TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - APRIL 30TH

1887 - First game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park

(Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10.

1905 - First official soccer game between Belgium-Netherlands (1-4).
1910 - Cleveland Indian Addie Joss wins 2nd no-hitter beating White Sox.
1916 - Chicago Cubs play 1st game at Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) beat Reds.

1922 - Chicago White Sox Charles Robertson perfect games Detroit Tigers, 2-0.

1938 - The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between

Huddersfield Town and Preston North End.
1940 - Brooklyn Dodger Tex Carleton no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 3-0.
1946 - Cleveland Indian Bob Feller's 2nd no-hitter beats NY Yankees, 1-0.

1953 - Little-Bigger League changes its name to Babe Ruth League.
1958 - Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits.

1961 - Isiah Thomas, NBA forward (Detroit Piston;

1990 NBA playoff MVP), born in Chicago, Illinois.

1967 - NY Met pitcher Tom Seaver wins hist 1st game.
1967 - Orioles' Stu Miller & Steve Barber lose 2-1 despite no-hitting Tigers.

1969 - Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney 3rd no-hitter beats Houston Astros, 10-0.
1970 - Cubs Billy Williams is 1st NLer to play in 1,000 consecutive games.
1971 - 25th NBA Championship: Milwaukee beat Baltimore Bullets in 4 games.

1976 - Muhammad Ali beats Jimmy Young in 15 for Heavyweight boxing title.

1984 - Strong winds cause a 30 minute delay in Toronto Blue Jays game..

1987 - NY Islander Mike Bossy plays his final game

1994 - Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver, dies in crash at 31.

2012 - Manchester City defeat Manchester United 1-0 in what is claimed

to be the biggest match in the English Premier League's history.