-10.
1960 - Ron Stewart of Ottawa rushes for CFL-record 287 yards.
1961 - Expansion draft to stock Houston Astros & NY Mets.
1961 - Expansion draft to stock Houston Astros & NY Mets.
1969 - Brett Favre, NFL quarterback (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31) is born.
1974 - Dale Earnhardt Jr, American NASCAR Sprint Cup series driver is born.
1976 - Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man
to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33.
to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33.
1994 - NY Giants retire Lawrence Taylor's #56.
2004 - Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (b. 1963) dies while the autopsy
results state that he died of "acute intoxication due to the combined effects of
cocaine and opiates" caused his death, with coronary artery disease and cardiac
hypertrophy (an enlarged heart) as contributing factors.
results state that he died of "acute intoxication due to the combined effects of
cocaine and opiates" caused his death, with coronary artery disease and cardiac
hypertrophy (an enlarged heart) as contributing factors.
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