1883 - 1st night baseball under lights, Fort Wayne Indiana.
1901 - Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY).
1903 - Pirates win a triple header from Dodgers.
1901 - Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY).
1903 - Pirates win a triple header from Dodgers.
1920 - Tex Schramm, American football team president
and general manager, Dallas Cowboys (d. 2003) is born.
1925 - NY Yankee Lou Gehrig begins his 2,130 consecutive game streak.
1935 - Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player.
1935 - Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player.
1941 - Lou Gehrig, 1st baseman (NY Yankee), dies of ALS in Riverdale NY at 37.
1942 - Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a US Navy aviator.
1942 - Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a US Navy aviator.
1944 - Garo Yepremian, NFL place kicker (Miami Dolphins) is born.
1958 - Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford fans 6 in a row to tie an AL record.
1958 - Lex Lugar, [Larry Pfohl], wrestler
(WWF/WCW/NWA), born in Atlanta, GA is born.
1960 - Kyle Petty, American racing car driver is born.
1960 - Kyle Petty, American racing car driver is born.
1970 - Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer, designer,
and founder of eponymous race team (b. 1937) dies.
1992 - Former NFL NY Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery.
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