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1933 – The Berlin Olympic Committee votes to introduce basketball to the Olympics in 1936. 1940 – For the first time since October 29, 1938 the University of Tennessee football team gives up points in a game as they beat Alabama 27-12. The Volunteers went 71 straight quarters without surrendering a point. 1957 – Maurice “Rocket” Richard scores career goal #500, making him the…

1907 – Hammond High shuts out Crown Point 21-0. 1912 – Gary High, coached by Jack Gilroy, falls to Hammond High 13-0. 1923 – Gary Froebel travels south to play tiny Morroco High School (now North Newton), where they fail to score any points and lose 7-0. 1934 – Gary Emerson and Horace Mann battle to 0-0 tie at old Gleason Park on the…

1912 – Boxer Jack Johnson is arrested for violating the Mann Act for “transporting women across state lines for immoral purposes.” 1966 – Bobby Orr makes his regular season debut with the Boston Bruins.  1967 – The American League allows the Kansas City Athletics to move to Oakland, California and announces expansion teams in Seattle and KC beginning in 1971, later moved up to…

1935 – Behind the spectacular running of future Michigan star Tom Harmon and the stellar blocking of pulling guard sensation Eddie Herbert, the Horsemen of Mann travel to East Chicago Roosevelt, where they shutout the Roughriders 14-0. 1957 – On their way to an 8-0-1 season, the Roughriders of EC Roosevelt defeat Whiting 26-7 in the Oil City. 1962 – The Lew Wallace Hornets…

1920 – The Decatur Staleys play their first American Professional Football Association game at Douglas Park.  1960 – The National League officially awards franchises to New York and Houston. 1982 – Robin Yount becomes the first player in MLB history to have two four hit games in the World Series. 1985 – The Yankees hire Lou Pinella as manager. 1987 – The first indoor…

1912 – The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Giants to clinch a 4-3-1 World Series victory. The series was extended to an eighth game due to darkness. 1936 – Yankees\' slugger Lou Gehrig wins American League MVP. 1942 – National Boxing Association freezes the titles of this serving in the services. 1960 – The NL agrees on a vote to make Houston…

1917 – The White Sox beat the Giants to win the World Series. 1969 – Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver becomes the first manager ejected from a World Series game since 1935. 1979 – The New York Knicks retire Walt Frazier’s #10. 1986 – The Mets and Astros play in the longest postseason game in MLB history with the Mets winning in 16 innings.…

1906 – The White Sox beat the Cubs 8-3 to win an all Chicago World Series. It is also the first time an American League team won a World Series title. 1908 – The Cubs win the World Series with a 2-0 win over the Detroit Tigers. Only 6,210 fans were in attendance – the smallest crowd in World Series history. 1945 – The…

1903 – The Boston Pilgrims win the first World Series, beating the Pirates in the eighth game to take the championship. 1947 – The first NHL All-Star Game is played in Toronto. 1960 – Bill Mazeroski hits a home run in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Yankees 10-9 and win the World Series for the Pirates. 1967 – The first American…