TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 18TH

1889 - 1st all NYC World Series NY Giants (NL) play Bkln (AA).
1891 - 1st international 6-day bicycle race in US

(Madison Square Garden, NYC) begins.

1924 - Harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs).

1928 - Keith Jackson, Carrolton Ga, sportscaster (ABC Monday Night Football) is born.

1930 - Joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day.

1939 - Mike Ditka, Carnegie Pennsylvania, NFL coach/tight-end

(Bears, Cowboys, NFL rookie year 1961) is born.
1950 - Connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years.

1953 - Willie Thrower becomes 1st black NFL quarterback in modern times.

1956 - Martina Navratilova, Revnice Czech, tennis (Wimbledon 1989,79,82-87) is born.
1960 - Casey Stengel retired by NY Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years).

1967 - AL votes to allow Athletics to move from KC to Oakland

& expand league to 12 teams in 1971 with KC & Seattle teams.
1968 - Bob Beamon of USA sets long jump record (29 ft. 2½ in.) in Mexico City.

1968 - US Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith & John Carlos

for giving "black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony.

1974 - Chicago Bull Nate Thurmond becomes 1st in NBA to complete

a quadruple double-22 pts, 14 rebounds, 13 assists & 12 blocks.

1977 - Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive homers tying Ruth's series record.

1995 - NHL Winnipeg Jets sold to Americans who plan to move them to Phoenix.

2009 - QB Tom Brady throws five second quarter touchdowns against

the Tennessee Titans, an NFL record for touchdown passes in one quarter.