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1920 - Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to NY Yankees
1920 - NY Yankees announce purchase of Babe Ruth
1925 - French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, & Hugh Jennings
1927 - Judge Landis begins 3-day public hearing on charges that 4 games played between Chicago & Detroit in 1917 had been thrown to White Sox
1931 - 1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League
1934 - National & American Baseball Leagues select a uniform ball
1937 - Fingleton & Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wkt
1951 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Ponte Vedra Beach Women's Golf Open
1957 - Dodgers' Jackie Robinson retires rather than be traded to NY Giants
1960 - Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from NY Senator Kenneth Keating
1964 - San Diego Chargers win AFL-championship
1971 - US Heavyweight "Sonny" Liston's (36) corpse found
1981 - British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, a truck driver later convicted of "Yorkshire Ripper" murders of 13 women
1984 - Adrian Dantly (Utah), ties NBA record of 28 free throws
1985 - Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot
1989 - Baseball signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990
1990 - J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL
1991 - Kevin Bradshaw of US Intl scores NCAA Div 1 record 72 pts
1993 - Brian Lara completes 277 v Australia at cricket SCG
Baseball Great Babe Ruth
1993 - Reggie Jackson elected to Hall of Fame
1995 - AFC beats NFC 41-13 in the Pro Bowl
