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Events in Sport

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1870 - Magic (US) defeats Cambria (Engld) in 2nd running of America's Cup
1900 - 1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket Club in Mass, & won by US 2 days later
1902 - 2nd Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in New York (3-2)
1903 - 3rd Davis Cup: British Isles beats USA in Boston (4-1)
1922 - Pirates set record of 46 hits in a doubleheader (against Phillies)
1931 - Wash Senator Bob Burke no-hits Boston Red Sox, 5-0
1946 - Dreyfuss family, owners of Pittsburgh Pirates since 1900, sells club to Frank McKinney & John Galbreath for $25 million
1950 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA All-American Golf Open
1961 - Ham Tigercats (CFL) beat Buff Bills (NFL) 38-21 in Hamilton, Ontario
1963 - LA Dodgers F Howard & B Skowron are 3rd to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1965 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Milwaukee Golf Open
1970 - NY Yankees honor Casey Stengel, retiring his number 37 (BTG was there)
1971 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Pepsi Golf Open
1976 - Chic White Sox suit up in shorts
1977 - Texas Rangers turn their 1st triple play (vs A's)
1982 - 64th PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 272 at Southern Hills Tulsa
1982 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
1985 - Baseball's new agreement permits 2 new NL teams in 1993
1986 - Record 3 grandslams in a game-(Harrah-Tex, Sheets & Dwyer-Orioles)
1987 - Brewers' Rob Deer struck-out 5 times in a game
1988 - 9th US Seniors Golf Open: Gary Player
1988 - Minnesota Twins pull 2nd triple-play of year & beat Cleve 6-2
1988 - Cubs & Phillies attempt to play 1st night game ever at Wrigley Field but are rained out in 4th inning with Chicago leading, 3-1
1990 - Balt Orioles pull their 10th triple play (1-6-3 vs Oakland)
1990 - Carlton Fisk ties Johnny Bench hitting 327 HRs as a catcher
1990 - Pete Rose begins 5-ms prison term at Marion (IL) Federal prison camp
1991 - With two months left, White Sox set new home attendance (2,150,951)
1993 - Dana Lofland wins McCall's LPGA Golf Classic Dormann at Stratton Mt
1997 - Mariners Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Chic White Sox

Birthdays in Sport

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1889 - Jack Ryder, cricketer (athletic Australian all-rounder & captain)
1892 - Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (d. 1922)
1895 - Law Pendleton, US, wrestler/actor (Laughing Lady)
1904 - Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (d. 1948)
1909 - Bill Voce, cricketer (England left-arm bodyline bowler)
1927 - Johnny Temple, American baseball player (d. 1994)
1930 - Jerry Tarkanian, basketball coach (California State, UNLV, 625-122)
1936 - Frank Howard, baseball player (NL Rookie of the Year 1960)
1939 - Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romania, long jumper (Oly-gold-68)
1940 - Dilip Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of 60's)
1947 - Jose Cruz, leftfielder (St Louis Cards, Houston Astros)
1949 - Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver
1951 - Phil Carlson, cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1979)
1952 - Sudhakar Rao, Indian cricketer
1953 - "Sweet" Lou Dunbar, basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters)
1955 - Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer
1956 - Wes Chandler, Florida, WLAF wide receiver coach (Rhein Fire)
1961 - Bruce Matthews, NFL guard/center (Houston Oilers)
1962 - Jim Sweeney, NFL center/guard (Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh Steelers)
1963 - Carol Lewis, Willingboro NJ, high jumper (Olympic-9th-1984)
1963 - Ron Karkovice, Union NJ, catcher (Chic White Sox)
1963 - Stephen Walkom, Canadian ice hockey official and executive
1964 - Paul Taylor, cricketer (England left-arm pace bowler in one Test 1993)
1965 - Akitoshi Saito, wrestler (NJPW)
1965 - Angus Fraser, cricketer (England right-arm pace bowler 1989- )
1966 - Chris Eubank, English boxer
1966 - John Hudek, American baseball player
1967 - Ben Fouchee, Kuruman South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer (1987 S Afr Amateur)
1967 - Howard Cross, NFL tight end (NY Giants)
1967 - Margo Malowney, Saint John New Brunswick, volleyball player (Oly-96)
1968 - Abey Kuruvila, cricketer (promising Bombay fast bowler)
1968 - Matthew Lane, Wellington NZ, Nike golfer (1991 S Australian Open-4th)
1968 - Suzy Hamilton, US olympic 1500m runner
1969 - Jerome Henderson, NFL cornerback (NY Jets, Philadelphia Eagles)
1970 - Amaia Arruti, LPGA golfer
1970 - Catriona Fallon, Burlingame California, rower (Olympics-4th-92, 96)
1970 - Trev Alberts, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
1971 - John Raposo, CFL defensive tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
1971 - Marcello Simmons, CFL defensive back (Toronto Argonauts)
1971 - Steve Hinton, Australian baseball infielder (Olympics-1996)
1972 - Axel Merckx, Belgian bicycle racer
1973 - Shane Lee, cricket all-rounder (NSW & Somerset, Australian ODI 1995-)
1974 - Andrei Mezin, NHL goaltender (Team Belarus, Oly-98)
1974 - Andy Priaulx, British race car driver
1976 - Seung-Yeop Lee, Korean baseball player
1976 - Jeff Simmons, American race car driver
1977 - Kurt Bernard, Costa Rican footballer
1977 - Szilard Nemeth, Slovak footballer
1977 - Rocky Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Mohammad Wasim, Pakistani cricketer
1978 - Alan Maybury, Irish footballer
1978 - Louis Saha, French footballer
1979 - Rashard Lewis, American basketball player
1980 - Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player
Champion Tennis Player Roger Federer (1981) 1981 - Roger Federer, Basel Switzerland, tennis player (16 grand slams)
1984 - Martrez Milner, American football player
1985 - Brayan Ruiz, Costa Rican football player
1988 - Danilo Gallinari, Italian basketball player
1989 - Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgarian tennis player

Deaths in Sport

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1934 - Wilbert Robinson, baseball manager (Bkln Dodgers), dies
1966 - Pierre Charles, Belgian Heavyweight boxer, dies at 63
1982 - Eric Brandon, British racing driver (b. 1920)
1991 - Julissa Gomez, American gymnast (b. 1972)
1992 - Arthur Lang, US boxer/businessman, dies at 115
2005 - Gene Mauch, American baseball player (b. 1925)
2008 - Orville Moody, American golfer (b. 1933)
2009 - Daniel Jarque, Spanish football player (b. 1983)