1928 - Dick "Night Train" Lane, NFL defensive back (Rams, Cards, Lions) is born.
1929 - NY Yankees become first team to wear uniform numbers.
1935 - Babe Ruth's first NL game, for Boston Braves, included a HR.
1935 - Babe Ruth's first NL game, for Boston Braves, included a HR.
1940 - First televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition).
1946 - Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver and auto designer (b. 1884) dies.
1947 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, [Lew Alcindor], NBA center
(Milwaukee Bucks, LA Lakers), NYC, New York is born.
1952 - Bill Belichick, Nashville Tennessee, American football coach
(New England Patriots, 4 Super Bowls) is born.
1959 - NY Yankees unveil their first message scoreboard.
1959 - Phils' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit.
1959 - Phils' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit.
1972 - First Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jane Blalock.
1972 - Chicago Cub Burt Hooton no-hits Phillies, 1-0.
1972 - Chicago Cub Burt Hooton no-hits Phillies, 1-0.
1980 - Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis.
1987 - Michael Jordon becomes 2nd NBA to score 3000 points in a season.
1989 - First Seniors Golf Tradition: Don Bies wins.
1989 - First Seniors Golf Tradition: Don Bies wins.
1991 - St Louis Blues becomes 8th NHL team in play-offs to come back
from a 3-1 deficit as they beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in game 7.
1992 - NY Rangers win team record 50th game.
1992 - NY Rangers win team record 50th game.
2007 - Maria Lenk, Brazilian swimmer and first Brazilian
woman to compete in the Olympic Games (b. 1915) dies.
2013 - Pat Summerall, NFL player and sportscaster, dies from cardiac arrest at 82.
2013 - Pat Summerall, NFL player and sportscaster, dies from cardiac arrest at 82.
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