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Events in Sport

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1902 - Chic White Sox Jim Callahan no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0
1907 - Pitts Nick Maddox no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-1
1908 - Chic White Sox Frank Smith 2nd no-hitter, beats Phila 1-0
1913 - 19th US Golf Open: Francis Ouimet shoots a 304 at The Country Club MA
1919 - 2nd PGA Championship: Jim Barnes at Engineers CC Roslyn NY
1919 - Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson's major league mark of 27 HRs
1924 - Cub's Grover Cleveland Alexander beats NY Giants to win 300th game
1927 - NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits record 60th HR of season off Tom Zachry
1931 - Lou Gehrig's 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184
1932 - Chicago Cubs clinch the NL pennant
1933 - Pittsburgh Steelers (as Pirates) play 1st NFL game, lose 23-2
1939 - Joe Louis KOs Bob Pastor in 11 for Heavyweight boxing title
1948 - Mexican Baseball league disbanded
1949 - Tennis player Pancho Gonzales turns professional
1951 - NL President Ford Frick elected 3rd commissioner of baseball
1953 - Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league HR
1955 - Willie Mays (Giants) homers off Vern Law (Pirates) in both ends of DH
1955 - Willie Mays is 7th player to reach 50 HRS in a season
1958 - Baltimore Oriole knuckler Hoyt Wilhelm no-hits NY Yankees 1-0
Hall of Fame MLB shortstop Ernie Banks 1959 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Links Golf Invitation Open
1961 - Roger Maris hits home run # 59 & barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yanks clinch pennant #26
1968 - Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536
1969 - 18th Ryder Cup: Draw, 16-16 at Royal Birkdale, England
1969 - Pitts Pirate Bob Moose no-hits NY Mets, 4-0
1973 - Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match
1973 - Willie Mays announces retirement at end of 1973 season
1975 - 21st Ryder Cup: US, 21-11 at Laurel Valley Golf Club (Ligonier, Pennsylvania, US)
1980 - George Brett goes 0-for-4 dropping his avg below .400 for good
1980 - Spectacular Bid runs in Belmont alone as 3 horses drop out
1981 - 24th Ryder Cup: US, 18½-9½ at Walton Heath Golf Club (Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England)
1981 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
1982 - NFL players begin a 57 day strike
1983 - 3,112 turn out to see Pirates play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
1984 - Cubs break 2 million in home attendance for 1st time
American Baseball Player Roger Maris 1985 - Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro Baseball Players
1987 - Alain Prost wins record 28th Formula One auto race
1987 - Dwight Clark ends NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
1987 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
1987 - Walter Payton scores NFL record 107th rushing touchdown
1988 - Greg Louganis wins Olympic gold medal in springboard Diving
1992 - Colleen Walker wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
1995 - Cincinnati Reds becomes 1st team to clinch NL Central
1998 - Solheim Cup

Birthdays in Sport

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1873 - Robert D Wrenn, tennis champ (US Open - 1893)
1873 - Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver (d. 1944)
1910 - Jacques-Baptise LeBrun, France, finn yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1932)
1917 - Arnold "Red" Auerbach, NBA coach/GM (Boston Celtic)
1933 - Dennis Viollet, English former footballer (d. 1999)
1935 - David Pegg, English footballer (d. 1958)
1938 - Tom Tresh, NY Yankee (1962 AL Rookie of Year)
1949 - John W. Henry, American MLB team owner
1950 - Loredana Berte, Milan Italy, singer/2nd ex wife of Bjorn Borg
1951 - Guy Lafleur, Quebec, NHL right wing (Montreal, NY Rangers)
1954 - Silvio Leonard, Cienguegos Cuba, 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1980)
1954 - Henry Samueli, American NHL team owner
1957 - Arn Anderson, [Marty Lunde], wrestler (ECW/SMW/WCW/NWA/WWF)
1957 - Vladmir Tkachenko, USSR, basketball (Olympic-bronze-1980)
1958 - Marty Schiene, Chicago Ill, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Illinois Open)
1959 - Lesley Thompson, Toronto Ontario, rower (Olympics-gold-92, 96)
1960 - Alice Regina Brown, Jackson MS, 4X100 runner (Olympic-gold-1984, 88)
1961 - Becky Larson, LPGA golfer
1961 - Erwin Koeman, soccer player (PSV, FC Groningen)
1967 - Catherine Bond-Mills, Woodstock Ontario, heptathlete (Olympics-96)
1967 - Martin Harrison, NFL defensive end (Minnesota Vikings)
1968 - Chris Waller, Evanston Ill, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1968 - Eric Turner, NFL safety (Cleveland Browns)
1969 - Tommy Jeter, NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
1969 - Megumi Kudo, Japanese pro-wrestler
1969 - Richard Witschge, former Dutch footballer
1970 - John Copeland, NFL defensive end (Cin Bengals)
1971 - Andrew Lane, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1971 - Henryk Larsson, soccer player (Feyenoord)
1971 - Jenny Murdock, LPGA golfer
1971 - Ryan Terry, NFL running back/kick returner (Arizona Cardinals)
1972 - Jenny Morris, Maryborough Australia, field hockey fullback (Oly-96)
1972 - Vance Joseph, NFL cornerback/safety (NY Jets)
1975 - Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian race car driver
1977 - Ruth Moniz, NSW Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1978 - Sophie Simard, Lars Germany, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1978 - T.J. Tucker, American baseball player
1978 - Dante Hall, American football player
1979 - Sean Davis, English footballer
1980 - Vladimir Karpets, Russian cyclist
1981 - Feliciano López, Spanish tennis player
1981 - Jordan Tata, American baseball player
1983 - Ángel Sánchez, Puerto Rican baseball player
1990 - John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player

Deaths in Sport

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1931 - Sam Morris, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1884), dies
1989 - Richie Ginther, American racing driver (b. 1930)
1992 - K W Stackpole, cricketer (good Victorian batsman), dies
1993 - Loan Volkerijk, Dutch baseball coach (ADO), dies at 65
1999 - Robert Lebel, Quebec ice hockey administrator (b. 1905)
2004 - Brian Clough, English footballer and football manager (b. 1935)
2007 - Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (b. 1928)