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Events in Sport

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1906 - Chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak
1907 - Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington & loses 3-2 to Detroit
1912 - 18th US Golf Open: John McDermott shoots a 294 at CC of Buffalo NY
1929 - Phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a HR
1932 - Charlie Grimm replaces Roger Hornsby as manager of Chicago Cubs
1938 - 1st test of a yellow baseball (Dodgers vs Cardinals)
1944 - Amsterdam soccer team "The Volewijckers" plays in orange shirts
1959 - 41st PGA Championship: Bob Rosburg shoots a 277 at Minneapolis GC
1959 - SF Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits 1st of his 521 HRs
1961 - St Louis Cards (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 36-7 in Toronto
1963 - 30th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 20, Green Bay 17 (65,000)
1964 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open
1967 - New Orleans Saints 1st pre-season game, they lose to LA Rams 16-77
1968 - 35th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 34, All-Stars 17 (69,917)
1970 - Baltimore defeats KC 10-8, Orioles 23rd straight win over the Royals
1973 - George Brett gets his 1st hit
1981 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
1982 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season
1987 - 25th Tennis Fed Cup: Germany beats USA in Vancouver Canada (2-1)
1987 - Chris Johnson wins Columbia Savings LPGA National Golf Pro-Am
1987 - Kevin Seitzer (KC Royals), gets 6 hits in one baseball game
1987 - Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH)
1992 - Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Welch's Golf Classic
1993 - Peter Angelos & William DeWitt purchase Orioles
1998 - 26th du Maurier Golf Classic
1998 - 30th Curtis Cup: US wins 10-8 at The Minikahda Club (Minneapolis, Minnesota, US)

Birthdays in Sport

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1882 - Red Ames, baseball player (d. 1936)
1887 - Tommy Ward, Former South African cricketer (d. 1936)
1895 - Matthew Henderson, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in NZ's 1st Test)
1925 - John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player
1928 - Malcolm Hilton, Former England cricketer (d. 1990)
1931 - Eddie Fuller, cricketer (South African fast bowler in 7 Tests 1952-58)
1931 - Viliam Schrojf, Slovak footballer (d. 2007)
1932 - Lamar Hunt, NFL owner (KC Chiefs)
1934 - Carl Cecil Cain, Freeport Ill, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1956)
1937 - William Cannon, football player (Heisman-1959)
1938 - Brunhilde Hendrix, German FR, relay runner (Olympic-silver-1960)
1942 - Leo Beenhakker, Dutch soccer trainer
1943 - Tom Burgmeier, American baseball player
1952 - Angel Herrera, Cuba, FW/LW boxer (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1954 - Sammy McIlroy, Irish soccer star
1956 - Bill Murchison Jr, Lake Charles LA, Nike golfer (1994 Boise Open-2nd)
1957 - Stephen Kelly Petterson, Auckland NZ, Smallbore rifle (Olympics-96)
1958 - Arshad Ayub, cricketer (Indian off-spinner of the late 1980's)
1958 - Sammy McIlroy, soccer player
1960 - Linda Fratianne, US, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1980)
1961 - Ed West, NFL tight end (Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons)
1963 - Caroline Pierce, Cheshire England, golfer (1995 JAL Big Apple Classic-2nd)
1963 - Jeff Bloom, Seattle Wash, Canadian Tour golfer (1988 Montana Open)
1964 - John Cullen, Puslinch, NHL center (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1965 - Takayuki Iizuka, wrestler (NJPW)
1966 - Joseph Wanag, Wilson Ct, US judoka (Olympic-92)
1966 - Tim Wakefield, Melbourne FL, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
1966 - Tim Wakefield, American baseball player
1967 - Aaron Krickstein, Ann Arbor Mich, tennis player (Tel Aviv 1983)
1967 - Martin Laamers, soccer player (Vitesse)
1968 - Sean Groom, Northford Conn, rower (Olympics-1996)
1968 - Stefan Effenberg, German footballer
1969 - Cedric Ceballos, NBA forward (LA Lakers, Phoenix Suns)
1969 - Erik Meijer, Dutch soccer player (PSV, Uerdingen)
1969 - Fernando Couto, Portuguese footballer
1970 - Chainey Umphrey, Albuquerque NM, gymnast (Olympics-5th-96)
1970 - Elijah Alexander, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos)
1970 - Jonathan Andrew Kaye, Denver CO, PGA golfer (1995 Quad City-2nd)
1970 - Philo Wallace, cricketer (WI ODI opening batsman 1991-92)
1970 - Tony Amonte, Hingham MA, NHL right wing (Chicago Blackhawks, USA)
1970 - Wes Bender, WLAF/NFL running back (Frankfurt Galaxy, NO Saints)
1971 - Dick Schreuder, Dutch soccer player (PSV/FC Groningen/RKC)
1971 - Fernando Smith, NFL defensive end (Minnesota Vikings)
1971 - Michael Hughes, Irish footballer
1972 - Lee McClinton, NFL running back (Miami Dolphins)
1972 - Nathan Thomas, Australian water polo player (Olympics-96)
1972 - Mohamed Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabian footballer
1973 - George Zidek, NBA center (Denver Nuggets, Charlotte Hornets)
1973 - Karina Habsudova, Bojnice Slovakia, tennis star (1995 Futures Czech)
1973 - Nancy Drolet, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
1973 - Danie Keulder, Former Namibian cricketer
1974 - Nabil Bouchlal, soccer player (Willem II)
1974 - Paul Grasmanis, defensive tackle (Chicago Bears)
1975 - Mineiro, Brazilian footballer
1976 - Michael Weiss, Washington DC, figure skater (1997 World Champ-7th)
1978 - Goran Gavrančić, Serbian footballer
1978 - Matt Guerrier, American baseball player
1980 - Ivica Banović, Croatian footballer
1982 - Hélder Postiga, Portuguese footballer
1982 - Grady Sizemore, American baseball player
1984 - Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer

Deaths in Sport

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1955 - Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1901)
1974 - W. Douglas Hawkes, British racing driver (b. 1893)
1979 - Thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32
1980 - Verdun John Scott, cricketer (ten Tests for NZ), dies
1985 - Sandy Bell, South African cricket pace bowler (16 Tests), dies
1995 - Brian Smith, British sportscaster, dies