TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - APRIL 28TH

1901 - First soccer game between Belgium (8) & Netherlands (0).
1901 - Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as

White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1.
1923 - Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup).
1930 - First night organized baseball game played in Independence Kansas.
1931 - Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track & field.

1952 - St Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan.

1961 - Warren Spahn pitches 2nd no hitter at 41 beats SF Giants, 1-0.

1966 - John Patrick Daly, PGA golfer (1995 British Open), is born in Sacramento, CA.

1967 - Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army & stripped of boxing title.

1970 - Nicklas Lidstrom, Vasteras, NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, Detroit) is born.

1972 - Courts award 1968 Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place

winner due to the winner being given drugs before the race.

1985 - Billy Martin named NY Yankee manager for 4th time.
1987 - NBA announces expansion to Charlotte NC &

Miami FL in 1988 & Minneapolis MN & Orlando FL in 1989.

1988 - Baltimore Orioles lose AL record 21 games in a row.
1990 - Boston Celtics score most points in playoff, beat NY Knicks 157-128.

1993 - Jim Valvano, basketball coach (NC State), dies of cancer at 47.

1993 - Zambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon, 30 soccer players die.

2003 - Andre Agassi recaptures the world no. 1 ranking to become the

oldest top-ranked male in the history of the ATP rankings (33 years, 13 days).

2014 - Jack Ramsay, American Hall of Fame basketball coach, dies from cancer at 89.