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Events in Sport

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1881 - Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12
1905 - Boston's Bill Dinneen no-hits Chic White Sox, 2-0
1909 - 29th US Mens Tennis: W A Larned beats W J Clothier (61 62 57 16 61)
1917 - EHC soccer team forms in Hoensbroek Neth
1919 - Babe Ruth's 29th HR is 1st of year in Wash (1st in every park in league in one season)
1923 - NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 HRs
1930 - 34th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones
1930 - White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St Louis Browns
1931 - Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game (.3486) Jim Bottomley (.3481)
1935 - Chicago Cubs win 21st consecutive game & clinch NL pennant
1936 - 1st baseman Walter Alston plays in his only major league game
1939 - White Sox host 1st "day-night" doubleheader, lose to Cleve, 5-2 & 7-5
1942 - NY Giants beat Wash Redskins 14-7 without making a 1st down
1950 - Ezzard Charles beats Joe Louis in 15 for Heavyweight boxing title
1950 - Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles defeats Joe Louis in 15 in Yankee Stadium, Bronx NY.
1953 - St Louis Browns play last game in Sportsman's Park, losing 100th game
1959 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Opie Turner Golf Open
1959 - Braves & Dodgers finish in a tie (86-68)
1964 - Despite 3 HRs by Johnny Callison, Phils are 14-8 losers to Braves
Baseball Great Babe Ruth 1964 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Visalia Ladies' Golf Open
1964 - Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place
1967 - Phillies Jim Bunning ties NL record of 5, 1-0 losses in a year
1973 - Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in 11 innings, for record 383 of season
1977 - Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title
1980 - Marvin Hagler defeats Alan Minter to claim boxing's world Middleweight championship in London. They have to be escorted away by police after a riot forms.
1983 - Tim Raines is 1st since Ty Cobb to steal 70 & drive in 70 runs
1987 - 27th Ryder Cup: Europe beats US, 15-13 at Muirfield Village GC (Ohio)
1987 - Jan Stephens wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic
1987 - NFL players' strike
1990 - Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House
1991 - 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (NY Islanders vs Boston Bruins)
1992 - LA Dodgers for 1st time in history clinch last place
1992 - Nancy Scranton wins Los Coyotes LPGA Golf Classic
1992 - Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title
1998 - Core States Betsy King Golf Classic
2005 - Atlanta Braves clinch their 14th straight division title thanks to Philadelphia's loss to the New York Mets

Birthdays in Sport

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1881 - William J Clothier, 1st pres of tennis hall of fame/(US Open-1906)
1895 - Woolf Barnato, British racing driver (d. 1948)
1905 - Ernest Baier, Germany, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1936)
1919 - Johnny Pesky, American baseball player, (d. 2012)
1932 - Geoff Bent, English footballer (d. 1958)
1934 - Dick Schaap, sportscaster/author (Bo Knows Bo, Instant Replay)
1935 - Jerome Shipp, US, basketball (Olympic-gold-1964)
1939 - Kathy Whitworth, Monahans Tx, golfer (7 time LPGA Player of Year)
1940 - Benoni Beheyt, Belgian cyclist
1941 - Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star
1941 - Peter Bonetti, English footballer
1949 - Mike Schmidt, 3rd baseman & HR hitter (Phillies)
1952 - André Viger, French Canadian marathoner
1953 - Benjamin Gene Brown, SF California, 4X400 runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
1953 - Claudio Gentile, Italian footballer
1957 - Bill Athey, cricketer (England batsman in 23 Tests 1980-88)
1957 - Richard Vagg, Australian baseball infielder (Olympics-1996)
1959 - Beth Heiden, Madison Wisc, 3000m speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1980)
1961 - Christopher J Perry, Edenton NC, PGA golfer (1987 Kemper Open-2nd)
1962 - Dennis Paulson, San Gabriel CA, PGA golfer (1994 Freeport-McMoRan-4th)
1962 - Gavin Larsen, cricketer (NZ medium-pace all-rounder)
1963 - Caren Metschuck, German DR, 100m butterfly swimmer (Olympic-gold-1980)
1965 - Steve Kerr, NBA guard (Chicago Bulls)
1967 - Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian international soccer player
1968 - Mark Bradtke, Adelaide SA Aus, basketball center (Olympics-88, 92, 96)
1968 - Rob Moore, NFL wide receiver (NY Jets, Arizona Cardinals)
1968 - Scott Conover, NFL tackle (Detroit Lions)
1969 - Laura Wilson, Utica NY, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
1969 - Lester Holmes, NFL guard (Philadelphia Eagles)
1969 - Robert Jones, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
1970 - Dwayne Davis, WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 - Alonzo Spellman, NFL defensive end (Chic Bears)
1971 - Erik Smit, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1971 - Ron Florine, NFL/WLAF tackle (KC Chiefs, Scotland Claymores)
1972 - Clara Hughes, Winnipeg Manitoba, cyclist (Olympics-2 bronze-96)
1972 - Malachy Loye, cricketer (Northamptonshire & England "A" batsman)
1972 - Sylvia Crawley, American basketball player
1973 - Larry McSeed, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1973 - Tina Nicholson, WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers)
1974 - Edward Thomas, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1975 - Ed Gray, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
1975 - Tajama Abraham, WNBA center (Sacramento Monarchs)
1976 - Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
1976 - Jason Phillips, American baseball player
1977 - Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower
1978 - Jon Rauch, American baseball player
1979 - Jon Garland, American baseball player
1979 - Christian Jones, Australian racing driver
1979 - Steve Simpson, Australian rugby league footballer
1981 - Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
1981 - Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer
1982 - Darrent Williams, American football player (d. 2007)
1984 - John Lannan, American baseball player
1986 - Ricardo Risatti, Argentine racing driver
1991 - Adam Chicksen, English Football Player

Deaths in Sport

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1919 - Robert Gleeson, cricketer (one Test for South Africa 1895-96), dies
1956 - [Mildred] Babe Didrikson-Zaharias, javelin (Oly-gold-32), dies at 45
1984 - John Facenda, sportscaster (NFL Action), dies at 72
1998 - Doak Walker, American football player (b. 1927)
1998 - Narita Bryan, Japanese racehorse (b. 1991)